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The '''Shape of the World''' is a matter of debate among the people of the [[Attu Archipelago]] and the [[Brchipelago]].

== Models ==

=== Discworld ===
On 23-10 9 PC, scientists from the [[Confederated Nations of Niueyjar]] proposed that the world was composed of a disc held up on the backs of four elephants standing upon a large turtle.

=== Infinite Sea ===
It is taught in [[Deysachin|Deysachni]] myth that the world beyond all the shards of [[Adeysa]] consists of an endless chaotic sea, which slowly disolves into [[Outer Chaos]] as one moves farther from the [[Pillars Of Earth And Sky]] and the stability of physical order. The vertical direction of space is similarly thought to continue endlessly into static, with the night sky being an occluded view of the Outer Chaos. The souls of heathens were said to have been trapped metaphysically deep within the Pillars of Earth prior to [[Modhes Ywl]]'s [[The Great Flaying|Flaying]].

=== Infinite and Flat ===
It is commonly believed in the [[Caseic Archipelago]] that the world is infinite and flat. The seas extend infinitely in all horizontal directions, forming a flat plane. 

=== Unknowable ===
It is the general consensus among the [[T'vaqi]] that the exact shape and size of the world is impossible to conclusively determine. Some have theorized that the world is spherical, circular, or at the very least finite based on observations of the moon.

=== Utlian Ice ===
In [[Utlia]] it is commonly believed that the world is a very large flat ocean encircled by an even larger range of ice mountains, the ice mountains are believed to cover the majority of area on the world. This idea comes from a line in [[Azztanism (book)|Azztanism]] by Vyren Kiyrn where [[Azzta]] refers to the world outside Utlia as "The high ice beyond."

== Attempts to find the shape of the World ==

=== Barakar's tunnel ===
On 17-3 23 PC, [[Barakar Oken]] had the [[Oken-eee Farming Consortium]] begin digging [[Barakar's tunnel to the other side of the world|a tunnel to the other side of the world]] to determine the shape of the World.

=== Pre-Modhesian Voyages ===
There are several recorded tales of people attempting to sail deep into the turbulant ocean, in an attempt to escape the prison of reality. Almost always, the tales end in either implicit or explicit failure. One such tale, [[The Quest Of Dghuna]], is a common metaphor for the dangers of hubris. The idea of sailing beyond the world is seen in a much more favorable light by the [[Mn'krapanti]], though they too see it as fruitless.

=== Saint Sarrhu ===
[[Saint]] [[Sarrhu]] was a [[Modhes|Modhesian]] explorer, known for sailing as deep into the oceans as possible, and discovering the island of [[Lighthouse Island|Sarrhusar]], which was subsequently named after him. While his voyages were not explicitly about finding the edges of static, they were mythologized by subsequent works as a fufillment of the previous mythos regarding the seas, and as a tale of mankind succeding over the barriers imposed by the old gods.

=== YBS Sarrhu ===
The [[YBS Sarrhu]] was sent out into the [[Eastern Ocean]] in 41 PC to explore outward until either finding the edge of the ocean or the edge of the world.

=== Vyren Kiyrn ===
Before his death in 1740 TT [[Vyren Kiyrn]] repeatedly expressed his intent to gather a crew to sail beyond the storms and beyond the seas entirely, to map the ice mountains and claim it for the [[Frish Kingdom|Frish]]. Vyren claimed he had men working on storm-proof ships but no schematics have been found by modern researchers. 
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