This MUD is named Jusenkyo Mordor for reasons which are unlikely to
become clear again at the moment. Suffice it to say, the action of
the game takes place neither in Jusenkyo nor Mordor. Instead it
takes place in a completely unique world held loosely together by
conventions of convenience, innumerable influences from the realms of
sci-fi and fantasy and just a touch of sanity added in a vain attempt
to keep plots moving forward in a line slightly less circuitous than
a M.C. Escher painting. 

The setting for Jusenkyo Mordor is the floating islands of Eraniss
and the surface continent below. New characters first arrive in the
crystal city of Girralatia through the Nexus. The Nexus is a strange
mass of chaotic magic at a point near many other worlds or universes.
It is the Nexus that plucks characters from their homeworld and
flings them into this one while subjugating them to undesired
physical changes and often not even allowing death as an escape.


Eraniss is a tumultuous place, with imported technology, magic and
ideas beginning to spread in a world where native magic is prevalent.
Constant new arrivals add to the growing number of denizens, diverse
in their culture, ideas, abilities and desires.

Jusenkyo Mordor is a roleplaying MUD (originally based on the Mordor
code base though the combat system, spells, stats, etc have been
removed as the focus has shifted purely to free form RP).  JM is
comprised of a small community of players most of whom take turns in
GMing plot events and/or building/administrating a part of the game
world.  The result is a unique roleplaying environment where everyone
contributes to the evolution of the game.

To help cut down on any OOC chatter within the MUD itself, RP
sessions are usually organized on the MUD's <a
href="irc://eldrasia.dyndns.org:6667/Botmud">IRC channel</a>
(eldrasia.lunarnet.org 6667 channel #botmud) so new players may log
in to find that no one appears to be on the MUD at the moment.  That
doesn't mean players aren't around for RP, though!  New players are
encouraged to pop into the IRC channel as well as peruse the <a
href="http://jm.eraniss.org">online wiki</a> which
has information regarding the game world, character bios, recent RP
logs and other useful information.