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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 3326714" data-attributes="member: 27051"><p>Well, DS material makes no reference to crystal spheres, but canonically speaking, the Athasian "solar system" is known to contain at least 5 celestial bodies. There is the sun (an immense, bloated crimson monster), Athas itself, its two moons (a little one called Ral and a big one called Guthay) and a periodical comet called the Messenger, which returns to Athas every 45 years. There are scattered references here and there in DS mythology about creatures living on the moons (one DS legend claims that Silk Wyrms come from there, for example), but no references to other planets or bodies that I am aware of. The maps of the Tablelands do have some rather interesting crater-like features, so it's clearly feasible.</p><p></p><p>As mentioned above, undeveloped DS lore reveals that the Messenger is a spacecraft with those three ancient rhulisti in hibernation inside, but it's not clear whether the Messenger was supposed to be a comet that was co-opted as a vessel, or a vessel that was mistaken for a comet. This material was never released and is non-canonical (and widely derided by many fans, although I quite like the idea) and, at last report, there are no plans to develop it any further.</p><p></p><p>Some fans have come up with interesting ideas about Athas actually being a moon of Guthay, and not the other way round. In this conception, Guthay is a vast gas giant. I don't use this myself, but it is a neat idea. There were also a few templates made for creatures from deep space that were pretty cool as well - but that's all fanon <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Hope, post: 3326714, member: 27051"] Well, DS material makes no reference to crystal spheres, but canonically speaking, the Athasian "solar system" is known to contain at least 5 celestial bodies. There is the sun (an immense, bloated crimson monster), Athas itself, its two moons (a little one called Ral and a big one called Guthay) and a periodical comet called the Messenger, which returns to Athas every 45 years. There are scattered references here and there in DS mythology about creatures living on the moons (one DS legend claims that Silk Wyrms come from there, for example), but no references to other planets or bodies that I am aware of. The maps of the Tablelands do have some rather interesting crater-like features, so it's clearly feasible. As mentioned above, undeveloped DS lore reveals that the Messenger is a spacecraft with those three ancient rhulisti in hibernation inside, but it's not clear whether the Messenger was supposed to be a comet that was co-opted as a vessel, or a vessel that was mistaken for a comet. This material was never released and is non-canonical (and widely derided by many fans, although I quite like the idea) and, at last report, there are no plans to develop it any further. Some fans have come up with interesting ideas about Athas actually being a moon of Guthay, and not the other way round. In this conception, Guthay is a vast gas giant. I don't use this myself, but it is a neat idea. There were also a few templates made for creatures from deep space that were pretty cool as well - but that's all fanon :)... [/QUOTE]
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