Fictional works in the Rinnarverse

Here is a list of fiction works in the *Rinnarverse*.

## List of fiction works

* Drama Kings
	+ A show about junk repairmen who compete in monster truck duels.
	+ A stage adaptation of this TV show was made in the traditional Rinnarit style.

* Theseo vs. Krasno
	+ A 1954 comic about two competing superheroes - Theseo of the West, against Krasno of the Soviet Union. After 1991, Theseo became more American and cynical as he became an anti-hero; while Krasno (purchased by a Russian artist) became Slavic and optimistic as he embraced God.

* Aqueducts of Praseah
	+ A board game from France set in a fictional setting influenced by Khmer and Thai art and mythology.
	+ Its art became the basis for the Bareki and Rinnarit cultures.
* ?
	+ A comic book.
	+ Source of the drought deity Zaklarash, worshipped as one of the gods of the Farsider religion.
* ?
	+ A tabletop game.
	+ Source of the death god Ladekharan, worshipped as one of the gods of the Farsider religion.
* ?
	+ A video game.
	+ Source of the smithing god Palgexar, worshipped as one of the gods of the Farsider religion.
* Astrovium
	+ An American science fiction show from 1956 about spaceships and aliens.
	+ Became the basis for the Astrovian fandom and culture. Said fans also filled in the missing relationships in its lore, creating their own religious canon.
	+ Dima Dozen's victory over Overlord Zrugan.
* Marsenna
	+ A Canadian science fiction show about glass-like alien queens and princesses that battled each other.
	+ Became the basis for the Mirasian culture at the eastern parts of Centra Island.
	+ Seivandra is a Mirasian festival that celebrates the heroine Pailandra's victory over the Great Pale.
	+ Queen Miranda, the ruler of the Kingdom of Allosia, became the main goddess of the Mirasian pantheon.

* Immortal of Caelon
	+ An urban legend from the mining planet of Alpha Caeli Prime involving a doctor who disappeared during an explosion that killed her colleagues. She reappears as an angelic being who either destroys the wicked in an inferno, or intervenes in random events out of amusement.
	+ She was renamed after her disappearance/rebirth as "Caelon", after her homeworld's unstable sun Alpha Caeli. It should be pronounced as "KAY-lon" or "KYE-lon", not "SEE-lon".
* That Aschimous Syrm!
	+ An urban legend about an angry blue, rampaging train that became a popular joke in the Rinnarit Republic.
* Wicker and Wander Flame
	+ (See also: Zergonian mythology)
		- A British fantasy novel series, with a science fiction spin-off centred on raygun gothic known as Wickwander of the Stars. The original fantasy premise is known as "Wanderflame" to differentiate it from the sci-fi Wickwander setting, although both of them had crossovers since the year 2017.
		- Became the basis for the Zergonian culture.

* Griffulgar
	+ One of the biggest tabletop game franchises in that world, heavily influenced by a mixture of medieval European, Celtic, and Norse mythologies. It emerged during the 1970s.
	+ It is set in a typical medieval European setting, populated by humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, fairies, and other usual fantasy creatures such as unicorns, gryphons, and dragons.
	+ Known for attracting and inspiring rival franchises, sometimes to improvise on its tropes.

* Rowdy Buckaroos
	+ An American sci-fi TV series that involves two people that were dragged into the future after tampering with a time machine.

* Kernousi/Daughter of Nastrond
	+ In Vetarbroitar and Farsider folklore, she is a demon who is tasked with torturing tyrants in Hell or Nastrond. Her favourite victim was Charlemagne, who happened to share one of her secret names, so she returned the favour by whipping and plucking the medieval emperor's eyes out.
	+ Their cultures (such as the Rinnarits) celebrate by having a woman whip a performer or a criminal dressed as Charlemagne, to curse him for his massacres of pagans. Other characters being whipped or burned include Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Nero and other Roman emperors, the Roman god Jupiter, Soviet and American leaders, and the enemies of India.
	+ Dorian used to enjoy the Kerousi processions on September 4, when she also danced with her flail aside from flogging people costumed as kings or Roman emperors.
	+ Banned in some Catholic and Muslim countries for insulting their historical heroes, like Charlemagne and the medieval saints, and Aurangzeb and Mahmud of Ghazni.

