Morph/Places of Interest

# Places

## Kingdom of Morph

The Kingdom of Morph is located at the bottom of a waterfall that runs down into a river leading out toward the ocean.

   The palace is located on one end of the river, looking out toward the village that resides on the other side. Built back in the 1st century, the palace is made of brick and roofed with wooden shingles. The exterior is blue and white, two colours that have run in the kingdom for thousands of years. The throne room is large with a large emblem above the throne, where Maris sat. Later, Maris married Sentos, having another throne added after he became king. Then another was added after the Coronation of Cosmo becoming crowned princess. In The Adventures of Starix, there are only 2 thrones, those being Buzz and Livia.

The bedrooms are located on the second floor of the palace. Maris slept in the largest with her husband, while Cosmo slept in her room that was decorated by Sentos when she was a baby. Buzz's room was never complete due to the attack by Iveus.

### Maris's Garden

Known for her extravagant flowers she found on the island. Maris's garden just in behind the palace houses all types of flowers, herbs, and fauna rare to the area. A greenhouse was built in order to protect the flowers during the winter, as so they wouldn't wilt.

# Landmarks

## Morphus Forest

The Morphus Forest is a massive-forested area that surrounds Mount Morphus that span thousands of square meters.

   The forest is home to the Morphian Wolf and the Morphus Griggys. The tree's reach around 30 feet (or 9.14 m) tall and age to be hundreds of years old, before Woodsman chop them down when they reach around 1000 years old. Snow partially falls here, around 6 inches (or 15.24 cm) of snow every winter. The temperature here is slightly warmer than at the bottom of Mount Morphus.

In the winter, it's goes down to a minimum -25 °C and a maximum of -40 °C. In the spring the temperature reaches a low of 10 °C and a high of 14 °C. In the summer it is always around the 15 °C mark. In the fall, it reaches a low of -6 °C and a high of 13 °C.

The forest also acted as a means of transportation between the kingdom and neighbouring villages that resided on the other side of Mount Morphus.

## Mount Morphus

**Mount Morphus** (named after Maris's ) is a mountain scaling 34,000 feet (or 10.36 km) above sea level.

Being the largest and tallest mountain on the planet, Morphus was an underwater formation that was exposed after Malachy crashed into the planet back in 7000 BC. Being in the Northern Hemisphere of the planet, Morphus gets 80 percent of the snowfall then the kingdom does. The temperature ranges from -35 °C in the spring and -57 °C in the winter. The summit of the mountain is coldest at -75 °C.

However, with scenic views and mountain trails carved out for extremists wanting a challenge, Morphus is no location for the average human. Hurricane force winds are a twice a week routine on the summit, reaching a maximum 86 miles per hour (or 138.4 km/h). The temperature is also a killer, either freezing the person to death within a few hours or giving the person 2nd to 3rd degree frostbite. Morphians are the only species that can ignore the freezing conditions and are capable of scaling the mountain without a problem.