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<blockquote data-quote="Glade Riven" data-source="post: 5474722" data-attributes="member: 86468">Thanks, Steeldragons, that helps a lot. A few minor adjustments (&quot;youthful&quot; instead of the prepositional phrase &quot;still young,&quot; for example).&nbsp;Now a few details that will be expanded upon:Timekeeping: Phaetos circles a typical yellow sun (although on the edge of twilight it looks red in an eternal sunrise/sunset). A gas giant circles the sun a lot closer, with a 24 hour orbit. The eclipse happens on a daily basis, and the shadow (while not nearly encompasing the solar disk) of the gas giant is noticible. On the Dark Side, this effected is noticed in a disruption of the great aurora (magnetic poles equal to solar north and lunar south). Phaetos's orbit is slightly eliptical, which is what allows for seasons.Habitable zone: the habitable zone is not a narrow band, thanks due to ocean and air currents. While tidally locked, the planet is techtonically active, so there is plenty of vulcanism. Glaciers are constantly melting and being renewed.A broken planet: One deity, Axios, is trying to fix the problem of Phaetos not rotating on its access. His &quot;holy city&quot; has two sides: the one on the surface appears to be a giant blueprint for a machine. Far underground, he is actually working on the (broken) machine. He is the deity of most civilized orcs.Vegitation on the Dark Side: I was thinking of something fungal based. Forests of tree-like mushrooms, etc. Kinda like Underdark vegitation, only it can survive the cold temperatures.&nbsp;Oh, hey, Google-fu found <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/298697-tidally-locked-campaign-world.html" target="_blank">my old thread</a>. And here's the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/298908-empire-dwarves.html" target="_blank">Dwarven Empire thread</a>, and the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/299610-westralia-holy-nation-axios.html" target="_blank">theocracy of Axios thread </a>(Westralia is kinda a stupid name - I need to think up something better).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glade Riven, post: 5474722, member: 86468"] [COLOR=white]Thanks, Steeldragons, that helps a lot. A few minor adjustments ("youthful" instead of the prepositional phrase "still young," for example).[/COLOR] Now a few details that will be expanded upon: [I]Timekeeping[/I]: Phaetos circles a typical yellow sun (although on the edge of twilight it looks red in an eternal sunrise/sunset). A gas giant circles the sun a lot closer, with a 24 hour orbit. The eclipse happens on a daily basis, and the shadow (while not nearly encompasing the solar disk) of the gas giant is noticible. On the Dark Side, this effected is noticed in a disruption of the great aurora (magnetic poles equal to solar north and lunar south). Phaetos's orbit is slightly eliptical, which is what allows for seasons. [I]Habitable zone[/I]: the habitable zone is not a narrow band, thanks due to ocean and air currents. While tidally locked, the planet is techtonically active, so there is plenty of vulcanism. Glaciers are constantly melting and being renewed. [I]A broken planet:[/I] One deity, Axios, is trying to fix the problem of Phaetos not rotating on its access. His "holy city" has two sides: the one on the surface appears to be a giant blueprint for a machine. Far underground, he is actually working on the (broken) machine. He is the deity of most civilized orcs. [I]Vegitation on the Dark Side:[/I] I was thinking of something fungal based. Forests of tree-like mushrooms, etc. Kinda like Underdark vegitation, only it can survive the cold temperatures. Oh, hey, Google-fu found [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/298697-tidally-locked-campaign-world.html"]my old thread[/URL]. And here's the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/298908-empire-dwarves.html"]Dwarven Empire thread[/URL], and the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/299610-westralia-holy-nation-axios.html"]theocracy of Axios thread [/URL](Westralia is kinda a stupid name - I need to think up something better). [/QUOTE]

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