Million Dads March Network is an American associated Network for the MillionDadsMarch website. It was created by Thomas Lessman and Gregory Romeo in 2002 and seeks to establish a network of activists and advocates for the parental rights of fathers on a state-by-state, national, and international basis, and to provide information for people seeking knowledge of the difficulties faced in divorce/custody situations in the US and the world.
The Network also acts as a tool to help activists connect with advocates and organizations in their state or nation, and gives them a network to communicate, share information, and coordinate activities with other activists and organizations in their area. Network participants thus work together in order to formulate solutions to issues presented and share information in the fight to maintain the father-child bond and relationships, in post divorce circumstances, as well as to assist in the prevention of suicide.
The Network provides tools for a wide range of reform efforts, family rights issues, and political philosophies. The mission is for participants to communicate and network with others within their legislative region in order to prevent or repeal legislation that is destructive to the father-child and family relationships, responsibilities, growth, opportunities and nurturing of their children. The network also helps people demand full accountability of those elected leaders and government agencies that violate the most fundamental of civil rights of divorcing Fathers and children. The Network openly encourage men of all ages, races, and backgrounds to become actively involved. Members include fathers (both custodial and non-custodial), as well as grandparents, step-parents, brothers, and anyone else whom is ready to work towards solving the issues created by the family crisis.
In June 2003, the Million Dads March Network sponsored a series of worldwide events that took place in several state capitals in the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, Jamaica, Canada, Mexico, and Germany.
Participating organizations include ACFC-KS, TulsaFathers.org, Parents Without Rights, Shattered Men, the Indiana Civil Rights Council, and other state-based organizations in the United States, as well as Papa Seperati in Spain, the Italian Million Dads March, and other organizations on an international level. The Million Dads March Network works also closely with organizations like Parents Without Rights, the American Coalition of Fathers and Children, Citizens Against Paternity Fraud, and Fathers for Justice, as well as the NANCM (National Alliance of Non-Custodial Mothers) and others. The Million Dads March Network is also a sponsor of the Uniform Parental Rights Enforcement and Protection Act.
The Network also acts as a tool to help activists connect with advocates and organizations in their state or nation, and gives them a network to communicate, share information, and coordinate activities with other activists and organizations in their area. Network participants thus work together in order to formulate solutions to issues presented and share information in the fight to maintain the father-child bond and relationships, in post divorce circumstances, as well as to assist in the prevention of suicide.
The Network provides tools for a wide range of reform efforts, family rights issues, and political philosophies. The mission is for participants to communicate and network with others within their legislative region in order to prevent or repeal legislation that is destructive to the father-child and family relationships, responsibilities, growth, opportunities and nurturing of their children. The network also helps people demand full accountability of those elected leaders and government agencies that violate the most fundamental of civil rights of divorcing Fathers and children. The Network openly encourage men of all ages, races, and backgrounds to become actively involved. Members include fathers (both custodial and non-custodial), as well as grandparents, step-parents, brothers, and anyone else whom is ready to work towards solving the issues created by the family crisis.
In June 2003, the Million Dads March Network sponsored a series of worldwide events that took place in several state capitals in the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, Jamaica, Canada, Mexico, and Germany.
Participating organizations include ACFC-KS, TulsaFathers.org, Parents Without Rights, Shattered Men, the Indiana Civil Rights Council, and other state-based organizations in the United States, as well as Papa Seperati in Spain, the Italian Million Dads March, and other organizations on an international level. The Million Dads March Network works also closely with organizations like Parents Without Rights, the American Coalition of Fathers and Children, Citizens Against Paternity Fraud, and Fathers for Justice, as well as the NANCM (National Alliance of Non-Custodial Mothers) and others. The Million Dads March Network is also a sponsor of the Uniform Parental Rights Enforcement and Protection Act.
Japanese pens and stationery are pens and stationery which are designed and/or are manufactured in Japan. The include pens with very narrow nibs which are suited for writing Chinese characters (kanji) used in Japanese, especially complex ones with a high number of strokes.
Pens
Uniball Signo Bit 0.18 mm
One Japanese pen is the Uniball Signo Bit 0.18 mm gel pen. It has a tip is so thin it can write words on a grain of rice. The pen is suitable for writing in between lines or in tiny margins and comes in eight different colors. The Uniball Signo is also sold with thicknesses of 0.18 mm, 0.28 mm, and 0.38 mm.
