Aqualis

Planet **Aqualis** is the homeworld of both Hlér and Gymir.

## Overview

Aqualis' landmass is 99.9% filled with water, it is basically a world submerged in water with it's highest spot only roughly an island surfaces above water, with its lowest spot still unknown but most likely beyond 10,000M depths.

While Aqualis is home to many faunas, it has 2 dominant species living here: Hlér and Gymir. With Hlér being a highly advanced humanoid species living underwater most of part, and Gymir being the bio-technological aquatic creatures.

### Hlér

Despite lack of gills, Hlérian are indeed capable of breathing underwater despite their appearance looks completely like a human, however they most preferably an oxygen via air. The Hlérian builds their infrastructure and civilization underwater mostly encased in an enclosure-styled wall which provides the energy barrier dome that separates air and water allows inside of their city/town to be a dryland for the most part.

The Hlérian also does not suffered from underwater pressure and their clothing are designed to dried very quickly, this makes Hlérian does not get soaked much after entering their habitat.

Despite all those abilities the Hlérian has, their structure is still human-like which means they are a very poor swimmer without external gear, and are more suitable on land.

Their technological advancement are also second to none, they try to breakthrough many possibility in order to overcome the Gymir and become the sole dominant species of Aqualis.

Hlér's structure are mostly build with reinforced unknown alloy and sometimes to an extend, the Escanium Plate, a plate of armor salvaged from remain of Gymirs. the coloration theme of their building are mostly in white and black with a mix of luminous pink.

Some Hlérian individuals also has abilities to manipulates Nexium energy, which are pink in color.

### Gymir

The Gymir are genus of advanced species that can connected to each other via Neuron Network like an internet, it is almost as if they are bio-terminal creature and still unable to determine if they are biological, or mechanical.

The Gymir is also very adaptive, they evolves and expanse into new variants or type very fast using their Neuron Network as a central database, they gathers data required for their adaptation and are shared within these large network. This allows Gymir to coordinate exceptionally well and despite they cannot communicate via speech, they using their network to communicate with each other.

Despite not discover how it is done, the Gymir are indeed able to creates civilization and buildings as well but with different approach compare to Hlérian. Their structure are much more mysterious and a mix between ancient and advanced design, although not many of their buildings exist.

They also can be seen transforming part of the fallen Hlérian or other species settlement into their own style of civilization and claim them as their new base of operation.

It is unknown how Gymir breeds or are they even breeds at all, but it is assumed the new Gymir born from the energy left behind by the deceased Gymirs as their corpse vaporized very quickly, leaving no remain behind.

The Gymir also has their own energy counterpart to Hlér, with their color being purple.

### The Descendant

The New Hlér Order, The Hlérian Remnants, they are known by many names. One thing for certain is that they are all that remains of the Hlér. This group started from a bunch of Hlérians travel to another world to find a potentially suiting planet to expands, as they found one they planted their foundation upon the very planet and founded this new secret society, secretly seeded the natives with their technology and uplifting certain races. After the fall of Aegir City and generally the Hlér civilization itself The Descendant is what still keep the race afloat.

The group is founded by 3 Hlérians that travels to different world, the rest of the members were a Hlér-Human hybrid of the said world, after the downfall of their civilization, the surviving Hlérian joined the cause included Aqualis natives thanks to the already set-up portal linked Aqualis to the new world The Descendant set upon, their headquarter is a gargantuan yet secretive Super-Dreadnought Arkship.

## Known Locations/Biomes

### Great Kelp Basin

These kelp basin very expansive for miles, they are rich with faunas live in the kelp forest, these kelp are also a rich source of food for Hlérian. Some smaller Gymir do live here as its depth is only 300M.

### The Shallow

These shallow water are filled with wildlife faunas just like the Great Kelp Basin except that Gymir does not normally make an appearance here. This landmark also houses many Hlér settlements. Its depth is only 200M.

### Aegir City

Largest City of Hlér, it is located near the deeper part of The Shallow and also connected to the Miracle Reef, it is the most advanced civilization landmark in Aqualis. It has many Hlérian lives here including its ruler, some of the building in this city also reach the surface and become the city in the middle of the sea when look on the surface. The city also covered with highly advanced variation of the energy barrier that not just separate air and water but also protects the city from hostiles. The city area has the depth of 400M however some downtown part are deeper than even that.

#### Aegir Castle

In the middle of the Aegir City, lies the Aegir Castle where generations of ruler of the Hlér lives.

### Lone Island

The single island and a single land exist in Aqualis. It is a moderately sized Island occupied by Hlérian, it is the only place where they can see the light of days naturally, it is also the only place where tree grows in Aqualis. The launch site, where the experimental starship build for planetary travel, is also located here.

### Miracle Reef

The largest landmark in Aqualis that is currently known that considered shallow. Being a reef, many faunas lives here, includes the Gymir but there are no real Hlérian settlement here due to the reef nature of this place, however small observatory and outpost were built in order to check on Gymir activities. The reef is also connected to many other biomes. Its depth is 550M.

### Luminous City

Cavern near Miracle Reef that has many luminous flora that giving the place its own charm, Hlérian built a smaller Luminous City here as well as facilities deep in this cave for their technological advancement. Its depth is 600M. This landmark is also the last remaining active Hlérian occupied area after the Fall of Aegir City with most of the refugees seek their place here due to its secrecy it survives the Gymir's wrath. The city also installed a portal connects to an Arkship stationed in a different planet as a back up plan to save their civilization.

### Network Cavern

A cavern connects from Miracle Reef to many other deeper locations, the cavern has a few deeper water faunas lives in but mainly occupied by the Gymirs. Some Gymir structure presumably outpost, is also sighted here. Its depth is 800M.

### Abyss Canyon

The area considered an abyssal zone and the largest location for deeper zone, very few deep sea faunas lives here as sunlight no longer visible for the most part. It filled as the most part of the deeper part of the mapped location as it spans across the deeper region. This landmark is infested with Gymirs noted by their iconic structures and is where most Levia-Type Gymir lives in. Its depth is 5000M or even deeper.

### Vent Dunes

These part of Aqualis are filling with hot hydrothermal vent which makes it not a suitable place to live for many faunas. Gymir and their structures however are spotted here often. It's depths is 4000M.

### Lava Crevasse

A very deep part of the ocean and the start of Hadal Zone, it is filled with lava rivers which makes it a hazardous location, despite the danger it possessing, the Hlérian build some secret facility here for both researching and developing the Hlér/Gymir hybrid project and also housing the hybrid specimens. And it not just the hazard of the location itself but many dangerous Gymir also lives here along with their structures built onto this landmark. Its depth is 7000M.

### Hadal Depths

A vast area of known watery depth. While it is not as much populated by Gymir as Abyss Canyon, The Levia Dominus lives here and it is unknown whatever lurks in the depth. Some Gymir structure exists here and the depth here is unknown.

#### Hadal Palance

A large peak in the middle of the Hadal Depths, it as if it is a large castle in the depth itself. Some Gymir structure are built on it and it is considered the 'headquarter' for Gymir.

## Trivia

* Aqualis is inspired a lot by Planet 4546B from Subnautica.
* Despite not that near to Lone Island, there is a Tram System connects the Aegir City to the Lone Island allows for fast travel.