Tel Adder and Tel 1

## Overview

Tel Adder, homeworld of the Tellia and the Goral, is famous for its breathtaking landscapes and abundant biodiversity. The planet is home to lush forests, expansive plains, towering mountains, and crystal-clear waters that teem with life. Tellian history is marked by a harmonious relationship with the natural world, as the Tellia have famously managed to avoid the climate crises that many other sentient species have experienced during their development.

## Tel 1

Tel 1 is the largest and most significant of Tel Adder's moons, Tel 1 is a garden moon with its own unique ecosystem that shares ancestral DNA with Tel Adder. It was colonized many centuries ago. It serves as a major center for military training and strategy and is home to many high-ranking Tellian officers. Tellia there tend to have darker skin due to the thinner atmosphere. There is no Goral population on Tel 1.

## Mystery of Tel 1's Life

The life on Tel 1 shares ancestral DNA with Tel Adder, having diverged about twenty million years ago. The method of life transfer between the two celestial bodies remains a mystery, as reconstruction bombardments, which should shed light on their prehistoric evolution, can—for unknown reasons— only provide information from the past three-hundred-thousand years. This enigma continues to baffle scientists and has become a popular subject in Tellian poetry and literature.

## The Other Moons of Tel Adder

Tel 2 is rocky, dark, and almost glassy moon with a unique geological composition. Tel 3 is a bone-white rocky moon with a different geological composition than Tel 2, suggesting different origins.

## The Tel Adder System

The Tel Adder System consists of a single star, nine planets. The star, named Adder's Light, is a stable, large, and hot main-sequence star.

### Rekzon

Rekzon, the 8th planet in the system, is notable for being home to simple native life. Rekzon is a small rocky planet with a thin atmosphere and a surface covered in deep canyons, towering cliffs, and expansive cave systems. Several interesting non-sentient lifeforms have evolved there through chemosynthesis, utilizing chemical energy from the planet's volcanic activity rather than sunlight.

### Planets of the Tel Adder System

1. Adder's Jewel: The closest planet to Adder's Light, Adder's Jewel is a small, rocky planet with a dense atmosphere that glows in vivid colors due to the intense radiation from the star.
2. Riosh: A barren and rocky world with a thin atmosphere and numerous impact craters. Ri'osh has no known lifeforms but is rich in mineral resources.
3. Tel Adder: The third planet in the system and the homeworld of the Tellia and the Goral. Famous for its incredible biodiversity and lush landscapes, Tel Adder is a garden world that has never experienced climate crises.
4. Duskor: A gas giant with a striking blue hue and massive storms that rage across its surface. The planet is orbited by several small moons.
5. Pren: A cold, rocky world with a thick ice layer covering its surface. Some researchers believe that beneath the ice lies a subsurface ocean with the potential to support microbial life.
6. Yilnash: A gas giant with a ring system composed of ice and rock fragments. Yilnash has several large, icy moons.
7. Lorak: A large ice giant with a thick atmosphere and an unusual blue-green color. No known life exists on Lor'ak.
8. Rekzon: The only other planet in the Tel Adder system with native life.
9. Shor: The furthest planet from Adder's Light, Shor is an ice world with a surface temperature far below freezing. Its surface is marked by massive ice sheets and towering glaciers.