Pyromagmate

Pyromagmate is the planet containing the Ring of Flame. It is far from Aywen's Planet. It is primarily made of scorched, carob-colored rock. It is three light-minutes from its star.

## The Vesuvian Plains

The surface of Pyromagmate is a brown mass of rock, dotted with volcanic hotspots and rivers of lava. Volcanoes rise above mountains and pour an unending stream of molten rock across the land. Giant flares of lava shoot upwards from their craters, penetrating the atmosphere. Giant fiery mushrooms (named calorycetes) tower even higher yet, dwarfing the mountains below with their scarlet caps. By the tip of the mushroom's branches, a glowing berry can be found. On the surface, minimal life aside from the calorycetes can be found. However, the same cannot be said for the underground.

There are a few exceptions to the lack of life along the surface. There are some types of soot-colored birds which nest along the branches of the calorycetes. They prefer the deep shade of the calorycete's caps rather than the lava-slathered landscape beyond. Despite their adaptions to the planet's environment, they still prefer the area where it is coolest. Aside from birds, salamander-like creatures have been observed hiding under crevices and boulders.

Pyromagmate does experience weather patterns. However, none provide water. The closest thing to rain that the planet experiences is an extended shower of crude oil when clouds of ash cover the skies. This crude oil sets the Vesuvian Plains alight with fire thanks to the streams of lava which flow all around. Each droplet of oil which lands into lava causes a burst of flame to leap into the sky. Puddles of oil form as well, which act as fuel for the constant fires all around. Luckily, the rain of oil never comes in great quantities—never more than a drizzle. Aside from oil storms, the planet gets intense lightning storms caused by static electricity. Sprites large enough to touch the ground are also created by great electrical discharges. Loose ash and sand is dragged into the sky and blown into great dust storms, slathering the planet in a layer of fine dust.

The magma within Pyromagmate's ground contains a mineral entirely unique to the planet. The name of it is magmyte, and Pyromagmate gets its name from it. Magmyte is an abundant mineral which turns magma into a severely corrosive substance. It also gives magma another property which makes it able to flow extremely quickly. It also makes it interact with Pyromagmate's gravity in a strange way. Once a certain flowing speed has been achieved, lava begins to become nearly weightless. This can make lava travel horizontally, and even vertically for a short period of time. However, it does flow downwards eventually. This is why the residents assemble swift magma-powered fans, which keep a steady updraft inside of caverns close to the surface. This gust prevents lava from flowing downwards and eroding the underground. It also provides easy access to the underground—blocking the stream of lava, even for just a second, provides an easy opening (like a trapdoor). When lava contains magmyte, it is called "magmyte-infested lava".

## The Calorific Crypt

Below the Pyromagmatian ground is an endless array of underground cities, forged entirely by their citizens carving their homes into the rock. The underground appears almost indifferent from the surface. The flow of lava is constant, and the same tawny rocks make up all the eye can see. The spiked roots of calorycetes can be seen from below as well, sucking magma deep within the ground. The structure of the roots appears stellated and jagged. Red veins creep up the roots, pulsing with each intake. Calorycetes grow glowing fruit not only on their tree-like branches above ground, but on their roots as well. These fruit have been served in restaurants all around the Calorific Crypt. They are treated as a delicacy. Sometimes, sizeable vines poke through the ceiling of the Crypt. These vines are dotted with serrated thorns. The vines grow back somewhat quickly—digging them out from the root prevents them from regrowing.

Magma is dug up and placed in heat-resistant buckets, and finally in storage. After some time, stored lava is brought out and thrown against rock, eroding it quickly. This process is much quicker than mining with pickaxes. Anyone with permission can expand the Calorific Crypt. In fact, most residents make their homes by digging it out themselves. Thus, anyone can expand their homes to be as large as wanted—as long at it doesn't intrude on anyone else's homes.

The way that Pyromagmate's lava erodes rock leaves it with jagged edges. These edges can be sanded down and polished with a variety of different methods, typically via products sold in large stores. There are supermarkets with the sole goal of providing materials to fuel the constant flow of construction which occurs throughout Pyromagmate. Stores also sell food items—mostly meat. The only other crops that can be grown aside from calorycetes are fruits and vegetables imported from other planets. These plants cannot survive in the intense climate of Pyromagmate, and are typically kept in refrigerators which regulate temperature.

There are many ores in the ground of Pyromagmate. One common ore is amethyst. There are plenty amethyst deposits, along with several other types of quartz that can be found. These resources are typically found unintentionally, and end up being traded to large markets that sell gems. Because of Pyromagmate's intense heat and pressure—especially beneath the ground—many igneous gems form and are pushed to the surface (or around it). Amethyst and gems like it do not erode when in contact with magmyte-infested lava.

The residents of the Crypt are similar in shape to the few salamanders that inhabit the Vesuvian Plains, although larger. Sometimes, other creates manage to creep their way inside the Crypt unnoticed.

Under some large volcanoes, massive caverns have been dug out save for a small enclosed ring along the outside of a pool of lava. These giant sections remain empty, except for the few visitors that dare travel to it. (tbc)

A stretch of naturally formed caverns leads downwards, past all residencies and cities. These caves are blocked by large glass bars containing lava. The lava contains an abnormal quantity of magmyte, meaning near certain death if they were to be broken. There are three sets of these bars, all near the beginning of the cave. These caves eventually leads to a sub-section of the Calorific Crypt known as the **Arrhythmic Calorycete**.

**The Arrhythmic Calorycete** is the largest cavern in the Caloric Crypt. The ground itself is covered in calorycete veins in the constant process of consuming magmyte-infested magma from deep below. The sub-section gets its name from the gigantic calorycete at the center of the chamber. The roots of every calorycete naturally pulse every time magma is taken in. Because of the large quantity of roots that line the walls and floor of the cavern, the entire chamber appears to pulse irregularly—hence the name the 'arrhythmic' calorycete. The Arrhythmic Calorycete itself is located under the largest mountain of Pyromagmate. The cavern nearly reaches the top of the mountain. The Arrhythmic Calorycete's environment (the cavern it grew inside of) is so large that the calorycete inside never reached the top of the mountain—instead, it grew wider and firmer, and its roots spread outwards. At the top of the Arrhythmic Calorycete is the Ring of Flame.

## Trivia

Magmyte works on water, too. However, the conditions of Pyromagmate do not allow for water to form, much less persist.

If magmyte were to be extracted from lava, it would appear as a light beige-colored powder.

The flares caused by magmyte-infested lava erupting can be seen penetrating Pyromagmate's upper atmosphere and entering outer space. These flares are named after their similarities with solar flares.