The World of Khoras

Archive of Past Site Updates

Past additions and modifications to this web site include:

New images uploaded for the Forest pages. Wednesday
June 4, 2008
A short story featuring Callister Draabyn added to the Tales section. Friday
May 30, 2008
Callister Draabyn character sheet. Monday
May 26, 2008
The Drakkellian team sport of "Kalgamorra". Sunday
May 4, 2008

A short story featuring Callister Draabyn has been added to the Tales section.

Friday,
May 30, 2008

Callister Draabyn character sheet added.

Friday,
May 23, 2008

The Drakkellian team sport of "Kalgamorra" added.

Wednesday,
April 30, 2008

Several new magic items in the Arcana section.

Friday,
April 25, 2008

Lady on the Water - A famous river boat in the Drakkellian Alliance.

Wednesday,
April 23, 2008
A new adventure module entitled "The Festival of the Coin - Part I" has been uploaded. Sunday,
April 20, 2008
New artwork from Kristian for the Forest Fauna section including: Normidian White Elk, Shimmer Cat, Skyrunner, Tarwing, Torgat, Tree Leech, Tree Wolf, Windfisher and Yadalla Butterfly. Sunday,
April 20, 2008

Tolerance to various poisons - from a forum request.

Thursday,
April 17, 2008

Arkulyte - a valuable mineral useful to mages.

Thursday,
April 17, 2008
Random Link button added to the Site Map. (Temporary placement, eventually it'll move to the main menu). Tuesday,
Feb 5, 2008
Map of the Kitaran village Fort on the Hill uploaded. Map was created by Khoras fan Tim Morgan. Sunday,
Feb 3, 2008
New images uploaded for the following pages: Ruins, Doth, Legends, Seafaring Ships, Festivals, Aerith, Fyrren Crystals, Glowstones, Currency, Seafaring Ships Friday,
Feb 1, 2008
Sample texts and alphabets for 10 of the major languages in the language section. Sunday,
Dec 2, 2007
New Khoras Language Tree graphic. Wednesday,
Nov 28, 2007
Dragon section expanded to include dragons on all 3 continents. Wednesday
November 14, 2007
Dragon Lair Map and Borrellian Clan Map updated. Saturday
November 10, 2007
All notes for the Jaidor Talisman Campaign have been completed and uploaded. Monday
October 8, 2007
Guldra - New notes added to guldra. Sunday
August 19, 2007
House Rules - Because someone asked for it... I've uploaded stats for the various Khoras greater races using D&D v3.5 rules. Saturday
August 11, 2007
Drakkellian Guild of Sorcery - The main wizard's guild in the city of Drakkel. Monday
July 23, 2007
Drakkel - New notes on the city of Drakkel including new establishments. Thursday
June 14, 2007
Several various notes added from different sources and uploaded. Including:
bullet Fireweed - A common tobacco in southern Ithria.
bulletJanoth - Normidia
bulletRukemian Mail Service - Rukemia, Aridorn
bullet Dragonsnake - The largest snake in Khoras.
bullet Drognot - A foul tempered beast that resembles a winged bull. Found in tropical mountain regions.
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Mallius, the Destroyer - A renegade dragon knight.

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The Order of the Drake - An order of knights who fly the skies of firedrakes.

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Minor edits to firedrake and draconis.

Saturday
May 26, 2007
webmaster@khoras.net email retired. Refer to Contact page for current email. Saturday
April 21, 2007
New fan fiction posted. Jarel's Lament by Steve Journey. Sunday
March 26, 2007
Notes from the original Jaidor Talisman Campaign added. Saturday
November 4, 2006
Original session summaries from the Jaidor Talisman Campaign are being uploaded to the Khoras Forum. Saturday
October 21, 2006
Dozens of new pictures added to cities, nations and other areas. Also, several dozen errors found and fixed. Thanks go to Ludovic for proofreading. Saturday
September 30, 2006
The Ruins of Celgora updated. Wednesday
September 20, 2006
Qeshir religions posted under Religion section. Saturday
September 9, 2006

Additional notes on orichcalcum uploaded.

Sunday
August 27, 2006
New establishment added to the city of Drakkel. Friday
August 18, 2006
Several new creature pictures added to the Forest Fauna section and Kristian's Fan Art section. New creature illustrations include the Arachnicon, the Arachtopus, the Elf Horse and the Felchkun. Monday
August 7, 2006

Khoras Guestbook updated with intro graphic and "Favorite Entries" page.

