Vulkenar

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En el 3002 E.Alz, los astrónomos de Ruh festejaron por días luego de detectar la supernova generada por la enorme explosión de una estrella en el cielo.
Durante las décadas posteriores, esta nación con un enorme interés en el firmamento teorizaría largamente sobre la influencia magnética de Vulkenar, una estrella relativamente cercana, a la que calificaron como un Magnetar, una versión super magnética del pequeño núcleo que queda luego de estas formidables explosiones.
Luego dejaron de festejar, porque no encontraron nada que apuntase a que la estrella se hubiese convertido en un Magnetar.

Vulkenar

En el año 1356 E.Alz, todo el archipiélago de Haan pudo observar como la estrella Vulkenar, de un día para el otro, adquiría un brillo gigantesco, superando al de las estrellas más brillantes por un amplio margen. Este brillo duró 11 meses, hasta que la estrella desapareció de la vista y no volvió a ser observable por la mayoría de los societarios. A este evento se le llamó Vulkenar gloriosa.
A lo largo de los siglos se estudió el suceso, y el "espacio vacío" que Vulkenar había dejado. Lentamente, y a fuerza de pistas y pruebas de variado calibre, fue ganando terreno la teoría científica de que algo permanecía donde la estrella había explotado, y que estaba afectando el espacio a su alrededor a fuerza de un magnetismo extremo.
Decidieron llamar a este fenómeno y a este nuevo cuerpo celeste un "magnetar".
Luego de más de 1300 años de estos sucesos, el concepto de los magnetares adquirió un halo de misticismo y muchísima fama en Ruh, pasando a ser casi una figura mitológica, y haciendo perdurar el mito del telescopio de Ponders.

"In 3002 E.Alz, Ruhk astronomers celebrated for days after detecting a distant supernova: For a millenia, they theorized about the magnetic influence of Vulkenar, a dead star that some said left behind an invisible magnetar, an incredibly magnetic corpse.
Then they stopped celebrating, as they couldn't find any evidence of something left behind by the supernova."

During the year 1356 E.Alz, everyone in the Haan Archipelago could see as the emblematic star Vulkenar suddenly started getting bigger and brighter in a matter of days, surpassing any other star in the night sky.
This event, named Glorious Vulkenar, lasted for eleven months where the star was visible even during the day until it dimmed dramatically and became a little darker every day. Two years after the event, there was nothing visible left from it.

Crisis of faith

"We learned that the stars will always be there. That if they stop being, it would be way past the point where all life has been extinguished. The stars are dying. We are running out of time."

— Note on a ruhk's journal, 1358 E.Alz

The Cult to the Stars

The massive interest in astronomy in the culture of the island of Ruh was born from what was once their religion, the Cult to the Stars, based on the idea that celestial bodies had a direct influence in the natural laws, and had as a dogma the idea that only the stars are granted, as no matter what happens, they will always be there.

Glorious Vulkenar generated a crisis of faith for the ruhks, and most historians agree that it was the start of the end for this religion.
Ruhks mourned the death of the star for years, creating a celebration known as the Eve & Mourning of Vulkenar, a two days tradition where families stargaze together, and people set to do stuff they always put out for later, as a reminder that they should not take anything for granted.

Magnetars

She Ponders the Skies

Not everyone agreed that Vulkenar was gone for good.
Legend says that a Celestial Master named She Ponders The Skies had a marvellous telescope in her observatory, with which she discovered that the star didn't die, but rather turned into a small, extremely powerful celestial body she called a magnetar, with a magnetic field so strong that it could have a much bigger influence over their lives than before.
Both Ponders and her telescope are said to have been lost as the observatory went up in flames during a thunderstorm, leaving people to decide for themselves the credibility of the story.

Even if the story about the marvellous telescope is assumed to be more in the realm of legend than reality, many astronomers still think there's some truth to it.
The empty space left in the sky by Vulkenar has been thoroughly studied, and several clues of varying relevance have been found that gave weight to the theory of the "magnetic corpse".
After more than 1600 years, the concept of magnetars perdured in culture, gaining a halo of mysticism and a lot of fame in Ruh, becoming a sort of mythological figure that tangles scientific study with the legend of Ponders' telescope and fuels the enthusiasm for both.

Type

Star

Related Myths

• The Glorious Vulkenar Telescope

Related Historical Events

• 1658 E.Alz
  Glorious Vulkenar (The Vulkenar supernova is visible in Vhas)

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