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Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Who are the D'ni?
Q. Where can I learn the D'ni language? A. This and a few other sites contain information on the D'ni language. You can also try translating the map included in Myst: The Book of Ti'ana. A Cyan employee, Richard Watson, was rumored to be working on adding this information to Cyan's website, but he's very busy and it might be a while before he gets a chance to do much with this. Q. Who was Atrus' mother? A. Atrus' mother was named Leira. (Gehn called her Keta.) She was a human who lived with a tribe of people called the Amad. She died while giving birth to Atrus. Q. Who were the Amad? A. The Amad, it seems, were a tribe of humans with advanced technology. The only mentions of them are in Gehn's journal on the Crater Island. Gehn based his imagers on a Amad design, and he makes mention that he suspects they may be somehow related to the D'ni. However, given Gehn's obsession with D'ni, this is very unlikely. Q. What's this art thing everbody keeps talking about? A. The Art is the word the D'ni used to describe the ability to write ages. An age was another world you could go to simply by placing your hand on a panel in a book that described that world. For instance, if you've played Myst, when you went from Myst to Channelwood, you "linked" to that age. The age was not inside of the book, rather the book acted as a sort of dimensional transferer. Q. In both The Book of Atrus and The Book of Ti'ana, there's a character named Atrus, except one of them has his name spelled differently. What's the deal? A. They are two seperate people. The Aitrus of The Book of Ti'ana is the grandfather of the Atrus in The Book of Atrus. They have the same names, they're just spelled differently to avoid confusion. Q. Is the D'ni number system base 5, 10, or 25? A. The D'ni number system is base 25, that is, each number to the left is a higher power of 25. It is not an higher multiple of 25. So, if you had the numbers 9 and 8 next to each other, it would not be 98, but 233, since (9x25=225) and (8X1=8). Another, perhaps simpler, way to put is is this example, sent to me by Richard Watson, a Cyan employee. This compares the base 10 system to the base 25 system. 9876 Base 10 = ((9 X 10^3) + (8 X 10^2) + (7 X 10^1) + (6 X 10^0))
9876 Base 25 = ((9 X 25^3) + (8 X 25^2) + (7 X 25^1) + (6 X 25^0))
Q. Is there a D'ni font I can download? A. There are several D'ni fonts available on the web. You can download a excellent version made by Colin Arenz here in either Windows or Mac format. |