Pilot Hi-Tec-C
Pilot Hi-Tec C pens are currently very popular in Japan. Though they have been around for more than a decade, they still rank as one of the top-selling gel pens in Japan as well as much of Asia. They are available in 0.25 mm, 0.3 mm, 0.4 mm and 0.5 mm sizes and come in over two dozen colors. The line also has a new "Waragi" color line (soft pastel colors) that were introduced in 2005.
Pilot Petit1
The Pilot "Petit1" is a fountain pen marketed to high school and college students. They are disposable or refillable with a pop-in ink cartridge.
Uniball Mitsubishi Alpha Gel Pen
The gel in this pen's grip is famous for its ability to keep an egg from breaking when dropped from a five feet height. The grip feel of this pen is squishy and soft.
Brush Pens
Traditional Japanese calligraphy is done with brush and ink. This is not particularily practical for office or school use. But one can now obtain brush pens such as those from . These pens have a soft, brushlike nib which provides a varying width mark, depending on angle and pressure.
Pencils
*Dr. Grip Pencil
*Pilot 2020 Shaker Pencil
*Alpha Gel Shaka Shaker
*etc.
These pens are known for using a shaking device to get lead out.
Manufacturers
*Mitsubishi-Uniball-Uni http://www.mpuni.co.jp (Japan) http://www.uniball-na.com (USA)
*Ohto http://www.ohto.co.jp/ (Japan) http://www.ohto.co.jp/english/english.html (English)
*Pilot http://www.pilot.co.jp (Japan) http://www.pilotpen.us/ (USA)
*Pentel http://www.pentel.co.jp/ (Japan) http://www.pentel.com/ (USA)
*Zebra http://www.zebra.co.jp/indexf.html (Japan) http://www.zebrapen.com/ (USA)
Common Pen/Pencils
*Mitsubishe-Uniball-Uni Alpha Gel Pen/Pencil (Regular, Slim, Regular HD, Colored HD, Shaka Shaker, Multi(2+1))
*Mitsubishi-Uniball-Uni Signo (Signo Pen, Signo DX, Signo Broad, Signo Bit, Signo Erasable Gel Pen, Signo RT, Signo silver metallic)
*Ohto Pure Sharp
*Ohto V-Gripper
*Pilot Dr. Grip Pen/Pencil (Regular, Mini, Ltd, Gel Ink, Center of Gravity(Soft Grip or Normal Grip)(USA), G-Spec(Japan), Neon, Multi(4+1))
*Pilot Hi-Tec-C Pen (Hi-Tec-C Coleto (now 2 or 3 colors per pen),Hi-Tec-C Pen, Hi-Tec-C Knock, Hi-Tec-C Riche, Hi-Tec-C Cavalier,Hi-Tec-C Putimos, Hi-Tec-C Waragi)
*Pentel Ergonomix
*Pentel Tradio
*Zebra Ptimeca
*Zebra 4 in 1 Pen and Mechanical pencils
Erasers
Kokuyo Kadokeshi eraser
One eraser from Japan is the Kokuyo Kadokeshi eraser. It is a 28 corner eraser that won the 2002 Kokuyo design award. It uses a design to stack multiple cubes upon each other, which was sued so that a corner surface always be available.
Novelty eraser
In Japan, a wide variety of novelty erasers are sold. Most of them resemble food items, such as sushi and sashimi. Others include shrimp cracker chip bags, sake bottles and soda cans.
Pens
Uniball Signo Bit 0.18 mm
One Japanese pen is the Uniball Signo Bit 0.18 mm gel pen. It has a tip is so thin it can write words on a grain of rice. The pen is suitable for writing in between lines or in tiny margins and comes in eight different colors. The Uniball Signo is also sold with thicknesses of 0.18 mm, 0.28 mm, and 0.38 mm.
Pilot Hi-Tec-C
Pilot Hi-Tec C pens are currently very popular in Japan. Though they have been around for more than a decade, they still rank as one of the top-selling gel pens in Japan as well as much of Asia. They are available in 0.25 mm, 0.3 mm, 0.4 mm and 0.5 mm sizes and come in over two dozen colors. The line also has a new "Waragi" color line (soft pastel colors) that were introduced in 2005.
