Ill Bethisad

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'Yn nediwn seint yn llinghedig, yn nediwn seint yn cor'

Ill Bethisad ("the universe" in Brithenig) (1) had as its origins the constructed world and history devised in 1996 by Andrew Smith of New Zealand where his constructed language (called Brithenig) exists. Brithenig itself is a constructed Romance language based on the premise that the Latin spoken in Roman Britain did not die out but rather developped into a modern Romance language akin to Spanish and French. Since its original conception, Brithenig has attracted a number of fans who have either created their own conlangs within Ill Bethisad, a term that has come to be applied to the constructed reality of this alternate timeline, or else have contributed to shaping its history and cultures.

Ill Bethisad is different from other alternate histories in that it has numerous Points of Divergence or PODs, whereas others, such as Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory series, where the South wins the war against the North, and the resulting wars that would wrack the North American continent, have only one.

Because of the numerous PODs and the fact that we have a large number of participants, we've implemented the principle of Quod Scripsi, Scripsi, or QSS. It means that any fact, once established, cannot be changed unless the group deems it necessary by consensus. Similarly, every IB member should be familiar with the way we handle things (see: How It All Works and What IB Is and What IB Ain't).

This wiki is Ill Bethisad's most elaborate source of information. It should be noted, however, that it is only one out of several places were materials regarding IB can be found. See the Links page for a list of websites, discussion fora, etc.

If you are interested in participation in the project, please read this first.

(1) Per wikipedia, Bethisad is a calque of Welsh bydysawd.