Eodon
Eodon is a jungle-like, enclosed valley, where dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures live beside humans. It was visited by the Avatar in Savage Empire. This strange mixture of worlds was created by a huge, corrupted moonstone. The valley of Eodon is actually on Earth, but the moonstone somehow put it out of phase, making it inaccessible and unmappable. Dr. Rafkin first put forth this hypothesis, which was confirmed by a Xorinite Wisp. Only the Orb of the Moons allows travel into the valley.
History[edit]
The tribes of the valley of Eodon were magically drawn from varying periods and locations in history, such as the aboriginal nations of Mesoamerica and tropical Africa. This was the working of the reptilian race that ruled over the valley from the underground city of Kotl, who, for some unknown reason despite their sophisticated technology, insisted on having slaves. However, the enslaved people were constantly unrestful and gained their freedom when their slavers were (mostly) destroyed by their own creation of a work-slave animal, the Myrmidex, and the city of Kotl fell into the darkness of history after it had to be abandoned by its inhabitants.
The tribes remembered mostly nothing of these past events, warring against each other in petty feuds, unaware of their own history how they came to be at Eodon. Even the descendants of Kotl only remembered their past in the most general terms, being bitter at how far they'd fallen. The valley was finally threatened to be destroyed by the corrupted moonstone in the hands of the Myrmidex Queen, but thankfully the Avatar was able to prevent this disaster and destroy the threat of the Myrmidex as well.
Important Locations[edit]
Tribes[edit]
- Barako Tribe
- Barrab Tribe
- Disquiqui Tribe
- Haakur Tribe
- Jukari Tribe
- Kurak Tribe
- Tichticotl (Nahuatla Tribe)
- Pindiro Tribe
- Sakkhra Tribe
- Urali Tribe
- Yolaru Tribe
Other Locations[edit]
Lore[edit]
| “ | It is a trifle distressing to realize that future generations will remember one's name more for a stroke of extraordinary luck than for personal accomplishments. That, I think, is my own situation. Though I never had reason to doubt my own qualifications, it is inevitable that the scientific community will eventually regard me only as the chronicler of the remarkable Valley of Eodon — as a Bosworth to a primordial Johnson. And it was sheerest luck, not scientific inquiry or archaeological exploration, that led me to find the valley.
My good friend Jimmy Malone informs me that he will be arranging for the story of our discovery of the valley to be published before these notes see the light of day, and that I need not fill the few remaining pages of his battered notebook with another account of that story. So I shall instead provide a summary overview of the valley itself—the world's first look at this remarkable setting. It is my hope that in the future I will be able to send out more thorough essays on the topic. The Valley of Eodon is, to a scientist, rather akin to a time capsule which was filled with amazing treasures and crucial
information... but flaws in its construction allowed moisture to seep in and corrupt the wondrous items within. As labored as this simile may be, it is indeed representative of the facts. In these few pages remaining to me, I will look at some of these "treasures" make hypotheses about their origins and the changes they have undergone. |
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Trivia[edit]
- The name Eodon is derived from "Eden," the paradisaical garden which housed Adam and Eve in Judeo-Christian tradition.[1]
- The valley is added to Ultima Online in the expansion Time of Legends, though of course it is different from the canon Eodon.
References[edit]
- ↑ Addams, Shay. "The Savage Empire: Quest of the Month". Questbusters, Volume VIII (Savage Empire). QuestBusters: 1991. Page 3.
| Locations on Eodon | |
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| Tribes | Barako Tribe ☥ Barrab Tribe ☥ Disquiqui Tribe ☥ Haakur Tribe ☥ Jukari Tribe ☥ Kurak Tribe ☥ Nahuatla Tribe ☥ Pindiro Tribe ☥ Sakkhra Tribe ☥ Urali Tribe ☥ Yolaru Tribe |
| Other Locations | Drum Hill ☥ Kotl ☥ Myrmidex Caves ☥ Old Pindiro Village ☥ Rafkin's laboratory ☥ Teleport pads |
| Worlds in the Ultima Series | |
|---|---|
| Main Worlds | Britannia ☥ Sosaria ☥ Serpent Isle ☥ Pagan ☥ Earth ☥ Eodon ☥ Mars |
| Worlds of the Blackrock Jewel |
Tarna ☥ Killorn Keep ☥ Anodunos ☥ Talorus ☥ Scintillus Academy ☥ Pits of Carnage ☥ Rhiannon ☥ Ethereal Void |
| Ahistorical Solar System |
Sun ☥ Mercury ☥ Venus ☥ Earth ☥ Mars ☥ Jupiter ☥ Saturn ☥ Uranus ☥ Neptune ☥ Pluto ☥ Planet X |
| Other Worlds | Nexus of the Worlds ☥ Caledonia ☥ Balema ☥ Ashtalarea ☥ Alucinor |