Eukarya (FW planet)

**Eukarya** (known as **R.E.T.** (**R**eligious **E**arth with **T**echnology) to the Religious Technicals) is a planet located in the Scutum-Centaurus arm of Milky Way galaxy of space, part of an isolated solar system.

It is the main setting of *FeatherWings*.

## Continents

Planet Eukarya's continents represent the three domains of life.

### Archaea

Continent Archaea is the southern arctic pole continent of planet Eukarya shaped like an ameobe.

### Bacteria

Continent Bacteria is the continent of Eukarya shaped like a diverse collection of bacterial shapes. It is a week's journey away from continent Eukarya.

### Eukarya

Continent Eukarya is the only continent of planet Eukarya known to humans. It is shaped like a landing bird.

## Terrain

Planet Eukarya is one of the known planets in the universe that can sustain Earth-like life. As such, its terrain is simultaneously Earth-like and alien.

### Eukarya

#### Clawed Isle

The Clawed Isle is the southern isle of continent Eukarya. It is shaped like the frontmost claw shown when a bird is landing. The "claws" of the isle are rocky, and the "foot" of the isle is a forested island.

#### Island of Talons

The Island of Talons is the southwestern island of continent Eukarya, and is shaped like an outstretched foot of a landing bird.

#### Ocean of Storms

The Ocean of Storms is the western ocean of continent Eukarya.

#### Ridges, The

The Ridges are the eastern mountains of continent Eukarya, and are located where the feathers on a bird's wing would be.

#### Volcanos

The "tail feathers" of continent Eukarya is dominated by volcanos, flowing lava pouring out from them. Black, hardened lava covers it. and volcano smoke and crude-forming clouds prevent the sky at any time from being seen

### Continent Archaea

The continent is covered in snow, ice, and glaciers.

## Natural Satellites

Planet Eukarya has four moons orbiting the planet, which all resemble Earth's moon.

## Flora

Planet Eukarya is one of the known planets in the universe that can sustain Earth-like life. As such, there are a multitude of plants inhabit the planet.

### Epiphytes

#### Spanish moss

An alien version of Spanish moss grows on the live oaks in the southern marshes of continent Eukarya.

### Trees

#### Live Oaks

An alien version of live oaks grow in the southern marshes of continent Eukarya.

## Fauna

Planet Eukarya is one of the known planets in the universe that can sustain Earth-like life. As such, there is a multitude of species that inhabit the planet, including dragons.

### Birds

#### Forest Raptors

Forest Raptors are birds-of-prey that inhabit the central forests of continent Eukarya.

#### Seabirds

An alien version of seabirds inhabits the shorelines of continent Eukarya.

### Bivalves

#### Mussels

An alien version of mussels inhabits the western, southwestern, southern, and southeastern shorelines of continent Eukarya; the shorelines of the Clawed Isle; and the shorelines of the only forested island near the lava flows of continent Eukarya.

### Dragons

#### BayWings

BayWings a species of dragon native to the waters surrounding continent Eukarya. They can also be found on the Clawed Isle.

#### FeatherWings

FeatherWings are a species of dragon native to continent Eukarya. They are considered an endangered species due to being hunted to near extinction by the human colonists.

#### HeatWings

HeatWings are a species of dragon native to continent Eukarya. They can be found in the eastern deserts of the Island of Talons.

#### MountainWings

MountainWings are a species of dragon native to continent Eukarya. They can be found in the Ridges.

#### SnowWings

SnowWings are native to the southern pole of continent Archaea.

#### StormWings

StormWings are a species of dragon native to continent Eukarya. They are native to the western ocean and island chains of the continent.

#### TreeWings

TreeWings are a species of dragon native to continent Eukarya. They are native to the central forests of the continent, where the bird's torso would be, the southern marshes, and the northern marshes. Their former territory was the Forest of Groves in the Island of Talons, but was abandoned for unknown reasons

#### VolcanoWings

VolcanoWings are native to continent Bacteria.

### Insects

#### Fire Beetles

Fire Beetles are small beetles with red and orange coloration native to continent Eukarya. They live in the Spanish moss-like epiphytes that hang from the live oak-like Tree of Directions and their bites are excruciating. They are based on real-life beetles, fire ants, and chiggers.

### Mammals

#### Humans

Humans are not native to planet Eukarya, and the humans who initially colonized the planet were religious. They can be found only on continent Eukarya, as they have no knowledge about the other two continents.

## History

### Pre-Series

When humanity initiated spaceflight, a counterculture (and later movement) formed that opposed the current society and culture of humans. Using spaceflight technology, they began searching for habitable Earth-like planets to colonize in a spiral opposite the spiral where Earth was. R.E.T. (Eukarya) was the planet they colonized after using advance teams to probe possible planets for colonization.

### *FeatherWings*

Eukarya is the planet where the main events of *FeatherWings* take place.

## Trivia

* "Eukarya" is the domain where all eukaryotic organisms are placed. It is also one of the three domains of life.
* Eukarya is loosely based on the Dragon Planet from *Wings of Fire* and Pern from *Dragonriders of Pern*, two of the author's inspirations for *FeatherWings*.
* Eukarya was not initially stated whether it was located in the Milky Way galaxy or another galaxy. It was later stated in a finalized version of book 1's prologue that the planet is located in the Milky Way galaxy.
	+ The galactic arm where Eukarya is located in *FeatherWings*, the Scutum-Centaurus Arm, is a section of the Milky Way rich in star-forming reigons in real-life.
* Eukarya was given four moons, since most Earth-like planets in science-fiction are given two moons. L1quid wanted to break the "two-moons" formula and also follow the real-life observation that Jupiter has four moons.
* Originally, planet Eukarya consisted of only one giant landmass divided into three continents, which is seen in the rough versions of the books. In the final version, the planet consists of three landmasses, each their own continents, to be more realistic.

## Gallery

Unlabelled (original) colored map of "planet" Eukarya by the author (created July 19, 2022). Note that the sizes of the continents are inaccurate and not true to the books.Unlabelled (final) colored map of "planet" Eukarya by Moon Luna (created October 23, 2022). Note that the sizes of the continents are accurate and true to the books.Labelled (final) colored map of "planet" Eukarya by Moon Luna (created October 24, 2022) with the border colored with the seven dragon species of the "planet". Note that the sizes of the continents are accurate and true to the books.The planetary system where planet Eukarya is located. This was made with the Solar System Creator on Roll for Fantasy.
## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 Luna's outlines and notes for *FeatherWings*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Dragon Soul*, Chapter 4
3. ↑ *Dragon Soul*, Chapter 1
4. ↑ *Dragon Soul*, Chapter 6
5. ↑ *Dragon Soul*, Chapter 8
6. ↑ Eukarya - Wikipedia
7. ↑ Moons of Jupiter - Wikipedia