Cora

The planet Cora, with Cineria, Crescent Island, and Youmyiuwey Island visible

### Notable locations

Sounyiboul, Youmyiuwey, Crescent Island, Belfast, Meadowmere College of Magic, Gleightonbury Peaks

## Overview

**Cora** is the fourth planet from the star Yoma II. Its landmasses include three continents - those being Leybounou, Woumweyi, and Cineria, from smallest to largest - and many small islands. Despite the planet's diminutive size, its gravity equals just under one standard gravitational unit at 0.97sgu, due to its supremely dense core. The planet has a wide range of climates and volcanic activity is limited to undersea locations. Many civilizations flourish upon Cora, the most prominent of which are those of humans, who are not native to the planet. The most advanced civilizations native to the planet of Cora are the dumbledores and the golden grizzlies, both of which are species derived from the standard set.

Notable settlements located on Cora include:

* Sounyiboul, the largest and capital city of the dumbledorian people, located in northern Leybounou
* Youmyiuwey, capital of the nation of the same name
* Northside City and Wandermere, located on Crescent Island
* Belshire, located in the plains of Cineria, just south of Gleightonbury Peaks
* Meadowmere, located on Cineria, just inland of the northwest coast, home to Meadowmere College of Magic

## History

### Early history

It is known that humanity arrived on Cora in the year 433OT, however, as the dumbledor inhabitants did not value timekeeping until they were introduced to its value by humans around the year 435OT, much of the planet's history before 433OT is unclear. Dumbledores likely existed on the planet for around 40,000 years prior to human arrival, as evidence of early dumbledorian society has been unearthed dating back to roughly 39,000BH in dig sites near Sounyiboul. The standard set is believed to have completed evolution on this planet around 320 million years before history, though at some point, believed to have been about 200 million years before history, the sea levels rose tremendously by unknown means (prevailing theories include repeated comet impacts and the eruption of "water volcanoes" connecting the surface to a pressurized underwater ocean), resulting in the creation of the ocean planet Cora is known as today.

### Early society

As archaeology has become an increasingly popular subject in recent decades, dumbledorian scholars have increased their efforts in uncovering the secrets of their ancient societies on Cora. The first dumbledorian city, Sounyiboul, is believed to have been founded along with the first dumbledorian colonial unit around 7,000BH, however, it did not acquire its name until many years later, in approximately the third century in the Old Time. However, since evidence of dumbledorian civilization dates back to approximately 39,000BH, it is likely that colonies thrived in that area for millenia before the species had developed to a point at which trans-colonial unity was realized. Ouwouwou, Ouboul, and Youmyiuwey are thought to be the next three oldest dumbledorian cities, with founding dates approximated at 6,950BH, 6,600BH, and 6,550BH, respectively.

It is thought that the development of cities in dumbledorian society occurred as a result of the species' societal development; it is thought that dumbledores began producing art around the time Sounyiboul was founded, as sections of miraculously preserved wax sculptures believed to have been produced around the time of the city's founding have been recovered from the area.

Following the development of art in dumbledorian society was the development of scientific study; the early scholar Noumey (ca. 3,000BH) is widely considered to be the individual who developed scientific theory on the planet Cora. It is believed that natural sciences were the bulk of dumbledorian study until about year zero in the Old Time, at which point, more complex social sciences and philosophy rose to prominence; early scholars such at Oubwey (ca. 500OT, progenitor of cooperatism) are among the most cited philosophers in modern day discussion.

### Humanity

Humanity's arrival to the planet, via explorers aboard the MCC *Starship Prevalence*,was marked by little fanfare. The explorers touched down April 5th, 433OT on west Cineria, the only continent unexplored by the Cori native dumbledor population, and spread westward from that point, unceremoniously dubbing their landing point Landfall. It was on February 23rd, 434OT that humanity first made contact with dumbledorian society, after sailing westward from the Cinerian peninsula and landing on Youmyiuwey Island. The explorers were able to see the skyline of Youmyiuwey long before they made landfall, but encountered a brotherhood of dumbledores out collecting nectar on the shore as soon as they landed.

Failing to realize that the dumbledores were in fact the beings responsible for the glorious, noble city they saw upon the horizon, the explorers were terrified. The two leaders, both armed with handguns, drew their weapons and took aim, yelling at the dumbledores in an attempt to scare them off. However, as dumbledores are very intelligent creatures, they recognized the situation and each presented a gift in an attempt to prove their peacefulness: the first presented a starflower petal, the next a burlybear seed head, and the final produced a dumbledorian flute, upon which he played a song. Their display was successful, and the humans were very relieved to realize the dumbledores were friendly. It was at that point that the dumbledores led the explorers into Youmyiuwey, the scholars of which immediately began working on deciphering the English the humans spoke.

The humans sent word back to Landfall regarding their discovery, and on the next day, February 24th, 434OT, a second scouting party landed on Youmyiuwey island and made their way into the city. Within a week, the dumbledores had a rudimentary grasp on the English language, with which they were able to communicate with the explorers via sound-producing magic. On March 1st, 434OT, the dumbledores and the human settlers celebrated the harmonious union of their species with a feast and a cultural symposium. This celebration would become an annual event, dubbed Harmony Day (Oumbouney Beley in Youmyi) preceding the following year's celebration, and is still observed by nearly all of Cora's population to this day.