Continuing from the last episode…
MOONLAND, the land of faith and virtues
Midday night time, eerie atmosphere, cold and cloudy weather most of the time… This is Moonland, land of the religious followers of Mundus, the God of ether and beyond, along with the minor goddess of healing and mercy, Papissae, martyr, and the most devoted follower of Mundus of all time. After Papissae became a goddess, she purified the darkness that once took over the continent, creating the inner sea called Lake of Tears, and, from its bottom, she raised the rocky base where today was built the FORTALITIA SILENTIUM (Fortress of Silence) – Moonland’s megastructure that protects the city-state, and the MONASTERIUM SILENTIUM (Monastery of Silence). The whole place is under the murus silentii (wall of silence) curse, which nullifies any voice sound to be heard.
The Monasterium is in charge of watching the candidates to be transformed into SANCTIS (Saints), the closest ones to the gods, by the Papissae. Composed by older Sanctis, the Mundus followers have strict manners and habits that every candidate should follow under penalty of death… or worse. This happens as becoming a Sanctis isn’t so easy and they are the most reliable healers in the whole world, being able to heal millions at once – the most important people in wartime. The body of a Sanctis is composed of pure energy, working as a connection to higher planes, but still keeping the human form. Because of the intense light, Sanctis are supposed to be clothed in black leather from head to toe.
Besides that, six other races are forming the group called LUNARIANS: IMMORTUOS (Undead), composed by necromancers and zombies; STRIGAS (Witches), only women, said to have powerful magic powers; VENANDIS (Hunters), only men, said to be the best at hunting; MEDIUMS (Spiritualists) composed by people who can see and interact with spirits; VAMPYRUS (Vampires), composed by dhampirs (born and still alive) and vampires (undead) blood and life suckers; and LYCANTHROPUS (werewolf), composed by people who can take a powerful and monstrous animal form, being wolves the most often comparison. All Lunarians, including the Sanctis, are under the white curse the Emperor King had cast over them as a sign they would never hurt people, inhibiting their compulsion to sin and helping them to follow the virtuous path. Though still optional to assume the white curse path, the eye color of any Moonling race turns into bright white around 20 years old. Otherwise, their eyes may turn into pink-red color.
FORBIDDENLAND, the land of darkness and monsters
Originally called Darkland, Forbiddenland got this name for being the most dangerous place in Geonova. Dominated by Daemon, the god of horror and chaos, the god gives birth to a new atrocity every day and they took over the whole land. The most violent, powerful, poisonous, venomous, and bloodthirsty beasts in Geonova hunt in here. To compel such terrible power, the race living in here, the FAUSTIANS, are as powerful as they are. Gifted with the entropy power that absorbs the enemy power and using it as their own, the Faustians are the only people living in Forbiddenland, making it the less populated continent.
Faustians have, as their most remarkable trait, their obsidian horns growing from their forehead sides, their slim black tail with an arrowhead tip, and, when they mature, their eyes change into a bright silver color and they show a cross-shaped pupil.
Forbiddenland city-state is the TEMPLE OF DEATH, home to Mortis, the god of darkness and death, and the Faustians are, at the same time, citizens and followers of the death cult. As Mortis can bless someone bringing them back to life, it is normal seeing someone traveling all the way just to see the temple and make an offering to the god, eventually, most people who try are no match for the terrible beasts living here and simply dying unnecessarily. For that reason, the official name for Darkland became Forbiddenland, as a sign of all its danger.
Differently from most continents, the closest to a megastructure Forbiddenland has is the Temple of Death itself, despite it just being more like a village instead of a huge city, and that happens as all the monstrous beasts are already a great defense for the people living here.
ELEMENTLAND, the closed land and Geonova’s heart
Since the destruction of the planet Nova and the lapis potentia landing on what is now Geonova, the Elementland is nothing but a land covered by a huge DOME FORCE FIELD, with 15-dimensional layered locks, blocking anyone from entering. The only one who has ever entered the place by unknown ways is Magi, the god of light and magic, also called the Great Wizard.
The only one who ever got close to enter it from the ‘front door’ was the first Emperor King. Following a prophecy, the first one to break Elementland’s lockdown should be blessed by the 22 gods, mastering all elements and pass through each one of the 15 layers with the help of artifacts made from each continent. Unfortunately, to get the blessing from Mortis, the god of death, the King was forced to give up on his loved wife, as he was tricked by the god who wanted the Empress Queen depressive requiem song power to himself. As she was lost, the god of death promised to give her back, after the Emperor King’s 15th generation. Devastated, the emperor king tried to at least open the dome 15th-dimensional lock, but he couldn’t. Some say the gods got so angered by this act that they fell upon him to stop it from happening. Others say they battled and he did win and, after facing how beautiful Elementland is from so close, and how many dreams he had with his wife to live in this land, his heart broke and he gave up on trying it. Elementland locks closed again and all you can see from the outside is the red force field shining like a mirror above the sea.
As the Emperor King was almost the one who entered Elementland, and since he was the only DRACONIAN in Geonova, it’s said the people living there would follow his characteristics and powers, so it became the unofficial race from Elementland. They would develop black eyes iris with a red six-pointed star pupil, and the white of the eyes turning red – the symbol of Mundus.
