Tales of Ta'veren - the Game

Welcome to the New Tales of Ta'veren!

• A Wheel of Time collectible card game is now available.
• A Wheel of Time computer game is now available. Our Wheel of Time page has links to more information and demo downloads.
• Illian has called the Hunt for the Horn of Valere, and Hunters comb the world. More Blessings will be held in the future, so it's not too late to join the fun!
• Tales of Ta'veren is currently located at tales.ta-veren.org 1998.
• Daily login peaks range between 55-70 on an average day. The highest recorded peak was 93 characters connected simultaneously.
• We want your logs! Send logs to saidar@ta-veren.org to have them added to the logs page.
• We want your links! If you or your character have a Web page, mail the URL to saidar@ta-veren.org to have it added to the Players and Characters page.

We are continuing to install other features and additions that are in-progress at the moment, and will be enhancing existing ones over the next few months.

We would like to thank all our volunteers and area leaders for their hard work during the development close.

The People of Tales of Ta'veren

Administration

Wizards and Staff

If you need help on the MUSH, type +staff or +greeter. A list of wizards is available by typing news wizard.

Administrator Guidelines and Policy

A handbook of information for administrators on Tales, this section of the site includes conduct guidelines for admin, an overview of the admin structure, and applications for Staff and Greeter positions.

Notes From The Admin

A series of articles designed to help players gain a better understanding of how to utilize the game's procedures and admin to best advantage, and the admin point of view on common concerns.

Players and Characters

Player and Character Home Pages

Here you will find links to home pages of players of Tales of Ta'veren, and there are also a few characters with Web pages of their own! Send us your URL today so we can add your page!

The World of Tales of Ta'veren

World Events

State of the World

The State of the World document details social and political activities at work in the various nations of the world. You can use these larger events as a backdrop for your role-play on the MUSH. The current issue outlines events that occurred between Fall 995 and Fall 997 NE.

Prophecy

The Prophecy page outlines the various prophecies and prophetic characters in the world, including the Prophecies of the Dragon.

The Tattle Tales Newsletter

All the news that's fit to print, and some that isn't, the Tattle Tales newsletter is your guide to recent events in the story of the MUSH, and also includes some useful out-of-character information like the Coder's Corner.

Open Areas

The Aiel

The open Clan on Tales is the Shaarad Clan. Four warrior societies are available - the Maidens of the Spear, the Black Eyes, the Stone Dogs and the Red Shields.

Caemlyn, Andor

A prosperous and just nation, Andor is probably the culture easiest for those who haven't read the novels to play in.

The Children of the Light

The Children travel the world in their mission to bring people into the Light. Currently many are posted at a camp some miles from Tar Valon. The Children have also purchased a farm near Caemlyn and have an embassy in Shienar.

The Dark

The forces of the Dark work behind the scenes of every nation and every group, luring in new recruits with promises of eternal life, riches or revenge.

The Illuminators' Guild

The Illuminators guard their secret of fireworks production well, allowing few into the Guild who were not born to it. Illuminator characters on the game are members of a Guild embassy in Tar Valon.

The Mercenaries' Guild - CLOSED!

The Mercenaries' Guild has been closed. Players are welcome to play independent mercenaries who sell their services to interested buyers, but no guild of mercenaries currently exists.

The Ogier

The open stedding is Stedding Maotai. It is located just above the Kinslayer's Dagger mountains in the Spine of the World, so it's between Tar Valon, Sunridge Hold and Fal Moran.

Fal Moran, Shienar - CLOSED!

One of the Borderlands, Shienar stands ever vigilent against the neighbouring Blight. Fal Moran is currently closed. It may or may not reopen in the future. Players are welcome to create Shienaran characters, and the Web pages are made available as a tool to aid in that.

Tar Valon

The most magnificent city in the world has no native culture, but is a melting pot of all the peoples of the world, and an important financial and merchant center. If you want to play a character from a culture not yet opened on the game, come live in Tar Valon!

The Tinkers (Tuatha'an)

Dedicated to lives of peaceful non-violence, the Tinkers keep to themselves, travelling the world in their colourful wagons. The River Band is open and accepting members on Tales.

The White Tower

The Tower is at the center of the web of political machinations woven by the Aes Sedai, but it is also a great center of learning. It houses the most magnificent library in the world, and trains future Aes Sedai and Warders.

