The Four Dancing Stars

The first time we saw the sky was four days after we arrived in the forest. The canopy began to be less and less deciduous, but it was still impossible to clearly see the sky or the moon, even though it might not exist in this world. After only a few hours of walking, we found a glade and could finally admire the sky. It was deep purple and very dark, it was probably night, but we hadn't seen the moon yet. Only four stars were dancing in the sky, their lively colours contrasted well with the darkness of the sky, we were all fascinated by this stellar ballet. Only Lanneart did not have his eyes glued to the sky, he had taken the time to assemble his telescope, after only a few minutes of observation he was able to affirm with certainty that they were not stars but planets and that they were probably in orbit around an invisible star.

— Chapter 2 of The Everglowing Adventure, Trynsys

Suri and its Planetary System

_{This work is extracted from the Book of Magicology and Meta-Physics, chapter on astrophysics}

To be able to model the movement of Zaos and the four dancing stars around Suri by a planetary system, it is necessary to measure the mass, the period of revolution and the arcanic radiation of

each planet. The position and mass of Suri can then be determined from the planetary system. To gather all this information, we will use a telescope to measure the position of the planets in the sky. In addition, we will add an arcane lens to measure the arcane radiation of the planets at regular intervals. [...] After 1 year of measurements, we were able to model the planetary system shown on the right. The measured data were grouped in the table below.

by Galdormin

Name	Arcane Radiation	Rotation Period	Revolution Period
Suri	None	Unknown	None
Zaos	Cannot be measured	115.184 d	115,176 d
Mallqu	W25-E14	4.659 d	28.748 d
Nuna	F65-E33-A02	0.851 d	15.542 d
K'antu	I12	1.560 d	1.003 d
Kusimayu	A25-L04	0.054 d	0.082 d

An interesting fact is that the period of rotation of Zaos is almost equal to its period of revolution. This means that only one side of Zaos is oriented towards Suri and the four dancing stars. The latters are therefore visible throughout the year and can be used as a spatial and temporal landmark by the inhabitants of Zaos. As the periods of rotation and revolution are not perfectly equal, the hidden face of Zaos becomes the visible face every 154 238.8 years, currently Suri is at 65°, so there are about 55 611 years left before the faces are reversed.

The Use of Stars Among the Oryms

_{This work is extracted from the Book of Social Science, chapter on Oryms}

Unlike our society, the Oryms do not associate any spirituality with the stars, they are used for useful and very pragmatic purposes. They use the four dancing stars as a clock and calendar. Indeed, they are visible all day and all year round, so it is a synchronized time marker between all the inhabitants of the forest. [...] There is no day/night cycle but their days are organized around the rotation of K'antu and they use the rotations of Kusimayu to divide the day into twelve simayus. The Zaos and Mallqu rotations is used to separate larger units of time. To summarize, 1 zaos is composed of 4 mallqu, itself composed of 29 k'antu (except for the last mallqu which is composed of only 28 k'antu) and 1 k'antu is composed of 12 simayus. [...] Oryms use a sequence of letters and numbers to write down dates, so 157z2m24k5¾ corresponds to 157 zaos, 2 mallqu, 24 k'antu and 5¾ simayus.

by Galdormin

Mallqu

Phonetic : [ɱɑlaʁy]
Translation : The Shining Blue
Aspect : Very bright blue

Nuna

Phonetic : [nynːɑh]
Translation : The Fire Orb
Aspect : Vary from yellow to red

K'antu

Phonetic : [ʃɛnty]
Translation : The Steady Green
Aspect : Shades of turquoise

Kusimayu

Phonetic : [kyzæmɑj]
Translation : The Shouting Star
Aspect : Bright white

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