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* The [[Clockwork Ouroboros]] | * The [[Clockwork Ouroboros]] | ||
* The [[Eleven-Day Empire]]: [[Clockwork Ouroboros affair|The 1834 Attack]] | * The [[Eleven-Day Empire]]: [[Clockwork Ouroboros affair|The 1834 Attack]] | ||
* [[Ghost cluster|Ghost | * [[Ghost cluster|Ghost Clusters]] | ||
* The [[Grand Families]] | * The [[Grand Families]] | ||
* [[Grindlay's Warehouse]] | * [[Grindlay's Warehouse]] | ||
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* [[Ordifica]] | * [[Ordifica]] | ||
* [[Intercreational]]s | * [[Intercreational]]s | ||
* [[Leviathan (The Book of the War)| | * [[Leviathan (The Book of the War)|Leviathans]] | ||
* [[Quintessence]] | * [[Quintessence]] | ||
* [[Redemption Cult]] | * [[Redemption Cult]] | ||
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=== Houses and Orders === | === Houses and Orders === | ||
* [[jungle child|Jungle | * [[jungle child|Jungle Children]] | ||
* [[Hauserkinder]] | * [[Hauserkinder]] | ||
* "[[Justine's Story]]" | * "[[Justine's Story]]" | ||
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* [[Order of the Weal]] | * [[Order of the Weal]] | ||
* Chatelaine [[Thessalia]] | * Chatelaine [[Thessalia]] | ||
* [[War prediction|War | * [[War prediction|War Predictions]]: Chatelaine [[Thessalia]] | ||
* [[Zo la Domini]] | * [[Zo la Domini]] | ||
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* [[Sex]] | * [[Sex]] | ||
* [[Five Famous Space Battles|Space (Five Famous Battles)]] | * [[Five Famous Space Battles|Space (Five Famous Battles)]] | ||
* [[TARDIS| | * [[TARDIS|Timeships]] | ||
* [[Laura Tobin]] | * [[Laura Tobin]] | ||
* Academician [[Umbaste]] | * Academician [[Umbaste]] | ||
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* [[Siloportem]] | * [[Siloportem]] | ||
* [[Time travel|Time-Travel]]: Posthuman | * [[Time travel|Time-Travel]]: Posthuman | ||
* [[War prediction|War | * [[War prediction|War Predictions]]: The [[Rivera Manuscript]] | ||
* Appendix IV: Notes on the [[Rivera Manuscript]] | * Appendix IV: Notes on the [[Rivera Manuscript]] | ||
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* [[First Diaspora|The Diaspora]] | * [[First Diaspora|The Diaspora]] | ||
* [[Eremite]]s | * [[Eremite]]s | ||
* [[Eremite|Faction | * [[Eremite|Faction Precursors]] | ||
* Mrs. [[Foyle]] | * Mrs. [[Foyle]] | ||
* The [[House of the Rising Sun]] | * The [[House of the Rising Sun]] | ||
* [[Labyrinth (The Book of the War)| | * [[Labyrinth (The Book of the War)|Labyrinths]] | ||
* The [[Remonstration Bureau]] | * The [[Remonstration Bureau]] | ||
* [[Voodoo Charter]] | * [[Voodoo Charter]] | ||
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* Cousin [[Belial (The Book of the War)|Belial]] | * Cousin [[Belial (The Book of the War)|Belial]] | ||
* [[Catch-the-Bear's war bonnet]] | * [[Catch-the-Bear's war bonnet]] | ||
* [[Ghost shirt|Ghost | * [[Ghost shirt|Ghost Shirts]] | ||
* [[Native American|North American]] [[Warrior tribe|Warrior | * [[Native American|North American]] [[Warrior tribe|Warrior Tribes]] | ||
* [[Nunaha'wu]] | * [[Nunaha'wu]] | ||
* [[open door|Open | * [[open door|Open Doors]] | ||
* [[Pai'ngya]] | * [[Pai'ngya]] | ||
* [[Peyote]] [[Dream runner|Dream | * [[Peyote]] [[Dream runner|Dream Runners]] | ||
* [[Sand and snow ammunition|Sand and Snow Ammunition]] | * [[Sand and snow ammunition|Sand and Snow Ammunition]] | ||
* [[Tenskwatawa]] | * [[Tenskwatawa]] | ||
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* The [[Jallama Reed|Jallama Reed Transmissions]] | * The [[Jallama Reed|Jallama Reed Transmissions]] | ||
* The [[New Young Gods]] | * The [[New Young Gods]] | ||
* [[Remembrance tank|Remembrance | * [[Remembrance tank|Remembrance Tanks]] | ||
* [[Shadow-Mask]]s | * [[Shadow-Mask]]s | ||
* [[Simia KK98|Simia-KK98]] | * [[Simia KK98|Simia-KK98]] | ||
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* The [[Gauntlet (The Book of the War)|Gauntlet]] | * The [[Gauntlet (The Book of the War)|Gauntlet]] | ||
* [[GCI processor|GCI Processor]] | * [[GCI processor|GCI Processor]] | ||
* [[Hollow spectacular|Hollow | * [[Hollow spectacular|Hollow Spectaculars]] | ||
** Inset: Brookhaven's [[Mujun: The Ghost Kingdom|Ghost Kingdom]]: The Six Central Characters | ** Inset: Brookhaven's [[Mujun: The Ghost Kingdom|Ghost Kingdom]]: The Six Central Characters | ||
* The [[Hollywood Bowl shooting|Hollywood Bowl Shooting]] | * The [[Hollywood Bowl shooting|Hollywood Bowl Shooting]] | ||
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* The [[Malachite Room]] is part of the [[Winter Palace]]. | * The [[Malachite Room]] is part of the [[Winter Palace]]. | ||
* Faction Paradox uses [[Sabakash]] bones for [[Faction Paradox armour|armour]]. | * Faction Paradox uses [[Sabakash]] bones for [[Faction Paradox armour|armour]]. | ||
* [[104-form]]s are [[TARDIS| | * [[104-form]]s are [[TARDIS|timeships]]. | ||
