Morolya
Morolya is the sixth and ice elemental planet of the elemental universe. Morolya is mostly tundra with some mountainsm lakes, rivers, fjords and a gaint (partly frozen) sea. Morolya's cold and wet climate allows for near constant snow and ice, due to this, Morolya is often overcast. The ice is so thick, one would struggle to tell if they are walking on a slab of sea ice or just frozen land. Morolya is prone to random blizzards, mainly during Winter.
Geography
Morolya is made mostly of tundra, mountains, arctic sea, rivers, lakes, fjoids, even arctic deserts and a massive (partly frozen) sea. Morolya's mountains are surrounded by taiga that stretch out through a lot of land before trees are no longer able to grow, becoming tundra as a result. The Arctic deserts lack snow and visable ice, but it does not make them any freezing in temperature. The ice chunks that cover a lot of the planet can be so thick that, at times, one can struggle to tell if they are on solid land or out in the sea.
Ecosystem
The Local animals have evolved to have thick fur/feather coats, even most reptiles that can't do this will still have tighter scales to act as a shield against the cold. They also evoved the ability to let ice and frost grow on them with no ill condisquences, in some cases, it even helps them by inhancing things like horns or claws to give them more power, or at least, a layer of protection. They also an "ice sack" that is able to release hyper cold breath as a form of self-defense against non-sapients. Morolya has an incredibly long and bitter winter and a rather short and mild summer.
Ecosystem Cycles
Morolya has short and mild summers with long and harsh winters with little to no spring or fall. During the summer, the flora takes one of the few chances it has to grow from the un-clouded sun and possibly some light rain before winter blows in and coats the land in snow and ice for at least 7-8 months before summer takes it's brief time in the spotlight back.
Localized Phenomena
Morolya often gets random blizzards during the winter, they show up suddenly and often you have little time to find shelter, only around 5-10 minutes once you realize the wind is starting to kick up. General rule is the shorter the time the blizzard takes to start, the longer it will last.
Climate
Morolya is cold and wet, it's why it gets so much snow and ice. Because it is rather humid, mainly during the winter, it is often overcast. Even the short summers feel less hot, and more so just "Not freezing", at best, it's mildly warm.
Fauna & Flora
Sapient animals :
Silver Frost Fox :
Aurora Tiger :
Arctic Leopard :
Snow Bear :
Flurry Owl :
Winter Crane :
Frost Horned Caribou :
Snow Squall Weasel :
Snowcap Tortoise :
Frozen Desert Monitor :
Morolyain Wolf :
Frigid Puffin :
Non Sapients :
Snowflake Moth :
Glacial Beetle :
Icicle Spider :
River Slush Stergeon :
Zaperto Shad :
Summer Salmon :
Flora/Fungi :
Royal Chamomile :
Carpet lichen :
Ogon Grass :
Moroz Grass :
Podarok Fig Tree :
Obmorok Berry Bush :
Eternal Pine Tree :
Frost Birch :
Natural Resources
Morolya is known for it's fresh ice, which many collect to sell either as blocks or carved out into beautiful ice scuptures. Some of the plant life, mainly Royal Chamomile and Obmorok Berry Bushes are also sold for making sleeping medicine out of.
History
Morolya was once quite made of mostly hot plains, that was until temperatures slowly began to fall as clouds became more prevalent, the lakes and rivers slowly started to freeze over, overcast weather became commonplace, trapping the cold inside, eventually, temperatures dropped enough to put Morolya into an ice age, which remains to this day.
Tourism
Morolya does not get many tourists, the few that do (who typically come for cliffside views from the mountains) are seen as insane because of the severely harsh weather and have to time their visit perfectly so that a blizzard does not block out their view and force them to leave.
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