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Welcome to the Arteran wiki! This wiki chronicles the conworld of Arteran, a years-long conworlding project of cybrxkhan.

Main Articles

 * Arteran

World

 * Geography

History

 * Timeline
 * Time Periods of Arteran

States

 * Modern-day Nations
 * Aidis
 * Genais
 * Cedarin
 * Azhool
 * Besera
 * Historical States
 * Djakhet

Languages

 * Atosanic Languages
 * Aidisese
 * Proto-Atosanic/Djakhetian
 * Beseric Languages
 * Beseran Languages
 * Azhooli
 * Beseran
 * Tuzean Languages
 * Alaborian
 * Chanic Languages
 * Chan
 * Ekyorannian Languages
 * Ikorofian
 * Itholian Languages
 * Inoxese
 * Leslupi
 * Marluci
 * Proto-Itholian
 * Xemarian
 * Merthic Languages
 * Podulan Languages
 * Merthic Languages
 * Trolic Languages
 * Elisuvestan
 * Keintapan
 * Wodan Languages
 * Yuh Languages
 * Language Isolates

Origins
"In the end, billions of years from now, in the far-flung reaches of the universe, the numberless deeds and actions of all consciousnesses manifest as the end of time. For now all races and sentient beings that ever existed are gone, their deeds and actions exhausted and having passed onto the next universe. The universe, too, is slowly exhausting away and passing onto the next universe. In this final eon, there remains little; there is but Void: it is neither form nor formless; neither space nor spaceless; neither time nor timeless; neither existing nor not existing. Yet despite Void there remains one filament, composed of a few small clusters of galaxies. This is the manifestation of the remaining consciousnesses – the remaining souls, as some would call them – who are the final deeds and actions to be exhausted.

The noblest of these consciousnesses can be called deities, though they are not immortal. Though they are formless, of the highest evolution of life, they are still bound by their yet to be exhausted deeds and actions. Because of their obligations, the chains of their deeds and actions, they are to guide the final consciousnesses into the next universe. Countless generations of deities have guided the lesser beings, the lesser consciousnesses, towards the next universe, towards the exhaustion of deeds and actions.

So the elders said:

It was eons ago that the antepenultimate generation of deities searched the filament, the small clusters of galaxies. The Antepenultimates, as they are known, through fire and heat, ice and cold, rock and liquid, found the final planets. They guided the consciousnesses into the planet Occasus, which still shines white in the night skies. There, the deeds and actions of the sentient races spread: Occasus evolved; grew; flourished; declined; rose again; declined once more; and so on and so on for generations. But there was darkness in those men of Occasus (as there is darkness in all men), the result of their deeds and actions. So too, like the rest of the universe before it, was Occasus doomed. And the Antepenultimates were satisfied.

At the near-end of Occasus, when men fought each other and failed to grasp the true meaning of their deeds and actions, the Antepenultimates – satisfied –called upon the chosen, the most worthy and noble of men, they of the party of Aremond. For the next generation of deities – the Penultimates – were to be anointed.

So the elders said:

Blessed was the party of Aremond, blessed was Aremond and Lusydia and their peers: most virtuous and noble of heart, most brilliant and talented of mind, most revered and compassionate of spirit. They refused the Antepenultimates’ offer of godhood; said Aremond the wise, representing the sentiments of his peers: “We are not worthy of godhood. Our virtue, talent, and compassion are of inadequate quality. There are countless universe and countless consciousnesses; it pains us that once we pass this universe, we shall come to another where deeds and actions still remain to be exhausted. Our hearts are pained, we weep to see so many suffering, and so little that we can do.”

And the Antepenultimates were satisfied. Throughout the darkening planet of Occasus rife with dark deeds and actions, throughout the universe rife with dark deeds and actions, the party of Aremond remained the most virtuous, talented, and compassionate: they were the Penultimates. For gods are created from good deeds and actions; and the good deeds and actions of the party of Aremond ensured them their anointment. And thus as Occasus withered and died, and the Antepenultimates passed onto the next world, so did the party of Aremond become the Penultimate deities.

So the elders said:

Aremond and his peers, now reborn as formless deities, guided the consciousnesses from dying Occasus, and brought them to immaculate and young Arteran. Here the races would prosper, once more; here the consciousnesses would prosper for the final time, before they pass onto the next universe.

And yet despite being the noblest of hearts, a dark misfortune befell the Pentulimates. The moment before they ascended deity-hood, the hesitation in their hearts created Darkness: for this was a negative deed, a negative action. For in questioning their abilities as deities, Darkness – a small amount, though – had entered the hearts of Aremond and his peers, particularly Lusydia his consort and Aremond himself. But perhaps this was what the Antepenultimates intended. The perfection of the universe’s end can only be achieved through imperfection.

So the elders said:

Here is Arteran, the final planet, the final home of the consciousnesses. Here shall the consciousnesses evolve – rise and fall, prosper and decline – as they always had in all previous incarnations: the hellish demons, the lesser gods, the plants and the invisible spirits, the animals and mankind.

Yet, Aremond, Lusydia, and their peers, while still deities, must now also suffer like the rest of the consciousnesses. For the Darkness in them is but the Darkness in all consciousnesses. They shall guide the consciousnesses in their rebirths here, on Arteran; in different forms their avatars will appear, sometimes known, sometimes unknown, to guide all, slowly but surely, towards the next universe.

So the elders said:

In the end, billions of years from now, in the far-flung reaches of the universe, the numberless deeds and actions of all consciousnesses manifest as the end of time. They, too, manifest as Arteran. Ages will pass before the death of Arteran. Ages will pass before the deeds and actions of all consciousnesses can be exhausted, even with the guidance of the party of Arteran. There are still countless generations to exhaust, countless deeds and actions to exhaust. Until these are all exhausted, the universe shall not die, shall not wither, shall not cease, shall not collapse into the next one.

So the elders have spoken."