* The [[Hall of Faces]] is in [[House Catherion]]'s [[chapterhouse]]. | * The [[Hall of Faces]] is in [[House Catherion]]'s [[chapterhouse]]. | ||
* [[Sand and snow ammunition]] was used by some [[Native American]] tribes. | * [[Sand and snow ammunition]] was used by some [[Native American]] tribes. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* While editing the Book, [[Lawrence Miles]] described it as "a continuity in a book, it's an encyclopaedia to the War Era universe. It's got a structure rather than a plot, the way history's got a structure or a Bible's got a structure. Some parts of the universe are cross-referenced with other parts, and it all comes together to make up this great big ... vision."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080509161052/http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=miles Outpost Gallifrey Interview]</ref> | * While editing the Book, [[Lawrence Miles]] described it as "a continuity in a book, it's an encyclopaedia to the War Era universe. It's got a structure rather than a plot, the way history's got a structure or a Bible's got a structure. Some parts of the universe are cross-referenced with other parts, and it all comes together to make up this great big ... vision."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080509161052/http://www.gallifreyone.com/interview.php?id=miles Outpost Gallifrey Interview]</ref> | ||
* "Design Specs for Advanced Users", purporting to reveal the "secret pathway running through the whole volume", were published on the Faction Paradox website, and they form the basis for the organisation of the entries on this page. The Specs specified that their listing contained "almost certainly at least one mistake", as well as "a single entry which isn't connected to anything else";<ref>[http://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=faction:factionbook1reading Design Specs for Advanced Users]</ref> the mistake was the listing of the nonexistent "[[Robert Scarratt|Scarratt]]'s Group" entry under "The A-Z of the War", and the single unconnected entry was "[[Parablox]]" (here placed under "The End"). As it stands, "The A-Z of the War" needs both the nonexistent "Scarratt's Group" entry and the immediately-following "[[Jungle child|Jungle | * "Design Specs for Advanced Users", purporting to reveal the "secret pathway running through the whole volume", were published on the Faction Paradox website, and they form the basis for the organisation of the entries on this page. The Specs specified that their listing contained "almost certainly at least one mistake", as well as "a single entry which isn't connected to anything else";<ref>[http://www.curufea.com/doku.php?id=faction:factionbook1reading Design Specs for Advanced Users]</ref> the mistake was the listing of the nonexistent "[[Robert Scarratt|Scarratt]]'s Group" entry under "The A-Z of the War", and the single unconnected entry was "[[Parablox]]" (here placed under "The End"). As it stands, "The A-Z of the War" needs both the nonexistent "Scarratt's Group" entry and the immediately-following "[[Jungle child|Jungle Children]]" entry (grouped under the subsequent "Houses and Orders" section) in order to truly have one entry for every letter of the alphabet. | ||
* Lawrence Miles briefly considered releasing an expanded version of ''The Book of the War'' on CD-ROM.<ref name="SBJunused">[https://simonbjones.blogspot.com/2006/12/book-of-war-unused-material.html Book Of The War unused material]</ref> Though [[Mad Norwegian Press]]' other ''Faction Paradox'' books would be later be released as ebooks, CEO [[Lars Pearson]] said that the number of permissions that would be needed from the contributors made it untenable.<ref name="ebook discussion">[http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5668976&postcount=26 Re: Faction Paradox (Non-BBC) - Your Favourites]</ref> | * Lawrence Miles briefly considered releasing an expanded version of ''The Book of the War'' on CD-ROM.<ref name="SBJunused">[https://simonbjones.blogspot.com/2006/12/book-of-war-unused-material.html Book Of The War unused material]</ref> Though [[Mad Norwegian Press]]' other ''Faction Paradox'' books would be later be released as ebooks, CEO [[Lars Pearson]] said that the number of permissions that would be needed from the contributors made it untenable.<ref name="ebook discussion">[http://gallifreybase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5668976&postcount=26 Re: Faction Paradox (Non-BBC) - Your Favourites]</ref> | ||
* The entry for the [[City of the Saved]] quotes a traveller's lyrical description of the City as "an urban sprawl the size of a spiral galaxy… a fabulous shimmering lightscape nonillions of miles across". This traveller was intended to be [[Iris Wildthyme]].<ref name="iriscity">[http://www.infinitarian.com/iriscity.html Iris Wildthyme in the City of the Saved]</ref> | * The entry for the [[City of the Saved]] quotes a traveller's lyrical description of the City as "an urban sprawl the size of a spiral galaxy… a fabulous shimmering lightscape nonillions of miles across". This traveller was intended to be [[Iris Wildthyme]].<ref name="iriscity">[http://www.infinitarian.com/iriscity.html Iris Wildthyme in the City of the Saved]</ref> | ||