Sunday
July 23, 2006

History surrounding the origins of Talis, Bathynia and the legendary Stone Phellysian added.

Saturday
July 15, 2006

Several new ruins added to the Ruins page.

Saturday
July 8, 2006
Khoras Guestbook updated with new intro graphic, matching background and "Favorite Entries" page. Saturday
July 1, 2006
History surrounding the origins of Talis, Bathynia and the legendary Stone Phellysian added. Monday
June 26, 2006
Ruins section updated. Thursday
June 15, 2006
Additional historical information added to the Kytohan Empire page. Sunday
May 14, 2006
Several minor corrections to the Trossoli Dominion and other pages made. Wednesday
April 19, 2006

Two new pieces of fan art, from Vlad, uploaded.

Wednesday
March 22, 2006
New information added relating the Duthelm, the Citadel and the orichcalcum mines within. Wednesday
February 15, 2006
Desert fauna pictures by Kristian Juul Rasmussen posted to the Fanwork section and Fauna section. Tuesday
January 31, 2006
The city map of Asylum has been posted. Sunday
January 29, 2006
New details added to the City of Asylum. Tuesday
January 17, 2006

Wizard Schools added to the Magic section.

Tuesday
November 29, 2005
New artwork from Kristian in the Arctic Fauna section. Saturday
November 12, 2005
New artwork from Kristian for the Sea Dragon and the Myrtak are posted. Thursday
October 27, 2005

We also have two new entries from Vlad in the Fanwork section.

Monday
October 17, 2005
Final notes on Kytohan Empire uploaded. Friday
September 30, 2005
Site Map reorganized and updated. Saturday
September 24, 2005
All of Glossary updated and expanded. Friday
September 23, 2005
Glossary letters I, J, K and L updated. Monday
September 19, 2005
Initial notes on Kytohan Empire uploaded. Saturday
September 17, 2005
Glossary letters E, F, G and H updated. Wednesday
September 14 , 2005
Glossary letters A, B, C and D updated. Sunday
September 11, 2005
Artwork from Kristian Rasmussen for all of the lesser races has been uploaded in the Fan Work section. Saturday
September 3, 2005
August 25 - The Coalition and Tyrrenkor updated. Thursday
August 25, 2005
August 13 - Khoras Forum is back online. New software and layout, but it'll serve the same purpose as before. Much of the original content was lost and we'll have to rebuild it slowly. Register, join up and help rebuild the forum. Saturday
August 13, 2005
July 20 - Special thanks to Ludovic Mathieu for proofreading the site and bringing attention to numerous errata and needed corrections. Wednesday
July 20, 2005
July 19 - The Church of Draxorith, the ogrish god of death and magic, has been expanded and updated. Tuesday
July 19, 2005
Agethos, the ogrish god of hate and envy, expanded and updated. Friday
July 15, 2005

In response to inquiries, a page is posted which describes how the maps were made.

