#thrae

[giabunnygirl]

Gift for @seadramonster It's a picture of you feeding Starcat a fish 😺 🐟

[precambrianhottopic]

im writing a new legend

[whirligig-girl]

Losar System

Cooking the Solar System from the Inside Out

(yeah lol it does kinda look like it says Loser)

For this system layout, I have taken the Solar System planet's orbital distance in astronomical units, and taken the reciprocal.

The major planets, in order of increasing distance from Los, are Enutpen, Sunaru, Nrutas, Retipuj, Sram, Thrae, Sunev, and Yrucrem.

Read more about them below the cut:

The Losar system formed through a very different mechanism to our solar system. I'm not sure entirely about the specifics, but the arrangement is not dissimilar to the Kepler-90 system, in which 6 super-earth-mass planets are extremely compact and close to their parent star, with a low-mass and a high-mass gas giant at the outer part of the solar system. Perhaps as Retipuj formed, it migrated inward, carrying with it the ice and gas necessary to form the super-earth-mass planetary cores which accreted into Enutpen and Sunaru, or perhaps there was some kind of switcharoo where the Hot Ice Giants started out on more distant orbits, before crossing orbits with Retipuj and then being coralled into lower orbits.

Either way, some kind of migration is necessary, since Enutpen and Sunaru are volatile-rich, and the outer planets are comparatively volatile-poor.

I've excluded Pluto (or "Otulp") and the other dwarf planets, not because I don't like them or think they count as planets, but because I think by the time you're accounting for every large object in the Solar system in the Losar system, it just gets really implausible. also I bet some objects end up inside of the Sun. Plus, this kind of thought experiment is playing the same kind of planetary dynamics game that splitters are playing when they say Pluto's not a planet. Suffice to say, there are definitely lots of interesting small worlds in the Losar system, but they don't have 1:1 analogues with Solar system planets.

There are only five large moons in the entire system. Aside from Retipuj, satellites and rings are not stable around any of the Hot Giants. If satellites were initially formed around the Hot Giants, they would have either crashed into the planets or were ejected into one of the asteroid belts.

The first civilization to arise in the Losar system are the Sunevians, suspiciously great-ape-like feathered aliens who walk on their upper limbs and use their lower limbs as graspers. Sunev is an oceanic world with one large australia-sized landmass and a great number of volcanic islands. The ocean is relatively shallow, with a lot of coral reefs across the planet. The world is kept warm due to an atmosphere with an Earthlike composition but over twice the atmospheric pressure. Its slow retrograde rotation period results in day/night cycles which are more like seasons, and there is plenty of time during the warm nights to peek through the relatively dense cloud cover into the nearly empty sky. Early or late in the night, one might be able to see Thrae and Noom, or Sram, or if they catch it at just the right time, they might see the incredibly bright spectacle of Retipuj or even Nrutas peek out of the treeline, brighter than any planet or star. On a really good sunset across the ocean with clear skies, some observers report seeing additional super-bright red stars next to the red Sun, but these are thought to be some kind of weather phenomenon reflecting sunlight.

In rare moments of clear skies at night, away from light pollution, one might see many faint hazy spectacles. The zodiacal light (meteoroids orbiting beyond Yrucrem) shines as a faint haze across the ecliptic. The milky way too, shines as a glittery patchy cloud across the sky. But sometimes, every few hours, early in the night, there is a bright patch near the sun, brighter than the zodiacal light. A mystery for ages, but this is now known to be the cometary tail of Enutpen. Sunaru's tail is also detectable, but substantially fainter.

Sunaru and Enutpen were the first planets to be discovered, and were detected within a week of one another by early Losar observers. After the invention of the astronomical telescope, a reflector, observers got very bored during the daytime months. That is, until someone figured out a safe way of pointing towards the Sun. At a cadence of 52 and 103 hours, little black dots would march across the Losar disk. 52 hours was also the cadence of the brightening and dimming of the twilight zodiacal light. And suddenly, two brand new planets were discovered!