Organizations

• House Baulder - Shienar

• The Caemlyn Theatre - Caemlyn, Andor

• Black Suns Thieves Cartel - Tar Valon

• House Corsobar - Altaran House, in Tar Valon

• House Dhamsid - Domani House, in Tar Valon

• Merchant House of the Golden Goblet - Tar Valon

• House Hune - Andor

• House Ildevwyn - Cairhienin House, in Tar Valon

• The Queen's Guard of Andor - Andor

• House Roesone - Andor

• House Sulamaad - Taraboner House, in Tar Valon

• Tar Valon Guard - Tar Valon

• House Tiamaro - Tairen House, in Tar Valon

• The Valavendil - a travelling group of adventurers

• House Vanderode - Cairhienin House, in Tar Valon

• House Versyr - the Royal House of Andor

• House Vorneyo - Arafellin House, in Tar Valon

• House Zadnere - Saldaean House, in Shienar

Culture and Geography

A Map of the World

Dark's colourful and detailed map illustrates the location of nations and important landmarks. The original book map is now available at Tor.

The Illustrated Wheel of Time Worldbook

The Worldbook outlines the culture of each nation and cultural group, as well as providing general information on such topics as the nobility, travel, recreation, marriage, etc. The Worldbook is lavishly illustrated with artwork from Wheel of Time fans on the Net and Tales players.

Calendar and Holidays

The Wheel of Time year is the same length as a real year, but is sub-divided differently. There are also many unique holidays. A graphic calendar is also available.

To view this information on the MUSH, type the following while connected: info calendar and info holidays.

The Exhaustive Aiel

Bryan Davis, a member of Tales, has put together this wonderfully detailed resource about the Aiel.

Atha'an Miere (The People of the Sea)

A collection of information about the Sea Folk.

Military

A Compendium of Weaponry and Military Costuming of the Wheel of Time

A wonderfully detailed look at the weapons and armour used by friend and foe in the Wheel of Time world, illustrated with pictures and diagrams of the weapons and armour. It has been updated to include information from A Path of Daggers

The Swordforms

Each of the swordforms on this list has been described by volunteers at Tales of Ta'veren to provide a guide for role-playing sword fighting on the MUSH.

Military Strengths on Tales of Ta'veren

This page includes a chart and other information outlining the military strengths of each nation and people, and their military specialties.

History

Tales of Ta'veren History

This information is not currently available on the Web. Please type the following on the MUSH to read more about Tales history: info history and info timeline.

Logs of Tales of Ta'veren Role-Play

A log is like making a home video of a role-play session to preserve it and allow others to enjoy it. Logs are a great way to find out about important events that have occurred on the game. All players are welcome to submit their logs to the site.

The following links are timelines that Wheel of Time fans on the Net have compiled. NOTE: You may not want to read these timelines until you've read the first four to six books in the series.

A Timeline

The first half is a timeline of events that occur prior to the books. The second half is a timeline of events that occur in each book, and so has little impact on the world of Tales of Ta'veren.

The Unofficial Wheel of Time Chronology

A detailed timeline which currently includes information taken from The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt and The World of Robert Jordan's the Wheel of Time. The author has plans to expand it in the future.

General Setting Resources

The Wheel of Time Concordance

The Wheel of Time Concordance is a very comprehensive collection of notes on the novels related to the Wheel of Time setting, compiled by Saidar. It includes information on countries and cultures, channeling and the One Power, unusual objects and abilities, songs and stories, and much more. It is available in a WWW version or a plain-text version. The author welcomes comments on the Concordance at: saidar@ta-veren.org

WWW Wheel of Time Concordance 2.0

This HTML version of the Concordance uses frames.

FTP Wheel of Time Concordance 2.0

You can save your own copy of this in Netscape by selecting Save As from the File pull-down menu while you have the page loaded on your screen.

Wheel of Time Fact Page

A reference guide to aspects of the Wheel of Time including cultures, the One Power, prophecies and characters. The references are brief, this does not go into the same amount of detail as the Concordance.

Abilities and Limitations of Channelers

Some notes on the various inate abilities of channelers, and limitations and uses of the One Power, with examples from the books. All players of channeling characters are required to read this and role-play accordingly.

An Old Tongue Dictionary

The Old Tongue dictionary is a collection of Old Tongue words and phrases found in the novels. Also of interest is a letter from Mr. Jordan about how he derived the Old Tongue, and a chart of similarities between the Old Tongue and modern earth languages. This dictionary is an expanded version of the first Old Tongue dictionary compiled by fans.

Game Information

Policy

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Email Lists

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