--- deliantra/server/pod/books.pod	2007/01/01 15:29:42	1.2
+++ deliantra/server/pod/books.pod	2007/01/01 16:24:30	1.3
@@ -475,4 +475,43 @@
 bet on them - it seems more logical.
 
 
+=head1 The Name of the World
+
+I, Forag the little-known, have invested my lifetime into exploring
+the various names of this, our World. In this tome I wrote down all my
+knowledge. Be careful with it, else it might overwhelm you, as it did me!
+
+In Khelens and most of its territories, it was named “The Earth”,
+while the major western landmass was called “The Continent” while the
+eastern landmass was called "the Wilderness".
+
+Fendrakis used “Raxida”, which is also the name they gave to the Fox
+Lady, Mother of All Things, deity.
+
+Elves traditionally use “Eänella”, which translates as “The Land of
+Green”
+
+Dwarves of Khorolizov use “Herdankaupf”, “Country of the Horses”,
+which is a reference to their mythology (see the legend of the Twelve Days
+for that)
+
+The Orcish name is “Knâgsh-Ishzeh”, “Rotten Branch”
+
+The people of the Old Wall, used the name “Harinappa”, “Bottom of
+the Pit”, to designate the world.
+
+Most people nowadays use the old Khelenti name ("The Earth") or its direct
+translation in local languages/idioms.
+
+
+=head1 Melficef the Red
+
+Melficef was a powerful mage that conducted thaumical studies to
+try to store magical energies in an efficient way. He created many
+self-recharging rod spells that are still commonly used today, as well as
+the thaumic bomb, a device storing a massive amount of mana and releasing
+it in a violent explosion - such an explosion actually killed the
+unfortunate Melficef himself.
+
+