Millions of years later on the cold ice-age planet Thrae, astronomers would have an easier time with Enutpen and Sunaru, having known them to be planets since antiquity, due to their apparitions during total solar eclipses. Thrae's comparative cloudlessness also helps.

Sunev has three tiny asteroid moons, which was a helpful jumpstart to Sunevian space exploration, providing early wins for all four space programs. But these little asteroids were not truly other worlds, merely refueling outposts on the way to the rest of the Losar system.

Every few years, there would be a perfect alignment between Sunev and the Hot Giants to allow for a grand tour to be completed using only flybys of the gas giants, with minimal propellant expenditure. The first grand tour attempt got no further than Retipuj--contact was lost due to overheating before the probe made its Nrutas flyby. Specially developed solar flyby probes had to be developed that could survive hotter temperatures before the Hot Giants could be properly explored. These probes would resemble the Parker Solar Probe in some ways, albeit with very different scientific instruments designed for planetary science as opposed to Oilehphysics. Nrutas, Sunaru, and Enutpen turned out all to be much less massive than originally thought, having been puffed up to a larger diameter by being cooked by solar radiation. Nrutas, thought to be the king of the planets, turned out to be merely puffing up its crest to appear regal, so to speak.

Retipuj's moons were incredibly interesting. Retipuj turned out to have 8 satellites--four tiny inner asteroid moons, and four large satellite planets. Otsillac, the innermost turned out to be a volcanic world, yellow-brown in color and pitted with dull-red volcanoes, and a thin atmosphere constantly replenished by volcanic plumes. The next three are in a Ecalpal Resonance of 1:2:4. Being both larger than Otsillac (and, in fact, Yrucrem) and in a more eccentric orbit, Edymenag was even more volcanically active, with a molten surface and exposed mantle. The smaller and more distant Aporue and Oi turned out to be less active, with only a few active volcanoes and many extinct ones. Oi was the least active--although the most recent eruptions were only half a million years old, it was practically dead. It was also the only one with a substantial amount of impact craters, and like Thrae's satellite, Noom, there is likely some volatile ices stuck in the permanent darkness of polar craters.

Hot Giant exploration was best appreciated by specialists, but the other outer planets were much more appreciated. Sram was thought to be warm enough to potentially support liquid water, but its atmosphere ended up being 1/20th of the pressure initially expected, the majority of it having been blown away into space by the Losar winds and the Enutpen tail. But Thrae was a sweet spot--it may have had a thinner atmosphere, but that was compensated by being nearer to Los. In addition, a giant impact it sustained billions of years ago lead to it having a powerful magnetic dynamo to survive the onslaught of the Losar and Enutpen winds. Thrae was a habitable biosphere of similar complexity to Sunev's, albeit with deeper oceans and all the alien horrors that comes with the territory.

Even Yrucrem turned out to be a surprise--despite a dull appearance in telescopes, it was found to have cryovolcanoes and pockets of subsurface oceans, which could potentially support a biosphere. It's a dark brown color due to ice having been aged by solar radiation, with white spots and rays spraying out from recent asteroid impacts and cryovolcanic plumes. The small planets of the trans-Yrucrem asteroid belt were a similar treasure trove, although the nearest large trans-Yrucrem planets were a dozen au away, and requiring RTG power sources. Initial flyby probes to the Trans-Yrucrem-Objects required both being capable of surviving the oppressive heat of Los-shine near Retipuj, and the cold of deep deep space, in order to take advantage of Sunev-Thrae-Sunev-Retipuj gravity assists.

The Sunevians never had a chance to discover the deepest secrets of the Losar system. Their planet froze over due to anthropogenic aerosol production intended to reverse anthropogenic carbon emission, civilization fell, and it never recovered.

