The Tapestry

## Overview

Apia is not alone as it orbits the sun, named in honor of glorious Teteus himself. Several other planetary bodies share this particular region of the tapestry, including the four "Dark Worlds," believed to be home to several aberrant races, most famously the beholders. A great belt of asteroids serves as a buffer between these inner and outer planets, though what is unknown. Apia isn't the only inhabited world in the system as Agnorix, Biagawa and the moons of Ozurn also contain various sentient races and complex ecosystems. Any rumors that Apia isn't round are to be pointedly ignored, despite what the giff may suggest. Similarly rumors of a great wall of transparent ceramic far beyond the established limits of wildspace are to be ignored again, despite what the giff may suggest.

## List of Stellar Bodies

**The Sun**

A great ball of flame that rests in roughly the estimated center of the wildspace surrounding Apia Prime. Many clerics believe that Teteus holds court at a celestial city inside the giant flaming sphere while others suggest that the sun is, in fact, Teteus given physical form. It is a holy thing, a powerful weapon against the forces of evil that threaten all life on Apia. The sun's rays are known to be highly effective against many unnatural beings and the light and heat provided gives life to goodly beings on Apia's surface.

**Agrnorix**

The closest planet to the sun, Agrnorix is named for one of the ancient titans, specifically the mighty smith who defied the will of his giant brethren to make weapons for the Gods and thus helped them win the Wars of Heaven and Earth. After his victory, the titan used some of his divine magic to travel to the world and remake it into something more habitable. Due to its close proximity to the sun, Agrnorix is a suitably hot world, consisting largely of vast deserts, mesas, volcanoes and lava-fields. The people of the red desert are hearty and many are "titan-bloods." Aside from thri-kreen, who are quite populous, many four-armed species, sentient and not, call the red planet home. These nomadic bands wander the blasted surface, going from underground city to underground city with practiced ease. Agrnorix has a solitary moon, called Titan's Forge, that is hotter than the main sphere, lacking the magical protection of Agronorix.

**Biagawa**

The surface of Biagawa appears to be a rolling mass or orange mists, leaving many to believe it was nothing more than a ball of gas. Yet when several wizards inadvertently teleported to the plant they learned the truth. The orange mists are merely a powerful canopy of gases and chemicals, shielding an impossibly vast jungle and rain forest. The air is hot and humid with mists hanging heavily about the ground. Massive lizards and megafauna call the planet home, along with vast quantities of fruits and vegetables. The planet was also home to sentient species, most famously, one of exotically beautiful, green-skinned warrior women, which drew immediate interest from adventures across Apia. It's believed to be the second most populated planet in the system.

**Apia Prime**

The planet that Apia is found upon. Named Apia Prime, due to a lack of creativity from those druids and oracles who charted the starts. Apia contains three continents and several large islands. Many sentient races call Apia home and all manner of environments can be found on its surface. It is home to three moons, "The Sister Moons" and "The Stranger."

**The Sister Moons**

Qhalene and Vutune are named for the wives of Teteus, the goddesses of the moons and childbirth respectively. They are often associated with mysticism, omens and fortune telling; the way they wane and grow seems to foretell various possibilities. Regardless of how they appear, the sister moons are considered good omens. Qhalene is much larger in appearance, having an almost blue sheen. Vutune is smaller and is a simpler white. Neither contain any atmosphere or much activity though some of the faithful believe that the goddesses name each hold domain on their moons.

**The Stranger**

The dark moon is a mysterious and much hated thing. Glowing with a faint, sickly green glow that seems to come up from the depths of the moon, leaking through cracks on its surface. Unlike the sister moons, the stranger is always full, never waning, never appearing at half or quarter. Also, unlike the sisters, it seems to follow its own schedule, not appearing with any regularity that astrologers or druids can follow. The appearance of the stranger is an ill omen and most gods-fearing sentients will not travel on a night where the stranger is high in the sky. Part of the hatred for the stranger deals with its bizarre history. The stranger is not a natural phenomenon. While the sisters were in existence from the beginning, the stranger's mysterious appearance, shortly before the Apian Blood War. None can determine why it is there or where it came from but all agree, it is an evil moon, not to be trusted.

### **Ozurn**

A massive, gas giant, Ozurn, named for another of the ancient titans, serves as something of a shield for the Apian solar system. Its heavy gravity sucks in asteroids from God's Belt and redirects them back into said belt, ensuring that the four dark worlds are constantly blocked by asteroids. Ozurn has no physical surface, being nothing but gas and asteroids. More interesting are its two moons, Roberto and Picardo, who are named after their discovered, a swarthy human astrologer from the Costal Kingdom of Hyspania. Roberto is a rolling ocean, home to aquatic races of all stripes, including, it is rumored, a cabal of abolaths. Picardo is, on the surface, a dead world, but closer examination reveals that it's faint atmosphere and rock-encrusted surface provide haven for several insect-like races and possibly sentient undead.

### **God's Belt**

A large cluster of asteroids that separate the inner planets from the four dark worlds. God's Belt's asteroids range in size, shape and composition. They are constantly sucked into Ozurn's gaseous depths and spat back out, keeping a constantly slow moving barrier.

### **Yith**

The largest of the four dark worlds, Yith is a ball of ice and rock. Despite its distance from the sun, it is believed to support life. The Yithians are believed to have transformed the icy surface of the planet into various elaborate cities, bustling with their strange life. The notorious necromancers and slavers called the avolakia carved an underground empire into the icy ball. It is believed that both races hate each other and constantly war over Yith. Rumors suggest that the mi-go can also be found on Yith, arriving from a rogue planet deeper in wildspace but aside from a few scant records dating back to the beholder era none can say.

### **Oculus**

The home planet of the beholders, according to the beholders. They claim that Oculus was a paradise, a world of towering mountains and lush jungles where the beholders ruled as kings. However, they abused their natural magic and power so intently that they disrupted the natural pattern of their world's gravity and drew the nearby planet of Xhetha towards it, determined to harvest the great resources that world possessed. Unfortunately, the beholders miscalculated and Xhetha crashed into the surface of Oculus, fusing the two worlds together in a horrific mass. Most life on Oculus died and the beholders fled en mass from the dying worlds, migrating towards Apia Prime in the event known as "The Night of Ten Thousand Eyes" when they wiped away most of the mind flayers and took the planet as their own. Its believed that some beholders still live on Oculus, trying to restore their lost world but any beholders who are asked about this will refuse to answer.

### **Xhetha**

A large planet of metal and rock that contains no life beyond xorns and a few purple worms. It was so rich in metals and gems that it drew the attention of the beholders of Oculus who, in a mighty arcane ritual, drew the planet closer to their own to facilitate mining. The resulting collision destroyed both worlds, smashing them together and leaving behind only death.

### **Yibbewei**

A rocky, sunless planet, so far from the light of the sun that it's believed nothing lives there, that nothing can live there. A small rock, floating in space, and little more. Some madmen suggest the vile body-snatchers called the tsochar call it home, while others suggest even more extravagant things, mi-go outposts, portals to both Apia and the Far Realm, flying polyps, elder things and more nameless horrors from beyond.

## Wildspace

The contents beyond this map are unknown. Rumors of other deeper, rogue planets persist, while some suggest great space-faring beasts roam the stars, the way whales or birds do on Apia. Others, proponents of the Crystal Spheres theorem, suggest that, if one were to go far enough out, they would encounter a ceramic barrier that, when passed through, would lead them out into other worlds, other existences. However, none on Apia can find a way to test these outlandish theories.