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| - One of the four great continents of Arcadia separated by the Great Ocean from the others: the Northlands, the Southlands, and a supposed eastern continent. This continent is known to us only from Travels in the Northlands by Jemein the Discoverer, who records that he has been carried there on the Shadow Ships of the Dark People. Its shoreline is composed of tall cliffs, and the language and culture of its people were entirely alien to Jemein, who describes it as "a World of Great Wonder and Mysticism". The Alatien also have a story about a beautiful princess from the West.
- >**The Far West** (Farwestern/*Sanolki*: ***Sanolk***, "Great Land") is the largest country in the Delklands, made up of three distinct empires: the Water Empire, the Forest Empire, and the Stone Empire, as well as the Principality of the Sky. These ought to be ruled by three Great Emperors, and a Prince. Howeve; two of the Great Imperial lines (Gayush, and Laochalk) have been extinguished (one - Gayush - thousands of years ago), the Great Empire of the Water is at the weakest its ever been, and the Principality of the Sky is in disarray, because its head, Princess Jenes Estel, has run off with her bodyguard, Sir Almos the YELLOW. The Far West once stretched from the northern tip of Bredenn Isle to the Crow of Crahia; now its borders have are being attacked from the east by Ayeson Garlcut
- After stating their reasons, it was then decided that the Mormons must live somewhere away from other Missouri settlements. Because the Church had already bought the land in Ray County, they agreed that this was the best solution. By the summer of 1838, the population of Caldwell County reached five thousand, and more than half lived in Far West. By this time in Far West, the Saints had built many homes and a thriving town. However, tension had begun to increase again between the Mormons and their Missouri neighbors. Parley P. Pratt a resident of Far West said,
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| - After stating their reasons, it was then decided that the Mormons must live somewhere away from other Missouri settlements. Because the Church had already bought the land in Ray County, they agreed that this was the best solution. The Church leaders told the Missourians that they would settle away from other Missourians, ask the State government to make their area a new county, and even have a six mile buffer—three miles on each side of the dividing line between the two counties, and that neither Mormon or non-Mormon would settle in that land. On December 29th, 1836, Governor Lilburn Boggs signed a bill that made Ray County two counties: Caldwell and Davies. Caldwell was the Mormon's County. A site was chosen for a city, and it was named Far West. The area was quickly settled, starting in 1836. In March of 1838, Joseph Smith, the Church’s prophet, officially moved to Far West from Kirtland, Ohio, because of persecution in Kirtland. That April, Joseph Smith received a number of important revelations which are recorded in Doctrine and Covenants sections 113-15; 117-20. These revelations included the correct name of the Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), a command to build a temple[1] in Far West (Doctrine and Covenants 115:7), and the law of tithing. By the summer of 1838, the population of Caldwell County reached five thousand, and more than half lived in Far West. By this time in Far West, the Saints had built many homes and a thriving town. However, tension had begun to increase again between the Mormons and their Missouri neighbors. Parley P. Pratt a resident of Far West said, War clouds began again to lower with dark and threatening aspect. Those who had combined against the laws in the adjoining counties had long watched our increasing power and prosperity with jealousy and with greedy and avaricious eyes. It was a common boast that, as soon as we had completed our extensive improvements, and made a plentiful crop, they would drive us from the State, and once more enrich themselves with the spoils (Parley P. Pratt, Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, edited by his son Parley P. Pratt, 1938, p.150). By October, the tension erupted. Governor Boggs signed an order that stated, “the Mormons must be exterminated or driven from the State.” He based his order solely on rumors that the Mormons were planning an insurrection, but he never visited Caldwell County. That same day, a Missiouri army laid siege on Far West. For weeks before this, mobs had been attacking smaller outlying communities, forcing the Mormons to try and take refuge in Far West. By October 31st, the Missouri army outnumbered the Saints 5 to 1. Leaders of the Church agreed to talk with militia leaders to end the siege, but instead of talking, the militia leaders arrested them and held an illegal court-marshal that sentenced the men to death in the morning. The sentence was never carried out, but Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Lyman Wight, Parley P. Pratt, and George W. Robinson were held as prisoners for five months. After the leaders were taken as prisoners, the militia entered Far West and took arms, robbed, raped, and arrested others. The Saints were harassed so much that they eventually left Missouri and took refuge in Illinois, even though it was the middle of winter. Today The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns property where Far West once was located.
