Scales

- “The continent”? Like, does it literally not have a name?

I could understand if it was something like a teeny-tiny island out in the middle of bumfuck nowhere, because who is going to take the time to name something so insignificant? But not naming whole continents? I don't even know what to call this. I don't quite think it's laziness, but it's certainly something.

- Also, again, why is the products it creates the most important part of Arcness?

I don't mind this, because a lot of places even in the real world are described with their most prolific products. I would say that it gives clues as to how the people of the land sustain themselves.

- I do look askance at the name a bit, since it is not all too good a name.

If I saw this on a shelf somewhere, I definitely wouldn't think 'religious text'. I would probably think 'farming manual.'

- the instrument which enabled mankind to abandon his hunting and gathering and to settle in the one spot to cultivate the earth lifestyle

Anyone who tries to rely on just the things you grow is going to have a hard life. Crops fail all the time. Too much rain, not enough rain, insects, disease, temperature, the list goes on. You would almost have to turn to hunting and gathering, if only to supplement the things you grow.

- Um, why are we talking up their excellence when we just mentioned them pushing out the Icarii and Avar?

Missed opportunity ahoy! This would be so much better if no one knew about that part, so everyone was led to believe that the military is 100% good, only to eventually find out that those who serve in it were doing so under false pretenses that they had no clue about. Otherwise, it just looks like, "We drove these other races out of their homes; aren't we great?"

- We get an entry about Fingus, which literally tells us nothing more about him. Alright then.

Hi, Fungus. Bye, Fungus.

- Then there are three entries about Gorkenfort, Gorken Pass, and Gorkentown, with nothing remarkable for them.

Still can't take those names seriously.