Alvaranakha

Alvaranakha is the planet in which Project Destiny takes place. It consists of five primary continents, leaving a large part of the planet covered in water. It is the seventh planet in the Alvaranakhan System. One orbit around the Sun takes 365.256 days and one orbit around its own axis takes approximately 24 hours. The most dominant species on the planet is the Homo sapiens, but other species in the genus Homo are common in specific parts of the planet, specifically the Sea of Storms and the continent of Vicakhan.

## History

### Natural History

Alvaranakha, in scientific terms, was formed around five billion years before the present, being the seventh planet to orbit the Sun. Early in its life, around 1 billion years after its creation, Alvaranakha received two satellites orbiting it. Through volcanic activity and outgassing, Alvaranakha gained its oceans. Around this time, its magnetic field was established and thus created a safe environment for an atmosphere to form. Because of its two satellites, its ocean tides were and are still quite high. Later on, its first continental crusts formed.

Over time, plate tectonics would cause the formation of several different continents, eventually leading to one massive continent around 800 Ma. Other supercontinents would form through 650 Ma, 400 Ma and 120 Ma. The earliest forms of life appeared around 3.5 billion years ago. These early forms of life, first prokaryotes, then around 1.5 billion years ago, the first eukaryotes arose. From this evolution, intelligent life such as the Homo genus would arise through an evolutionary process of hundreds of millions of years.

Around 100 Ma, the first intelligent species evolved, a quadruped species commonly known in science as the Ertkhan vollos. Part of the animal kingdom, this four-legged, two-armed hairy species came to dominate the continent of Phoronash, a continent that broke off from the last supercontinent. This continent is today split into the continent of Ya'avan and the Fosoa archipelago. They are said to have left behind ancient technology buried deep beneath the Sea of Storms.

They were an extremely intelligent, advanced species. They created advanced technology which possibly led to their downfall and disappearance. After their disappearance, the the Sea of Storms was created, a desert reaching temperatures of around 110 degrees Celsius, with constant rain storms where water evaporates as soon as it lands. This part of the world is currently uninhabitable by most species, but a species by the name of Homo fylas has been able to inhabit the treacherous landscape.

Currently, three different species of the genus Homo rule over the planet. These species are the following:

* Homo sapiens sapiens (commonly known as Homo sapiens or Humans), inhabiting most of Alvaranakha
* Homo sapiens fyrras (commonly known as Homo fylas or Fyllites), inhabiting the Sea of Storms
* Homo avvat (commonly known as Avvans), inhabiting the continent of Vicakhan.

### Mythological History

The mythological creation of Alvaranakha is a complex and widely different story depending on which culture is researched. The story is also more different the further apart these cultures are, and more similar when these cultures are closer.

#### Suvinne Creation Myth

In the culture of the Suvin Empire, one clear story about the creation of the world has emerged after the deification of its first six emperors. The god Alvarekan, the deified version of the first emperor Rathael, is said to have created the world through a process of male birth after tricking the goddess Usnapithim into giving him her child. The story is told in the following verses:

"First of The World, bearer of the Six Thousand Stars / Through the Void had his voice rung / O, First of The World, many songs had he sung / Six Thousand Stars, Usnapithim bore thine child

Pray, for Usnapithim bore thine child / Pray, thou taketh thine child / Pray, thou beareth thine child / Pray, sixty flights around the Sun

And so had the World begun / On the sixtieth flight, / On the sixtieth flight, did thou birth the World / O, on the sixtieth night, did thou birth the World"

He is said to have borne it for sixty flights around the sun, and on the sixtieth flight he gave birth to the World, including the Sun, the Six Thousand Stars, the moons, Alvaranakha and the other planets.