Katia

## **Overview**

Katia and its two moons Matunae (Upper) and Nocus (Lower) orbiting their gas giant Foviden

### Inhabitants

Katians, other

Katia is a world covered primarily in forested alpine mountain ranges and highlands. It has the rather unique trait of being a ringed planet, with two moons, orbiting a gas giant. This gas giant has a similar atmospheric composition to Katia itself, that being primarily oxygen and nitrogen. This makes the gas cloud atmosphere of the giant breathable to the world's inhabitants. Katia is the homeworld of the similarly named Katian species who are most commonly found dwelling among the more elevated areas be they plains, forests, or mountainsides. Settlements and cities around the planet’s diluted bodies of water are also a typical sight. The world is well-known for its great mountains, picturesque forests, incredible skies. Several continents span across the planet with the two notable of these being Merkavir and Skovia. Merkavir is the largest of the continents and dominates the planet’s northern hemisphere. It is the birthplace of the massively popular Katian belief known as the Merkavi Spirits and is also where the planet’s capital of Celestia resides. Skovia is one of the smaller continents and sits in the almost inhospitably cold region near the planet’s southern pole. It has some of the most intense mountain ranges and is the origin place of the planet’s famous warriors known as the Skovian Rangers.

## **History**

When the Katians were first evolving to the species they are today, they had little in the way of natural predators to worry about. The few they did have, were easily avoided thanks to their cat-like movement, evasion, and sneaking capabilities. These traits would also serve them well when navigating the sometimes unstable terrain of their world. As the katians moved on from hunter-gatherer tribes and became more socially and technologically advanced, they would find themselves experiencing a great many conflicts over the course of their history, clashing over religion, resources, politics, ideology, and ethnics with the continual struggles for dominance only occasionally broken by periods of peace. The largest war the planet would see, known as the Katia Interplanetary War, would not just be a world war, but one that would encompass their entire home system and the worlds they had colonized up to that point. Eventually, the group known as the Katian Trade Guild would arise from this conflict victorious and with the means to expand to other star systems in the form of the quantum drive. While having come a long way since this conflict, the Katians have far from forgotten their bloody past as can be seen by the countless monuments all over the planet immortalizing and paying respects to those who died and the devastation caused by their wars.

## **Present Day**

In the present day, Katia stands as a beacon of progress and prosperity, acting as the capital world of the KTG. The planet has a sizable military presence defending it. Katia’s economy is booming, reflecting that of the KTG as a whole. The capital of the Trade Guild is seen as a fantastic place to visit or move to, it’s not the heavenly paradise that is Karena, but its inhabitants are still keen on making any tourists or newcomers feel welcomed. Outside of its large commercial and military complex, the world has plenty of resorts and recreational facilities. The temperature tends to be on the colder side for most of the year, intolerably freezing in the winter, and pleasantly cool in the summer. A frequent draw to Katia is its magnificent skies with the planet’s rings, gas giant, and moons being visible against the blue, white-cloud days or star-filled nights. These pretty views aren’t always available, though, as dense banks of fog and light mists are a frequent occurrence and often form in the lower valleys and bases of the mountain ranges giving the impression that they are floating amidst a soup of gas in addition to many of them already piercing above cloud formations.