* Wallworld
	+ In this dystopian novel by the American writer Johanne Vindars, the world is divided between several militarised blocs, which began when the American armies attempted to isolate the Muslim world. It was inspired by a politician's controversial comments that suggested the same thing. The blocs are:
		- America - fascist
		- Arabia - a theocratic empire that rules over most Muslim countries with an iron fist
		- Russia - a monarchist empire
		- Socialist Europe - a forceful federation
		- Fascist Europe - the Fourth Reich and its allies, seeking revenge against "White genocide" by invading and bombing other countries, while fighting each other over who is more "Aryan" than the rest.
		- China - nationalist dictatorship
		- India - nationalist dictatorship
		- Latin America - a league of socialist dictatorships
	+ His protagonists are average people from each bloc who is forced into being a murderous soldier for their respective leaders.
	+ Some people condemned Wallworld for supporting that politician's attempts to isolate the Muslim world, while others considered his novel to be a critique of the politician's policies and if it were implemented by other countries.
* Dar Al-Harb
	+ In this novel by the Tunisian writer Mohamed ibn Kais, the world is also divided between several authoritarian blocs, but their territories and societies are slightly different. The blocs are:
		- Western Hegemony - attempts to isolate the Muslim world, seeks to dominate the entire world
		- Great China - attempts to isolate the Muslim world, seeks to dominate the entire world
		- Reformed Caliphate - a federation of Muslim countries that refused harsh methods to enforce Islam
		- Turkic Hegemony - breakaway state that seeks to create a Turkic Khanate
		- Holy Pakistan - breakaway state that denounced the Reformed Caliphate for being "too heretical" for its refusal to be militaristic
	+ His protagonist is an intellectual who debates against hawkish politicians and militants who seek a punitive military campaign against the West and the breakaway Muslims, as he refuses to allow his civilisation to repeat America's mistakes and the atrocities of the Black Gloves.
	+ Mohamed ibn Kais was threatened by angry commenters on the Internet because he refused to wage war against the West. However, he was also supported by a larger number of Muslims and nonbelievers for criticising authoritarian measures and militarism in his region.

* Umoja ka Umoja
	+ In this book, Africa is united under a republic. Its leaders debate whether to impose a single culture or to remake the republic into a federation representing all of its cultures.
	+ This book is used in the Cosmopolitan Empire as classical literature.
* Forward Red Soldiers
	+ In this book, Earth is united and developed by a single Marxist government. Fifty years after the unification of Earth, the Galactic Federation condemns its leaders and armies for their war crimes and mass executions. The president of Earth has to decide whether to improve relations with the Galactic Federation or wage war and create a Marxist empire.
	+ The peoples of the Milky Way regard this book as a prophecy, because they compared the Marxist government of Earth to the Earth Union due to their similarities.
* Red Earth Divided
	+ In this book series, the Earth is divided between two armies, the World Federation and the Human Realm. The World Federation wants to advance humanity with technology, while the Human Realm seeks to unify humanity under social justice. Both of them wage war against each other, believing that total unification of humanity is the only way forward.
	+ The tenth to thirteenth books of this trilogy were the most controversial books, as they revolved around the Whitopia empire and its decline. One controversial scene involved the leaders of the World Federation suggesting total destruction of the Europeans or their culture to punish them for Whitopia's massacres, which the author intended to depict hatred corrupting people.
* Trunduk
	+ In this book series, the island nation of Trunduk is supported by a criminal cartel as it fights back against the West and the Soviets.
	+ The Vetarbroitar love this book so much, that they regard it as a role model to develop their own independence from the American Galactics and the Earth Union.
* Monosaki and the Lost Temple; Monosaki's Uncle
	+ A show within a show: in that case, it is a fictional movie series within the Trunduk universe.
	+ In this movie series, the Japanese archaeologist goes with his team to the sacred mountains of Trunduk Island. After being attacked by vampires, he seeks the help of a Hindu priest, who gives him a magic sword. The priest instructs him to pray to Shiva to fight the vampires.
	+ In one of its sequels, he learns that his grandfather or uncle became one of the vampires. The grandfather or uncle was a soldier during World War II who murdered hundreds of slaves. Angered by his murders and plundering of a temple, Shiva cursed the soldier to become a vampire, dooming him to be slain by a holy sword. He flew to Trunduk to avoid being caught by the peasants, where he feasted on the Australian occupiers.
* The Last Rooster
	+ In this sci-fi book, a rooster tries to comprehend his lonely existence as the last of his kind, with his only other neighbours being the occasional human or several orange blobs.
	+ In the book's setting, all animals have been exterminated by a global state to annihilate every last pathogen. They were being replaced by generic orange blobs as a food source, and with robots and holograms for companions and pets. In recent times, some scientists were tasked to create several animals from the last remaining cells, including the titular bird and his egg.
* Sons of the North
	+ A series of novels written in the 2180s set in an alternate timeline where the pagan nations of Europe defend themselves from Christian and Muslim empires by adopting their technology.
	+ Very popular among the Vetarbroitar and their pop culture. Sometimes Vetarbroitar use imagery from the Sons of the North to mock the American Galactics, after certain American Galactics used Crusader imagery in their wars against the Vetarbroitar.

## Media businesses

* CongloConga (ConCon)
	+ A TV network from America. In its prime, it consisted of seven filming studios supported by a subscription service for middle-class households.
	+ During the Second American Civil War, it relocated to California. It became more popular as it offered jobs for poorer and homeless people.
	+ In the postwar United States, it remained as a private corporation as its shows were immensely popular. Because it was indicative of capitalism, the Marxist militias branded it as an enemy.
	+ When the United States became a Marxist country, CongloConga was divided into several cooperatives and communes. Its branches in the American space colonies splintered into three separate corporations.
	+ Banned in the Vetarbroitar nations.
	+ (similar to Netflix in OTL)

## See also

* Fictional works in the Collectionverse, which are set thousands of years before the *Rinnarverse*'s setting.
	+ Reltak
	+ Kalendrica
* Dystopian Wave