Editing Garternay

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'''Garternay''' is the home world of the [[Ronay]]. Its name means "root of the great tree", a reference to the Ronay - and later [[D'ni (race)|D'ni]] - belief that the universe was a massive, infinitely-branching tree of possibilities. It was here that the Ronay learned "[[The Art|The Art of Writing]]".

==Name and etymology==
The word Garternay seems derived from three different roots in what is now the [[D'ni language]]: ''gahro'' (<dni>garo</dni>), meaning "mighty" or "great"; ''ter'' (<dni>ter</dni>), meaning "tree"; and ''nay'' (<dni>nA</dni>), meaning "root". Literally, it meant "Root of the Great Tree".

==Appearance==
Little is known about the structure and terrain of Garternay. [[Gehn]] believed that [[Anna|his mother]]'s watch bore the Age's continents on its surface, though there is no further evidence to substantiate his claim.

[[Kadish|Guild Master Kadish]], a member of the D'ni [[Guild of Writers]] shortly before [[Fall of D'ni|the fall]], claimed that he could travel through time and take his fellows to Garternay's past, present, and future. His depiction of the Age on [[Ahnonay]] is the only visual record available, though it too is of questionable accuracy.

==Destruction==
Garternay no longer exists. It was consumed by its parent star as it became a red giant. Prior to its destruction, the Ronay permanently evacuated to other Ages, including D'ni (Earth) and [[Terahnee]]. The destruction of their ancestral home was greeted with celebration by the D'ni, who created the Day of Dancing holiday to commemorate it.

==Sources==
* [[Book of D'ni]]
* http://www.drcsite.org/dnifaq.php#history

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