[Official Lore Changelog]

[HollowWorld]

A record of all official changes in the lore as of the December 2022.
The 'Lore' is regarded as any element of the server's narrative setting, as well as the out-of-character systems these elements rely on.
Examples would be the Arcane, Divine, HollowCrafting and Vyre systems.

Please check that you are 'watching' this thread so you are aware of changes when they happen. Thank you!

You can find the Divine Changelog here.
You can find the Vyre Changelog here.
You can find the Arcane Changelog here.
You can find the Crafting Changelog here.

+Created for 2023+​

 

[Elz]

1/23/23

Astronomy and Constellation pages have been updated.

Astronomy

[ ART CREDIT ] -= ━━━━━━ ════[ =]◈[= ]════ ━━━━━━ =- A S T R O N O M Y -= ━━━━━━ ════][════ ━━━━━━ =- The study and observation of the vast night sky, of the celestial bodies within, and of the mystical unknowns beyond the world of Altera. -=[ TECHNOLOGY ]=- There are a variety of tools...

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Constellations

[ ART CREDIT ] -= ━━━━━━ ════[ =]◈[= ]════ ━━━━━━ =- C O N S T E L L A T I O N S -= ━━━━━━ ════][════ ━━━━━━ =- As the sun sets and the lands are brought into night, the occupants of these lands find themselves gazing up into a vast and ethereal landscape of the night sky. Stars blanket the...

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02/13/23

Addition to the Astronomy lore to confirm that we're not flat earthers:

Those with the tools and the inclination may take to long periods of research and study to discover that the world they live on is spherical, and not flat. Be this measuring distances in the skies from different locations, observations of the lunar and solar cycles, or various other methods, it is possible to uncover this information.

(Updating - Was using the wrong lore thread.)

 

[Solus]

2/19/23
+Beastiary Stats added to most Alteran Beasts to test run their uses in DMing
+The Wendigo Lore is being archived to open up changes to the creature. Players have raised concerns over cultural clashes and we would like to be respectful to them and make the lore more unique. See rp announcement

 

[IceandFire]

2/21/23

+ Through player initiative (Juvix_ ), suggestions, and an effort to continue to Modernize - Lore will be adding the ability for sign language in the language lexicon and plugin. Rather than a universal sign language, this effort will be player-led and documented. A Subforum will be created for any player-created sign language. To have your language added, please make a Lore ticket. It will be required to have others involved & interested to see it be publicly established. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing some Sign on the server!

 

[IceandFire]

2/25/23

+ Modernization has updated and released new Makani and Immortal Construct Lore. The largest changes come to the Constructs, with a complete overhaul. An IC Announcement for the Construct changes will follow this post. Please see the threads below - any questions, please post in their respective FAQ threads. It will make it easier for lore to discuss!

Construct 2.0: https://hollowworld.co.uk/forums/immortal-constructs.655/

Makani 2.0:https://hollowworld.co.uk/threads/makani.53976/

Thanks, team!

 

[Solus]

3/25/23

+Clarification and update on Earth Biology in Altera concerning animals. These creatures would exist in habitats natural to them within reasonable biomes.

Earth Biology

The parallel between Altera and Earth extends into the realms of flora and fauna, otherwise known as plants and animals. This includes what is visually represented in vanilla Minecraft as well as what is not. In other words, most known plants and animals on Earth exist in Altera - though within...

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[Solus]

3/31/23
+New adjustments to Constructs from the team:

-Clarification on hot and cold effects against Stelhide. Removed vulnerability to electricity- they're vulnerable to it as mortals are.

Constructs are more comfortable in harsh environments than mortals but are still vulnerable to intense heat and cold. They can work at a forge for hours, traverse the Nether, or stand out in the cold without discomfort, but direct exposure to fire or intense cold will harm them internally as it would a mortal. The external Stelhide itself melts under the same conditions as iron.

