I started contributing to the
DROD Wiki. Here's a list of the utterly unsubstantiated changes I made to the lore so far:
• The distance between the bottom and top surfaces of the Eighth
could be thousands if not millions of miles apart. is "
more in line with the distance to the Moon"
(
source), so I figure hundreds of thousands of miles.
• The seasons change because where the sun hovers gets farther and farther from the Eighth. When Onsuary 1st rolls around, the sun hovers very close to the Eighth. This sudden shift in temperature is what causes the Onsuary floods. (I think I've come up with a better explanation for the seasons, but it's completely different from the wiki, so I won't edit it in. I'm happy to discuss it here, though.)
• TSS takes place
in approximately in 150 BD. (There are no dates given after JtRH:
source, which is in early 148. I chose 150 because it's a nice round number, but I see the arguments for 149 or 151.)
•
Benedat was a scholar from Mellenfral. (He is given no last name or place of origin: source.) Benedat was a scholar. I will not speculate on his hometown.
•
Gondola wasps are the size of a fist but are completely harmless to humans. (They're not given an official size, but since they haven't been made into a monster yet, it can't be big enough to kill people.) Gondola wasps are a common wasp. I won't speculate on size or aggressiveness beyond the fact that they aren't dungeon monsters.
•
Skriil prefer living in the Smuggler's Maze because unlike the rest of Rasarus, it's damp and foggy and the shoreline is barely above sea level. (No reason was given for why they live in the Maze. I came up with one.) Skriil prefer living in the Smuggler's Maze, but I won't speculate on why.
• Turnings are exactly 10000 years apart. Since a turning happens in the current year, and the current year is also 150 B.D., this means Benedat's calendar was made in 9850 A.T.
I'll update this list as I edit the wiki.
If any of these changes seem wrong, or if I'm overstepping my bounds, please let me know so I can stop. I don't want to make anything worse.
EDITS: My removed pseudocanon has the
strikethrough tag.
[Last edited by Kaelyn at 07-09-2020 03:47 PM]