But millions of years later, perhaps the Thraelings have a chance to discover, whether through direct imaging or through analyzing the weirdly arrayed orbits of certain trans-yrucrem objects, the four Cold Giant planets, and the distant brown dwarf companion of the Losar system...

[mythrae]

Mythrae | Lolth Sworn Drow

(Mith-rah) She/Her

Class: Storm Sorcerer

Background: The Dark Urge/Haunted One

Pre-Game:

Before waking up with no memories on the Nautiloud, Mythrae was the Chosen of Bhaal. His favorite child, in fact. (Bhaal’s Favorite Princess™️)

Despite being raised by a Lolth-Sworn Drow in the Underdark, she wasn’t with them long enough for them to indoctrinate her with their beliefs. Rather, they weren’t with her long, for she killed her caretaker on the eve of her ninth birthday.

She worked with Lord Enver Gortash and Ketheric Thorm to pull off the Absolute religious heist, stealing the Crown of Karsus and planning on enslaving the Elder Brain. Everything was perfectly aligned... until Orin the Red got involved.

She had learned that Lord Gortash and Mythrae were to be wed, their betrothal a secret amongst those who knew them. Jealous of her power, relationship, AND being the Chosen of Bhaal, Orin took it upon herself to strike her sister down, disguising herself as Lord Gortash and attacking her in the Temple of Bhaal.

As she has learned more about herself and her dark past, she rejects her father and his gifts, losing the Dark Urge in the process. Now, she is starting a new life in Baldur's Gate with her newfound companions at her side.

Fun Facts™️:

Her name has meaning: Myr - lost, thrae - leader (I removed the r in her name bc why not)

Her personality type is ISFJ-T.

She has heterochromia - one red eye and one grey eye. Her grey eye was accidentally taken out after an encounter with Volo, but he was able to replace it with a very similarly colored eye.

Does not like to be touched, not one bit. Only her partner Astarion has any sort of consent to even accidentally brush up against her

[seadradoodles]

“Thrae how many people do you ship Raisin with?”

Yes.

[masterblackoak]

   “… one day, she showed me, with a curious smile, how Thrae’s architect, centuries before, had planned its site. She herself led me from room to room; and she talked as she had never talked before.

   Its southernmost window looked on a valley, beyond which on clear still days was visible the sea, and perhaps a brig or a schooner on its surface ~ placid blue as turquoise. Sheer against its easternmost window the sun mounted to his summer solstice from in between a cleft of the hills ~ like a large topaz…”  

(Walter de la Mare)

[howlslikeahound]

mmmmnshashs i ahve less that 4 hours before im sixteen and ive fucking failed the one thing i thought i could accomplished. i said id kill myself. but i couldnt. im scared im so scared and im so tired. i cant do it myself. i want to do it myself. please someone do it for me please please please please olease ill do it ill do it…… sjenensnendndnsnnsnsmsmsmsnssnnsnsnsnsnanansnsnsnsnsndnenekdisoakwoalslslslamdndndndbdjJsnwnsndnendndndmsmsjaoaoalssdmdmdmsmsmemckdjehsnsnsnrbdbdbbtbtbxhzgsbsbsb d fndjd. i gate this i hate it i hate it i hate it i hate it i abdnsnsbnssnnsdnndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndn i need to man the fuck up stupid cunt i cant do this i haye it i hate you i want to be gray matter on the floor i dont want to think i dont want it i dont want it pase ease pleade please please i dont want it hehehshbdjsnskdkslskdkjdnddndndnndjdndnsjsnfndndndndndjsjejrnfndndnrkdkdkjd cant do it i my own cant di it nca tdo it cant do it fant id ti olease please pase dndndndnbsbdi hate it hatebrn snshate it hate urbagejt ugate itgGe thrae it hatent u atenebdbsnsndndndndndndhshehehdhehdjdjdfyckfufixydjxyfjcykfuckfuckfuckfufkxujfjfkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrjejejejdhdhdbsnsfuxkkebij the ass hole gna fucking cut uo my pussy i ahye it hate it hate itnsndnendnsbdbdbgfvvgsbsbdvbrbdbdjddf

