MÄR Heaven

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MÄR Heaven
Japanese	メルヘヴン
Rōmaji	Meru Hevun
Smaller Locations	Hild Continent Western Continent Southern Continent

MÄR Heaven (メルヘヴン, Meru Hevun) is a parallel world in the anime and manga series MÄR, and its sequel series MÄR Omega. It is largely based upon fairy tales, and is set in a world similar to the Middle Ages of Europe in the real world.

Geography

The world of MÄR Heaven is split into three separate continents each containing a number of countries.

The three continents are:

• The Hild Continent, the northern-most continent.
• The Western Continent, the western-most continent.
• The Southern Continent, the southern-most continent.

All three continents share the same biomes to a degree, most common are temperate grasslands and dry arid deserts.

Flora and Fauna

MÄR Heaven shares many of the same plant and animal life as Earth, but some have unique characteristics that none of their Earth counterparts have. For example, there is a small percentage of common animals in MÄR Heaven that have the intelligence and vocal capacity that humans do; speaking, assimilate knowledge and utilize tools, and take advantage of bipedal biology. One such example is Edward, the servant dog of Princess Snow. In rare instances, an otherwise inanimate object may be capable of not only life but sentience, intelligence, and vocal capabilities, as shown with the pair of talking rocks Oiwa and Koiwa.

There are also a variety of intelligent species that are found exclusively in MÄR Heaven, such as Pozun and his people. According to him, his species is the oldest in MÄR Heaven, and originated from the ground itself.

Culture

The written language of MÄR Heaven.

The inhabitants of MÄR Heaven share the same spoken language as those of Earth, but have their own writing system to match it. However, while this unique writing system is primarily used, the people of MÄR Heaven are still familiar with the Latin alphabet and have been shown to occasionally use it.

Economy

The currency used throughout MÄR Heaven is the pewter (ピュータ, pyūta), named for the metal it's made out of. It has the same buying power as Earth's Japanese yen.

With much of MÄR Heaven being rural, its economy depends almost entirely on agriculture. Towns and cities hold significance as important trade centers for peddlers and merchants with goods in demand.

History

The present and related past events unfolding in MÄR Heaven see two catastrophic wars - each of which when waged literally desecrates MÄR Heaven to ruins, sparked into existence by the Chess Pieces. Better known as the 1st & 2nd Great MÄR-Heaven Wars (第一 /二次メルヘヴン大戦; Literally meaning "Dai ichi/niji Meruhevun Taisen"), both wars take place at a four-year interval, the 1st 6 years prior to the current timeline and the 2nd in present time, which came off with clockwork precision - at precisely 5:12 PM in every (presumably, economically/culturally prominent) kingdom & noteworthy spot around MÄR Heaven., blitzkriegs executed by Chess Pieces Knights with each's own troops were launched into action. Thousands of civilians were indiscriminately slaughtered, facility damage beyond measure, kingdoms fell one after another - during the 2nd War, in a matter or days, 40% of MÄR Heaven yielded to the Chess' domination in this manner. Whatever remained of MÄR Heaven after the war campaign's onslaughts would then be witness to War Game - the Chess' last blow to eradicate (if any) left threats and flaunts their superiority. However in this final climax of both wars, MÄR Heaven's eventual peace was championed, and triumphed for, by the Cross Guard (1st War) and Team MÄR (2nd war).

Political and Military Factions

Chess Pieces

(チェスの兵隊, Chesu no Koma)
Main article: Chess Pieces
MÄR Heaven's predominant rebellious faction aiming to tyrannise over the entire world.

Cross Guard

(クロスガード, Kurosu Gado)
Main article: Cross Guard
MÄR Heaven's guardian faction aiming to defend the world against the Chess Pieces. It was founded approximately 6 years ago uniting warriors from all over the world.

Luberia

(ルベリア, Ruberia)
Main article: Luberia
MÄR Heaven's governing thief guild. It was founded by Galian gathering people who all have touched bottom and has prospered under the two reigns of Galian and later Nanashi.

Team MÄR

(メル, Meru)
Main article: Team MÄR
It is the group led by Ginta Toramizu to fight on MÄR Heaven's behalf in the quantitatively undermined Cross Guard's stead in the 2nd War Game.