Pilot Petit1
The Pilot "Petit1" is a fountain pen marketed to high school and college students. They are disposable or refillable with a pop-in ink cartridge.
Uniball Mitsubishi Alpha Gel Pen
The gel in this pen's grip is famous for its ability to keep an egg from breaking when dropped from a five feet height. The grip feel of this pen is squishy and soft.
Brush Pens
Traditional Japanese calligraphy is done with brush and ink. This is not particularily practical for office or school use. But one can now obtain brush pens such as those from . These pens have a soft, brushlike nib which provides a varying width mark, depending on angle and pressure.
Pencils
*Dr. Grip Pencil
*Pilot 2020 Shaker Pencil
*Alpha Gel Shaka Shaker
*etc.
These pens are known for using a shaking device to get lead out.
Manufacturers
*Mitsubishi-Uniball-Uni http://www.mpuni.co.jp (Japan) http://www.uniball-na.com (USA)
*Ohto http://www.ohto.co.jp/ (Japan) http://www.ohto.co.jp/english/english.html (English)
*Pilot http://www.pilot.co.jp (Japan) http://www.pilotpen.us/ (USA)
*Pentel http://www.pentel.co.jp/ (Japan) http://www.pentel.com/ (USA)
*Zebra http://www.zebra.co.jp/indexf.html (Japan) http://www.zebrapen.com/ (USA)
Common Pen/Pencils
*Mitsubishe-Uniball-Uni Alpha Gel Pen/Pencil (Regular, Slim, Regular HD, Colored HD, Shaka Shaker, Multi(2+1))
*Mitsubishi-Uniball-Uni Signo (Signo Pen, Signo DX, Signo Broad, Signo Bit, Signo Erasable Gel Pen, Signo RT, Signo silver metallic)
*Ohto Pure Sharp
*Ohto V-Gripper
*Pilot Dr. Grip Pen/Pencil (Regular, Mini, Ltd, Gel Ink, Center of Gravity(Soft Grip or Normal Grip)(USA), G-Spec(Japan), Neon, Multi(4+1))
*Pilot Hi-Tec-C Pen (Hi-Tec-C Coleto (now 2 or 3 colors per pen),Hi-Tec-C Pen, Hi-Tec-C Knock, Hi-Tec-C Riche, Hi-Tec-C Cavalier,Hi-Tec-C Putimos, Hi-Tec-C Waragi)
*Pentel Ergonomix
*Pentel Tradio
*Zebra Ptimeca
*Zebra 4 in 1 Pen and Mechanical pencils
Erasers
Kokuyo Kadokeshi eraser
One eraser from Japan is the Kokuyo Kadokeshi eraser. It is a 28 corner eraser that won the 2002 Kokuyo design award. It uses a design to stack multiple cubes upon each other, which was sued so that a corner surface always be available.
Novelty eraser
In Japan, a wide variety of novelty erasers are sold. Most of them resemble food items, such as sushi and sashimi. Others include shrimp cracker chip bags, sake bottles and soda cans.
The Kawatche Caves, as first seen in the TV series Smallville, are an ancient Kryptonian cave where many memories of the planet Krypton and prophecies are foretold through paintings on the walls. Although it may look like a very ancient place, it is full of many types of futuristic technology.
Technology involved
Keystone
In the caves there is an octagonal key hole on the wall of the cave, which has Lionel Luthor obsessed. The key is an octagonal piece of alloy that was found where Clark Kent's spaceship landed. The alloy is originally from the spaceship. This keystone also allows Jonathan Kent to contact Jor-El as seen in season 4. When the Keystone is near the wall it reacts and shoots out a beam of light that opens the door to the pillar to The Kryptonian Crystals. Also the keystone can be used for other things. It was shown in the episode "Memoria" that it can be used to create portals or paintings in the cave.
The Crystal of Fire
The first crystal to be discovered is the one of fire. In the episode "Crusade", Lex finds it inside an ancient Egyptian statue. However, Clark, as Kal-El, steals it from him and places it on a hidden Kryptonian altar located inside a secret chamber in the Kawatche caves underneath Smallville.
The fire crystal appears to contain a massive amount of energy. In the episode "Spell", the witch Isobel, inhabiting Lana's body, discovers the crystal in the caves and upon touching it, screams in pain. In the same episode, Clark, who had recently been stripped of his powers, regains them after touching the crystal. Also, holding stone while Clark was ent to look for it, Lex was healed by the poison in his bloostream.
