Nurun

Once a lush, forested world in the Novean system of the Core, **Nurun** currently stands as a testament to the price of greed. With pollution rampant and the geography covered in a vast junkyard of litter and scrap, the native population, the Nurunians, have fallen from wealthy industrialists to territorial tribes and clans warring for resources and territories. Litter and debris form a gravitational ring around the world, and the skies have become a rusty orange from smog. The air is described as heavy and gross, with a sticky feeling present against one's skin.

## Geography

The vast continents of Nurun are covered in waste, with some being adapted into forts, cities, and towns. The main three continents of the world are Iskla, Torgir, and Ulgra. All three are host to numerous and feudal civilizations, from neutral towns and "spaceports", to small tribes and villages, to larger strongholds and cities.

Scrapton, one of the largest cities in Ulgra, resides in a territory known as the Kilkara Badlands, being a beacon of civilization in an otherwise inhospitable wasteland.

## Native Life

While most of the planet's surface is heavily polluted and resources are rather scarce, many of the native species have adapted to be able to reside on the world more or less comfortably and contest with each other for resources or territory.

### Sapients

The only sapient life on Nurun has always been the Nurunians, a bipedal fur-covered race of scavengers and technicians. Once a wealthy people who profited from ripping the natural resources of their world and polluting it for simple comforts, the Nurunians have fallen low and reverted to a scattered and divided group of civilizations vying for control over what the others have.

Many Nurunians have managed to flee and find work off-world, and many others seek to escape their homeworld as well. The Core government generally consider the Nurunian people a lost cause and leave them to their own devices, only involving themselves when they deem necessary.

## Vegetation

Almost all plant life on the world has been corrupted or eradicated by pollution. As a result, none remember what actual plant life on the world looked like or was called. Any plants that reside on the world are usually ones from off-world brought to the planet by traders or smugglers.

## Natural Resources

Once, Nurun was a bountiful world rich with Corvosia, a liquid fuel used often for starfighters. However, constant mining put stress on the planet and, eventually, gave way to earthquakes that ripped Nurunian society asunder. The planet itself is ringed by an orbiting field of debris and waste, ranging from asteroids to destroyed ships, scrap metal, and more. This debris often finds its' way crashing onto the planet's surface in the form of random landings.

Nurunians use the scrap and junk around them as resources of sorts, re-purposing them into makeshift housing, weapons, utilities, and more. Areas with more junk are considered richer than areas with less.

## Trivia

* The planet was inspired by various post-apocalyptic wastelands, such as ones from the Fallout video game series, Borderlands, and the junk planet of Raxus Prime from Star Wars Legends.