Terra: A Journey
- Zhejiang Photographic Press (CN)
- Yostar Publication (JP)
JPY 8,800
| “ | TERRA: A JOURNEY: Or, The Very First Book written by Prof. E. E. Erikson, F.R.V.A.S., wherein are shared by him insights that are only possible to be acquired subsequent to his twenty-three years of trekking the continent and his fifty-one-and-a-half years of tutoring at a university, wherein he looks for an audience who are completely and unmistakably all his fellow men, including especially you yourself; Or, A Compilation of General Situation Reports on Our Land. | ” |
| —Introduction |
Terra: A Journey; Or, The Very First Book or simply Terra: A Journey is an official Arknights lore book by Hypergryph. It compiles nearly all the details regarding the world of Terra, from culture and history to biodiversity and the nature of Originium. The book is originally written in Mandarin Chinese, but a Japanese translation has been confirmed to be in the works, as announced during Arknights JP's 5th anniversary livestream.
Terra: A Journey exists in the game itself as an encyclopedia written by the Victoria scholar E. E. Erikson and printed in the year 1099 by the Lateran publisher Mont-Blane Chestnut Basque. Having spent fifty-one years of lecturing in universities and then traveled across Terra for twenty-three years to explore and record various cultures, Erikson was encouraged by Kal'tsit to write down his first-handed accounts, leading to the creation of this book. She also cross-checked the contents through side notes written in cursive scripts, which would become a research material for the Rhodes Island operators.
Terra: A Journey also includes Rhodes Island's Investigation Report on the Chernobog-Lungmen Incident, a special B6, 16-page booklet given alongside a group photo of the old Reunion members as a free gift for those who bought the book. The booklet covers information surrounding the events of Act initium and I of the Main Theme, colloquially known as the Reunion arc, from Talulah's background, the rise of Reunion, its downfall following Alina's death, to the aftermath of the Chernobog Crisis. It also provide tidbits regarding the origin of Infected resistance movements on Terra, mainly focusing on The Exemplars.
Table of contents[edit]
Preface—p. IV
Chapter 1: Originium, Catastrophe, Oripathy—p. 001
- Originium—p. 002
- Originium Arts—p. 009
- Catastrophe—p. 15
- Oripathy—p. 025
Chapter 2: Technologies of Terra—p. 033
- Originium Technology—p. 034
- Industrial Technology: Nomadic Cities—p. 042
- The First Modern Nomadic City—p. 051
- Weaponry—p. 053
Chapter 3: Beasts of Terra—p. 059
Chapter 4: Races of Terra—p. 079
Chapter 5: Countries and Regions of Terra—p. 107
- Introduction—p. 108
- Victoria—p. 110
- Righeacht na Temhair: Athbhreth nó Athrá?[note 1]—p. 121
- The Great Excavation and the Mad King's Moving Castle—p. 124
- Leithanien—p. 126
- Ursus—p. 138
- Founding of the Ursus Empire—p. 151
- Chernobog—p. 153
- Gaul: Legacy—p. 156
- War of the Four Nations—p. 160
- Laterano—p. 166
- Influence of the Lateran Faith—p. 179
- Iberia—p. 182
- The Silenced Edict—p. 196
- Ægir—p. 198
- Kjerag—p. 208
- Kazimierz—p. 218
- Columbia—p. 228
- The Columbian Pioneers—p. 242
- Siesta—p. 244
- Bolívar—p. 249
- Siracusa—p. 261
- Sargon—p. 272
- The Nightzmoran Conquest—p. 280
- Minos—p. 284
- Sami—p. 293
- Rim Billiton—p. 306
- Yan: A Fair Glance—p. 315
- Lungmen: Yanese Modern Predecessor—p. 322
- Higashi: Letters From the Farthest East—p. 325
- Kazdel—p. 333
Chapter 6: Organizations in Terra—p. 347
- Rhine Lab LLC.—p. 348
- Rhine Lab LLC.: An Addendum—p. 356
- Exclusive Interview—p. 360
- Blacksteel Worldewide—p. 363
- Karlan Trade Co. Ltd.—p. 368
- Rusthammer—p. 372
- Raythean Industries—p. 377
- Sunvalley Industries—p. 382
- Penguin Logistics—p. 386
- Lee's Detective Agency—p. 389
- Rhodes Island—p. 393
- Catalogue of Other Organizations—p. 409
Appendix—p. 419
- Timeline of Terran History—p. 420
- Postface—p. 423
Trivia[edit]
- A full Terran map could be found on the dust jacket of the book.
- According to E.E. Erickson, this book is either the 23rd or the 24th version, and he has not ruled out further revisions. In a letter to Kal'tsit, found on the blank pages at the back, he mentions that the book had undergone multiple reworks and rewrites, particularly in parts of the fifth chapter. These revisions were made after receiving advice from her and Rhodes Island, as well as his own interest to further explore Sargon and Yan in the future.
- The back face of the book features a small thumbnail of an Originium shard alongside a Latin phrase: "Orisaxum edere possum; mihi non nocet," literally "I can eat Originium, it does not hurt me." This phrase comes from I Can Eat Glass, a 2004 linguistic project on the early Web by then-Harvard student Ethan Mollick.