Rilodag

The fourth world at the aquatic triple point created after The Shattering, Rilodag is home to sentient life.

## System

The Lighthouse system is a binary system with the Lighthouse star Fyr at its center. Closely orbiting Fyr is Straland, a star shining with a brilliant pale blue. Six satellites orbit around Fyr and Straland (listed from the center outward):

* Lukket - The closest planet, Lukket shines brightly because of its proximity to Straland:
* Vinkelrett - Vinkelrett orbits around an axis perpendicular to the main galactic plane. Vinkelrett's orbit is perfectly in sync with Fyr's jets, allowing Vinkelrett to remain in place.
* Bror - Bror's orbit is - on average - close to Rilodag's orbit, but the elliptical nature of Rilodag's orbit makes encounters between the planets extremely rare.
* Rilodag - Rilodag's orbit is oblong, with seasons determined not by axis orientation but by the near and a far periods during its year. At the periapsis of its orbit, Rilodag's distance to Straland is about 84% of its distance at the apoapsis.
* Spegel - An oblong body of chromium tidally locked to Straland, Spegel provides Rilodag with Straland's light during the far period.
* Asbru - An interestingly dark body.

## Sky

Rilodag has a beautiful blue sky during its near period and a long, dark night during its far period. Thanks to Spegel's reflectivity, Rilodag's far period is lit for a sufficient amount of time during the nights of the far period.

## Geography

Rilodag has four main continents:

* Arctiska, the cold, north polar region
* Riklig, a fertile, mostly flat land
* Vastra, a newly settled land. The city of Baldag's Gate, dedicated to innovation and thought, is on this continent.
* Sor, the southern ring

## Climate

Rilodag has no axial tilt, but instead gets its seasonal climate from its elliptical orbit. Averaging 365 million km from Straland, the surface is usually cold, only reaching that of Exarda during its close period for approximately 100 rotations per year.

## Calendar

Rilodag has a year of 449.125 rotations, each being equivalent to 42.5 standard hours. The days are split into 40 periods; Because of the non-integer length of the year, Rilodag experiences a leap year every eighth year.

In a year there are eight months of fifty days each and a ninth month of fourty-nine days.

## Culture

Due to the harsh cold, technology on Rilodag was quick to be developed, as survival was of the utmost importance in the early days after the formation. Urban centers are teslapunk-inspired, not unlike Czechoslovakia in Jakub Rozalski's "World of 1920+".

## History

> "First came the gods to a barren, empty space. Then came the stars. Next were the planets. Finally, us."
> --Ancient text discovered at dig site Theta
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Once Rilodag was created and set into its orbit, the gods placed on the planet humans, dwarves, and alfar. Ruling underground, the dwarves remained in solitude beneath the surface in order to escape the harsh cold, leaving humans and alfar on the surface to peacefully coexist and face the cold head-on. Thanks to the bioluminescense of subterranean lichen and hydrothermal vents, the dwarves are still able to see and thrive.

Eventually, the alfar would, through rapid evolution and experimentation, branch into the svartalfar, the orcalfar, the kuualfar, and the stutalfar, and humans would, through cross-breeding, branch into the hauflin and mannalfar.  These peoples would be grouped as "surface dwellers."

Year 1: Intelligent life is placed on Arctiska. Dwarves flee underground, while surface dwellers remain above. Second generation begins.

Year 9: During the far period, the first expedition to Riklig begins as the ice caps form. After four months, the travelers would arrive, and the warmer climate on Riklig would give rise to agricultural growth.

Year 12: Third generation begins.

Year 638: Expedition to Sor from Riklig. Soon Sor would be densely populated with engineers and innovators.

Year 1264: Last time dwarves are seen on the old world continents. Their ruins are deserted and empty.

Year 1357: First expedition to Vastra. Now that surface dwellers have electricity and

Year 1360: Explorers in Vastra discover a dwarven settlement, confirming the theory that the dwarves had migrated to Vastra.

Year 1493: Astronauts from Sor reach Asbru and connect Rilodag to the Remnant Network, making Rilodag the first system to unlock a refraction gateway.

Year 1557: First contact with Exarda via Asbru.

Year 1636: Alternating current is discovered, and the city of Baldag's Gate becomes a hub for scientific advancement.

Year 1650: Annen crashes into the mountains on Vastra. Factors and Ficykz takes place.

1. ↑ "Lighthouse star" is the term used in the Remnant Worlds to describe pulsars.
2. ↑ Straland is a main sequence spectral type A9V star.
3. ↑ Asbru is the Fyr system's spacetime refraction gateway to the Remnant network.
4. ↑ In Fifth Edition terms: drow, orcs, firbolgs, gnomes, halflings, and half-elves.