Rhegohume

## Overview

Rhegohume is a planet located near the eastern border of the Shumarian cluster, close to the tri-border area between the Shumar, Imar, and Empirical Andonian sectors. Due to its location near the borders of several major clusters, Rhegohume has become an apolitical zone where diplomatic affairs, trade, and recreation can be taken care of with little threat of outside invasion. With a thick, cloying atmosphere and blisteringly hot global temperatures, Rhegohume's environment is unforgiving at best and uninhabitable at worst, with only the hardy local races able to survive without aid. However, multiple terraforming efforts overseen by the Grankar have made pockets of lush and cool land where many races can comfortably survive.

## Characteristics

### Sun, Moon, and Orbit

Rhegohume orbits the red giant star Tarantann at a rapid pace, meaning that seasons shift rapidly and local years are shorter. However, due to the planet's low rotation speed, Rhegan days are actually longer than their standard counterparts, with a length of almost 30 hours.

Rhegohume also possesses two moons, locally known as Chittaii and Harisor.

### Environment

Rhegohume's environment is hot and heavy, due to the high concentrations of methane in the atmosphere. The average temperature on Rhegohume is around 60 degrees Celsius, with highs exceeding 82 C and lows rarely going lower than 30 C.

### Geography

Due to the warm, dense oceans permeating Rhegohume, the shores of different landmasses are usually dense jungles, swamplands, or rainforests, vibrant and teeming with dangerous flora and fauna. Many of these environments are usually left alone, due to the inherent dangers of traversing them or harvesting their resources.

Rhegohume is also prone to tectonic activity, with a vast network of tectonic plates beneath the surface. This causes the terrain to be a deadly blend of mountains, crags, and rocky spires, alongside deep crevasses, gorges, and canyons.

These mountains tend to block the rainfall and storms that blow in from Rhegohume's oceans, causing the areas farther inland to become drier and drier, with grasslands and temperate forests quickly giving way to arid deserts, drylands, and savannahs.

### Landmasses

Rhegohume has four major continents, each with their own dominant set of environments - Asanti, the Barren Place; Keno, the Heartland; Panosten, the Abandoned; and Nausland, the Scattered.

#### Asanti

The largest landmass on Rhegohume, Asanti is the home turf of The Colykytes, and is comprised mostly of mountain ranges and drylands. Harsh and unforgiving, this area is pockmarked with geysers that stem from a massive underground aqueduct, creating pockets of plant life across an otherwise bare landscape.

#### Keno

The second largest landmass, and the continent that houses The Mozari. With milder mountains and sloping, grassy hills, the vast majority of Keno is temperate biomes. Winding rivers, vast freshwater lakes, and towering geography (both natural and engineered) characterize this area. With the heat being the only challenging factor of life in this region, it is the home of the largest spaceports and highest concentration of foreign races.

#### Panosten

Situated on the largest tectonic plate on Rhegohume, Panosten has experienced almost no tectonic activity. This, coupled with its thin, boomerang-like shape, means that the vast majority of the region is thick, dense rainforest. By some strange interaction between the thinner air of the region and the shadowy canopy of the rainforest, this region's temperatures are much lower, within an acceptable range for most races. However, it is also inhabited by a wide array of plants and animals, many of which are hostile to outsiders.

#### Nausland

Not exactly a continent, Nausland is the collective designation for the hundreds of islands scattered off the southwestern coast of Asanti. It is here that The Phideans conduct most of their aboveground ventures. A loose collection of rocky atolls, lightly vegetated islands, and Phidean structures, the aboveground portions of Nausland are not very remarkable in their own right. Under the water's surface, however, lies a massive subterranean cave system, flooded with seawater. It is here that the Phideans make their home, among the reefs and trenches.

## Cities

### Polus Humarti

The capital city of both Asanti and Rhegohume itself, Polus Humarti has quickly become a sprawling metropolis, and the largest spaceport on the planet. The region's intense heat is mitigated by a system of specialized solar panels, drawing in both light and heat to power the vast city. As a result, all spacefaring races can comfortably survive within the city limits. It is here where spaceliners dock, political figures meet, and traders from every corner of the map ply their wares.

### Polus Chiltarro

The capital city of Keno, Polus Chiltarro is fairly compact in its own right. It is home to the largest sect of Colykytes, and houses their governmental buildings, reserves of knowledge, and the largest arena on the planet. In recent years, however, the city has expanded, with the southern boundary of Polus Chiltarro growing to include a great amount of infrastructure meant for those from other planets.

### Grasvur

Another prominent city on Keno, Grasvur is built around the eponymous Grasvur Gorge, a major landmark and staple of Colykytian culture. The city is structured like a vast ring, completely encompassing the Gorge but never touching it. Grasvur possesses a great number of geothermal power plants, drawing from the latent power of the supersized geyser at the center of the Gorge. This city is the last stop for young Colykytes embarking on their pilgrimage to the Gorge, and as such is a nexus of trade, both local and foreign.

### Benthia and Polus Samaryq

The fabled utopian city of the Phideans, Benthia has been seen by few non-Phidean eyes and is shrouded in rumor and hearsay. The only known facts about it are that it rests in the deepest, widest chamber of the Nausland caverns, and that its wealth and splendor are unmatched on Rhegohume. Benthia manufactures many of the Phideans trade goods, which are shipped to the surface and sold at Polus Samaryq, the official capital city of Nausland. Polus Samaryq is very industrial, with Rhegan's fishing and oceanic ventures being strictly supervised by the Phidean government. One thing of note in Polus Samaryq is the Aurelian Skies trade port, constructed with official endorsement from the Phidean royal family.