Erition

This temperate Oceania is the neighboring planet of Kur Karrash

## History

Erition is an oceanic super-terrestrial planet neighboring the planet Kur Karrash. Erition, unlike its neighbor, harbored life for a long time. Despite this, throughout the habitable history of Erition (about 5 billion years), no intelligent life ever emerged.

## Biosphere

The vast majority of Erition is covered by a vast ocean full of life forms. Despite the fact that it is an oceania-class planet, at its poles there is a large amount of ice where terrestrial life forms adapted to the extreme cold hunt the aquatic beings that are near the coast of the poles.

In the Erition Sea there is a great amount of biodiversity inhabiting marine biomes of all types. Small fish up to the Leviathan class and much more can be found in those seas. The Kashurians have worked hard to study all marine species.

The poles are not as hospitable as the extensive sea of ​​Erition. There, the temperatures are even lower (190 kelvins to 163 kelvins in the poles), and there are frequent and powerful storms. However, several forms of terrestrial life have made this place their home. At the poles, there are two forms of life to highlight.

Trickos are a canine-like species of that live and hunt on the shores of the poles. These animals live in herds and rest in caves underground. Trickos feed on small fish that they find while swimming on the coasts (much like Earth's polar bears), they are viviparous animals, they have a good amount of grease in their bodies that helps them to withstand the cold polar temperatures, they also have a dense and long fur that also helps in this task, they are guided through the waves of sounds and the eco-location, this It is because Trickos vision is poor (due to their dense fur) they measure around 1,30 to 2 meters of length and weigh around 90 to 140 kilograms, they have a long and straight snout with a series of powerful teeth, they are sociable animals that live in groups of 5 to 20 members (or even more), they are excellent swimmers, although they live most of their lives on the surface, they like to eat in general any animal that is smaller than they, their herds are led by one or more females, the strongest females fight among themselves for dominance of the herd, the queen directs and decides with which other females the males can mate, she also decides the male with whom she wants to copulate, usually chooses the strongest and most dominant, ensuring good genetics for the next generation.

The Minodos are a kind of giant snake-like creature that lives under the ice in the multiple caves at the poles, They have on they tongue a thorn that they uses to break and pierce the ice and also serves to hunt. Minodos feed off small land animals that live on the surface or in the caves. Sometimes these large snakes have confrontations with the Trickos.

## Climate

The climate in Erition is most varied at the poles, where the environment is cold and stormy, here the temperatures are extremely lows hovering between 190 kelvins (about -83 degrees) and 163 kelvins (about -115 degrees), the vast majority of species that live here rest and spend most of their time in the caves and caverns of the poles, places that offer a somewhat warmer environment, the marine environment is governed by a simpler logic, the deeper you travel, the sea becomes warmer, darker and heavier, the species that best adapt to a temperate / cold environment and with abundant light live in the closest areas to the surface (0-100 meters under the sea) (although the "surface" does not exist except for the polar one) a good example of a species of this type are the Thiiirshk, small fish with beaks and tentacles that serve them for swim and propel their bodies, the animals that best adapt to low-light and warmer environments are those that can be found in deep or abyssal environments (40 to 800 meters below the sea), an animal that lives in these depths to be highlighted is the Hkork, an armored fish large (7-9 meters) that uses chemical reactions to generate phosphorescent light, light that it uses to better guide itself through dark waters.

## Impact on Kashurian culture

The Kashurians of ancient times always wondered what their neighboring planet was like. It was not until a certain time that the Kashurians discovered that this planet contained life. When this news became reality, the Kashurian culture was in chaos. There were many confused individuals; some said that on that planet there were dangerous beings who would attack them at any moment; others rejected everything and claimed it was a hoax. But over time, the more research was done and the more information came to light from Erition, the people calmed down.

When they had enough technology to establish bases in Erition, the Kashurians did not hesitate to explore that world, discovering in the process a large number of life forms. Currently Erition is not very colonized, as the Kashurians tried to leave this world the most intact possible while researching. Several research bases, however still exist at the poles, in the seas, and in the orbit of the planet.