Landlinor

Landlinor is a term used predominantly in speculative fiction and worldbuilding to denote a range of related concepts rather than a single, fixed entity. Depending on the author, landlinor may refer to a people, a technological system for mapping and manipulating terrain, or a class of artifacts tied to land and boundaries. The lack of a canonical definition means interpretations vary between works and communities that use the term.

Etymology: The construct appears to combine the English word land with a fantasy-sounding suffix -linor, with no widely cited historical origin. As a result, the term is predominantly self-contained within its respective fiction or worldbuilding canon.

Fictional uses: In several novels and games, the Landlinor are described as an earth-focused civilization or order, skilled in stone cutting, landscape engineering, and ritual boundary-making. They may be guardians of sacred sites or authorities on land rights and demarcation. In other settings, landlinor describes a navigational or surveying network that uses rune-like markers to chart terrain, sometimes enabling telepresence or autonomous travel along predefined lines.

Reception and crossovers: The term is popular in online communities for worldbuilding prompts, where creators expand on landlinor by defining customs, language, and technology. Because different authors reuse the name with different meanings, readers should consult the specific work for precise definitions.

See also: landline, geoglyph, earthwork, cartography, boundary, rune, mapping.