Tempora Heroica
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Tempora Heroica is a free-to-play, text-based, fantasy roleplaying game, commonly known as a MUD or an online virtual community. The game is similar to Zork, but with many people simultaneously playing the game and interacting with one another.
Tempora Heroica has a quirky, small-town atmosphere filled with colorful players and non-player characters. The MUD is best known for its descriptive fantasy world, and for having a system of magic derived from the Ars Magica roleplaying game.
The game takes place in a persistent world where each player creates a hero (also known as a character) to roleplay. The player chooses to be a member of one of the four kiths: the Faerie Kith consisting of brownie, elves, pixies, satyrs, and selkies; the Hominid Kith consisting of humans and halflings; the Jotun Kith consisting of giants, ogres, and trolls; and the Nibelung Kith consisting of dwarves, gnomes, and goblins. With their hero, a player explores the game world, which is centered around the town of Wivernhoe, and battle monsters.
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Origin of the Name
Tempora Heroica is Latin for "the Heroic Age". The phrase was coined by the Greek poet Hesiod and was one of the five "Ages of Man".
Popular Places to Visit
- The Wyvern's Wing Pub - The MUD's most popular pub.
- The Guild Hall Cellar - A newbie area.
- Xath's Cave - Home of the oft-slain cyclops.
- Liefbaum - A nearby town with a famous brewery.
- The Howling Woods - An enchanted forest home of Redcap.
- Arg's Island - A nearby island and waypoint to other places.
- Calon Du - A cold, northern city reputed to be haunted.
- Treetop Fort - The lair of the evil bugbears.
- Northmarch Forest - Home of the satyrs and their temple.
History
The MUD began in 1993 as Archipelago at the University of Essex and is derived from the CircleMUD code. In 1996 it moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following year the MUD's name was changed to Tempora Heroica. The MUD's code base is still referred to as Archipelago or ArchCode. In 1999, Tempora Heroica moved to its present home at ibiblio.
External links
- Tempora Heroica MUD (http://www.ibiblio.org/TH/)