Vondya
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Description
Template:Ambrosia: WorldVondya is the second planet in the Saykya System, and is a very major tourist destination, as well as a site of dozens of unique cultures and environments. Vondya is a very oceanic world, with most of its surface covered with endless oceans and serrated island chains. Vondya, like all other planets in the Saykya system, is affiliated with the LZF Core Worlds, a hierarchy of countless important places all across the Lowzyol Federation. Also like most planets, Vondya is fiercely protected by the LZF Space Force, as well as many private industry craft which protect their resources from pirating.
As a result of its high importance, Vondya is also a prominent capital planet of the LZF, staying as a massive tourist and economic powerhouse for many millennia. The unique events which happen on Vondya always drive tourists in, which is amplified by its exotic climate. Over its lifespan as an economic center, Vondya has contributed countless things to the Saykya System. The population, vast history, diverse cultures, and challenging landscape has made it severely valuable.
Vondya has stood as a very important planet for most of its lifespan, which is a result from its massive underground ore reserves, as well as its potential with wind power and geothermal power. For millennia, many cities on the surface have been powered by phenomena that happen on the surface. Vondya’s distance to Saykya also makes the Saykyan Dyson Swarm very effective. Vondya, prior to its terraformation, was an inhospitable and hot oceanic planet, with a thick atmosphere and poisonous red waters. Terraformation has since made Vondya into its very lush and dazzling form that it is today. However, artifacts from its pre-terraformed days still exist, like the red desert mountains, as well as portions of its poisonous waters hugging islands like the Bloodied Shores.
Geography
The landscape of Vondya differs greatly from any other planet in the Saykya System, consisting of many different shoals and rocky islands. The tectonic plates on the surface are also very active, which is a result of Vondya’s hot and active mantle. Vondya only has three areas classified as continents, all of which are named Nennarvink, Chotrarth, and Nezugantu in order of size, population, and importance. The relatively small amount of land on Vondya makes continents fairly small. Save for Nennarvink, which encompassed much of Vondya’s surface.
With a vast plethora of different biomes, many tourists and travelers have remarked Vondya’s surface to be diverse and unique, with its formerly underwater features showing a contrasting palette of colors. These colors, such as the red rustic mountains, come from Vondya’s seabeds originally being filled with iron oxide. Iron oxide is also the reason as to why Vondya’s former ocean was red.
Continents
Vondya, as previously mentioned, has three areas which are classified as continental landmasses. Each continent has many differing climates, cultures, and features which have made them into what they are today. A list of the major continents is provided below:
Nennarvink
Nennarvink is the largest and most prominent continent on Vondya, also housing most of the known population and industry. Nennarvink is known for its diverse landscape, as it contains many of the known climates on Vondya’s surface. From its chilling poles to its more temperate flatlands, Nennarvink holds opportunities for many sapient species.
Claiming approximately 67% of all the land on Vondya, Nennarvink has over 90% of the population and industrial power on the planet. Its sheer influence on the rest of Vondya is staggering, as it is the center of what makes most decisions on the surface. Its industrial power also makes it a center for mining, which is underdone in unfavorable areas. Large deposits of useful tungsten and iron exist here, as well.
The economic and commercial impact of Nennarvink is simply huge, as it controls much of the economic output in the entire Vondyan System. There are countless mining facilities, military bases, and agricultural centers in the deep rocky mountains, far away from city activity and almost perfect with environmental integrity.
Landscape
The most major area on Nennarvink is a snowy and alpine region, called Zatalandk. Zatalandk is the most chilly region on Vondya, which has made it a great space for Zythyns and species with a similar native temperature. Zatalandk is usually frozen year-round, with snow storms often accompanying the harsh mountainscapes. However, this did not deter early Zythyn colonists, who conquered the landscape quickly. Major obstacles on the continent of Zatalandk include massive volcanoes, its harsh wintery mountains, and its thick and unfamiliar forests. Zatalandk takes up approximately half of Nennarvink, and is connected to the continent of Chotrarth.
On the other half of Nennarvink, there lies an arrangement of plastered red mountains and welcoming grasslands. There are occasionally deep chasms and intricate canyons which stretch through the surface, giving it a desert-like feel. Despite this, Nennarvink is still one of the cooler places on Vondya, with an average temperature of -28 Degrees Celsius. Although it is able to house many people on its fertile soil, its higher temperatures are a bit more unfriendly to the Zythyn populous. As a result, mostly Timporians and Rhicksha prefer to live in these zones. This has not stopped these zones from still keeping a major Zythyn population though.
To the southern areas of Nennarvink lies a large inland lake, called Lake Zunschpyik. This is one of the larger-sized lakes on Vondya's surface, and it is known for its swampy and jungly areas surrounding it. However, plenty of humid and snowy areas surround Lake Zunschpyik, making it a very diverse area on Vondya. Many unique life forms seen nowhere else on Vondya exist in this zone, like the "Stekzoils" - a sentient species of cold-resistant aquatic animal. The Stezoils appear very similarly to a large blubbery fish or ray on Earth for example. The rest of Lake Zunschpyik consists of some serrated islands to the very south, and an interconnected system of long lakes and rifts which connect to a northern and smaller lake area. The underside of Lake Zunschpyik is also connected to the Dalgamauk Ocean, as a result of artificial canals which were built to increase travel in and out of the region. Lake Zunschpyik is also notably high in salt content, making its water undrinkable on its own. This is a direct result of the canals dug from Lake Zunschpyik to the Dalgamauk Ocean. Other important features near Lake Zunschpyik include the staple red rocky areas near the sedimentary rocks.