Elementland city-state should be the ETHER TEMPLE, the only construction naturally built by the Lapis Aether power.
Eye of Mundus - four impossible triangles circles the eye, said to be the entrance to the highest plane.
EXTRAS
UNDERWATER DOMAIN, the re-educational facility in the ocean depths
After Temperantia, the god of water and arts ascended to a higher plane, he left his UNDERWATER DOMAINS, composed mostly by treasure chambers and special vaults designed by the god himself, to be discovered by anyone. In the era of the third king, implementations were needed, and, to start what in the future would be Geonova’s network to the whole world and beyond, every place was researched and the secrets of the depths were brought to daylight. Most of the antique treasures are kept in museums, while the other part was used to pay for the development of Geonova’s integration. Eventually, there was some major problem, even though people were more secure and each continent was able to communicate well to each other, people still rebel against the monarchy of the Emperor Kings and were treated as warlocks. Even though this is pretty normal to happen, at the time it was hard to deal with powerful people trying to gain control over the peaceful reign. In other words, they needed a megastructure that would hold people down, like a prison, but, at the same time, it could work as a research facility that could give what is needed for the outlaws to understand why what they did was wrong.
No continent wanted to take the risk to put warlocks in one single place, so they needed somewhere else. It couldn’t be in outer space, as it would cost too much at the time. As the underwater domain got emptied and free to be used, the construction of a renewed underwater place started. On the other hand, little people could do something about it, as the ocean pressure bellow 10km was too much for any accident. The project was almost abandoned, but then a new race was discovered: the ABYSSINIANS. Different from the Piscians, their closest relatives, the Abyssinians were able to survive the high pressure of the depths; they don’t suffer severely from the pressure change and can adapt their bodies quickly to avoid any major harm. Their bodies naturally contract and have reinforced bone structures, at the same time it allows then to swim perfectly below 10’000m.
With this discovery, anyone that would be classified as an Abyssinian was invited to join the research team and work in the adaptation of the Underwater Domain. In no time, the UNDERWATER PINNACLE, the Underwater Domain’s Megastructure, and connection to the central dome allowed people from the surface to reach the depths of the ocean without being harmed. It’s also called as a “family-size” elevator and it’s located between Waterland and Lightland. As a place controlled by all continents, the Underwater Domains are a worldwide property and should not be considered a continent, kingdom, or empire.
Another characteristic the Abyssinians have is their dark blue eyes, almost black. The ones who can live in the greatest depths have eyes that are unable to see normal light and they are considered colorblind. Then again, all of them have eyes perfect for the darkness of the depths, being able to sense the area as a 3D map, seeing profundity as a whole (seeing what is in front, middle and back at the same time even though they can’t see through solids). Besides that, they can use echolocation, have sharp pointing teeth, breathing fine underwater, even in low oxygen conditions, their skin can get transparent if away from the sun for a long time, and sometimes they can glow in the dark.
The most common Abyssinians you will find in Geonova are the ones from the Jaw family, known for their shark teeth and big mouth covered under a metal gag; and they are the closest in Geonova for what people call police on Earth.
SPACE PROJECT, the connection with the Solux system and beyond
While prior to the unification of all continents under the flag of the Emperor King, Ironland and Goldland always tried to reach the outer space in their own way, but not reaching significant discoveries. Under the guidance of the second Emperor King, Ironland heavy machines, Goldland advanced technology, and the use of the solid energy, together, marked the launch of the Space Project. Through more than two thousand years of discoveries, all Geonova’s moons have now their space bases; VIOLET (the closest planet to the triple sun) was colonized and is now the base for the SPACE ARMY TRAINING SCHOOL; and Geonova most valuable achievement, the colonization of the biggest planet in the Solux system, now named DIGIT WORLD, Geonova’s space bank.
In the Digit World, the planet’s core was turned into a giant Gold Core, allowing to the creation of a natural virtual ecosystem, with its own fauna and flora based inside the cores inverted dimension. Different from its predecessor, the Gold Core in Goldland, the experiment was controlled in its beginning and it was set free to allow the system to recreate itself indefinitely, protecting the virtual connection from hackers. It’s estimated that only a second planet with a similar environment would be able to break into Digit World complex firewall (your money is safe with us!).
While most of the families that didn’t fit into any continent government structure were directed to the Underwater Domain, there were still 15 families that were never able to find their familiars, though they were considered exemplary in any position on land. That until the Space Project collected different species of microbiota space life from different parts of the Solux system, and they reacted to the presence of the said individuals. In connection with their familiar, called primordial familiars, the EXTRIANS were born. Able to survive in space without the need for oxygen, their bodies can survive against radiation, near absolute zero temperature, and even survive in the incinerating Violet planet surface without the use of protection. At adult age, Extrians develop black eyes that shine like a picture of the outer space with stars, having a visible inner microcosm inside them. After finding their familiars, the primordial familiars will live inside their bodies and they will develop visible characteristics based on them, having the most powerful symbiotic relationship.
The Space Project is also responsible for producing Geonova’s spaceships and to deliver the solid energy produced in Lightland to other planets, the commodity responsible for balancing the whole planet economy.
And this concludes the short stories for Geonova’s continents and people…
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