Rathnir

Rathnir, also known as the Old World, was one of Stoneworks' playable server worlds. Other worlds, namely Eldham, but also including the likes of Tremons and Kylorne were also intermittently open during Rathnir's existence.

Rathnir was home to about half, if not slightly more, of the server population during its existence. It was home to nine "regions" (sometimes called "continents") named Alteniquia, Cymru, Haven, Nieden, Plagos, Sparwood, Sørligste, Syltör, and Ummarnu.

As a server, Rathnir was established after the sudden corrupting of the previous server world Jagdas, which made the server unplayable. In lore, it is said Jagdas sunk beneath the waves; many of the world's inhabitants fled to Rathnir. Canonically, the server world of Eldham also existed to the far East of Rathnir, the two separated by a massive sea.

The world was shut down, and frozen permanently, in the Winter of 320 TE, by Iristor's Comet in addition to Eldham. Some of those living in Rathnir fled to the new server world of Abexilas after the freezing. In lore, these refugees either came through a series of portals or through maritime ventures. Eldham was open for about 320 years in the Traveler's Era calendar, or about 1,280 days in the real world. It is, at this point, the longest lasting server world that has ever been open on Stoneworks.

History
There existed many people groups native to the region of Rathnir before the Jagdasian Migration occurred, most notable of these are peoples such as the Lamiatrophs, Niedene, Goshumese, and various Elven groups. It is disputed what has occurred before the migration due to the lack of unbiased records, however it is clear that several major conflicts occurred and Empires existed.

Following the migration states such as Yimmu-Audal, Rathnir would be changed forever as new states and cultures began to dominate with old ones fading to the background. Some peoples such as the Niedene would begin to fight tooth and nail to defend their homelands while others like Lamiatrophs would begin to assimilate into the new Empires.

Etymology
The name "Rathnir" comes from the old Paxian language, literally translating to "Thunder plane" ['rɑt̪θni:ɾ].

In the Asteri language of the Niedene people, the land is known as the Hemnerei [hemneɾai] which means "home realm." In the Aurlûnoren language, it is known as Senor. And within the Aetherian language, Rathnir is refered to Atlas as it is believed that it is the name Luna gave to Rathnir.