The Crystal of Water
The next element to be introduced is the water crystal. Lionel discovers it in a Mayan statue, and intends to use its power to switch bodies with Lex, but ends up switching bodies with Clark instead (cf. "Transference"). Clark, in Lionel's body, somewhat comes into possession of the stone and uses it to reverse the process.
Dr. Bridgette Crosby, an assistant of Dr. Virgil Swann, obtains the crystal at the end of "Transference", and it doesn't resurface until the episode "Spirit", where Dr. Crosby is found dead. At this point, Jason Teague is now in possession of the stone. In the episode "Ageless", Lionel forces Genevieve to give him the element.
In the season finale, "Commencement", Lex obtains the stone after it releases a pulse of strange energy and puts Lionel into a comatose state. The stone is placed in a storage vault hidden in Lex's office. By the end of the same episode, Clark finally obtains the water stone and unites it with the other two crystals on the Kryptonian altar.
The Crystal of Air
The last stone to be introduced during the season is the air crystal, in the episode "Sacred". In China, it is discovered inside a horse statue hidden at the base of a tree. After a battle between Clark and Isobel, Jason secretly claims the stone for himself, but later gives it to Lana.
In the season finale, Genevieve attacks Lana, who once again becomes possessed by Isobel. During the altercation, Isobel stabs Genevieve in the chest with the crystal, killing her. Jor-El later explains to Clark that the crystal coming into contact with human blood causes a second meteor shower. In desperation, Lana inexplicably decides to give the crystal to Clark, who then unites it with the fire crystal on the Kryptonian altar.
Crystal of Knowledge
Once Clark unites all of the crystals on the Kryptonian altar in the Kawatche caves, they all merge into one single crystal, and once he grabs it, Clark is suddenly transported to the Arctic. Once there, Clark throws the crystal in one direction, which then buries itself in the ground and forms the Fortress of Solitude.
Technology involved
Keystone
In the caves there is an octagonal key hole on the wall of the cave, which has Lionel Luthor obsessed. The key is an octagonal piece of alloy that was found where Clark Kent's spaceship landed. The alloy is originally from the spaceship. This keystone also allows Jonathan Kent to contact Jor-El as seen in season 4. When the Keystone is near the wall it reacts and shoots out a beam of light that opens the door to the pillar to The Kryptonian Crystals. Also the keystone can be used for other things. It was shown in the episode "Memoria" that it can be used to create portals or paintings in the cave.
The Crystal of Fire
The first crystal to be discovered is the one of fire. In the episode "Crusade", Lex finds it inside an ancient Egyptian statue. However, Clark, as Kal-El, steals it from him and places it on a hidden Kryptonian altar located inside a secret chamber in the Kawatche caves underneath Smallville.
The fire crystal appears to contain a massive amount of energy. In the episode "Spell", the witch Isobel, inhabiting Lana's body, discovers the crystal in the caves and upon touching it, screams in pain. In the same episode, Clark, who had recently been stripped of his powers, regains them after touching the crystal. Also, holding stone while Clark was ent to look for it, Lex was healed by the poison in his bloostream.
The Crystal of Water
The next element to be introduced is the water crystal. Lionel discovers it in a Mayan statue, and intends to use its power to switch bodies with Lex, but ends up switching bodies with Clark instead (cf. "Transference"). Clark, in Lionel's body, somewhat comes into possession of the stone and uses it to reverse the process.
Dr. Bridgette Crosby, an assistant of Dr. Virgil Swann, obtains the crystal at the end of "Transference", and it doesn't resurface until the episode "Spirit", where Dr. Crosby is found dead. At this point, Jason Teague is now in possession of the stone. In the episode "Ageless", Lionel forces Genevieve to give him the element.
In the season finale, "Commencement", Lex obtains the stone after it releases a pulse of strange energy and puts Lionel into a comatose state. The stone is placed in a storage vault hidden in Lex's office. By the end of the same episode, Clark finally obtains the water stone and unites it with the other two crystals on the Kryptonian altar.
The Crystal of Air
The last stone to be introduced during the season is the air crystal, in the episode "Sacred". In China, it is discovered inside a horse statue hidden at the base of a tree. After a battle between Clark and Isobel, Jason secretly claims the stone for himself, but later gives it to Lana.
