image by Eugene Ipavec, 29 Sep 2009
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A series of three ecological-dystopian (or possibly utopian, I can’t
entirely tell) science fiction novels by Canadian writer Wayland Drew:
The Memoirs of Alcheringia (1984), The Gaian Expedient (1985),
and The Master of Norriya (1986). Set about 150 years after WWIII and
the attendant fall of civilization, the books follow a decaying
high-tech enclave called Yggdrasil, located on a few small
islands off the west coast of N. America, as it tries to manipulate the
barbaric societies on the mainland into a configuration that will allow the
rebuilding of civilization on a different basis, without the problems
that caused the war.
Eugene Ipavec, 16 Sep 2009
The position of Master is somewhat analogous to a colonial governor.
Implied [from Norriya’s] is that there are also
pennants for the Masters of other four regions, and perhaps for the
Keeper of Yggdrasil itself.
Eugene Ipavec, 16 Sep 2009
No flag is given for Yggdrasil itself, but its symbol is mentioned a
lot, and illustrated on the book covers: a three-rooted tree inscribed
in a circle.
Eugene Ipavec, 16 Sep 2009
Norriya being one of five regions of the Erthring, the portion of the
mainland over which Yggdrasil exerts control.
The Master pennant could not
function as the flag of Norriya itself, as the region only exists on a
map for Yggdrasilian administrative purposes; on the
ground, it is
purposely kept fragmented into hostile tribes, and its inhabitants are
unaware they live in it.
Eugene Ipavec, 16 Sep 2009
(freely reconstructed)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 29 Sep 2009
Rank flag of the Master of Norriya:
From the swaying antenna flew a two-tone blue pennant with a white N in the center.(pg. 4, The Gaian Expedient, Del Rey paperback 1st. ed.)
The Pioneer Corps — a newly-formed long-range exploration unit — apparently also has a pennant, but it is not described:
the crisp pennant of the Norriyan Pioneers fluttering from whip antennae.(pg. 222, The Gaian Expedient, Del Rey paperback 1st. ed.)
Two other pre-war enclaves are introduced in the later books: One of them is
Xtaplacia, in S. America, with no symbol given.
Eugene Ipavec, 16 Sep 2009
Two other pre-war enclaves are introduced in the later books: One of them is
Juhuria, in the far west somewhere, with a white pyramid in a blue disc.
Eugene Ipavec, 16 Sep 2009
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