What is "Aiera"?
Initially, Aiera was supposed to be a joke-word, a fictional name made up by Withstand the Fury Dragon for his nation at NationStates. However, some later research revealed that the world was part of an older phrase:

aiora aiera - suspension, hanging or floating freely in the air

And that proved to be a fitting name for the site. Suspension, and from that preservation, of Ultima through its advancement to other engines. Suspension, holding up Ultima for others who have not heard of it to see and enjoy.

That artwork is cool! Where did you get it?
We're glad you asked! The beautiful ankh artwork (which also provides the cloud background in the title banner image) is from a collection of Ultima artwork done by Denis Loubet. Mr. Loubet worked for several years with Origin, doing box/manual/storyboard/game art for several of the Ultima games.

Please check out his website!

I know of a project/patch/utility/spin-off!
Well, don't just sit there! Tell us! We'd love to post it, and maybe even host the latest files for it, on Aiera!

You can contact Withstand the Fury Dragon, the site administrator, at:
kennethk -at- timeimmortal.net.

You can also contact our editor, Dino the Dark Dragon, at:
dandago -at- gmail.com

Isn't there another site for this stuff already?
Yes, there is. You're probably thinking of Voyager Dragon's site The Reconstruction.

Unfortunately, Voyager has been exceedingly busy for the last year and a bit, and his site is getting out of date. For example, at the time of the last update to The Reconstruction, U5: Lazarus had not released anything more than a few screenshots. They've since released two demos.

Aiera is therefore continuing in the tradition of The Reconstruction, and keeping you up to date on Ultima-related projects, until such time as Voyager gets back into the swing of things.