Etharai
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Hills roll gently across the land, pushing plants, houses, and animals. A boat drifts in the sky overhead, floating on the energy that the land provides. In the oceans not too far away, people emerge from the water, venturing out to find flowers to pick for their spouses.
In the north, a biting cold is staved off as communities buried beneath the snow provide each other warmth. In sealed-off dens they comfort one another, celebrating their lives and all its trials and tribulations.
In biomes overflowing with magic, enough to kill most life on the planet, species still thrive, finding a way to survive in the lands that should have been dead. Others guide their faithful companions around the outskirts of the region, trusting them not to lead them astray.
And deep beneath the surface, guarded by its Keepers, lies the beating heart of the planet, providing life to those above.
In the north, a biting cold is staved off as communities buried beneath the snow provide each other warmth. In sealed-off dens they comfort one another, celebrating their lives and all its trials and tribulations.
In biomes overflowing with magic, enough to kill most life on the planet, species still thrive, finding a way to survive in the lands that should have been dead. Others guide their faithful companions around the outskirts of the region, trusting them not to lead them astray.
And deep beneath the surface, guarded by its Keepers, lies the beating heart of the planet, providing life to those above.
Welcome to Etharai
What is Etharai?
And so Etharai slept, in the hopes that she would wake to a better world.Etharai is a living planet inhabited by dogmatically peaceful people. It is a planet of magic and science, where the magic of the land goes hand in hand with with the technology that its people develop. Scientific advancement is restricted, however, by the cultural beliefs of those who see it as an affront to the universe, and an act against the worldmothers.
How did Etharai come to be?
According to the world's most common creation myth, Etharai was a world created when the daughter of two celestial beings began to fall ill. As she did, these worldmothers encased her in a rocky and lifeless planet. However, in this planet, Etharai began to thrive, bringing life to the world around her, nurturing species and cultures and a thriving environment.But long ago, the world was plunged into a war that wreaked havoc and death onto the lands. The War of World's End shook the very planet to its core, and her people were almost entirely wiped out. To those who did remain, violence was a surefire way to lead to the full distruction of the the planet, and thus began its current age of peace.
What is the geography of Etharai?
Spanning the planet of Etharai are a number of different biomes, ranging from magical wastes left after the war, where life persists despite the odds, to the lively megaforests, filled with gigiantic flora and fauna that makes visitors feel tiny in comparison.The planet is 60% water, and the oceans are filled with their own unique geography as well. The submerged caverns venture deep beneath the ocean floors, while the kelp forests provide some cover and protection to the species living within them.
Who lives in Etharai?
Etharai is filled to the brim with many different sapient species, and ethnicities along with them. While the kuuyikar and peiktari are the most prominent water and land species across the planet, many more isolated and local species such as the norrith, the flamekin, or the angels live in their own unique environments and cultures.Deep beneath Etharai's surface, through tunnels and caves and much danger, the Keepers live, with a mission of collecting knowledge of the planet and guarding her heart.
Conflict in a Peaceful Land
While Etharai's people remain peaceful, under the lingering threat of extinction, their cultures clash and their ideas vary. While no one will go far enough to be the first to take up arms against one another, progress is blocked due to a stubborn lack of cooperation between species and cultures that disagree fundamentally with each others' beliefs.The planet may not have war, but the clashing ideologies and an inability to compromise has caused hiccups and incidents that the people of Etharai believe are best left not forgotten, grudges held between decades and sometimes even centuries.
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