Cephor III

**Cephor III** was a terrestrial planet in the Cassiopeia Galaxy, covered in taigas, tundras, and oceans. The planet was home to a people called the Cephorians.

## Description

The planet Cephor III was a rocky world located by the inner northeastern edge of the galactic Outer Expanse region. Cephor III was the third planet from its yellow dwarf star in the Cephor System, which housed four planetary orbits in total.

The frigid surface of Cephor III was mostly covered in cold, icy oceans. Land comprised around a third of the planet's surface in the form of a single supercontinent, housing vast tundras and dense taigas. Most settlements on Cephor III were built from stone and wood. Ironwood trees were abundant on the planet and made for strong, reliable building materials. Deposits of granite, marble, limestone, and malachite were also abundant on Cephor III.

### Government

As a smaller, lesser-known world, Cephor III lacked a single centralized government that oversaw the entirety of the planet. Different factions were established throughout Cephorian history. Some existing factions were:

* The **Viridian Dominion**, an empire that served as one of the most powerful factions on Cephor III. The Viridian Dominion prized the mineral malachite and favored the color green throughout their society. The sovereign ruler of this monarchy was titled the Malachite King, Malachite Queen, or Malachite Monarch depending on their gender.
* The **Southeast Duchy**, a democratic union of settlements and cities situated by the southeastern coast of the Cephorian supercontinent. Once a constitutional monarchy, the duchy eventually elected its leaders through a democratic process. The leader of the duchy was titled the Duke or Duchess, honoring old ceremonial customs.

## History

### Mythological Times

Cephor III was believed to have once been an entirely icy planet inhospitable for most life, according to myth. Legends from the Viridian Dominion tell the story of a single individual who was born from malachite. This firstborn of Cephor III was said to have given life to the planet, creating vast forests of green, mirroring the green that the progenitor emerged from. This origin myth is the reason why citizens of the Viridian Dominion favor the color green and consider malachite to be a valuable mineral.

### Foundations of Crash Coast

Sometime during the 6th millennium ASA, a group of three spacefarers—the privateer Kelle Volpo, settler Dev Di'Lora, and the logger Paulina Noble—suddenly crash-landed on Cephor III after a malfunction in their ship's systems. While assumed to have been a freak accident, the malfunction was actually the purposeful work of LANDER, a highly secretive research organization known for crashing ships with small passenger counts for observation purposes.

Slowly but surely, Volpo, Di'Lora, and Noble made a new home for themselves by the southwestern coast of the planet's supercontinent. They named their small settlement Crash Coast, in reference to the area having been their crash site.

## Inhabitants

The main inhabitants of Cephor III called themselves Cephorians. This Cephorian population was comprised of Humans and various other sentient species found throughout the galaxy.

### Sentinels

Sentinel Cephor III was gifted with the ability to reduce the resistance of others through mind-pacifying magic, and by extension, the ability to grant others this same magic ability.

Cephorian Sentinels born under the Viridian Dominion were often brought into the royal court of the Malachite Monarch and made an official magic wielding representative of the empire. Cephorian Sentinels born under the Southeast Duchy worked closely alongside Dukes and Duchesses.

### Notable Figures

* **Irene Axouch** - a Malachite Queen of the Viridian Dominion.
* **Pau Passon** - a Duke of the Southeast Duchy.

## Locations

### Meridiana

**Meridiana** was the most populous city on Cephor III, serving as the imperial capital of the Viridian Dominion. The city was home to millions.

### Crash Coast

→ *Main article: Crash Coast*

**Crash Coast** was a small colony established by the three spacefaring outlanders Kelle Volpo, Dev Di'Lora, and Paulina Noble. The settlement was located at the southwestern coast of Cephor III's supercontinent, situated in a dense boreal forest where stone and wood was abundant.

## Trivia

* Cephor III is based off of a randomly-generated planet from the sandbox video game *RimWorld*.
	+ The generated name for the planet was "C 43 Meridiana".