Goa

### Composition

38.7% aluminum, 29.3% iron, 18.3% oxygen, 9.4% silicon, 4.4% other metals, trace other elements

## Climate

### Atmousphere Composition

52.2% nitrogen, 31.0% oxygen, 16.4% carbon dioxide, 0.4% argon, trace other gases

### Temperature

* Min Temp 300 K (27 °C)
* Avg Temp 302 K (29 °C)
* Max Temp 387 K (113 °C)

### Climate

* Humid
* Warm
* Tropical

## Civilization

### Affiliation

* None
* Valyerian Empire (Historical)
* Phoenix Empire (Tentative)

### Inhabited By

* Humans
* Dryads
* Beasts? (Ghost Manticore)

### Major Cities

* Concordat
* Kendrickstone
* Korilandis
* Nizam-i-Khazar

### Tech Level

Age of Exploration (clockwork, basic science, firearms)

### Points of Interest

Like, all the flowers, man

Formerly a powerful outpost of the Valyrian Empire, Goa's current situtation is overshadowed by it's mighty history.

See Category:Goa for more information.

## Overview

Goa is a small planet formerly of the Valyerian Empire.

Its climate is humid and warm, and is mostly terrestial. The majority of it's surface is covered by rainforests and giant trees, with spaces filled by large meadows. Plant-life on the planet is known for their overwhelmingly large flowers.

Although originally powerful, Goa currently is not considered significant enough to warrent intergalactic intrigue, and their inhabits live in nigh isolation.

The more zealous members of the Phoenix Empire who desire conquest and territory have turned their gaze tentatively on Goa. Perhaps they had learnt of the vestiges of Valyerian magic. Whatever the case, Goa is slowly making a name for itself once more as a source of powerful magical artifacts that are just recently being rediscovered.

## Star System

Goa is the 3rd and last of the planets orbiting 7952 Sceptri, though the locals call it Yaw, meaning "yellow". The strength of the star means that Goa orbits further away than most, a radius of 3.14 x 108 km   (2.10 AU). It has a period of 2.08 x 104 hours   (2.38 earth years), bringing long hot summers, and slightly cooler winters. It has 2 small moons.

 **Luminosity** | 1.91 x 1027 W   (4.98 x sol)

There is an asteroid belt close to the star, too close to form a planet. Further out there is a rocky planet with 3 small moons, and a trace atmousphere that is too hot and too toxic to sustain human life.

The 2nd planet is the smallest planet in the system.

## History

Goa is a planet that hums with magic. Or so they used to say. Formerly conquered by the mightly Valyerian Empire during the Golden Age, Goa quickly established itself as one of the most advanced planets in its region.

For millennia, the native people lived in the shadow of the Flowering Court, a Valyerian-born empire ruled by magic. They claimed the forests and plains as their own, leaving stunted city-states to develop along the rocky and desolate coast.

Their skill with both magic and metalwork were unmatched during their peak, and they were considered a pinnacle of Valyerian success.

However, the storied tales of the past does not hold true forever. The collapse of the Valyerian empire has decreed Goa's decline. Now on it's last leg, Goa's inter-planetary influence now is largely non-existent, and fragements of its power is lost to history, buried even to its inhabitants.

Despite this, the planet is still full of life. With the territories of the Flowering Court vacant, the frontier cities soon became powers in their own right, Torinhall and Kendrickstone, Arnault and Esselin, bickering and skirmishing over the riches of the unexplored unknown, until tensions erupted into open war.

The Frontier Wars quickly lapsed into stalemate. None of the newly founded realms had the numbers or the resources to bring them to a decisive end.

The older kingdoms of Korilandis and Nizam-i-Khazar did. Alarmed by the unrest on their borders and the disruption of trade, the coastal kingdoms marched their armies into the frontier and imposed peace at the point of a sword. To ensure that no such conflicts would occur again, they established a council of rulers pledged to offer aid to each other. They would pool their resources and share the wealth of the frontier, and they would meet in a new capital halfway between the new kingdoms and the old: Concordat.

No matter how faded the memory of Valyeria, the past still comes knocking when now and then, something from the old glorious days of wonder resurfaces, and the universe is reminded once more that the power in this little planet's veins is not quite dead yet.

## Organisations

 The Cryptkeeper's Guild The Flowering Court
## Trivia

* Many heros of old would once have been honoured to be invited to Goa, now most don't know it exists.