The Ring World

The Ring World, sometimes called "The Rose Ring", the Annulus, or simply the Ring, is a fragmented toroidal planet that encircles Davey. Despite their mass and the perceived gravity on their surfaces, the pieces of the Ring don't appear to be gravitationally active. Unlike the three moons, the pieces have no orbit, instead wandering slowly and aimlessly within the outline of the Ring, never straying too close or far from Davey itself. The only reliably consistent movement they share is their rotation around the axis of the Ring's outline, which provides their surfaces' day-night cycles.

## Shards

The Annulus is not a single, solid ringworld. It is composed of the many different pieces of the Ur-Planet, termed Shards. Nearly all of these pieces exist in motionless arrangements surrounding Dah-Veh, forming a stable circular outline. Some notable exceptions include the Wild Segments, which orbit along the interior, and smaller Shrapnel which wander around like asteroids. Still, as a basic rule of thumb, most Shards are stationary. Some rotate on their own axes, but that’s it. There are three types of Shards, defined primarily by size. In order from greatest to smallest, these are Segments, Fragments and Shrapnel.

**Segments**

The Segments are the largest fifteen Shards, ranging in size from a decently-sized country to a modest continent. As well as coming in a variety of shapes, they come in a variety of compositions and layouts. Some have most of their mass in the solid rock, while others are made mostly of gas or liquid. Some are habitable on only one of their sides, while others are habitable across nearly their entire surface.

Twelve of the fifteen Segments are relatively immobile. These Anchor Segments all exist within designated zones, consisting of equally distanced 18º arcs. Each Anchor may drift along these arcs, or simply remain entirely stationary within them, but none truly orbit Dah-Veh.

The other three Segments are called the Wild Segments. These are constantly mobile, moving equidistant from each other in a stable orbit along the interior of the Haven Torus. These are one of the more sought-after methods of inter-shard travel, especially when moving over great distances of the Annulus.

**Fragments**

Fragments are the medium-type of Shards. These are closer in size to small countries or larger cities. There are exactly 1,380 known Fragments, most of which are roughly split between the twelve Anchor zones; the rest can be found short of or just beyond the Ring Proper, near the edges of the Torus, with some even following the orbit of the Wild Segments.

**Shrapnel**

Shrapnel are the smallest category of Shards. They include any object in the Ring that is not large enough to sustain life, though some are still used as outposts by Void-borne powers. Their exact numbers fluctuate, as they constantly collide, split apart, and come together. The average number of Shrapnel has held steady at just over twelve million since the end of the Lesser Fracture.

## Trivia

* The idea of a ring world surrounding a central light source was the first creative decision suggested in the entirety of the project, originating from the esteemed Anarchy themselves. The original cosmological model was that of a singular donut-like object, but after various other models were proposed, the famous shrapnel model was decided upon by the group.