Sunday
July 10, 2005
Additional notes to the Jaidor Talisman have been posted. Thursday
June 30, 2005
The Sea Voyage section has been uploaded to the Jaidor Talisman campaign notes. Wednesday
May 24, 2005
Fan art by Vlad has been posted in the Fan Art section! And more great art for the Lesser Races from Kristian is on the way. (He's already submitted it, I just haven't uploaded it yet - but stay tuned, it's coming). Wednesday
May 20 , 2005
The Government types page has been expanded. Wednesday
May 5, 2005
Initial notes to the Jaidor Talisman campaign have been posted. Additional notes will be added later. Wednesday
April 28, 2005
Church of Sorrath and Church of Imarus updated. Wednesday
April 20, 2005
Dwarven information updated: Irondale and the Throne of Mirodin added. Friday
April 15, 2005
The list of Other Worlds on the net has been updated on the Awards and Links page. Friday
April 1, 2005
Kristian Juul Rasmussen has completed illustrating all the Greater Races including all fourteen human subraces. Check them out under the Greater Races section and the Fan Art section. He has now begun work on the Lesser Races. Wednesday
March 23, 2005
Additional information has been uploaded to the Human subraces. Friday
March 4, 2005
I'm very pleased to announce that Khoras has completed its move to the new host company: www.lunarpages.com. Lunar Pages is going to provide much better service, rock solid stability, frequent backups and faster data transfer. Saturday
February 26, 2005
Information on Dathkandra has been added. The town of Dathkandra is the setting of an Exodus online chat game. Saturday
February 5, 2005
Information on Dathkandra has been added. The town of Dathkandra is the setting of an Exodus online chat game. Saturday
January 15, 2005
New Magic main category added. Magic section expanded and reorganized. Friday
December 23, 2004
A new page on the Islands of Khoras has been added. Sunday
November 28, 2004
Kristian Juul Rasmussen has been creating some fabulous art for the Greater Races of Khoras. He has been added to the Contributor list on the Crew page. Also, check out his work in the Fanwork section. Sunday
November 10, 2004
Rainforests and Jungles expanded. Sunday
October 31, 2004
Vaul and Vaulstav expanded. Monday
September, 20, 2004
Tales Section expanded and reorganized. Sunday
August 29, 2004
Chapters of To Find A King added Sunday
August 15, 2004
Email address change to "webmaster". Tuesday
April 20, 2004
Festivals and Faires added Monday
March 15, 2004
Mineralogy section updated and expanded. Friday
February 20, 2004
Site dedication to Laverne Roomes added Thursday
January 15, 2004
Fauna of the Desolation of Shidar added. Including Horde Creatures, Acidjaws, Corpse Worms, Sabre Scorpions and Shidaran Zombies. Tuesday
December 23, 2003
Flora of the Desolation of Shidar added. Including the Deathmauler Tree, Whipvines, Phoenix Brush and Cloaking Bushes. Sunday
December 21, 2003
New fauna added: Fire Maggots, Rock Wasps, Iron Eater and Guardians. Friday
December 19, 2003
New arcana from the Jaidor campaign added: Trisark's Storm Blades, Bloodseeker Arrows and a few new potions in the Alchemy section. Wednesday
December 17, 2003
Hyperlinks on the main maps re-established (including nations, cities and geographic regions). Wednesday
November 26, 2003
Human Subraces expanded. Thursday
November 20, 2003
Mountains expanded. Saturday
November 15, 2003
Fan Work section added. Tuesday
November 12, 2003
The Dithwon tree added. Monday
November 10, 2003
Khoras reverts back to a free and open site. No passwords. No subscription fees. Saturday
November 8, 2003
Myranor Expanded: Festivals added. Wednesday
October 24, 2003
Myranor Expanded: Crime and punishment page added. Wednesday
October 21, 2003
The Marauders of Chaddamar detailed.  Additional details added to the Sybrenar Imperium. Wednesday
October 15, 2003
Myranor Expanded: Imperial Garrison, Freedom Fighters, Silken Lady Garment Shop, Statue of Kardello, Stormhammer Shipyards added. Wednesday
October 14, 2003
Myranor Expanded: Fort Myran, Royal University, Slaver Guild Hall, Raptor Imports and Bird's Claw Tavern added.. Wednesday
October 13, 2003
Myranor Expanded: City Districts, Architecture, the City Gardens, the Haunted Tower of Ildrik, additional history notes and more. Wednesday
October 12, 2003
Myranor Expanded: New establishments, including the Wayfarer Inn. Wednesday
October 11, 2003
Myranor Expanded: New Organizations, Underworld notes and News, Rumors and Gossip added to Myranor. Wednesday
October 10, 2003
October Spotlight on Myranor. Myranor expansion begins. Wednesday
October 7, 2003
Iron Eater added to Mountain Fauna. Wednesday
October 5, 2003
Rock Wasps added to Mountain Fauna.. Wednesday
October 4, 2003
Slumber Weed added to Mountain Flora. Wednesday
October 3, 2003
The Winter Hawk added to Arctic Fauna. Wednesday
October 2, 2003
Sea gypsies added to Lesser Races. Wednesday
October 1, 2003
Firedrake added to Mountain Fauna section. Wednesday
September 17, 2003
Desert Sponge and Atashi Tree added to Desert Flora section. Sunday
September 14, 2003
Fan Fiction added to Tales section. Thursday
September 11, 2003
Top of page navigation bars on all pages fixed. (Advanced Site) Monday
September 8, 2003
The City of Ipotal completed and uploaded. Friday
September 5, 2003
Sitemap Updated on Advanced Site Tuesday
September 2, 2003
Glossary updated with all Aggradar and Qeshir references. Friday
August 15, 2003
Miscellaneous fixes throughout site. Tuesday
August 12, 2003
Halmaka added to Desert Fauna. Monday
August 11, 2003
Spotlight on Languages and Currency. Languages and Currency updated. Aggradar and Qeshir languages and currencies added. Sunday
August 10, 2003

Bodies of Water section expanded including new Aggradar and Qeshir bodies of water.

