Anyeri Hard Rock Erosional Caves
History
Historical Overview
History by Age
Stone Age: Before 1E 0
Copper Age: 1E 1-1E 2200
Bronze Age: 1E 2200-1E 4400
Iron Age: 2E 0-2E 700
Ancient Age: 2E 700-2200
Middle Ages: 3E 0-2050
Early Modern Age: 3E 2050-3E 2600
Industrial Age: 3E 2600-3E 2700
Machine Age: 3E 2700-3E 2800
Atomic Age: 3E 2800-3E 2850
Space Age: 3E 2850-3E 2875
Information Age: 3E 2875-3E 2900
Genetic Age: 3E 2950-3E 3000
Awakening Age: 3E 3000-3E 3415
Twilight Age: 4E 0-4E 500
Geography
The entrance of the cave leads to a long corridor, that is about a quarter-mile long. Once the corridor ends, the small chamber begins. The small chamber has three entrances: one to the left; one to the right; and one to the second corridor. These side-entrances lead to smaller, minor chambers. The second corridor goes deeper underground and leads to the large chamber, which reportedly has many entrances to smaller and larger corridors and chambers. One part in the western edge of the Anyeri Caves is supposedly a series of medium-sized corridors that leads to the T'Hana.
A small corridor that is rumoured to contain the most priceless artefact of the Wialshy Clan: the Moon-Shaped Stone. The one part of the cave, on the eastern edge of the Anyeri Caves region, is yet another series of corridors, although most of these corridors are small; even so, these corridors lead to a large corridor known as the Aw'Na, which is guarded by various groups of powerful kin'toni and contains another one of the Wialshy clan's priceless artefacts, which is a cave drawing of their clan founder. This cave drawing of the Wialshy clan founder.
Is often referred to as the Ez'cxna, or, loosely translated, the Judge of Ancestors and Descendants. It is suggested that the Wialshy clan's government can be seen meeting in the centre of the cavern region in which they live. This epicentre of their region, known as the Vza'una, or, loosely translated, the Hall of Deliberation, make laws regarding all kinds of things. This particular part of the region leads to the northernmost part of the region, the Byxni'ua. Within the corridors of this northernmost edge contains several relics of the distant past that are guarded by several Wialshy kin'toni.
As well as a few skeletons, which are said to be the remains of their ancestors who protected this cave before them. These ancestral remains, which are believed by kin'toni of this clan to be the remains and skeletons of several different clans that came before the Wialshy clan, and these remains are hereby protected by a group of kin'toni known as the Ancestral Guard. The northernmost and southernmost edges of the Caverns are believed and assumed to contain something of slightly higher value as these were assumed to be one of the first kin'toni'ati cave drawings.
Which were drawn some many years ago by their ancestors. These drawings are often praised by the Wialshy clan and are known to cause Wialshy kin'toni to be extremely positive. For this very reason, the depths of the Anyeri Caves, have seldom been seen, but the cave drawings are generally known to just about many clans in the kin'toni'ati race and were studied in kin'toni'ati institutions shortly before the beginning of the Shattering; these institutions have since wasted away.
Plants
According to several kin'toni from several different regions in Terael. The caves, despite being fairly old in age and full of age, are in surprisingly good shape in spite of the moss growing on the ground, especially when compared to other caves across the region. This, as a general result, makes this clan one of the most remarkable groups of architects of most of the clans in the kin'toni'ati world. The first of these plants often referred to as bs'unmal or kin'toni'ati tulips, generally has a lifespan of an average of roughly five years, assuming that the plants can survive without much water.
However, when the plants are watered once every couple of days, they can often have a lifespan of up to ten years. The second of these plants, known in the kin'toni'ati world as ybra, or moonflowers, have been known for their dependency on water, and without proper watering by a kin'toni, it can go dry and die within a matter of days; however, when watered every couple of days they can live as long as two years. The next of these plants, which is known as the nyc'ra, or the Fanged Venus Flytrap, is not as dependent on water as the other aforementioned plants.
