
Part of Series
The Talislanta Worldbook is the atlas and gazeteer of Archaeus -the strange and exotic world which serves as the setting for the Talislanta game. The Worldbook features a comprehensive overview of the Talislantan continent, incorporating revised information from the Chronicles of Talislanta and the first Cyclopedia Talislanta, plus new continental, regional, and city maps. The Worldbook also contains all-new material on the Unknown Lands, including: * The Midnight Realm, a land of perpetual darkness inhabited by the race of Night Demons and their enemies, the Demon Hunters of Thanatus... * The Flying Island of Alcedon, which floats high above the clouds... * The sweltering junglelands of Draknar—home of the Drakken, a race of intelligent reptilian giants which once ruled the continent of Talislanta... * The Lost Continent of Simbar, which sank beneath the waves following The Great Disaster... The plant kingdom of Celadon, an enchanted realm ruled by the mysterious magician known as the Green Mandarin... * The battle-ravaged continent of Altarus, home of the Vandar warclans... * A revised overview of History, covering the rise and fall of the Archaen Empire—the legendary kingdoms of Talislanta's Forgotten Age...
Author

Stephan Michael Sechi is best known for creating the Talislanta RPG, originally published by Bard Games. Along with contributing and producing many more books in the Talislanta Milieu (including a fiction anthology), Sechi also wrote Bard's Atlantis and Complete Adventurer series, recorded three CDs based on music from Talislanta, wrote the Pandemonium! RPG, and adventures for both Cyberpunk 2020, and Over The Edge RPGS. His interests are eclectic and include the writings of William S. Boroughs, football, the music of Steely Dan, The Police, and Tom Scott, the art of Phillipe Druillet, Moebius, and Rodney Matthews. He plays saxophone and has worked/recorded in the studio.