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Contributors to the book mostly worked on their stories independently, only discovering the added intersections with other stories once the book was released. It was deliberately kept unclear as to which authors contributed which articles, but later releases provided some clues. | Contributors to the book mostly worked on their stories independently, only discovering the added intersections with other stories once the book was released. It was deliberately kept unclear as to which authors contributed which articles, but later releases provided some clues. | ||
* As editor, [[Lawrence Miles]] rewrote many or all entries. The "Faction Paradox Family" section was credited to him in the book's notes, and it had been previously released on the ''Faction Paradox'' website.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011115105551/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/family.htm The Faction Paradox Family]</ref> | * As editor, [[Lawrence Miles]] rewrote many or all entries. The "Faction Paradox Family" section was credited to him in the book's notes, and it had been previously released on the ''Faction Paradox'' website.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011115105551/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk:80/family.htm The Faction Paradox Family]</ref> | ||
* [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] wrote slightly more than any other contributor to the Book, with the exception of Lawrence Miles. The final edition of ''The Book of the War'' included at least one entry by him for every letter of the alphabet, including "Lords Celestial", which was interrupted by [[Shift (Alien Bodies)|the Shift]];<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/ask-the-author-sbj-t716.html#p4629 Ask the Author SBJ]</ref> the "Design Specs for Advanced Users" included a potentially-related "A-Z of the War" section that featured entries for many concepts also explored in his books ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'' and ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'', such as [[Robert Scarratt]]<ref>Credited to Bucher-Jones in the acknowledgments of ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]''</ref> and the [[Leviathan (The Book of the War)| | * [[Simon Bucher-Jones]] wrote slightly more than any other contributor to the Book, with the exception of Lawrence Miles. The final edition of ''The Book of the War'' included at least one entry by him for every letter of the alphabet, including "Lords Celestial", which was interrupted by [[Shift (Alien Bodies)|the Shift]];<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/ask-the-author-sbj-t716.html#p4629 Ask the Author SBJ]</ref> the "Design Specs for Advanced Users" included a potentially-related "A-Z of the War" section that featured entries for many concepts also explored in his books ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'' and ''[[The Brakespeare Voyage (novel)|The Brakespeare Voyage]]'', such as [[Robert Scarratt]]<ref>Credited to Bucher-Jones in the acknowledgments of ''[[Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)|Weapons Grade Snake Oil]]''</ref> and the [[Leviathan (The Book of the War)|Leviathans]].<ref>[http://simonbjones.blogspot.com/2014/01/shard-apocrypha-brakespeare.html Brakespeare Initialisation]</ref> | ||
* [[Daniel O'Mahony]] was narrowly in third place for words written for the book. He wrote far more for ''The Book of the War'' than ended up in the final draft, and Bucher-Jones only overtook him in the final edit.<ref>[https://removalvan.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/pantechnicon_issue_eight.pdf Pantechnicon Issue Eight]</ref> He drew heavily from his rejected [[BBC Books]] novel proposals, saying "the entire plot of one outline is embedded in there somewhere, while a lot of the background for another became a major part of the Faction universe."<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/author-author-dom-t914-s10.html#p5756 Author! Author! DOM]</ref> The planet [[Lethe (The Parliament of Rats)|Lethe]], mentioned in the entry for the [[Lethean Campaign]], previously appeared in his Doctor Who short story ''[[The Parliament of Rats (short story)|The Parliament of Rats]]'', itself a scene from a BBC novel proposal.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20061213205116/http://www.gallifreyone.com:80/interview.php?id=omahony O'Mahony Gallifrey One Interview]</ref> He would later use [[babel]]s, [[Thessalia]], and the [[Order of the Weal]] in his novel ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]''. He stated that he'd had no involvement in [[Michael Brookhaven]]'s filmography.