Lupas

## Description

Lupas is the largest planet in the Slyvari star system with a surface area of 22, 894, 222,521.672 miles squared. Containing 2 larger continents with another two smaller ones yet is one of the only planets not to have small islands located around the continents. Lupas is a very diverse planet due to its extremely strange conditions caused by the planet not rotating. The reason for this phenomenon is not truly understood but widely effects Lupas and other planets in the Slyvari system.

### Paros

The largest continent, Paros, is the westerly continent of Lupas. It is the warmest side as it is the one that is facing the Slyvari star it has a constant temperature of around 30 to 50°C. The land of Paros is dominated mostly by plains of grasslands, with the occasional hilly area, forest and lakeland. The continent has two major mountain ranges, the largest is central and the other is south west of the land, small streams collaborate into rivers and some of those congregate into lakes while others drain to the sea.

### Austra

The artic continent of Austra is a baron place, impossible to survive in without preparation, experience and correct equipment as it has reached lows of -146°Cand rarely warms above -90°C. Though the rivers still flow, they flow lazily and carry colossal sheets and blocks of ice out to the seas down from the mountain ranges. On Austra certain flora have specialised to coping with the conditions and small woodlands are briefly found on Austra.

### Maphi

The north easterly continent of Maphi is almost entirely mountainous, four out of the five highest mountains are located on Maphi and it is extremely hard to explore. Unlike Paros and Austra it has more of a calm climate, experiencing temperatures ranging from 20°C to -5°C depending on altitude.

### Occasu

The smallest of all the land masses on Lupas is one that is mostly scattered with trees and other flora life. Tusjon could be compared to a rainforest when it came to its climate and weather.

## Inhabitants

Lupas is inhabited by mostly humans and have a minority of Shape shifters, these beings have been brought up in tribes. There are eleven tribes on Lupas, no tribe ever died out as they all learned how to use the land to survive but each in their own unique and individual way.

### The Aioki

The Aioki are the second largest tribe on Lupas, but are the youngest of all of the tribes as they have only been around for about 125 years. Even though they are the youngest tribe they still have many traditions. Characterised by their red colours with black additions, they tend to be a very aggressive tribe using face to face tactics and nine times out of ten over power their opponents. Lead by the family named the Resque, they provide some of the most brutal and respected warriors. The Aioki are known to perform war dances before battling their opponents in order to both intimidate and prepare for battle, however more gruesomely they are known to eat parts of their defeated opponents as they believe it will give them more power as they absorb the soul they have defeated. Living in the hottest north west regions of Paros they tend to make camps and only migrate between their ten or so different camps, this means they rarely see other groups of humans so when they do their aggressive behaviour is very predominant. As they only live in a dense area they have specialised in hunting the creatures around them allowing all members of the tribe to wear the light fur pelts of a forest lions or leopard cat which they dye black and red with the plants they are also able to grow. Their social ladder is mostly based on jobs that all rely on one another to live, there are warriors, hunters, gathers, farmers, builders and a few leaders. Each section of their society depends on the other for one part of their life and if one aspect was taken out then the Aioki tribe would not be the as successful as they are through their history. Easily compared the Maori tribes of Ancient Terra.

### The Civalu

The dwellers of the rainforest lands of Occasu, they were thin fur clothes dyed dark blue with the poison off the dart tree frogs that live around them. The secluded lands they inhabit have allowed them to continuously be one of the largest tribes as well as the fact the leading family the Civalu have kept the tribe traditional and wary of outsiders. Normally they employ ambushing tactics to hunt but they also use them in their many conflicts mostly against the rival Kpese tribe.