Campaign World... Lot of Advices Required...

[NeonKnight]

Here's the fun.

We know in the real world, that the rising sun is caused by the earth's rotation towards a by and large as far as our solar system is concerned, a stationary Sun.

Seasons are then caused by the orbit of our (tilted at approximate 23 degrees) and depending on when in the orbit the poles are titled towards/away from the sun.

Now, the ancient Greeks, not knowing this explained the sun as the god Appollo driving his lustrous chariot across the heavens every day.

The seasons were explained in my favorite myth, that of Hades' love for Persephone, daughter of Demeter. Hades tricked her into the underworld, and Demeter was so distraught over her loss, she neglected her duties as a Goddess of Nature and fertility. As a result the plants did not grow, and crops failed. Persephone did not eat while in the underworld save 6 pomegrante seeds. As a result she had to return to the underworld for six months every year. During this time Demeter would mourn Persephone's absence and neglect the crops and thus we had winter, the period Persephone was gone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter...and_Persephone

Now, in a flat earth cosmology, I like the ideas of myths and gods being a 'real' force and not merely 'faces/figure heads' to explain a real world occurance.

[zenram]

a) to the northwest of the material plane

Imagine an horizontal view, with the material plane in the center, and the others expanding from it. As it were the same infinite land, but restricted by magical walls. (the ones that make you "travel" to the other edge).

(a) be straying to the Northwest

Now, they can't be observed, as each plane is "divided" by the magical "walls".

[Karro]

Hmm. Okay, so the realm of fire is, in a sense, in the northwest (behind a magical wall). So, if the sun god strays toward the fire realm, will he visibly look as though he's in the northwest sky?

Meanwhile, if the wind god strays toward the realm of air, would it seem as though the wind blows to the northeast? And the earth, meanwhile, is turning toward the southwest, correct?

Basically, if we can surmise that this straying occurs in regular, seasonal patterns (and if these observations are accurate), we can say something about the way heat and moisture is distributed throughout your world, and thus something about the climate. If it's really just completely random, it might be more difficult to make these sorts of educated guesses.

Another quick question: assuming the sun starts in one side of the world each day and crosses toward the other, how does he get back to his starting point each day?

[zenram]

Hmm. Okay, so the realm of fire is, in a sense, in the northwest (behind a magical wall). So, if the sun god strays toward the fire realm, will he visibly look as though he's in the northwest sky?

1. Well, it's not that, "there is" a magic wall physically, what a normal creature will see is just the horizon. XD

2. The sun God is visible, as the sun in our world.

Meanwhile, if the wind god strays toward the realm of air, would it seem as though the wind blows to the northeast? And the earth, meanwhile, is turning toward the southwest, correct?

3. Yes, it's correct, now, they prefer to go there, but they of course have to fulfill their duties all over the world, so they go everywhere, but in shorter lapses.

3. Basically, if we can surmise that this straying occurs in regular, seasonal patterns (and if these observations are accurate), we can say something about the way heat and moisture is distributed throughout your world, and thus something about the climate. If it's really just completely random, it might be more difficult to make these sorts of educated guesses.

4. Yes they occurs in regular patterns, as the seasons.

Another quick question: assuming the sun starts in one side of the world each day and crosses toward the other, how does he get back to his starting point each day?

5. Below the world, where he uses the time " to heat" the world core.