Ere di Myst IV: Revelation
Template:Da tradurre Template:Trama Quella che segue è una lista delle Ere visitate nel gioco di Myst IV: Revelation.
Tomahna
La casa di Atrus e Catherine. In realtà è solo una piccola parte dell'Era di D'ni.
Rifugio
| Creature: | Karnak, Dan'ni, Camoudile,Zeftyr, Mangree, e altri animali, comprese varie specie di pesci |
| Geografia: | Una grossa isola con al centro un lago, colpita da raffiche di vento e circondata da un mare in perenne movimento; protetta dalle onde da una cintura rocciosa |
| Abitanti: | Nessuno nativo; abitata da Achenar durante la sua prigionia |
| Vegetazione: | Piante e alberi tropicali, alta erba, savana, muschi e un ambiente paludoso |
| Scritta da: | Atrus |
Rifugio è un'Era boscosa alquanto lussureggiante. È l'Era prigione di Achenar. Quelli che appaiono come creature simili a dinosauri abitano le zone interne di questo mondo coperto da giungle. L'ingresso principale era costituito da una grande nave a vela schiantatasi sugli scogli, ora semi-distrutta e disposta verticalmente sulla spiaggia. Un nuovo punto di ingresso era stato costruito, separato dal resto dell'Era da una gabbia infrangibile in Nara, di modo che Atrus e la sua famiglia potessero visitare l'Era, ma Achenar non potesse uscirne.
Durante la sua permanenza, Achenar dovette confrontarsi con le forme di vita selvagge di Rifugio per sopravvivere, e con animali che spesso gli rubavano il cibo raccolto o lo attaccavano. Egli costruì una casa nel centro della laguna in mezzo alla giungla, e vari punti di osservazione.
Lo Straniero, esplorando l'Era dopo la fuga di Achenar, viene a conoscenza delle creature e dell'ecosistema di Rifugio, e trova il primo elemento per sventare il piano che i due figli di Atrus avevano progettato.
Questa era l'Era originariamente visibile attraverso il Libro Blù nella Libreria di Myst nel gioco originale, sebbene solo la figura di Achenar fosse ricnoscibile.
Spire
| Creatures: | None |
| Geography: | A planet of great, towering stone mountains, shaped like ancient castles and encrusted with crystals and floating rocks. It also has several cloud layers. |
| Inhabitants: | Sirrus (during his imprisonment). |
| Vegetation: | Pod plants and swamp mosses. |
| Written by: | Atrus |
Spire is the prison age for Sirrus. It is an enormous spire of rock and crystal surrounded by clouds, with some interesting natural weathering occurring. The clouds occur in layers. This was the first of the prison ages to be written, as well as edited with a nara linking chamber atop the highest peak.
The true geography of Spire is very surprising; the mountains actually float in mid-air due to an electromagnetic property of one of Spire's main minerals. Spire doesn't actually have stable ground; if you go below the second cloud layer, a strange green energy source can be seen.
Sirrus has constructed several inventions in Spire, amongst them his Rock-Ship, a floating vehicle which moves with the aid of several electricity conductors and many of the antigravity minerals in Spire. Others include his Spider Chair and Grand Instrument, a large, guitar-like device with vibrations caused by electromagnetic waves, and the Bomb Factory, a machine used to construct "bombs" that send out electromagnetic waves with enough intensity to destroy certain materials.
This was the age originally viewable through the Red Book in the library of Myst.
Serenia
| Creatures: | Prominently White Butterflies and several other creatures. |
| Geography: | A stony area covered in tall, columns of stone (stone forest) with many jagged cliffs by the sea. Irrigation systems exist, many involve gravity- defying water |
| Inhabitants: | Humanoid people, arranged into villages and sisterhoods, spirits |
| Vegetation: | Tropical plants and chambers, mosses, giant flowers known as Memory Chambers |
| Written by: | Catherine |
Serenia is an Age of ancient-looking stone structures. Its population uses a large flower on the island to capture memories and preserve them after the person is dead. Atrus believes that the flower is a fungus that absorbs the "dead" memories and transfers them to storage globes that grow underwater. The people of Serenia rely on Spirit Guides to aid them in visiting their Dream World, where one can see memories and spirits.
There Sirrus and Achenar agreed on a truce, and decided to capture their father and steal his memories. For this, they decided to send Katran to Riven. Afterwards Achenar discovered that Sirrus planned this for him too and left him.
More recently, Yeesha has taken a liking to the age, and received a special amulet which can sense the memories most prominent to her location. The stranger uses this in the game often.
The brothers kidnapped Yeesha and decided to do to her what they intended for their father years earlier but the Stranger, with the help of Achenar, freed her.
Other Ages
- Tomahna, the home of Atrus, Catherine, and their daughter Yeesha, re-appears from Myst III: Exile. You can not only access the locations of Myst III, but also visit the rest of the complex during both the day and night.
- Releeshahn, the new home Age of the D'ni, is mentioned but not actually visited. Since the age's kidnapping in the previous game, it has been well hidden.
- Rime is mentioned during the start of the game. Atrus leaves the stranger to visit Rime early in the game.
External links
- Walkthrough by Bert Jamin explains how to interpret the notes Sirrus left behind. Warning: spoilers.