Ignis

**Ignis** is a mountainous planet, home to the Mentalic community and headquarters of the Second Foundation. It is located one parsec away from Oona's World.

## General Information

Ignis is a mountainous world with a tropical climate and a large amount of water coverage. It is covered with rainforests, tropical jungles and mountain ranges. It's oceans are home to a variety of sea creatures such as ghost mollusk, though they're hiding in deep in the ocean waters.

Ignis' atmosphere possessed a unique electromagnetic characteristic; it was charged with negative ions that interfered with the electrical systems of starships. Ships attempting to land on Ignis lost all electronics during their descent. Ignis contains many ruins, most of which date back to the times preceding the rise of Emperor Cleon I and his dynasty.

## History

During the reign of Emperor Kandar V, he maintained a Summer Palace on Ignis. The Summer Palace was the Emperor's leisure planet where he would spend time on vacation having a good time. Kandar was fond of bathing in a violet pigment extracted from the ghost mollusks. His excesses led to the ghost mollusk population dwindling on the planet. Sometime after 11,240 Era Imperial the Galactic Empire abandoned its holdings on Ignis. By 12,240 Era Imperial the Summer Palace is mostly abandoned and left to ruin, though most of its rooms are intact.

At some point before 12,240 Era Imperial, Tellem Bond established a community of mentalics on Ignis. She hoped that its distant location and abandonment by the Galactic Empire would make it a safe heaven for them.

In 12,240 Era Imperial, aboard the *Beggar's Lament*, Gaal Dornick had a vision of her future self escaping The Mule as he tried to get the location of the Second Foundation and the mentalics who reside there from Gaal. Using knowledge from her future self, Gaal learns that the location of the Second Foundation was on the planet Ignis. Gaal, Hari Seldon and Salvor Hardin plot a course to Ignis to investigate it. When the *Beggar's Lament* arrived at Ignis, the unique electromagnetic charges in the atmosphere caused the ship to crash.

Ignis eventually became a headquarters of the Second Foundation, as it was formed there in 12,240 Era Imperial by Hari Seldon and Gaal Dornick with help from the mentalic community. In 12,241 Era Imperial, the mentalic community was led by the young mentalic Thalis as Hari and Gaal went to cryosleep to wait for The Mule's rise to power.

As of 12,393 Era Imperial, its location was unknown to The Mule.

## Trivia

* Immediately after seeing the vision of her future self Gaal Dornick called the world "Ignateous" as she never heard of Ignis before.
* Ignis is absent from the original books by Isaac Asimov. The location of the Second Foundation and The Mule's search for it acts as a primary plot point of 2 books, *Foundation and Empire* and *Second Foundation*.

## Appearences

* Season Two
	+ "A Glimpse of Darkness" (First mentioned)
	+ "King and Commoner" (Mentioned only)
	+ "The Sighted and the Seen" (First appearance)
	+ "Why the Gods Made Wine"
	+ "Long Ago, Not Far Away"

## Sources

* "Foundation: The Art and Making of Seasons 1 & 2"

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Foundation: The Art and Making of Seasons 1 & 2"
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The Sighted and the Seen"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A Necessary Death"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "A Glimpse of Darkness"
5. ↑ "Creation Myths"