Getting Started

## Information

Jiahye (jee-a-hi)! Welcome to the Arkiynia Wiki, home of information over the Xrodadak Dimension, past, present and future. This wiki is a collaborative fantasy universe. The point of this world is for a place for people to play DnD, make stories and escape into a mystical realm full of unique and player created histories. Xrodadak is a haven of magic, mayhem and monsters. This wiki began as an idea between a small group of friends and eventually turned into the Universe we know and love today.

This world started with Arkiynia, a now continent of the realm Polodias, and a group of friends made up of; Tralixy, Kayne, La Volpe, Windy and others, the story now has become more complicated and has evolved over the years.

Your story starts here..

## How Do I Contribute?

We would love people to join and help in this wonderful collaborative universe. You can contribute by creating characters, realms, stories and even giving suggestions or ideas. Constructive criticism are genuinely helpful! You don't need to add to the universe to take part in it, we welcome all people no matter their writing ability. We do however ask you to take this universe seriously, we love humour but used appropriately. We ask you to respect others creations and be friendly to all.

## The Rules

There are a set of rules to help create make this a fun environment for all to take part in!

1. Avoid making characters with no flaws or gods with too much power.
	1. We would like to avoid writing absurdly powerful characters. Good characters have flaws and reason to their powers/
2. Magic is not an easy art
	1. More can be found in Magic and the related Magic section of Creating a Character.
3. Be respectful to your fellow writers
	1. Not everyone is a Shakespearean level author. Some are beginning to write, some are experience and some are borderline best-selling authors. Treat each other fairly and respectfully.
	2. Constructive criticism is not disrespectful until it is made disrespectful and targeted. If you think you can help, ask the writer beforehand.
4. Keep to the lore
	1. While we take a multitude of inspirations, we do try not to intersect our Universe with others, be respectful of other realms and lore that reside in this universe and avoid using copyrighted content. Please keep this mind when writing, as it can be painful to rework.
5. Death
	1. Once your character dies, they are dead. There are no artefacts to resurrect someone or even spells.
	2. Do not attempt to appeal or reason that your character should live after what is an obvious fatal wound, either. For example if you write your character to get decapitated, they probably wouldn't survive that.
	3. Your character can't be immortal. They will age and die like everyone else. (There is a way around this but with dire consequences (The Metallic Rose))
6. Explore and ask questions if you are unsure
	1. We don't bite, and are willing to help where needed!

## Creating a Character

Now we know the basic rules let's learn about creating a character!

Creating your first character is a great way to start experiencing the realms and its lore and allow you to create and add to the lore in a variety of ways. You will be able to find an extensive guide on how to create a character here (Creating A Character).

## Creating a Page

When creating a page there are things to consider, because this world is massive and growing we don't want to overlap the pages or make anything that can be confusing.

### History

Pages starting with "History" are general run downs of the events that have happened in a place or realm. The page name should be laid out like **( History - \*Place/s\* - \*Name\* )** for example, History - Etreare & Arkiynia - The Battle of The Lords.

### Story

Pages starting with "Story" are as the name implies stories that have been fleshed out and revolve around a specific event. The page name should also be laid out like **( Story - \*Place/s\* - \*Name\* )** for example, Story - Polodias - The Great Sail.

This is to help us identify where the stories take place, and make it easier for people to navigate!

## The Universe

One of the hardest things about getting into this universe is grounding yourself in the realms. Let me take you through some of the realms!

### Polodias

This was the original realm created in this universe! Created by the titans, Polodias is home to many of the races we have today, and is the base point of many character arcs and stories due to its basic nature. This realm is a fantasy style realm with many forests, plains and other biomes, basically an allrounder and a great start into this universe. You can find out more about this realm here (Polodias)

### Liphuadia

This realm created by Lord Gepatai is a high fantasy marble and gold city scape built atop a giant floating island. Populated by predominantly High Elves, Liphuadia is a interesting realm to start off, with its heavy city visuals and magic that encompasses all parts, Liphuadia is great for a Elf or an adventurer with interest into the arts of lost tomes or the cities opportunities. You can find out more about this realm here (Liphuadia)