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Obscurae Civitales. "Obscures Cities", in Latin. Title of a book, a copy of which can be found in the collection of Elias Aureolus PALINGENIUS (LT) and another - gigantic - in the LIBRARY where the survivors of the BATTISTA ended up (EC). Among other things, this book mentions explorer Nicolo MAFEO.
Obscure Cities. This is how the towns of the CONTINENT call themselves, although they are sometimes also refered to as CITIES OF THE FANTASTIC. It is difficult to translate all the nuances of the original French term; Cités Obscures does mean "not well known" cities, but also has overtones of "lost in shadows", "mysterious", "far away". Numerous details do seem to indicate that the Cities owe their existence to the fact that people believe in them, and at the same time there are forces that actively reinforce that belief. They can be reached from our world through numerous PASSAGES. To this day, we know of the following:
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TAXANDRIA and The TOWER both deserve to be called Cities, but they are no longer directly part of the Obscure World. CHULA VISTA is often described as a fossilised city, but is apparently a natural phenomena. The inhabitants of our world can obtain an Obscure citizenship - which includes an identity card and driver's licence - since 1997 AD, but access is seriously limited (LSLC). See also YPIGI.
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(First). A non-official event that took place from July 28 to August 1st,
1999 AD, in BRUSSELS. The participants were a number
of persons with a passion for the OBSCURE CITIES, who,
for the most part, knew each other only through the INTERNET.
Thanks to this international convention, several important facts about the OTHER WORLD were brought to light.
Left: Olivier, Bert, Caspar, Eilko and Quentin, possibly in front of the A. DESOMBRES MUSEUM. |
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(Second). A short meeting held on December 28, 1999 AD, at the FALSTAFF Café in BRUSSELS.
The main topic of discussion was the phenomenon of the physical intrusion of the Obscure
Universe into ours. Henri MENTA, who was to be the Guest
of Honour, did not show up.
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Obscure Expo. See EXPO.
| Obscure Worlds Orrery. A beautiful
object, possibly inspired from ARMILIA, hand-crafted by Karl
Theiss in a limited edition of 24 (LSLC). Odilon. Steward on board the zeppelin imagined by FRIEDRICH (RA). Olive. Friend of NELLE, whom she met when she visited the inside of ZARA. Born on an unnamed HOLLOW EARTH, where people must spend their lives walking to follow the sphere's rotation (N, TC, Z). See BAHOO and CHARROIS. |
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Olivilo. Name used by OLIVE during her stay in DRAMARD (N).
OMBRE D'UN HOMME (L'). [The Shadow of a Man] Eleventh volume of the CHRONICLES. Published on March 10th, 1999, but the work in progress was available for months as webisodes on the Obscure Cities INTERNET site. Four thousand of the albums came with a CD-ROM (ODH).
| Ombre du Réseau (L'). [The Shadow of the Network] A CD-ROM that contains the essential part of the INTERNET site urbicande.be, plus several unique animations. The original release has been limited to 4,000 issues, given with the albums L'OMBRE D'UN HOMME sold in some bookstores (INT, ODH), but there are probaly a considerable number of bootleg copies in existence (OT). See also Alok NANDI and NETWORK. |
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Omniroute. A road concept imagined by Axel WAPPENDORF, with lanes at least a thousand FATHOMS wide in each direction (ETPV, GC). See REINER-FEEST and VON AMELUNXEN.
Ooslorg, KJ. A scientist in the world of Filinor VON KATSEFF. He demonstrated, quite incorrectly, that human flight was impossible (PFVK).
Opera. The one in PÂHRY apparently connects with the Garnier Opera in Paris. BERTHELOT had it closed in 754 AT for that reason (GC). The small town of BAYREUTH has an immense opera house (RA), and this is a very popular form of entertainment in most Obscure Cities (GC).
Orbepalpe Liquor. A drink favoured in the VILLAGE OF THE MYSTS. RUDOLPH claimed to own a batch of rare quality (C).
Orion. Leader of a group of six men who attempted to invade ZARA. He was raped and consumed by the GAMMES (Z). See GODIN.
Ornithoplane. Name given by Filinor VON KATSEFF to his flying machine project (PFVK).
Orphans of Cernovada. Fifty-seven illiterate children who felt themselves irresistibly pushed to accomplish a long journey on foot to the CITY OF THE BOOK, in the suburbs of BRÜSEL (EC). See BOGDAN and KUNKELY.
Orduroduc. A typically Obscure term, based on the French word ordure (garbage). It describes a pipeline for the removal of refuse in BRÜSEL (GC).
Orsenna. An island located directly south of URBICANDE (GC). It may be linked to Erik Orsenna, a Jules VERNE scholar in our world.
Orsenna (Alley of). A street of TRAHMER. L'ÉCHO DES CITÉS once had its head office on number 117 (EC).
Ortélius. [1] An ancient Obscure thinker, who made CARTOGRAPHY one of the major branches of philosophy. [2] One of the sectors of The TOWER, under the responsibility of MAINTAINER Giovanni BATTISTA (GC). [3] By an amazing coincidence, Benoît PEETERS once lived on a street of that name in BRUSSELS...
Other World. For us, the World of the Obscure Cities (A). For the inhabitants of the Cities, the term designate our own universe. It should be noted that for the Obscure people, there is no doubt whatsoever that our world is real (GC). See also INSTITUT CENTRAL DES ARCHIVES, LIGHTED WORLD, NEMO McCay and The TOWER.
Ouessant. An island in Britanny, part of the Finistère (North). A little known point of PASSAGE can be found on top of a natural stone needle (GC).
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