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According to ancient legend among humans, a continent or very large island which sank in a great cataclysm many tens or even hundreds of thousands of years ago. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis Wikipedia's entry on Atlantis] gives a good overview of the story in its many, many versions. | According to ancient legend among humans, a continent or very large island which sank in a great cataclysm many tens or even hundreds of thousands of years ago. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis Wikipedia's entry on Atlantis] gives a good overview of the story in its many, many versions. | ||
| − | In [[DW]], [[S'reee]] and [[Ed]] tell [[Nita]] and [[Kit]] something of the story as the whale-wizards (and other early participants) know it. Ed describes a "large island" with millions of human inhabitants, which S'reee confirms "was drowned" as a result of the cataclysms following the failure of a previous celebration of the [[Twelve, Song of the | Song of the Twelve]], some one hundred thirty thousand months, or ten thousand years, before the twentieth century. | + | In [[DW]], [[S'reee]] and [[Ed]] tell [[Nita]] and [[Kit]] something of the story as the whale-wizards (and other early participants) know it. Ed describes a "large island" with millions of human inhabitants, which S'reee confirms "was drowned" as a result of the cataclysms following the failure of a previous celebration of the [[Twelve, Song of the | Song of the Twelve]], some one hundred thirty thousand months, or ten thousand years, before the twentieth century. The backlash of the failed spell, besides destroying the island, also caused profound changes on both land and sea, provoking a great deal of volcanism, and with it, significant climatic cooling that lasted for many years. Over subsequent millennia, the slow movement of the Atlantic continental plates broke and (via subduction) buried under the magma of the [[Sohm Abyssal Plain]] whatever remained of the island's ancient foundations. |
Revision as of 12:59, 14 June 2005
According to ancient legend among humans, a continent or very large island which sank in a great cataclysm many tens or even hundreds of thousands of years ago. Wikipedia's entry on Atlantis gives a good overview of the story in its many, many versions.
In DW, S'reee and Ed tell Nita and Kit something of the story as the whale-wizards (and other early participants) know it. Ed describes a "large island" with millions of human inhabitants, which S'reee confirms "was drowned" as a result of the cataclysms following the failure of a previous celebration of the Song of the Twelve, some one hundred thirty thousand months, or ten thousand years, before the twentieth century. The backlash of the failed spell, besides destroying the island, also caused profound changes on both land and sea, provoking a great deal of volcanism, and with it, significant climatic cooling that lasted for many years. Over subsequent millennia, the slow movement of the Atlantic continental plates broke and (via subduction) buried under the magma of the Sohm Abyssal Plain whatever remained of the island's ancient foundations.
See also: Disasters and wizardry: rafting.