But it does need to be watered once every week in order for it to stay alive. Some would suggest that this plant can live up to three years. But perhaps the most intriguing plant in the Anyeri Caves, which can live up to five years if watered once every three days. Also doubles as a favoured food for some other kin'toni'ati clans, which may also explain why this particular plant is so hard to find. Also known as the plil'azgo or the kin'toni'ati rose, it resembles a dark lavender colour with a purple root; however, if not watered for more than three days it dies.
In total, there are four different kinds of plants that inhabit the caves, in addition to the moss that grows. Some kin'toni suggest that the moss is supposedly a service as far as the caves are concerned, but others admit that the moss can sometimes grow on the cavern floors. Even so, most of the studies conducted on the Wialshy clan's place of residence have proven that these plants can sometimes get water from the top of the caverns. Which often drip water; as a result, some of these plants are very dependent on water as a general whole and mainly rely on the water coming from the cavern's ceiling.
Generally speaking, the caverns often provides water for the plants as a result of the water that drips from the various places in the ceiling; because of that, some of the plants in the caverns are generally assumed to live up to a maximum of a week without it needing to be watered. Even so, the plants that inhabit these caves in the Anyeri region have a mind of their own, but they always stay where they are and sometimes have harmed kin'toni.
Animals
These caves are home to cave-delving kin'toni of the Wialshy kin'toni Clan, some rats, tiny bugs, bats, and some mysterious animals known as the t'nari or "goblins", who are implied to be originated from kin'toni of a now-dead clan who the last remains of having been forced into the deeper regions of the caves by the Wialshy kin'toni Clan. Due to the rough nature of life in the caves, only a few stronger specimen survived. These kin'toni have turned zu'aan, who were raised to live in the darkness and occasionally steal food from above. These "children" have also turned "children".
This led to stealing and darkness being hard-wired into their brains. The goblins are also physically adapted to life in the caves even more than the Wialshy kin'toni Clan; they have short, thin bodies that are ideal for crawling and running. The goblins are generally known as a menace for the outer cave-kin'toni since they steal food. There are reports of some cave-kin'toni tribesmen having "adopted" some of those goblins. The "goblins" are not sentient and are around as smart as a monkey-like animal called a nulai what lives outside the caves.
There are also cave worms which are common cave lifeforms on Taerel. The cave worms are blind and hunt by vibration, but also have a very good sense of smell. They eat what they find. There is another kind of animal that dwells in these caverns where the Wialshy kin'toni and Goblins live; these animals, supposedly known as txhi worms, are unusually large worms that crawl inside the caves and have surprisingly spiny backs despite having the look of a centipede. The txhi worms have a distinct quality about txhi worms out them as far as their speed is concerned.
As they are able to crawl surprisingly fast in an unusually short amount of time. They can also reproduce asexually. With that being said, typical txhi worms can be expected to live for a few decades before dying. They are often looked at as the cockroaches of Terael, given that they can more than likely survive any apocalyptic scenario. Despite the fact that the txhi worms and goblins are only some of the kinds of animals that can exist in a cavernous setting, some of the plants in this particular region can also have animal-like traits themselves.
Historical Timeline of Ages
| Age Name | Dates | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Stone Age | Before 1E 0 | Unknown |
| Copper Age | 1E 1–1E 2200 | Unknown |
| Bronze Age | 1E 2200–1E 4400 | Unknown |
| Iron Age | 2E 0–2E 700 | Unknown |
| Ancient Age | 2E 700–2E 2200 | Unknown |
| Middle Age | 3E 0–3E 2050 | Unknown |
| Early Modern Age | 3E 2050–3E 2600 | Unknown |
| Industrial Age | 3E 2600–3E 2700 | Unknown |
| Machine Age | 3E 2700–3E 2800 | Unknown |
| Atomic Age | 3E 2800–3E 2850 | Unknown |
| Space Age | 3E 2850–3E 2875 | Unknown |
| Information Age | 3E 2875–3E 2900 | Unknown |
| Genetic Age | 3E 2950–3E 3000 | Unknown |
| Awakening Age | 3E 3000–3E 3415 | Unknown |
| Twilight Age | 4E 0–4E 500 | Wialshy Kin'toni Clan |
| Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
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