-Leather, Cloth & Metal Augments written in more detail/clarified
-Added debilitations of being within Water

 

[Arget Istalri]

4/25/23
+ Blackpowder now has its own page, which can be found HERE.
+ Spiritblessed now must be 12 years or older.

 

[Solus]

4/26
+Updates to Constructs

-Source "For mortals- they can interpret it to be similar to orchestral string or flute instruments." Source now has a better audio reference.​

-Stelheart Fracture now has a rolling system for Immortal Stewards to follow​

+Lore clarifies no spells, Divine or Arcane, that heal flesh will work on Constructs​

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+Update to Fiends's Abyssal abilities for Twinned Horn and Seamstress [x]

 

[Elz]

4/26
+ The Redstone Tinkering page has been removed, as we shift into Redstone itself not being an IC substance. It should be used to represent pulleys, hinges, and other mechanical pieces that open doors/secret passages/so on instead. The following has been added to the Transportation page under 'Other':

It should be noted that pulleys, hinge, hidden mechanisms and so on can be represented in game by using redstone, though redstone itself is not an IC element of its own. Be this ways to open doors or secret compartments.

 

[Elz]

4/26
+ The 'Netherish Materials' page has been removed, Crimsonwort has been added to the Hellscape Handbook instead (Nether Star pending). This means items like blaze rods, magma cream, and fire charges are no longer IC and the mobs in the Nether are similar (please refer to the Hellborn section for IC creatures). However, with some of them having been IC in the past, the following IC reasoning is added:

"Creatures in Hell seem to be seen less and less, strange elemental beings or otherwise fading to be little more than myth as other denizens of the Hellscape take over in their place."

 

[Elz]

18th May;
+ Reaching Ivory has an additional aesthetic property for its Masterworked items:

Masterworked weapons will have carvings and marks glow more intensely, with orange embers and wisps of ash harmlessly dusting from the crafts when in motion (or being drawn).

 

[Elz]

25h May;
+ Flammelis has had its duration clarified further to last long enough to endure five fire based attacks (regardless of echelon).

Will last up to one hour or long enough to defend against five fire based attacks, and at the end the skin simply returns to normal without complaint.

 

[Elz]

27th May;
+ [Domesticated Animals] is now released.
+ [Misc. Tehnology] is updated and released.

 

[Elz]

2nd June;
+ An update to Eizholz to clarify what is able to damage it (though not destroy it):

High tiers of spells using flame from E3 and T3+ in arcane and divine will char and damage the wood enough that it must be soaked in an ice bath to repair overnight before using once more.

 

[Solus]

6/5:
+Demonic Antiques have been shifted from Spellbound Artifacts to their own category:

Relics of Altera

[ RELICS OF ALTERA ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ When the moon shone purple and the lands plagued by all manner of peculiar beast and mystery, items were slowly discovered that held a unique magical quality. Whilst some place the moon as the origin for such things, they have emerged elsewhere and from...

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[Solus]

8/12/2023 ||

Updates
+History of Altera has been updated with new Eras [x]
+Figment Lore has been updated to reflect current representation [x]

Quick Tweaks:
+Forgotten Realms has removed this portion from the Spiritual Plane [x]: Figments of the gods and immortal kings who died swim here.. They have no form, no semblance of identity and no power.

 

[Solus]

9/4 ||

+Lore Research Guide is Released [x] Electric
+Tiny update on Ginur Lore nexscarecrow

 

[Solus]

10/5/23 ||

+Official release of Entity Lore. These beings have been vital in various motions of the Altera's world [x]
+Update on Titan Lore and what defines as a Titan [x]
+Release of Magic's Divine page [x]

 

[Solus]

2/23/24 ||

+The Makani are now an un-restricted open race that require no application form. If you have questions on how to play one, don't be afraid to make a lore ticket or ask around discord. An update to the culture thread is in the works.
+The Constructs are now an endangered race. Only a select number of them remain scattered around the world after the old wreckage of their home long ago. They can still exist in the background for the time being and applications are still open. But soon, in a month or two, their numbers will make it so that no new constructs can be made.

More updates to come in the future.