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  World of Two Moons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The World of Two Moons or Abode is a fictional Earth-type planet featured in Wendy and Richard Pini's comic book Elfquest.
The second planet of its solar system, the WoTM seems to have developed along very similar lines to Earth (which is not referred to in Elfquest).
The larger moon seems to be about the same size as Earth's Moon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_of_Two_Moons   (370 words)

  
 Elves (Elfquest) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The elves are descended from a spacegoing race known as the High Ones, who were accompanied by small workers (later to evolve into trolls) and winged flitters, later to become the preservers.
Subsequent to their arrival on the World of Two Moons, the elves splintered into a number of different tribes.
The Wavedancers are a tribe of elves who took refuge in the oceans of the World of Two Moons.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elves_(Elfquest)   (2116 words)

  
 Uranus
Ariel, Belinda, Caliban, Cordelia, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Miranda, Oberon, Ophelia, Portia, Puck, Rosalind, Sycorax, Titania, Umbriel, New Moons of Uranus
The two largest moons, Titania and Oberon, were discovered by William Herschel in 1787.
These two pictures of Uranus, one in true color (left) and the other in false color, were compiled from images returned January 17, 1986, by the narrow-angle camera of Voyager 2.
www.solarviews.com /eng/uranus.htm   (1938 words)

  
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Their powers depleted, they discovered that they were vunerable to the threats of this new, strange world, and did not have the power to reclaim the palace of the high ones and escape.
Cutter was the cheif of a small tribe, atempting to survive the harsh world of two moons like they had done for as long as they could remember.
Two other key figures in elfquest to come out of the sun-village are prehaps two of the strongest magic using elves.
www.angelfire.com /bc/walkerville/tribes.html   (997 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cassini finds new Saturn moons
Dr Charnoz said that, in his opinion, the circular orbits of the moons on the equatorial plane of Saturn suggest they originated around the planet and are not captured asteroids or Kuiper Belt objects.
Scientists expected moons as small as S/2004 S1 and S/2004 S2 might be found within gaps in Saturn's rings and perhaps near the F ring.
Moons surrounding the giant planets are not generally found where they formed because tidal forces from the planets can cause them to drift from their original locations.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/3571564.stm   (728 words)

  
 The Now
The Wolfriders split in two tribes at the start of the Shards War, and, after a little shuffling following the fall of Sorrow's End and the battle at Howling Rock, remained in two distinct tribes, one of the elders, one of the younger Wolfriders.
Includes One-Eye, casualty of the Palace War; the family of Woodlock and Rainsong, and their descendents, who lived and died in Sorrow's End during the 10,000 years that the Palace was locked in the future; and the fallen heroes of the Shards War, who died in the quest to reassemble the crashed Palace.
The newest tribe on the World of Two Moons, the Wavedancers live at Crest Point, and the southern tip of the New Land.
www.intotheaetherworld.com /elfquest/now.html   (589 words)

  
 Unwritten Legends: Background
The world is an early medieval world similar to earth for simplicity.
The world also has twelve constelations in the zodiac, and five primary planets that also orbit (it is believed the world is heliocentric) the world's one yellow sun.
The moon is often regarded as the consort of the sun -- her silver compared to his gold.
members.fortunecity.com /colclark/Hcbackground.htm   (2788 words)

  
 IF Review: So Far
The story is set on a world with two moons and animals that clearly didn't evolve on Earth.
There are wraiths, footprints, fragrances, and lots of sounds, to say nothing of occasional glimpses (or perhaps not...) of a woman named Aessa, who seems to be the PC's romantic interest, though the nature of their relationship is never spelled out.
Aside from the fact that the two moons are visible in several of the locales, they have no apparent geographical or indeed logical links with one another.
www.musicwords.net /games/sofar.htm   (819 words)

  
 Scott's Elfquest Timeline
Two boys, feeling dishonorable, take her on a raft, where Skywise is born.
Two years later, a son Bowki is born to them and Talmah.
Abode is led by a single matriarchal world government which extends to colonies on several planets and moons of its solar system.
home.neo.rr.com /blaser/eqbody.htm   (3035 words)