- >**The Far West** (Farwestern/*Sanolki*: ***Sanolk***, "Great Land") is the largest country in the Delklands, made up of three distinct empires: the Water Empire, the Forest Empire, and the Stone Empire, as well as the Principality of the Sky. These ought to be ruled by three Great Emperors, and a Prince. Howeve; two of the Great Imperial lines (Gayush, and Laochalk) have been extinguished (one - Gayush - thousands of years ago), the Great Empire of the Water is at the weakest its ever been, and the Principality of the Sky is in disarray, because its head, Princess Jenes Estel, has run off with her bodyguard, Sir Almos the YELLOW. The Far West once stretched from the northern tip of Bredenn Isle to the Crow of Crahia; now its borders have are being attacked from the east by Ayeson Garlcutter, a claimant to the title Great Emperor of the Stone. >The Far West has four imperial palaces, serving as capitals, each with their own respective city: Thousandtrees (located at Thousandtrees' Town on the River Roots), Stonetowers (located at Stonetowers City), Watercrown (located in Riptide Town on Riptide Isle), and Skywar (located at Grand Dement). Thousandtrees is built within Laochalk, a redwood, and the largest tree on this Earth. Stonetowers is built into the Warrior Mountains, overlooking the beginning of the Great Bridge of the Far West. Watercrown is built at the end of the Great Bridge of the Far West, thousands of miles away >**The Far West** (*Sanolki*/Farwestern: *Sanolk*) can be broken up into another four distinct "empires:" (from north to south) the Water Empire, the Forest Empire, the Principality of the Sky, and the Stone Empire. The Water Empire is an infertile mess of cold wetlands, and beaches constantly blasted by rain. Its few fertile regions (namely Laklas ut Malak, Krolmok, Sankolkok, and Hukul) can grow potatoes, beans, and white rice. For the most part, however, they have to import their food from the Forest, and Stone Empires. The Forest Empire's staple crops include white rice, bloodred rice, barkbeans (brown beans that grow along trees), redbeans, riverbeans (bright green beans), and riverfruit (a cabbage-like "fruit" which grows from underwater "shrubs"). Most of their crops are grown in Cronenn's Crop, a river valley (between the River Line, and the River Zolmal) in the heart of the Forest Empire. Many other crops grow on the redwoods along the River Roots (born of the River Line, and the River Zolmal). The Stone Empire grows a lot of maize, a lot of rice (mostly of the brown, and bloodred varieties), and a lot of bloodpulps (red oranges). They have a huge surplus of food, and are the breadbasket of the Far West. While the Forest Empire seems to have more variety, this really only exists to satisfy the more affluent population of the Forest Empire's capital of Thousandtrees. Most of the Stone Empire's diet also consists of meats. The Principality of the Sky has but one crop it can grow: Rootreachers, a type of mushroom which does well in higher climates, as it stalks upwards, releasing spores. Its mild winters mean that the mushrooms grow year round, and although never in surplus, food is always available (at least to the Princess of the Sky).
- One of the four great continents of Arcadia separated by the Great Ocean from the others: the Northlands, the Southlands, and a supposed eastern continent. This continent is known to us only from Travels in the Northlands by Jemein the Discoverer, who records that he has been carried there on the Shadow Ships of the Dark People. Its shoreline is composed of tall cliffs, and the language and culture of its people were entirely alien to Jemein, who describes it as "a World of Great Wonder and Mysticism". The Alatien also have a story about a beautiful princess from the West.
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