In the season finale, Genevieve attacks Lana, who once again becomes possessed by Isobel. During the altercation, Isobel stabs Genevieve in the chest with the crystal, killing her. Jor-El later explains to Clark that the crystal coming into contact with human blood causes a second meteor shower. In desperation, Lana inexplicably decides to give the crystal to Clark, who then unites it with the fire crystal on the Kryptonian altar.
Crystal of Knowledge
Once Clark unites all of the crystals on the Kryptonian altar in the Kawatche caves, they all merge into one single crystal, and once he grabs it, Clark is suddenly transported to the Arctic. Once there, Clark throws the crystal in one direction, which then buries itself in the ground and forms the Fortress of Solitude.
Ill Bethisad is an ongoing, collaborative alternate history project which currently has about 50 participants, originally created by Andrew Smith from New Zealand. It began as the Brithenig Project in 1997.
Points of divergence
Instead of having one central point of divergence, Ill Bethisad has several:
*Latin developed into a Romance language in the British Isles (Wales, western England and Scotland) and Central Europe (Poland and Slovakia) as it did in France and continental Europe. The native word for French is Francien rather than Français.
*A Czech-like Germanic language developed in Bohemia and Silesia under pressure from the Hapsburg nobility, who wanted a unified language for the territory. Czech still exists, but as a minor language like Sorbian or Kashubian. Interestingly, Croatian has been made to strongly resemble Czech and Slovak, which otherwise doesn't exist in that world.
*The Bolsheviks in Russia were beaten by the White Army producing a nationalistic government.
*The Kingdom of Castille and the Catalan-Aragonese Confederacy never joined in Spain.
*Napoleon did not attack Russia, nor was he defeated at Waterloo.
* The Partitions of Veneda (historical alternative to Poland) were stopped by Napoleon, and the Venedo-Lithuanian Commonwealth exists as the Republic of the Two Crowns. Its present territories is roughly the same as that of interwar Poland, Lithuania, and East Prussia. One difference is that while the Veneds are Catholics like the Poles, the Lithuanians never converted to Catholicism.
* The American Revolution didn't happen and the USA doesn't exist as we know it.
* Brazil is the "Luso-American Union" and is made up of five independent countries (including Uruguay).
* Unlike in most constructed universes, overall there are more independent countries than there are in the real world.
Also, technologies that have either fallen out of favor or failed to develop in our world are explored and utilized. Example: zeppelins are still in use, both for war and peace uses. Computers are not highly developed and there is no 'Silicon Valley' of North America, but information technology centres are instead found in Ireland.
Efforts have been made within the group to find a common divergence point in recent years. This ecumenism has only yielded consensus that many of the changes in Ill Bethisad stem from a stronger Roman Empire.
Language influences
Constructed languages play an important role in Ill Bethisad. To date there are over twenty languages at varying levels of construction that play part. Among the languages spoken in Ill Bethisad are Brithenig (Romance Welsh), Wenedyk (Romance Polish), Pémišna (Germanic Czech), Dalmatian (Romance, similar to Romanian), Xliponian (another Romance language with a superficial resemblance to Albanian, spoken in our world's Epirus) and several Finnish-like "North Slavic" languages, including Nassian (spoken in our world's Karelia). The name Ill Bethisad itself is Brithenig for the universe, a calque from Welsh bydysawd or Latin baptizatum.
Other languages that are otherwise synonymous to those in the real world have been adjusted to effects that these constructed languages have made, with vocabulary and grammar changes integrated to create forms of the language specific to the project. One notable change is the "North American Sprachbund phenomenon," comparable to the Northwestern European Sprachbund where the alveolar trilled-r (as in Spanish and Portuguese) is supplanted by the uvular trilled-r (as in French, German). In Ill Bethisad this Sprachbund affects every language spoken north and east of the Missouri River.
Ill Bethisad, on the whole, seems to favor the minorities with minority languages such as Catalan, Occitan, Crimean Gothic as well as others maintaining a "hold" on their population when they have (almost) moved to near extinction in real life.
Group rules
Due to the large number of participants, Ill Bethisad functions under two overarching principles:
* Quod Scripsi, Scripsi: What is written is written. Because of the collective nature of the group, proposed revisions to prior "canon" material are subject to review by all members. It is a means of reining in and channeling everyone's creativity; it protects things that have already been worked out; it helps create continuity between all the threads that make up the tapestry and helps ensure that the tapestry is roughly the same shape at both ends.
