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Behind an Empire
Part One: About The Planet, The Moons & The Ring

Part One: About The Planet, The Moons & The Ring

PART ONE: ABOUT THE PLANET, THE MOONS & THE RING

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The size of the planet is not yet really known and most citizens think it is a flat plane and not a sphere. It is a very water-heavy planet, and it only has two main continents; one continent is to the westmost part of the world and one continent is to the eastmost part of the world (though most think it is just a small island as it has not been explored by people.)

There are two main stars in the sky used for navigation: the northern star and the southern star. The northern star changes from the colors blue and green over long periods of time; it is currently blue. The last known time it had switched from blue to green was in 1075 by Emperor HJalfdan Stenson of the Glacien Dynasty; it was previously blue 800 years before that in the year approximating 275. It was not due to change back to blue for another 800 to 900 years but changed around 500 years too early back to being blue in 1506. Many cultures have different beliefs about why it happened early, but the Glacien Dynasty has taken it as a sign that Princess Estrid Sifdoutir and Bodil Sifdoutir were gifts from the many gods that are worshiped by the Glaciens. The southern star stays constantly red.

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The planet has two moons that orbit it, one small moon (about the size of Earth's moon and gives off the same light at night that the Earth's moon does) and one very large moon (about the size of Jupiter.) The small moon is a very pale lilac with deep scrapes across the surface that show dark maroon scars deep under the surface; its orbit is north to south. The larger moon is very large in comparison to the much smaller moon. It takes up almost the entirety of the Western viewpoint and it orbits from west to east; there are many colors on this moon. They go from shimmering blue areas to granular white areas to lush green areas; however, sometimes white or dark gray colors make it hard to see anything on the moon.

The planet has a sun (that is about the color and size of Earth's sun) that sets from the east-northeast to the west-southwest of the planet.

The planet has just one ring around it that tilts from the west-northwest to the southeast of the planet. It is made from a shimmering white substance and glows lightly during the night; even when there is no moonlight, you can always faintly see outside with the ring.

The sun and the ring basically make an X across the planet with the lilac moon to the north and the large moon to the east.

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