Wednesday
August 6, 2003
Languages section expanded including Aggradar and Qeshir languages. Monday
August 4, 2003
Khoras creators at the Gen-Con Game Fair. July 23-27, 2003
A new short story, Jonathan Errlain, uploaded. Monday
 July 21, 2003
The city of Aramanda uploaded Wednesday
July 16, 2003
Secambru Tribes adjusted and the Secambru Greater Race uploaded. Wednesday
 July 9, 2003
Aggradar religions and gods uploaded. Thursday
July 3, 2003
The Secambru Tribes uploaded. Sunday
June 29, 2003
Kingdom of Anquar uploaded. Saturday
June 28, 2003
Miscellaneous fixes, edits and repaired links. Wednesday
June 25, 2003
Aggradar and Qeshir flora uploaded. Tuesday
June 24, 2003
Aggradar and Qeshir fauna uploaded. Monday
June 23, 2003
Races for Aggradar and Qeshir uploaded. Sunday
June 22, 2003
Maps for Aggradar and Qeshir uploaded. Saturday
June 21, 2003
Khoras Advanced, a subscription based members only version of Khoras, goes online. This version unveils the new continents of Aggradar and Qeshir. Friday
June 20, 2003
Arcana has been reorganized and divided up into categories.

Also, post production work on the short film "Professional Courtesy" is complete. It will be available for sale on line soon. Work on the film has delayed the Khoras Disk. For more information, check out the Khoras Disk project.

Sunday
August 25, 2002
Flora has been divided up into logical categories based on environment. Friday
May 31, 2002
Fauna has been divided up into logical categories based on environment. Various adjustments and fixes have been made throughout the Fauna section. New art from Eduardo Beerli has been added to the Fauna section.

Work on the Khoras CD and the Khoras web site continues.