* Quod Assumpsi, Assumpsi: What is assumed is assumed, meaning that unless a proposal is given about a particular region of the Ill Bethisad universe, it is the same as exists in our timeline. This serves both to protect the work of the participants, but also to leave open unexplored areas, that other participants might be involved.
Points of divergence
Instead of having one central point of divergence, Ill Bethisad has several:
*Latin developed into a Romance language in the British Isles (Wales, western England and Scotland) and Central Europe (Poland and Slovakia) as it did in France and continental Europe. The native word for French is Francien rather than Français.
*A Czech-like Germanic language developed in Bohemia and Silesia under pressure from the Hapsburg nobility, who wanted a unified language for the territory. Czech still exists, but as a minor language like Sorbian or Kashubian. Interestingly, Croatian has been made to strongly resemble Czech and Slovak, which otherwise doesn't exist in that world.
*The Bolsheviks in Russia were beaten by the White Army producing a nationalistic government.
*The Kingdom of Castille and the Catalan-Aragonese Confederacy never joined in Spain.
*Napoleon did not attack Russia, nor was he defeated at Waterloo.
* The Partitions of Veneda (historical alternative to Poland) were stopped by Napoleon, and the Venedo-Lithuanian Commonwealth exists as the Republic of the Two Crowns. Its present territories is roughly the same as that of interwar Poland, Lithuania, and East Prussia. One difference is that while the Veneds are Catholics like the Poles, the Lithuanians never converted to Catholicism.
* The American Revolution didn't happen and the USA doesn't exist as we know it.
* Brazil is the "Luso-American Union" and is made up of five independent countries (including Uruguay).
* Unlike in most constructed universes, overall there are more independent countries than there are in the real world.
Also, technologies that have either fallen out of favor or failed to develop in our world are explored and utilized. Example: zeppelins are still in use, both for war and peace uses. Computers are not highly developed and there is no 'Silicon Valley' of North America, but information technology centres are instead found in Ireland.
Efforts have been made within the group to find a common divergence point in recent years. This ecumenism has only yielded consensus that many of the changes in Ill Bethisad stem from a stronger Roman Empire.
Language influences
Constructed languages play an important role in Ill Bethisad. To date there are over twenty languages at varying levels of construction that play part. Among the languages spoken in Ill Bethisad are Brithenig (Romance Welsh), Wenedyk (Romance Polish), Pémišna (Germanic Czech), Dalmatian (Romance, similar to Romanian), Xliponian (another Romance language with a superficial resemblance to Albanian, spoken in our world's Epirus) and several Finnish-like "North Slavic" languages, including Nassian (spoken in our world's Karelia). The name Ill Bethisad itself is Brithenig for the universe, a calque from Welsh bydysawd or Latin baptizatum.
Other languages that are otherwise synonymous to those in the real world have been adjusted to effects that these constructed languages have made, with vocabulary and grammar changes integrated to create forms of the language specific to the project. One notable change is the "North American Sprachbund phenomenon," comparable to the Northwestern European Sprachbund where the alveolar trilled-r (as in Spanish and Portuguese) is supplanted by the uvular trilled-r (as in French, German). In Ill Bethisad this Sprachbund affects every language spoken north and east of the Missouri River.
Ill Bethisad, on the whole, seems to favor the minorities with minority languages such as Catalan, Occitan, Crimean Gothic as well as others maintaining a "hold" on their population when they have (almost) moved to near extinction in real life.
Group rules
Due to the large number of participants, Ill Bethisad functions under two overarching principles:
* Quod Scripsi, Scripsi: What is written is written. Because of the collective nature of the group, proposed revisions to prior "canon" material are subject to review by all members. It is a means of reining in and channeling everyone's creativity; it protects things that have already been worked out; it helps create continuity between all the threads that make up the tapestry and helps ensure that the tapestry is roughly the same shape at both ends.
* Quod Assumpsi, Assumpsi: What is assumed is assumed, meaning that unless a proposal is given about a particular region of the Ill Bethisad universe, it is the same as exists in our timeline. This serves both to protect the work of the participants, but also to leave open unexplored areas, that other participants might be involved.