Dim-Lumia

Hal dim-Loumia is a planet in the world of Kos. It is home to the Loumi, a people whose lifestyle is largely adapted to their virtual immortality. Dim-Loumia has no natural satellites but evidence is mounting that it once had a moon which was destroyed at some point. Its rubble now orbits the planet in the form of a coaxial ring, responsible for a variety of unique weather phenomena such as the Skylit Nights.

## History

Dim-Loumia's history is closely tied to the Loumis' discovery of immortality. It is however, historically contested, when the inhabitants of dim-Loumia stopped dying. Wildly imaginative conspiracy theories concerning Lumi who have been alive and well for outrageous lifespans circulate in the Anatheran information space. Official records, however, are much more conservative and do not acknowledge living Loumi older than a couple hundred years. Still, this would imply some Loumi have outlasted both the Yosh Hawna catastrophe and the House of Human's fall, making dim-Loumia an ancient civilization by contemporary standards.

However, historians keen to converse with witnesses of these major historical events will find themselves quickly disappointed, as the first seven generations of Immortals, known as the Setperdu in the Loumi language, have long since succumbed to BLiS, rendering them unable to communicate in meaningful ways. Consequently, the history of dim-Loumia before the development of Consciousness Plasticity Therapy is rather opaque. Historians suggest Loumi required multiple generations to adjust to their newfound immortality and settle into a CPT-dependant lifestyle that has remained unchanged in its foundations ever since. Fortunately, dim-Loumia was not directly affected by whatever caused the House of Humans to collapse. Historians argue the reason for that is because dim-Loumian inhabitants had split from the House a substantial timespan before its collapse. However, the destruction of the Milky Rail deprived Loumi of the ability to conduct large-scale space travel.

By the time of the Anatheran Expanse, dim-Loumian civilization had entered a slow but steady decline. Despite its sleek and efficient design, Loumi-tech never fully managed to reach the House's capacity, especially with regards to warp technology. The lack of a stable FTL drive impaired resource flow and reproductive capabilities, and dim-Loumia was slowly losing population to accidents. The bleak situation was only rectified by outside interference: When Anatheran explorers coincidentally stumbled across dim-Loumia, they were deeply surprised not to be the only survivors of the House's fall but the two surviving nations quickly overcame their surprise and distrust to form the foundation of a long lasting and cordial relationship.

The Yosh Hawna catastrophe affected dim-Loumia less directly than the rest of the Anasphere. However, many Loumi lost their lives to violent magic mutation and the survivors' were forever changed. Those who chose to forfeit their immortality and left dim-Loumia to aid their fellow humans during the crisis onset are nowadays known as lesdismilles.

## Population

With a population of well under a billion inhabitants, dim-Lumia is rather sparsely populated. Since Lumi are virtually immortal, Lumi governance tends to prioritize biosphere sustainability. Throughout the centuries, population numbers have been kept stable through a codified system of population control, and more than two thirds of the planet's surface area are subject to legal protection. Human settlement is mostly restricted to the continent of La-Vasse. Situated on the Northern Hemisphere, most of the few dozen denser settlements that qualify as cities can be found here. However, most Loumi aren't city dwellers. Instead, they live on large communally operated countryside estates housing everything between a few dozen up to a thousand or more residents.