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Illnium is an ocean moon and lesser member of the Tarovania / Illnium dual-planet system, within the Tar Pendulum System of the Realm of Resonance's Near East Systems. It is a world of many exclusive anomalous traits when compared to most other worlds across the Galaxy; standing as known Ambrosia's only world whose physical makeup is comprised solely of water (H2O), both liquid and gaseous, alongside being the only world in known space to be made from a singular Linneric element. Additionally; Illnium is the only world in known Ambrosia where the last remaining magical material can be found, contained within the crystalline Fragments of Remembrance—which itself served as a prominent fixture of nearly every facet of the former galactically dominating Inomeni power of the Isariel

Due to its specific spatial position, Illnium, alongside its sister world Tarovania, exists within the most potent and active Remnant stream of the former Fragments of Creation in which Ambrosian magic once manifested from. In respect to Illnium in specific, due to the unique environment, small sections of the moon's global ocean has preserved traces of the primordial magical energies that one streamed from the Amaranth Veil, interacting with its native waters, forming small crystalline cluster-like structures.

Despite never housing any native species or life, due to these aberrant traits, Illnium is a world that has been a fixture in many nations and species that have held control over it. Notably; the aforementioned Inomeni power of the Isariel held it in regards near to their native Amarent thanks to its sole unique material resource. Harnessing the respective Fragments which formed on the moon, the Isariel were able to amplify their immense magical potential intensity in levels much greater than they otherwise would be. As a result, it became one of their greatest defended worlds, remaining such after changing hands from the Lady Amaranth's Ever-Faithful Isariel to the succeeding power of Juno's Ascendant of Those Ungrateful.

Alongside being a world of preeminent in importance during the era of Dyad Rule, Illnium's native Fragments of Remembrance also served as the material in which the very last of the Inomeni of Ambrosia came to be; the Vade. In 38,000 TI (Time Immemorial), Phenomoth, the Typhonian Authority of the Etymology, would use it as a way to violate the universal entropy on new sources of magic coming into being, breathing life into the Remnant Fragments that contained the inherent and necessary forces of Creation. Despite this, the Vade never inhabited Illnium in large numbers, forgoing it in favor of their world of creation of Somina.

Illnium is currently governed by the Ophonoti's Forever-Abound Technological Demarchy, a member state of the Ambrosia Alliance of United Systems. The Demarchy assumed control over the moon, along with the rest of the Tar Pendulum System, following the collapse of its previous ruling authority, the Sanlagosa Concordant. While the moon anomalous traits have made it a great fixture in galactic study by the Ophonoti, as the world is quite harsh to most habitation, colonization of Illnium has largely been forgoed in favor towards other worlds within the system. Instead, the international Typhonian Order, whose function is to catalog and research artifacts and entities of primeval eras of Ambrosia, was given jurisdiction over most of the on-goings of the moon, operating under the guise of scientific study of the moon's esoteric form.

Properties

Geography

As an ocean world, Illnium's geography—or oceanography—consists of a sole global ocean of fresh water. However, several traits of this water stands in contrast in comparison to most water worlds in known space, predominantly being the water's purity, with every drop making its global ocean coming in at a staggering 100% purity rating. Illnium's waters lack any dissolved substances, containments, nutrients or minerals, making it unpalatable to most species. Additionally, the extreme purity of the water has given it unique refractive properties, causing light to bend and scatter in unusual ways, creating breathtaking optical phenomena such as shifting auroras and prismatic bands visible even beneath the ocean's surface.

Beyond the water's purity, the whole of the moon's physical make up is composed solely of liquid water, even at depths where liquids would normally form into a solidified state due to immense pressures. Illnium's anomalous pressure resistance is attributed to its unique molecular configuration, likely influenced by Remnants of primordial magic, which prevents the natural crystallization of water even at depths where pressures reach tens of thousands of standard atmospheric levels, resulting in an unbroken expanse of liquid water from surface to core.

Climate

The climate of the world is largely calm, with placid waves slowly emerging across the surface waterline of its vast global sea, with the ocean's calmness continuing downward throughout the whole of its depth. Annually, gaseous water compresses into immense water clouds and will begin to rain for a prolonged period of two standard months, creating a near-global phenomenon of cascading rainfall. These rains, though lacking in typical mineral or nutrient content, produce awe-inspiring optical displays as sunlight refracts through the falling droplets, creating vast and luminous rainbows visible across the moon's horizon.

Beyond that, little is notable to Illnium's respective climate and temperature, as the world lacks diversity in its chemical makeup to generate interesting atmospheric or seasonal variations, resulting in a consistent and nearly unchanging environment dominated by mild temperatures and gentle weather patterns. Though as it is comprised of a singular element/chemical compound, while being relatively mild in climate, it is largely inhospitable to most forms of sapient life.