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Themiskyra or Thermiskyra (which is correct spelling?) - am I right in
assuming this is a 'Lost Land' that is presumed to exist as people
occasionally turn up claiming to be from there or have been there but
nobody can locate it on a map.
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In essence yes. Themiskyra is a hidden island, the home a race of
near-immortal Amazons - unknown to the general world, but several
guild-members have been there. Most scholars who have heard of the
island believe it to lie in the Isles of Adventure, but is actually
somewhere in the Isles of Mystery (in the Sea Storms) west of Raniterre;
however the physical location is irrelevant as it may only reached, or
left, via a magical storm. The Themiskyrans are isolationists, but are
willing to help any sisterhood fighting evil.
Few people outside the island use the language, mostly spies or
conspirators, because Themiskyrans only use their own language to write
to their spies and allies throughout Alusia. The written form is uses
multiple colours of ink & is very compact so that a messenger-dove can
carry the equivalent of several pages of Common. =20
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Michael Parkinson (Ph 3737 599 ext 85858)
Mathematics & Statistics Subject Librarian
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<p class=3DMsoPlainText><span style=3D'color:red'>Themiskyra or =
Thermiskyra (which
is correct spelling?) - am I right in assuming this is a 'Lost Land' =
that is
presumed to exist as people occasionally turn up claiming to be from =
there or
have been there but nobody can locate it on a map.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText>In essence yes. <b>Themiskyra</b> is a hidden =
island, the
home a race of near-immortal Amazons — unknown to the general =
world, but
several guild-members have been there. Most scholars who have =
heard of
the island believe it to lie in the Isles of Adventure, but is actually =
somewhere
in the Isles of Mystery (in the Sea Storms) west of Raniterre; however =
the
physical location is irrelevant as it may only reached, or left, via a =
magical
storm. The Themiskyrans are isolationists, but are willing to help =
any
sisterhood fighting evil.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Few people outside the island use the language, =
mostly
spies or conspirators, because Themiskyrans only use their own language =
to
write to their spies and allies throughout Alusia. The written =
form is
uses multiple colours of ink & is very compact so that a =
messenger-dove can
carry the equivalent of several pages of Common. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Michael Parkinson (Ph 3737 599 ext =
85858)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3DMsoPlainText>Mathematics & Statistics Subject =
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