Lands of Aethar

The Lands of Aethar

The Lands of Aethar webpage: http://www.glowingfaceman.com/aethar/ (formerly http://www.aethar.com)

The Lands of Aethar Telnet Address: rayne.divineright.org Port: 6565

The Lands of Aethar Codebase: Custom SMAUG

The Lands of Aethar was one of the oldest SMAUG MUDs around, and was in continuous development from 1994 to 2009. It was actually launched before the official SMAUG codebase release, using a beta version of SMAUG. We featured a two kingdom system and a robust world full of cunning monsters. The MUD was mostly hack 'n' slash: if you were looking for a MUD where the organizations held multi-player runs on high-end mobs almost every day, you'd found the right MUD.  Now, Aethar has been retired from active play, but the world remains explorable over HTML.

A Very Brief History of the Lands of Aethar

The Lands of Aethar MUD was launched by Felix/Rory/Lupus in 1994. Later, it was transfered to the ownership of Druiad. After that, it was transfered to the ownership of Validus, who owns it today. Around 2003, Validus retired from active administration, continuing as supreme owner but passing the reigns on to Fuegan. From there, they passed in time to Dominus and Chamdar, Geyron, and finally to Mental.

The Lands of Aethar was originally named "Clouds over Bedlam". It was then changed to just "Bedlam", and finally to "The Lands of Aethar". In 1999, we officially acknowledged our far departure from stock SMAUG and launched "Aethar II".

In 2009, the game was retired, and the world was converted into a frozen snapshot available over HTTP. Shortly after retirment Mental took the initiative to put Aethar II back online and it's running to this day. (Host: rayne.divineright.org Port: 6565)