Zyelira

**Planet Name:** *Zyelira* [is a habitable moon. Its parent, Tybane, is a hot enough gaseous giant, for life to exist on the moon, but it’s FRAK’n cold.]

**Species:** The Zyelirians inhabit this planet and are the only sentient being.

**Classification:** M-class Moon

**Technology:** mature Bio-tech

**Flora:** Mountains flora is sparse, but the aquatic flora is dense, lush, and exotic.

**Fauna:**

Mountains have only a couple of hardy species, usually very aggressive.

Aquatic is dense and exotic from small unseeable organisms to mega-monsters aquatic life. From benign to extremely toxic and/or aggressive.

**Technology level:** early pre-drift

**Country of chosen landing:** Illyria has the only spaceport.

**Political Climate:** [set in the years 4504 A.S. to present (Pharast, 4523 A.S.)]

The uprisings began prior to 4504, it just wasn't widely known. The common folk of Zyelira had been forced out of the temperate zones. The only place left was the bunker cities in the mountains. The divide took many years, approx. 75 years. But at the time Peregrine left for college the temperament zones were 98% habited by the wealthy 20%.

Another political strife going on… was the lack of room in the bunkers for families. They paid high prices to have places to stay…causing multiple families to have to live in a space only meant for one family of 4-6.

Bunkers folk made up the largest part of the physical labor force, they either mined the mountains or dove the waters of Zyelira. There were very few companies that kept their safety protocols up-to-date. When there were more people wanting to work, they felt they had the upper hand.

Zyelira folk on the lower end (80% low-income population)…. If they caused an infraction (even the slightest), they were thrown out to the cold exposure and left to die.  Prison facilities were very small and they didn’t typically keep folk long-term. Folks that were involved in an infraction right or wrong were at the mercy of the militia folk.

**Summary:**

Zyelira is a moon around a fiery gaseous giant planet, Tybane.

It is known for its high peaks, the weather is cold and harsh most of the year.

Zyelira’s biomes are either tall and mountainous or deep valleys filled with seas, oceans, and lakes. There are 4 small temperate zones.

Population explosion outgrew the 4 temperate zones; Eryndor, Illyria, Eternia, and Acadronia^ (this city was destroyed and the area is toxic.)

Technology-wise they went from the post-Industrial age to the pre-drift age in less than 200 years. During that time the population boomed and they begin to outgrow the temperate zones as they move from the digital age into the cybernetic age.

As the old saying goes, \*necessity is the mother of invention\*. They quickly developed 5 mega locations deep inside their mountain systems; Arvandor, Lirador, Gwynrnd, Rrinocco, Calantha.

The deep seas and oceans of Zyelira prove to be teeming with both Flora & Fauna which help with the development of their technology into the biotech arena. They’ve become one of the premier locations to study. Many scientists & engineers from other worlds travel here to study and do research & development.

Each of the temperate areas has a proportion of the land set aside for feeding that area. It by no means could keep up with the population explosion, so when building the bunker areas, they added a generous bunker nearby for food growth and storage. One of the few things done right, all citizens eat well, but not a gourmet meal, that is for the 20% wealthy.

There is both rail & flying transportation… and an old old road system, that is only used in an emergency evacuation.

The road was put to a test when the city of Acadronia came under attack and was ultimately destroyed.

^City of Acadronia - is in 1 of the 4 temperate zone areas. It was destroyed before this type of warfare was outlawed on the planet. It is now a toxic wasteland.