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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 6997066" data-attributes="member: 284">Well the really weird bit would be that the sun is outside the ring, instead of at the center.  And most creatures live on the outer side of the ring, instead of the inner side (as they do with Larry Niven's Ringworld).    The inner side of the ring would be in perpetual night, as the sun is always blocked by the ring.   Creatures that prefer darkness would live there (perhaps drow - not living in caves, but in a world that perpetually has a night sky and the Great Arch).    Those on the outer side of the ring wouldn't see the "Great Arch" because it would be beneath their feet.    You could even have something bizarre like a black sun in the center of the ring.</blockquote>