Jupiter (Planet)

Jupiter
is the 6th planet from Sol, and is the most unique planet by far in
the Sol system. It is nearly a 100x the size of earth. It is home to the Krilax,
an insectoid race that inhabits every spot on Jupiter, and the Xenax, a
crystallin race that inhabits the bowels of the planet. While people may think
that jupiter is all atmosphere it is not. It is a multi-tiered planet with floating
islands, deep cores, and even the blood of a celestial. Only the bravest hearts
can hope to unlock jupiter’s secrets.

## Terrain Description

Jupiter has 3 main tiers on which
life exists. The first tier is the ruby islands, the floating islands that
float near the surface of jupiter. The next tier is the overworld, where
islands begin to merge into massive landmasses that cover most of jupiter, but
still has holes to the next tier. The final tier is the underworld, where more
interesting life exists, where the oceans finally land, and where special
materials are found. The
ruby islands are nearest to the surface. They are very safe areas to exist in.

There is little threat from any monster or voidian. Islands are also very sparse, so if on one, one would see clouds nearly forever. These islands are usually flat and have an unobstructed view of space.

   The overworld is where the krilax mainly reside. They have constructed massive cities and transportation networks across their own continents and have established systems of getting to one

continent to the next. As for terrain, this place is mostly sparse grasslands
and deserts. There are patches of deep forestry, but these are due to reasons
below in the underworld. The sky is usually very dark and tinted a deep red or
orange. The overworld, being made of islands, also differs greatly in altitude.
The best comparison would be that it is like a minecraft amplified world.

The underworld is not as foreboding
as one might think. It is a lush, vibrant place full of exotic lifeforms. It
contains many rare crystals that hold special powers, and holds glowing oceans
that life practically bubbles out of. This is where the Xenax inhabit, feeding
off of the crystals and abundant life that exists in this vibrant underworld.

## Races

The
races of Jupiter differ in a few ways to normal terran races. For one, nearly
all have the ability to fly, as the greatly spacious skies and far apart lands require
more movement than just walking. They also have extra strong skeletons that are
resistant to gravity and the great atmospheric pressure that would implode any
normal race in Sol (Except for hadeans).

### Krilax

The
krilax are an insectoid race that varies greatly depending on what they were
born for. They are born from mass hives that essentially clone their breed.
These breeds in turn serve a very specific function in their society, which are
called ‘Colonies’. They usually live in the great deserts of jupiter, building
hives that would look horrific to any terrestrial race in Sol.

Krilax
typically have 6 limbs. Sometimes they have eight, sometimes they have 4. These
limbs tend to be rather thin, but dangerous, bearing barbs along their arms and
talons on their lands. They also have exoskeletons made of Chitin instead of
normal skeletons, so they are very hard to scratch or impale, but they are
still vulnerable to their chitin shattering and their internals being
bludgeoned. They have two large, beady yellow eyes that are much more sensitive
than normal eyes, being able to see around 15x better than a human. They also
all have mandibles that they use to crush food and eat it. They have antennae
that they use to detect pheromones to communicate with eachother very easily.
They can also double as arcane signal receptors. Lastly, their wings are
usually hidden under a shell on their backs, but they usually have around 3
sets of transparent wings to fly around.

Krilax
are INCREDIBLY spiritual. They have massive organized religions around the
worship of an Idol (Celestial). They usually gain supernatural powers based on
which Idol they worship. Likewise, with this connection to their idols, they
are also heavily invested in spiritual magics. Blood and Holy magics are
widespread throughout the Krilax, with Holy wielders serving as clergy and
blood magi serving as assassins. Krilax however, do not touch necromantic
magics, as most idols deem it immoral.

[Race
Name: Krilax ]

[Homeworld:
Jupiter ]

[Race
Ht, Wt, Lifespan Avg]: 4’3’’, 60 lb, 40 years.

