Somnus
Somnus is the capital world of the Crowborne noble house. It's a wealthy world and emblematic of Imperial worlds in the dreamer cult. Natural beauty, carefully guided urban development, and a huge artistic community - This is married along with an incredibly beautiful world. Arid and rocky by nature, with large windy gusts blowing in creating large caverns and canyons. The star that Somnus orbits is a very active lashing the world with constant solar winds, this with a very strong magnetosphere creates breath taking aurora all over the planet.
Somnus' seasonal weather - owing to a large axial tilt has the winter pole covered in ice, while the summer side is dry, every spring sees a great thaw and massive north/south canyons flood with ice melt, pooling near the equator while massive equatorial storms pick up the oceans and deposit it on the winter pole.
The Cities on Somnus are carefully built as to blend into the environment, the mesas twinkle with light from camouflaged buildings nestled into rocky Mesas and in dust covered Canyons. the spaceports are carefully controlled to keep from detracting from the radiant auroras that happen daily or obscuring the planetary rings.
The Culture of the world is focused on Worship of both the Dreamer and the appriciation of universal beauty, and shipper with temples built in worship of the 3 Ship Deities across the world. Open air baazars dot every city, businesses built to prey upon the tourists are common in every town. Tours of the planet in carefully managed horseback rides and dozens of other methods to part the visitors with this money are prevalent. Plenty of high arts also receive patronage, though many are funded by off-world Patrons looking to bring back a work of art to display in their court, Painters, Writers, Sculptors, Poets and legions of other creative creators flock to Somnus looking for inspiration.
Somnus' seasonal weather - owing to a large axial tilt has the winter pole covered in ice, while the summer side is dry, every spring sees a great thaw and massive north/south canyons flood with ice melt, pooling near the equator while massive equatorial storms pick up the oceans and deposit it on the winter pole.
The Cities on Somnus are carefully built as to blend into the environment, the mesas twinkle with light from camouflaged buildings nestled into rocky Mesas and in dust covered Canyons. the spaceports are carefully controlled to keep from detracting from the radiant auroras that happen daily or obscuring the planetary rings.
The Culture of the world is focused on Worship of both the Dreamer and the appriciation of universal beauty, and shipper with temples built in worship of the 3 Ship Deities across the world. Open air baazars dot every city, businesses built to prey upon the tourists are common in every town. Tours of the planet in carefully managed horseback rides and dozens of other methods to part the visitors with this money are prevalent. Plenty of high arts also receive patronage, though many are funded by off-world Patrons looking to bring back a work of art to display in their court, Painters, Writers, Sculptors, Poets and legions of other creative creators flock to Somnus looking for inspiration.
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1.3 Billion
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