  
 Rangar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The rings of the world were odd in the fact that there were several sharply dilineated bands of cupric-oxide, ferric-oxide, and nickle-oxide.
The moon eventually became home to a large number of residents, all there to study the rings, and the other xenoarcheological wonders of the Serpens Volumn.
Negentropist scientists conjecture that the moon is either not native to the system, is artificially constructed, or is actually an independently formed planet moved into orbit around Rangar.
www.orionsarm.com /worlds/Rangar.html   (1410 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
The two largest moons, Oberon and Titania, were discovered by Herschel in 1787.
The next two, Umbriel and Ariel, were found in 1851 by the British astronomer William Lassell (1799-1880).
Miranda, thought before Voyager 2's flyby in 1986 to be the innermost moon, was discovered in 1948 by the American astronomer Gerard Peter Kuiper.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/space/uranus.html   (465 words)

  
 Rushwater Holt - The Humans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The two groups of humans despise each other due to a conflict as to whether the elves are benificial forest spirits or evil death bringers.
Battles between the two groups are often long and bloodly and both sides tend to loose many warriors.
They often return to the World's Veins Canyons at the end of spring and leave again in early autumn, so as to try and miss much of the bad weather that often occurs in the Canyons.
www.rushwaterholt.com /world/humans.html   (2369 words)

  
 The Lookout Tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The World of Two Moons is a vast stretch composed of many environments and florae and faunae.
Human settlements are beginning to crop up more and more, however, ever-encroaching on the lives of the elves that have hidden in the wilds for many, many ages.
Known by many names, this is the 'ship' the Firstcomers came to the World of Two Moons in.
www.tbns.net /sprawl/study/lel/lookout.html   (602 words)

  
 Elfquest Roleplaying - Krakow RPGs - For Sale
Contains: Elfbook, Worldbook, map of the World of Two Moons, playaids, character sheets.
* Wolf Ecology on Two Worlds explores the similarities and differences between Earthly wolves and their counterparts from the World of the Two Moons.
Mindful of the successes of Cutter's great quest, it is decided to send out organized parties to explore the World of Two Moons.
www.waynesbooks.com /Elfquest.html   (622 words)

  
 Guy Gavriel Kay, A Song for Arbonne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This world of two moons is much like our own, with each book looking at a different culture.
The books are not meant to be a part of a series, and with the exception of one or two names dropped here and there, there is no way to tell that they are in the same world -- except for the two moons that are always present.
The imaginary world of two moons feels comfortable enough for the reader to not feel lost in the usual pitfall of fantasy literature: trying to make sense of the unknown while also trying to empathize with the characters.
www.greenmanreview.com /arbonne.htm   (654 words)

  
 David Hykes's HARMONIC WORLD - Harmonic Chant, Healing Sounds, Harmonic singing, Overtone Singing, harmonics, meditation
Another way to help our work to bring more peace and harmony to the world, through sacred sound and deeper listening, is by making donations to the Harmonic Presence Foundation.
The third film of the series, "Vajra Sky," which premiered recently at the Rubin Museum in New York, is now also available on DVD.
Harmonic Chant is part of a 14-billion year old tradition--the harmonic presence illuminating every nook and cranny of the cosmic space.
www.harmonicworld.com   (1210 words)

  
 Chief Two Moon Meridas
Chief Two Moon is a name to be remembered in the history of patent medicine in America.
The Chief Two Moon Herb Company continued to flourish during this time of great depression in our country, they shipped many cases of Meridas' potions back to the reservation to help care for the sick and impoverished Indians that Meridas perceived on his previous visits.
Chief Two Moon had planned on moving his entire operation to Atlantic City, but this never materialized, He died at the age of forty-five in November of 1933.
mywebpages.comcast.net /tomahawks1   (908 words)

  
 Alibris: Wendy Pini
In 1978, Richard and Wendy Pini self-published Elfquest #1 and introduced audiences around the world to the elfin Wolfriders, trolls, and superstitious humans, all trying to co-exist on the World of Two Moons.
Living on a prehistoric world, the Wolfrider clan of elves suddenly find their lives destroyed when a band of primitive humans attack and...
Living on a prehistoric world of danger and wonder, a peaceful tribe of elves suddenly find their very existence jeopardized by the murderous advancement of primitive humans.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Pini,Wendy   (1054 words)

  
 A Guide to New Hope
The "eightday" is sometimes used as a subdivision of a moon (it also approximates the cycle of the smaller moon, whereas the "moon" proper corresponds with the cycle of the greater moon).
Wolfgang is located near the west coast, about two moons' travel from New Hope on foot; in culture and technology it is fairly similar to the EQ Prime Wolfriders (with a few additions such as weaving).
Ties between the two communities include blood relations -- Tinker is half-Rover and the daughter of Stormcloud, the tribe's current "king" -- and at least one Recognition, that of Longshanks and Shalamar.
towermountain.net /nhguide.htm   (8124 words)

