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Die Alten Lande wurden von den Homins verlassen, die nun die Neuen Lande, wie wir sie kennen, bewohnen.
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Geschichte
Als Alte Lande werden die Gebiete bezeichnet, in denen sich die Homin-Zivilisationen vor dem Großen Schwarm (2481) niedergelassen hatten oder die von ihnen entdeckt wurden. Die Alten Lande sind heute nichts weiter als eine unerforschte Wildnis voller Ruinen mit unbekannten Ansammlungen von menschlicher Zivilisation. Bis auf wenige Ausnahmen sind derzeit keine Gebiete der Alten Lande im Spiel zugänglich; sie existieren hauptsächlich im Ryzom-Kanon. Nur die Karavan und die Kamis können Durchgänge öffnen, um dorthin zu gelangen.
Und doch werden sie immer noch von Gruppen von Überlebenden des Großen Schwarms bewohnt, aus denen die Homin-Flüchtlinge kommen, die der Exodus Road oder der Oflovak Road folgen, um die Neuen Lande, neue Bastionen der Zivilisation, zu erreichen.
Dieses "ferne Land" ist das Gebiet von Atys, in dem das Spiel von Ryzom heute stattfindet. Die gesamte derzeit bekannte Welt befindet sich in diesen Neuen Landen.
Im Jahr 2531 führte der Krieg der Monumente zur Wiederentdeckung einiger Inseln in den Alten Ländern: der Aelius-Dünen, der Olkern-Seen und des Almati-Waldes. Die Lage dieser Inseln im Verhältnis zum heutigen Kontinent oder zu dem, was man den alten Kontinent nennen könnte, ist nicht bekannt. Nur die Insel Almati-Wald scheint relativ nahe am neuen Land zu liegen und ist heute noch zugänglich.
Die heutigen menschlichen Zivilisationen wissen nur wenig über die Alten Lande im Allgemeinen, da das meiste Wissen über sie während des Großen Schwarms verloren ging.
Location
It is known from the Legend of Oflovak Rydon that the Old Lands are far to the east of the New Lands (the lands that homins live in now). So far in fact, that the first person to travel between them on foot needed 3 years to complete the journey. The route between the Old Lands and the New Lands, the Route of Exodus, is now called Oflovak's Road.
Areas
Ingame
Only a few regions of the Old Lands are currently implemented ingame.
Almati Wood is an area of the Old Lands, to be precise an area of the old Matis Kingdom that was overrun by kitins. This is why there is no animal presence in Almati Wood except for the kitin, and why players can only get to Almati Wood through special teleporters. By extension, this means the Kitins' Lair beneath Almati Wood is also in the Old Lands.
These areas were opened in the same event as Almati Wood, and were supposed to be situated in the desert and lakelands of the Old Lands, respectively. But while Almati Wood remained open, these areas were closed again. They are currently still ingame, but not accessible to the players.
- Silan is not in the Old Lands, but is thought to be the area of the New Lands closest to the Old Lands.
In lore
Many more regions of the Old Lands exist in lore only.
- There was a desert in the old lands that was under the rule of the old Fyros empire, with Fyre being their capital city.
- There was a jungle in the old lands that was under the rule of the old Zoraï dynasty, with Zoran being their capital city.
- There was a forest in the old lands named Matia which was under the rule of the old Matis kingdom, with Karavia being one of their most important cities.
- There were lakelands in the old lands named Trykoth which was occupied by the Tryker, with Jeniah and Breneth being two of their cities.
- The Plain of Coriolis, named after the nearby Fyros town of Coriolis, formed the border between the Fyros Empire and the Matis kingdom.
It's assumed that all cities and towns are long in ruins, but the regions one would assume are still there.
Inhabitants
Most likely all the same creatures that live in the current known world also exist in the Old Lands. And all homins that live in the New Lands today are descendants of homins that once lived in the Old Lands.
The Marauders are homins that never moved to the New Lands and still live in the Old Lands today. Very little is known about their society and culture. Only in recent years did they decide to conquer the New Lands for themselves.
The Kitin originate from the Prime Roots beneath the Old Lands. When homins first arrived in the New Lands, there were no Kitin there, neither on the surface nor in the Prime Roots. Only later did the Kitin pursue homins to the New Lands and set up nests there.
The lakelands of the Old Lands are known to have been inhabited by some aquatic animals that don't exist in the New Lands, like the Baldusa, the Prakker and the Sagass.
