SS Ellan Vannin (1854) SS Ellan Vannin (1854) SS (RMS) "Ellan Vannin" was an iron-built packet steamer which was operated out of Castletown, Isle of Man for the Castletown Steam Navigation Company (also referred to as the Castletown Steam Packet Company) to Liverpool and Whitehaven. Her name, Ellan Vannin, came from the Gaelic term by which the Isle of Man is known. "Ellan Vannin" was built by John Laird and Co. Ltd, Wallasey Pool, Birkenhead and was launched by Mrs. H. Houldsworth at 13:00hrs on Saturday 24 June 1854. Length 170'; beam 21' (exclusive of the paddle boxes) 39' overall. "Ellan Vannin" was powered
Artesia: Adventures in the Known World Artesia: Adventures in the Known World Artesia: Adventures in the Known World (Artesia: AKW), is a role-playing game based on the comic book "Artesia" is written and illustrated by Mark Smylie and published by Archaia Studios Press (ASP). Archaia Studios Press published "Artesia" (2005) for use with the Fuzion system. Using a modified and easy-to-use Fuzion-based roleplaying system to plunge players into the strife-riven realms of the Known World, it includes scenarios from the warring Citadels of the Daradjan Highlands to the never-ending feud between the Sun Court of Illia and the Phoenix Court of the Empire of Thessid-Gola. The