Senluna
Senluna is a large rock planet, the fourth planet in the Kurysul system and moon to Pual, a much larger rocky planet with an unstable orbit, making the larger planet unable to support permanent life (Though it is an easy way for young Ascalabotes to practice their portal jumps).
Selena has one large continent that takes up most of the northern hemisphere with two small islands that broke off from the contented thousands of years ago. Most of the planet has a constant temperature of 86 F and little fresh water on the surface, however a huge reservoir of water spans almost the entire continent, most plants developed long roots to reach the plentiful water. The creatures that live on Senluna have also come up with ways to get water. Herbivores get water from the stems of the Kaykolo, predators often open the exposed roots of Cresce trees or eat the fruit the huge trees produce all year round. At the south pole there is a large ice sheet, it is the only ice that remains all year round and nothing is known to inhabit it. The ocean that takes up the rest of the land is deep, some areas make the Mariana Trench look shallow, huge beasts call the depths their home, feeding off the other sea life.
This rocky planet is much like Earth, it has a salt water ocean and rocky land with forests, plains, and mountains. However unlike Earth an unknown purple energy pulses within all living beings on Senluna. To humans we would believe it was magic, it gives the flora and fauna unique skills like the Kaykolo with its large seeds that should break the stem or the Cresce tree that gets larger than any known Earth tree, or the odd Cortex that grow metal from the roots. Ascalabotes are affected by this energy, some more than others, this allows the large beasts to create portals to other worlds and universes.
Senluna has no moon, it’s affected by Pual’s gravity as well as its own energy.
Senluna's surface breakdown
Northern continent
Most life is found on the northern supercontinent on Senluna. There are several biomes found here.
- The northern mountain rage: The northern mountain range is the largest and longest mountain range on Senluna, it was formed when the supercontenent was created. The mountains grow in height as they get closer to the north pole. Not a lot of vegetation is found here but the ground it littered is crystals of every color.
- Savanna: The savanna on Senluna is identified as the place were kaykolo grows in abundance, it is also common to see cortexs. Due to mostly being between mountains and away from the ocean, the savannas on Senluna are one of the driest biomes with the only water source coming from the kaykolo.
- Steppe: The steppe is probobly the most common biome found on Senluna as it is made up of just moshkh with very little to no other plant life, it is found around the base of mountains and around cresce forests.
- Cresce forests: Always over the large aquifers of fresh water, the cresce forest is a biome very similar to a rain forest despite there being little surface water. The larger forests get very dark the deeper into the forest you go as the cresce branches weave themselves together to create a dense canopy. The forest has an abundance of both plants and animals but most stick to the edges of the forest and don't venture into the dark depths.
- Coastal caves: When the mountains meet the ocean, the strong tides of the ocean wear out holes in the rock. These caves are dark and damp and some can tunnel down through the mountains. Moshkh adapted to the water as well as other water adapted plants can be found here as well as crystals but instead of growing from the ground the crystals in these caves grow from the ceiling.
- Beach: The coast line on the northern supercontinent is very defined and can be very large in some places. Due to the gravity of both Pual and Kurysul the tides on Senluna are more extream then on Earth which causes beaches that go further inland and are more prone to shifting.
Ocean
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Islands
The two islands on Senluna are very similar to the northern supercontinent, the climate is a bit colder and the islands tend to get battered with large storms but the biomes are very similar.
Island mountains: Very small and old mountains, these mountains were likely formed before the northern supercontinent was created but any evidence of them on the supercontinent has been erased. |
Southern continent
Due to the Senluna's orbital angle being more tilted the Earth's, the southern part of Senluna is much colder, it's the only place where ice sheets and glaciers can be found.
- Ice sheet: Like the antarctic on Earth, the south continent on Senluna is covered in a thick ice sheet. This makes it hard for plant life to grow and the only place on the continent that isn't covered in ice is a sandy beach.
- Frozen mountains: A mountain range does break out from the ice sheet, the mountains are small, possibly related to the island mountains but how they are connected is unclear. Like with all mountains on Senluna crystals can be found here but you would need to dig through the snow to find them.
Kurysul star system
The Kurysul star system has six planet that orbit around a K-type main-sequence star with two being near the habitable zone. The only planetary body that supports an abundance of multi-cellular life is the moon of the last rocky planet in the system.
The star, Kurysul, is only slightly younger then Earth's sun and is relatively smaller, it is classified as a K-type star however it is on the edge between k-type and m-type. This makes it a small orange dwarf star.
Between the rocky planets there are two asteroid belts suggesting the star system may have had eight planets at one point.
The star, Kurysul, is only slightly younger then Earth's sun and is relatively smaller, it is classified as a K-type star however it is on the edge between k-type and m-type. This makes it a small orange dwarf star.
Between the rocky planets there are two asteroid belts suggesting the star system may have had eight planets at one point.
Planets of the star system
Adustus is the closest planet, it a rocky planet and is very small. It is tidally locked and due to it's closeness to the star even the dark side is scorching hot.
Adustus and Alterplex have a very close orbit to each other and share a natural satellite which is a small captured asteroid (The natural satellite will orbit one of the two planets until they get close enough then the moon will often be pulled to the other planet and orbit it until the next time they are close together)
Alterplex is the seconded planet in the start system. It is nearly identical to Adustus and has a very close orbit to it's "twin" planet. It's believed that these two planets would have formed one planet but in the early development of the system a secondary gravitational force split the protoplanet in two.
The first asteroid belt separates the twin planets from the two larger rocky planets, it also marks the beginning of the system's habitable zone
Vicinus is the seconded largest rocky planet in the system. It is right on the edge of the habitual zone and can hold onto it's atmosphere however it's to hot for most life to survive. There are two natural satellites that orbit Vicinus.
Pual is the fourth planet and the last and largest of the rocky planets in the star system. Though the planet itself cannot support much life and it's size causes it to be almost completely tidally locked it's only natural satellite supports an abundance of life.
The seconded asteroid belt marks the end of the habitable zone and beyond it are the two gas giants.
Baca is the first gas giant and it's named for it's pearly color and appearance. It is roughly the size of Saturn.
Cacumen is the last planet in the star system. It's larger then Baca but not as large as Jupiter. It is a blue color and has a diagonal ring.
Both Baca and Cacumen have numinous natural satellites of various sizes, they are not pictured.