Almanac of the Armageddon, TheYou are on the archive wiki. The new wiki is here. The Almanac of the Armageddon is an ancient work believed to have been first penned during or shortly after the Great Disaster. Copies of the Almanac are very rare indeed and it is thought that only a handful of undamaged transcriptions still exist today. As a written work the Almanac is passing strange. Much of what it speaks of is no longer relevant to the world today, while other things seem so fantastical as to be pure fallacy. It is thought by some “experts” that the Almanac is a guide of sorts, to life in the post-Disaster world. If this is the case, however, then the world has changed a very great deal since the Almanac first saw the light of day… Transcription of the Almanac is a difficult process, as the book is written in a peculiar language that is no longer in common use. In fact, the number of scholars truly capable of understanding this ancient tongue, or “Engrish” as it is called, is debatable at best. Possibly the most reliable transcriptions are those that have been performed by clerks merely copying the graphic appearance of the text, rather the works of the various so-called “Engrish Translators” . Bastardised forms of the Almanac can be found in the homes of most tribes-people throughout the world, the most commonly used one being the Rover’s Survival Guide. Much of the content within such books is a product of over-active imaginations and extremely poor translation, although certain passages do contain valid information. That said, it is the foolish man that takes the words of such “Survival Guides” literally. However, much the same could be said of the original Almanac as well, so perhaps there is not so much difference between it and its successors…
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