Moving on...
We come to a high level overview of the geography. It all starts with a star that the locals call Radi. This star has several planets, but the locals don't know about them all, so we will stick to the ones that can bee see from the second planet out, named Tellus.
Tellus has three moons. Lore has it that when the world was made it had none, and then much later the God known as the Muse placed the three moons in their orbits as a source of wonder for the inhabitants. The names of these moons are Magnes, Prisma and Fulgent. None of the moons have been visited by the inhabitants of Tellus.
Magnes is the moon closest to Tellus, and it has a 37 day cycle. It has a strong magnetic pull, stronger than that of Tellus itself. Simple magnetic compasses will point toward the moon rather than Tellus's magnetic pole, which tends to get dragged around quite a bit due to the lunar orbit. This also has the effect of causing aurora where ever the moon is in the sky rather than being confined at the poles.
The next moon out is Prisma. It is composed entirely of diamond, and refracts the light from the sun onto everything nearby. It orbits in a 44 day cycle.
The last of Tellus's moons is Fulgent. It is highly volcanic, and glows in the night sky even when in the shadow of Tellus when it would normally be dark. It orbits on a 62 day cycle.
Between Tellus and Radi orbits the planet known as Loess. On the other side of Tellus there lies an asteroid belt, and past that there is a planet known as Argil.
Now Tellus has a 400 day year, divided up into 40 day months. These are further divided into 10 day weeks. In the common tongue they are all known by numbers, but assorted societies may have other names for them according to local customs. The geography consists mainly of two large continents. These are both crescent shaped, and together make a larger crescent shape. The Northern continent is known as Camber and the Southern continent is known as Meniscus.
Where these two continents meet to the West is a stretch of islands that serves to connect the two. Other notable features include a n archipelago in the middle of the inland sea. A primitive map drawn by my shaky hand in MS Paint can be found here..
Tellus has three moons. Lore has it that when the world was made it had none, and then much later the God known as the Muse placed the three moons in their orbits as a source of wonder for the inhabitants. The names of these moons are Magnes, Prisma and Fulgent. None of the moons have been visited by the inhabitants of Tellus.
Magnes is the moon closest to Tellus, and it has a 37 day cycle. It has a strong magnetic pull, stronger than that of Tellus itself. Simple magnetic compasses will point toward the moon rather than Tellus's magnetic pole, which tends to get dragged around quite a bit due to the lunar orbit. This also has the effect of causing aurora where ever the moon is in the sky rather than being confined at the poles.
The next moon out is Prisma. It is composed entirely of diamond, and refracts the light from the sun onto everything nearby. It orbits in a 44 day cycle.
The last of Tellus's moons is Fulgent. It is highly volcanic, and glows in the night sky even when in the shadow of Tellus when it would normally be dark. It orbits on a 62 day cycle.
Between Tellus and Radi orbits the planet known as Loess. On the other side of Tellus there lies an asteroid belt, and past that there is a planet known as Argil.
Now Tellus has a 400 day year, divided up into 40 day months. These are further divided into 10 day weeks. In the common tongue they are all known by numbers, but assorted societies may have other names for them according to local customs. The geography consists mainly of two large continents. These are both crescent shaped, and together make a larger crescent shape. The Northern continent is known as Camber and the Southern continent is known as Meniscus.
Where these two continents meet to the West is a stretch of islands that serves to connect the two. Other notable features include a n archipelago in the middle of the inland sea. A primitive map drawn by my shaky hand in MS Paint can be found here..