  
 Two Moons Women's Wisdom
She has a rich knowledge of the mythic and archetypal dimensions of women's experience, a knowledge grounded in long study but also, more importantly, in direct personal experience.
Our world today is deeply in need of teachers and healers who bring a more spiritually informed view to the whole human being, body and soul.
Many women in our time are being required by their own inner development as well as by the pressures of our collective life and the evolution of our society to cross very challenging thresholds of transformation.
www.terrawise.net   (639 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - 'ElfQuest' - the Comic Strip
This is the world of Two Moons, the world of Cutter and Leetah and Skywise and Rayek and Winnowill.
The other elf tribes within this world are the Gliders, so named because they ride giant birds and can fly using the powers of telekinesis, and the Go-Backs, named for their own quest to go back to the home of their elvish ancestors.
Also on the world of Two Moons (later named Abode) are creatures known as Preservers and Trolls.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A476714   (786 words)

  
 EDITORIAL: March 1996
The original quest, told from 1978 through 1984, took Cutter and his Wolfriders all over their little part of the World of Two Moons in search of a safe home until they discovered that home and safety were within them all along.
And as someone who is about as intimately involved with the World of Two Moons as any five-finger can be, I felt that my own connection to the elves was becoming a bit fuzzy.
A compendium not only of graphic tales of the World of Two Moons, but also of fan/reader activities, news of what's going on in the World of One Moon, and other features.
www.rwhirled.com /eq/eqletter/ed/ed9603.htm   (907 words)

  
 Magic on the World of Two Moons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Elves have two major types of magic, and all of their powers fall under one or the other.
The Mimic is taken for whatever creature he or she wishes to be taken for; and is therefore accepted by that creature's kin, as long as it is a natural form on the World of Two Moons.
Even on their previous world, not all "elves" had this ability.
members.aol.com /Faywolf/Magic.html   (3131 words)

  
 Abode Sciencewatch: Dromaeo-Swordfeet! (Article)
They are described as "like giant birds covered with green scales instead of feathers and grasping claws instead of wings," and it is said that "the great claws on their hind feet...
At the end of the story, Lonebriar cuts "the two great talons from the dead swordfoot's back feet" which implies a single prominent claw on each foot.
Even if the dinosaurs of the World of Two Moons did go extinct, we might still be able to see them on Abode in the high-tech era.
home.earthlink.net /~sweetwind7/sendings/swordfeet.html   (1480 words)

  
 Wendi Strang-Frost's "Outcasts"
It is 557 A.D. by the reckoning of the humans from a new and fast-growing faith on the World of Two Moons.
The characters' world is loosely based on that of Europe in the sixth century, the Dark Ages.
Christianity has spread across this part of the world, and the elves have faired no better in it's eyes than they did in the eyes of Gotarra.
www-personal.umich.edu /~fazzari/Outcasts   (394 words)

  
 Confessions of a Simmer » Two Moons
Not only did I see two moons hovering over Pirate’s Cove, but I saw a number of shooting stars (or maybe they were alien spaceships entering the atmosphere).
Anyway, I had no idea that the Sims lived in a world of two moons.
Two moons would be a very interesting twist.
sims2.atomicspacekitty.com /index.php?p=35   (617 words)

  
 Winnowill
Like many Firstborns she feared the influence that this strange World of Two Moons had on the elves, and she joined Lord Voll as he took refuge within Blue Mountain, the inside of which was shaped and manipulated in imitation of the Palace of the High Ones.
Before she could do anything, however, Rayek drew her spirit into his own body, both out of love for her and to protect her, as for the good of the rest of the elves, thus condemning himself to a life away from all his people and, worst of all, the Palace.
Rayek now wanders the World of Two Moons together with Ekuar as Winnowill's living prison, and with Winnowill continuously trying to break free from him.
www.ratauvan.co.uk /whoswho/winnowill.html   (1470 words)

  
 Fields of Night   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When opponents played implacable, she would ask, "What's the matter, are you two from the same town?" and they backed off, because likely as not they were.
What little time she had slept before was now given over to love, but instead of tiring she seemed to have found strength at an infinitely renewable source, and the peace that suffused her seemed to dazzle and halt the most bitter antagonists.
Berthe laughed when she heard that, and told her the full expression was, "The world has two moons, but only one sun," meaning between doing what you should and what you must, the most important thing was to know what you could.
www.sfo.com /~sarapeyton/file16-3.html   (1778 words)

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