[Racial
Philosophy: Crusader ]

[Str:
D ]

[Con:
B ]

[Dex:
B ]

[Int:
F ]

[Aur:
A ]

[Arc:
D ]

2 +
3 + 4 + 1 + 6 + 3

[Isolationism:
3 ]

[Militarism:
5 ]

[Collectivism:
5 ]

[Materialism:
1 ]

[Xenophobia:
5 ]

The
Krilax average at 4’3’’ and 60 lb, though this is highly varied as there are
breeds for labor and breeds made to crash into buildings. They do always
usually only live around 40 years. Their strength is poor, as they can’t lift 120
lb. Their chitin however, can withstand most spears, bullets, and knifes. They
can be damaged badly by a mace or any hard bludgeoning force though, and their
chitin needs to be molted out of before they can be fixed. Their wings allow
them to fly anywhere they wish, though they can’t do it for long and fast or
else they will tire. Krilax have a hive-mind behavior, so individual
intelligence is incredibly low. Together though, they are strategic
powerhouses. Their aura is powerful. They can wield the one individual thing
they have, their soul, to boost themselves and others in combat. Due to their
intelligence being so low, their arcane power is practically nonexistent,
though they have their own powerful mages.

### Xenax

The Xenax,
like their sister race the Krilax, are insectoid in nature, but that is where
similarities end. They were born from an early ancestor of the Krilax falling
down into the underworld and living from there. Seeing as the underworld is a
cesspool for arcane energies, the Xenax grew to adapt with the arcane energies.
They have become intelligent, but weaker due to these changes.

The
Xenax, being much less varied than the Krilax, have 6 limbs universally. They
do not have barbs on their limbs, but they have retained their talons, having 6
fingers on each hand. Their chitin remains the same, yet it is weaker
physically due to the amount of arcane crystals embedded within them. If they
were drained, they’d be full of holes. Their eyes are smaller than Krilax but
emit a bright blue light that lights up whatever they see. Their mandibles and
mouth have disappeared due to favoring arcane subsidence for their bodies. The
antennae have been replaced with horns used for exclusively receiving arcane
signals. Xenax bodies are also a lot stockier than Krilax bodies, actually
having difficult to break limbs and a large torso.

Xenax
are extremely dependant on arcane magic. They use it for most forms of
movement, for communicating, for building. There isn’t one aspect of xenax life
that isn’t influenced by arcane magic. As a result, they only feed off of
arcane magic, and occasionally building blocks they need for their bodies. They
even have bits of arcane essence in their brain, giving them innate access to
arcane runes from birth.

Xenax
are intelligent, highly spiritual, and highly arcanic. They place emphasis on
finding the truth of the universe around them. They will delve deep into the
Darklands, seek audience with celestials, and experiment with whatever
materials they find. They are endlessly curious about other races, other
planets, and the nature of the universe.

[Race
Name: Xenax ]

[Homeworld:
Jupiter ]

[Race
Ht, Wt, Lifespan Avg]: 6’7’’, 225 lb, 225 years.

[Racial
Philosophy: Explorer ]

[Str:
D ]

[Con:
F ]

[Dex:
F ]

[Int:
B ]

[Aur:
B ]

[Arc:
S ]

[Isolationism:
1 ]

[Militarism:
1 ]

[Collectivism:
3 ]

[Materialism:
3 ]

[Xenophobia:
1 ]

Xenax
are pretty large compared to Krilax, being 6’7’’ on average and 225 lb. They
also live much longer due to their arcane enhancement, living for 225 years.
Their physical bodies are actually incredibly weak, and they need to use arcane
magic to do most straining tasks. Doing repeated deadlifts at 120 lb can put so
much strain on their chitin that it cracks. Their constitution is also bad, as
once their chitin cracks, it cannot heal. It is instead grown over by arcane
crystals to make up for the physical loss. Their dexterity is horrible. They
just move a lot more slowly unassisted by arcane magic. Their nerves don’t
travel as fast and their bodies are clunky. Their intellect is much better, as
they average 130 IQ. They use this intellect to learn faster, to store more
information, and to perform magic faster. Their aura is also good due to their
inheritted spirituality from the Krilax. They are made from arcane and arcane
magic. Their arcane abilities are so good that they often don’t use their
physical bodies. They just use arcane magic to do everything.

Lightbound
Xenax – There exists a breed of Xenax that have absorbed from the Brightlands
instead of the arcane crystals that dot the underworld. They have yellow and
white glowing crystals across their bodies rather than blue ones. They are much
more physically powerful than normal Xenax, and seemingly break the laws of
physics in many ways. They are capable of teleportation to far away distances, spontaneously
creating energy or matter, and shifting between the Darklands and the physical
realm. How they do these things is unknown, but they absolutely refuse to tell
anyone. They are also much less populous than regular Xenax, with only a few
ten thousand in existence across all Jupiter.