<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/brookhaven-a-filmography-t534.html Brookhaven: A Filmography]</ref> | * [[Daniel O'Mahony]] was narrowly in third place for words written for the book. He wrote far more for ''The Book of the War'' than ended up in the final draft, and Bucher-Jones only overtook him in the final edit.<ref>[https://removalvan.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/pantechnicon_issue_eight.pdf Pantechnicon Issue Eight]</ref> He drew heavily from his rejected [[BBC Books]] novel proposals, saying "the entire plot of one outline is embedded in there somewhere, while a lot of the background for another became a major part of the Faction universe."<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/author-author-dom-t914-s10.html#p5756 Author! Author! DOM]</ref> The planet [[Lethe (The Parliament of Rats)|Lethe]], mentioned in the entry for the [[Lethean Campaign]], previously appeared in his Doctor Who short story ''[[The Parliament of Rats (short story)|The Parliament of Rats]]'', itself a scene from a BBC novel proposal.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20061213205116/http://www.gallifreyone.com:80/interview.php?id=omahony O'Mahony Gallifrey One Interview]</ref> He would later use [[babel]]s, [[Thessalia]], and the [[Order of the Weal]] in his novel ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]''. He stated that he'd had no involvement in [[Michael Brookhaven]]'s filmography.<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/factionparadox/brookhaven-a-filmography-t534.html Brookhaven: A Filmography]</ref> | ||
* [[Ian McIntire]] introduced [[Carmen Yeh]] in his unlicensed short story ''Schrödinger's Botanist'' for the 1998 [[charity publications|charity anthology]] ''Perfect Timing''. The related entries were co-written with [[Mad Norwegian Press]] CEO [[Lars Pearson]].<ref name="BotW Question" /> He also contributed to the entry for [[the War King]], including the detail of the unfolded [[hypercube]] on his desk, which was intended as a link to one of his other entries, which was ultimately rejected.<ref>[http://big-finish-sketches.tumblr.com/post/177895970788/id-a-facebook-post-by-ian-mcintire-which-says-i A Facebook post by Ian McIntire]</ref> | * [[Ian McIntire]] introduced [[Carmen Yeh]] in his unlicensed short story ''Schrödinger's Botanist'' for the 1998 [[charity publications|charity anthology]] ''Perfect Timing''. The related entries were co-written with [[Mad Norwegian Press]] CEO [[Lars Pearson]].<ref name="BotW Question" /> He also contributed to the entry for [[the War King]], including the detail of the unfolded [[hypercube]] on his desk, which was intended as a link to one of his other entries, which was ultimately rejected.<ref>[http://big-finish-sketches.tumblr.com/post/177895970788/id-a-facebook-post-by-ian-mcintire-which-says-i A Facebook post by Ian McIntire]</ref> | ||
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* The [[Mal'akh|Babewyn]] are connected to [[human]]ity's [[noosphere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') | * The [[Mal'akh|Babewyn]] are connected to [[human]]ity's [[noosphere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') | ||
* The [[frontier in time]] exists beyond the edge of the Great Houses' noosphere in the [[posthuman]] era. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Frontios (novelisation)|Frontios]]'') | * The [[frontier in time]] exists beyond the edge of the Great Houses' noosphere in the [[posthuman]] era. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Frontios (novelisation)|Frontios]]'') | ||
* An [[Arcadian]] faction of self-named "[[Guardian (The Ark)| | * An [[Arcadian]] faction of self-named "[[Guardian (The Ark)|guardians]]" was mainly composed of survivors from [[Earth]] who established a new home on [[Refusis II|the nearest Earth-like world]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]'') | ||
* [[Nine Homeworlds|Multiple Homeworlds]] were constructed during the War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'', ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | * [[Nine Homeworlds|Multiple Homeworlds]] were constructed during the War. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', ''[[The Taking of Planet 5 (novel)|The Taking of Planet 5]]'', ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | ||
* The leader of the Homeworld during the War used the title [[War King]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | * The leader of the Homeworld during the War used the title [[War King]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Shadows of Avalon (novel)|The Shadows of Avalon]]'') | ||
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