Eldham

Eldham, formerly referred to as New Rathnir or the New World, was one of the playable server worlds on Stoneworks. It co-existed primarily alongside Rathnir, though the Tremons and Kylorne servers were also up intermittently during Eldham's existence.

It was located across a massive ocean to the East of Rathnir, which was discovered by Athaz the Traveler around. with the world becoming publicly accessible to players shortly thereafter. It stands out from Rathnir with its unusual geographical features and unique land generation which differs in comparison to Rathnir's vanilla land generation.

The world was shut down, and frozen permanently, in the, by Iristor's Comet in addition to Rathnir. Some of those living in Eldham 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 245 years in the Traveler's Era calendar, or about 980 days in the real world.

Etymology
"Eldham" is the most commonly used name that the continent has been referred to after the mass migration from Rathnir. In the early days of Eldham's opening, fears were rampant of Rathnirian influence and colonization on the new server, in order to avoid the scenario of even having the name of their land colonised, the people of Eldham were invited to a summit hosted by the United Nations of Eldham to establish a name for their region, and the name Eldham won the vote. The second most popular naming option that was not ultimately approved of was Semrus.

In the wake of its mass migration, before the name Eldham was decided upon, it was often referred to as the New World or New Rathnir. The name Eldham comes from the old Paxian language, meaning "String Board" ['elðəm]. The United Nations of Eldham also decided that the endonym of a person living on Eldham was to be officially known as an "Eldhamite". Various languages, local and foreign, have regional names for Eldham.

In the Lausán languages, the names for the world originate from the term Élgoso in Proto-Lausan. Most notably, in the Lo'Oi language the name for the world is Éldoxo'O. In the Mari language it is called Elosos, in the Kolsson language it is called Ellgosso, and in the Eldurlac language it is called Ećoco. This is the oldest known name for the world and before the existence of Rathnir was made aware to Eldhamites, referred to the entire planet.

The Aurlûnor Velande, who were technically the first power to step foot in the land, named it Sinawendor, meaning "Sinawis' land across the sea", which is named after Orwa Sinawis who was the first Rathniri of a nation proper to discover Eldham. To this day, they refuse to use the name "Eldham" for all business transactions. The existence of the Sinawendorese Trade Company is evident of this. The Niedene, who claimed to have known of Eldham's existence long before its discovery by Athaz, referred to it as the Aldurei in old Akere.

The Cavia, who are native to Eldham refer to it as "Sten Bäreit" in the language of Old Cavian, which translates to "Stone Field". The Regnum Drakaes refers to Eldham as Drysjian while the Republic of Valore refers to it as Dsæi, translating to "Home" or "Motherland".

Regions
Although Eldham is the same size as Rathnir in terms of sheer world limits, the terrain and geology is remarkably different - with few large conglomerations of landmasses unlike the continents of Rathnir, Eldham's landmasses are "stringy". For this reason, instead of Eldham being divided into continents, they are instead known as regions. The regions of Eldham consist of, Arsine, Astios, Elastra, Katsura, Leifmyrr, Onthukhan, Phoros, Serrona and Valresh.

Rivers
Famously, the rivers in Eldham are also known for flowing into the landmasses under the ground in many locations, forming tunnels into hills and the rock. The prevailing theory in lore as to why this is is that an extinct race of large, semiaquatic ground sloths dug the tunnels to connect the rivers in which they lived. The presence of claw marks on the river caves and the abundance of fossils in the rivers seem to support this theory.

Flora
Additionally, the native vegetation is also unique to the region of Eldham with trees generally larger than Rathnir's counterparts. Due to the exploitation of these forests, and importation of Rathnirian species of saplings, these trees are considered to be endangered by some.

A more in depth break down flora and fauna can be found in regional pages for instance Mirau.