[Str:
D ]

[Con:
D ]

[Dex:
F ]

[Int:
A ]

[Aur:
**S** ]

[Arc:
D ]

[Isolationism:
1 ]

[Militarism:
1 ]

[Collectivism:
3 ]

[Materialism:
3 ]

[Xenophobia:
1 ]

## Monsters

### Ruby Wyrms

Ruby Wyrms are predatory animals that
float around in Jupiter’s skies. They seek to eat anything that flies. This
includes spaceships, flying Krilax, and anything else that looks like food. They
are massive creatures, using extending to be 50 feet long, with 10 feet in
radius, but they are thin. They look like giant snakes with wings. Ruby Wyrms
are something that the inhabitants of Jupiter fear and are often the subject of
folktale. Luckily, Ruby Wyrms rarely come down to the overworld or underworld.

### Arachnids

Arachnids are massive spiderlike
creatures that hide in the sands of the overworld. They ambush their prey,
undetected, and devour them whole. They have 8 legs, are colored like sand, and
absolutely massive. They are around 7 feet in height, and could devour a Krilax
whole in one bite. Their jaws are also incredibly strong, and can snap through
a human effortlessly. After all, they need to be able to break Krilax chitin.

### Arcane Wyrms

Arcane Wyrms only exist in Jupiter’s
underworld, but they are scary. They are flying eels, no longer than 7 ft, that
feed off of any mana source they can find. They often leech off Xenax, killing
them due to not having enough mana to live. They also devour arcane crystals
whole and make them useless. They will drain a soul of it’s mana if you let
them get too close. They are capable of abilities like flying freely,
teleporting, and expelling raw mana in an uncontrolled fashion. They can
however, be siphoned off of, and their heads hold a pearl that holds a lot of
mana.

### Fungoids

Fungoids
are perversions of life done by mushrooms. They are recently dead corpses who
rotted. A special kind of mushroom infects their corpse, and the corpse look
begins walking to seek out more corpses to infect. They even attack living
beings to infect them as well. Do not, in any case, ever breath a fungoid’s
spores. They die only 3 feet from their host body, but if they get in
somebody’s body, they are incredibly poisonous and will kill. Krilax and Xenax
have immune systems that defend against fungoid effectively, but newcomers to
the planet will need to beware.

### Skitterers

Skitterers
are really just moving goop, but they attach themselves to objects for the
ability to move effectively. They often have a horrifying number of limbs as
the goo tries to figure out how to move the most effectively. Skitterers are
dangerous because if enough goop is present, they will try to use a living
person as a vehicle. Their bodies are effectively taken away from them and
turned into a mindless husk.

In
the underworld, mana-charged skitterier move much faster and can fly
aggressively fast.

## Locations

### Ruby Skies

The
ruby skies are the calmest place on jupiter, except for a few areas. Here,
islands float free through the skies of jupiter, only threatened by the Ruby
Wyrms. The ruby islands generally have peaceful plant life and gentle rains. Some
islands are enough to build a capitol city on, and some are only large enough
for a home.

Martian Base – The
Martian base is a moderately sized island with a similar size to a martian
town. It is full of Martian researchers and a mini gladiator ring for
entertainment. The island is completely gated by reinforced glass and requires
high security to enter. Martians are known for hating mars, and only go there
when required to by the military.

Venusian Base – The
Venusian base is very small. It is mostly a few buildings, and the rest of the
island is reserved for observation. Some venusians come here to relax with the
ruby trees.

The Great Storm – The
great storm is massive weather anomoly that WILL kill anything caught in it. It
is a hurricane x10. Winds will shear the flesh off of a man, and lightning will
roast the rest. Islands are luckily blown away from this place, leaving it a
vacant airspace full of nothing but clouds and corpses.

Light’s Reach – Light’s
reach is the xenax observatory to the universe. It is pulled up to the upper
atmosphere of jupiter, allowing them the best observatory few possible. This is
a pretty big island, as many Xenax come to research here. It is sustained by a
portal created by Lightbound Xenax, allowing free travel and trade so that the
Xenax do not starve.

The City of Aerikor – The web is a massive connection of cities by Krilax. They connected
multiple islands together via colony structures and build a massive city and
shrine to praise the Sky Idol Aerikor.