Tuesday
May 14, 2002
Diseases and Forests broken up into individual pages. Hyperlinks re-established on Map Pages. Tuesday
March 26, 2002
The rough cut of "Professional Courtesy" , a short film directed by Khoras illustrator Mark Price, has been wrapped up and was screened at the 911 Media Organization in downtown Seattle. The film looks pretty good. We're going to polish it up for the final version. If any of you are interested, VHS copies will be available later this year. I'll keep you posted. Friday
March 15, 2002
The "Khoras Disk Project".  Monday
November 26, 2001
Minor adjustments and additions have been made to the New Maps. Sunday
September 30, 2001
The new Khoras maps are online. Sunday
September 23, 2001
Filming of "Professional Courtesy" is complete. Now begins the post-production work. We are looking at about six months of fund raising, film transfers, special effects and such. I'll keep you updated on the film's progress. For full details, check out the Professional Courtesy web site. Learn about the crew that is making this film at Zero Collective. News of the movie will be posted here and at the other two sites as it becomes available. Saturday
September 1, 2001 
Work on the New World Map is proceeding, but the release of the maps to the web site has been pushed back. Expect to see the new maps in early September. Friday
August 3, 2001
New options in People of Note section allow characters to be viewed by category or geographic location. Thursday
July 5, 2001
I have decided not to attend Gen-Con this year. It was a difficult decision. I would LOVE to go, but I simply can't afford it. But I plan on attending Gen-Con in 2002. And that year, we WILL have a booth. Look for us! Tuesday
July 3, 2001
I'm back! After a LONG period of no activity on the site (due to computer problems,  bureaucratic red tape and other misadventures), progress on Khoras will resume.  Sunday
June 24, 2001
"Professional Courtesy" - a movie based in the World of Khoras. Directed by Mark Price. This independent film will be shot in the autumn of 2001 with post-production scheduled for the end of the year.  Sunday
April 15, 2001
Organization Upgrade completed. Sunday
April 8, 2001
Titles and honorifics added to the ruling nobles of the nations of Ithria. Tuesday
March 27, 2001
Proper names of Ithrian nations added. Sunday
March 25, 2001
More organizations expanded and upgraded.  Symbols added. Friday
March 23, 2001
Dragon Magazine Collection posted. Issue for Issue. Saturday
March 10, 2001
Organization Upgrade Project begun. Saturday
February 24, 2001
Mariner's Cant posted for adding flavor to sea based campaigns. Monday
January 22, 2001
Various original notes of Khoras were unearthed and have been added to the appropriate categories - new magic items were added to the Arcana section, info on Morlokk added.  Monday
January 15, 2001.
Artist Section revised. New FAQ. Copyright updated. Breach Whale add to the fauna section. Tuesday
January 9, 2001
Graphics and various enhancements added to the Avisarr Campaign Notes. Friday
January 5, 2001.
City Upgrade Project Completed. Two new sections added to all major cities: The City Guard and Important People. Thursday
November 9, 2000
Locator Maps on Nation Pages now link to Political Territory Map. Wednesday
November 8, 2000
Distance Chart (distances between major cities) has been added. Work on upgrading cities continues. Sunday
November 5, 2000
The Avisarr Campaign notes have been posted. Tuesday
October 24, 2000
Gods of the Gethyan and Political Territory/Border Map Tuesday
September 5, 2000
Khoras listed in InQuest Gamer Magazine, October 2000 Issue, Page 48. Friday
September 1, 2000
Kalimuran Festival, Piramus Important People Wednesday
July 26, 2000
After a long hiatus (having relocated to a new apartment) I am back and working on the web site once again. Several holes plugged, several pages updated. Sunday
July 16, 2000
Search Page Saturday
 June 3, 2000
Historical maps added. Internal links added to History section. Several new establishments. Wednesday
May 17, 2000
Twenty six new establishments added throughout the cities. Thursday
April 20, 2000
City Upgrade Project begun. This includes three new sections for each city: Important People, City Militias and Notable Organizations. This project will take several months. Thursday
April 13, 2000
Ruins section added. This will be expanded in great detail later on. History quotes and history navigation bar added. Tuesday
April 4, 2000
Three new summoned demons in the Fauna section and one new plant in the Flora section. Several fixes and adjustments throughout the site. Slight enhancement of the Arcana section.  Tuesday
March 28, 2000
Added the official Khoras Banners in the Awards and Links section. Monday
March 27, 2000
Began adding Important People section to Cities and Nations. This project will take a long time. Look for continual additions to the people of cities and nations over the next several months. Wednesday
March 15, 2000
Expanded character list. Wednesday
February 9, 2000
Redesigned the front page of the site. Tuesday
January 25, 2000
Redesign of the Glossary Section. Friday
January 21, 2000
Khoras won an award from the RPG League. Check them out at RPG League and don't forget to read the review. Thursday
January 20, 2000
I've started a new AD&D campaign and lots of new details have been incorporated into the site over the last month. Tuesday
December 7, 1999
Redesign of the frames page. Lots of background house keeping to reduce site size and speed things up. Removal of the Download Site zip file. Sunday
October 24, 1999
Small additions and corrections in various areas. Lots of things being worked on in the background, but it'll be a little while before these projects are unveiled.  Monday
 October 18, 1999
Updated glossary. Updated zip file. Awards and Links page added. Lots of small additions and fixes throughout the site. Friday
September 10, 1999
I just got an article published. InQuest Gamer - Issue 54, The Legends Article on Page 92. At your local gaming/comic book store. Sunday
August 29, 1999
Revised page format on city pages plus several new establishments. Ships Master List begun. New "Meet the Artist" picture. Saturday
August 28, 1999
Extensive data compression of all graphics throughout the web site to speed up download times. Sunday
August 8, 1999
All menus altered to stone buttons. Saturday
August 7, 1999
Player Packet section added. Wednesday
August 4, 1999
Villages and Geography section added to all Nations. Downloadable Zip File updated. Tuesday
July 27, 1999
Graphic titles added to all pages throughout Khoras. Saturday
June 26, 1999
City section revised with new pictures, text descriptions and more. Also, new pictures have been added to various parts of the Physical World. Friday
June 25, 1999
Revised "Role Playing in Khoras" section. While not complete, the framework has been laid down. This section includes (or will eventually include): adventure ideas, full campaigns, house rules, a Player's Introductory Packet to Khoras, discussions of game systems, the Dungeon Master's Forum and more... Saturday
May 1, 1999
Over a dozen new plants and animals added. Saturday
March 20, 1999

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