[leapofthekoi]

Comm of my boyfriend’s SWTOR Imperial Agent, Thraes! I picked Dwarf Sunflowers for him based on the info given which symbolize adoration. :)

[precambrianhottopic]

here's the thing. one of the main symbols im working with for thrae is the rainbow it's like the whole main representation of EVERYTHING. however. ive kind of got two separate rainbows that mean totally different things?? there's the five color rainbow for the love between the wyrms and then a seven color rainbow that represents the elements. but for the sake of symbolism i think i need to have just the one rainbow which means i need to figure out two more types of love and also another main line story. ruh roh

[iravaid]

Been replaying Dragon Quest IX and decided to draw the party i always make for each replay of the game since i got it in 2011! They’re my babies and they save the world and they’re dumbasses

bonus: their dynamics, sorta

[rockwell-light]

First Monster May doodle! Treating these like Goretober so-- commissions, art trades, and daily doodles! just to kind of get myself into drawing as often as possible again, even if they're not large pieces <3

SO Thrae as a slime cause I need to draw her more!

[stargaterevival]

Check out Thrae on AO3 if you haven't already, old but... shall we say compelling stories?

Ok no for real I want some Sam and Daniel. Just a little. For science

[weirdassstoryshit]

Welcome to Thrae Part 1: Who’s in Thrae?

Hey everyone and welcome to the first part in a little mini series of world building posts about Thrae, the world where Blue and the rest of the Rainbow Trilogy takes place. In this first post I am going to talk a bit about the different kinds of people you will meet in Thrae. I’d love to hear any questions you have or suggestions of what else you would like to see.

Who are you going to meet?

Malikorians

Ancient, angel like creatures, they are said to have been the first children of the Wardens. Foskari, Warden of Light, and Kurebris, Warden of Darkness, are said to have created them to be the first line of defense against chaos returning to the world. They take the form of humans with large colorful wings coming out of their back. There are 7 main types of Malikorian, each corresponding to a color of the rainbow. However, there are also 2 ascended Malikorians, given the colors White and Black. These two are said to be chosen by Foskari and Kurebris respectfully to preside over all the other Malikorians and be their ambassadors on Thrae. Malikorians are able to manipulate energy of corresponding colors to their own. They are very adept at different types of kinesis and mental manipulation, some are even able to manipulate life forces. Unfortunately after a several millennia of the Malikorians being the leaders of all the other human like species, one White Malikorian named Aeron wanted to enforce his vision of a better world on Thrae and the worst war the world had ever seen broke out. Many different types of Andr, the Humagons, the dragons and even the Malikorians themselves were wiped out. It only ended when Aeron and his primary followers were sealed away in a different plane of existence, never to be released. The war left a bad memory of Malikorians and at the present time they are seen as monsters from a bygone era.

Androkas

These guys are basically born werewolves. They are people whose mind is controlled by two different entities, the human and the wolf. Most people don’t gain the wolf half of their mind until around puberty. The process causes them to become fairly ill with most running high fevers and having massive headaches. Only one entity can be in control of the body at once, however the other one has the ability to see and feel everything that is happening and interact with the controlling entity. Just like their wolf counterparts, Androkas are very family oriented and often form packs. The hierarchy of their government is based off the idea of a pack system where those at the top are bound to protect and help those beneath them however they possibly can.

Andreles

These guys are basically born werecats and the dynamic they have with their feline side is very similar to that of the Androkas. However, there are quite a few different kinds of cats that fall under the category of Andreles. The main three are lions, tigers and panthers. Lions are the ruling type and the only ones allowed to hold official government offices outside of a small community. Tigers are all but extinct, as Lions and many others kill them on sight. This is due to a prophecy which tells that a tiger will destroy the world. Granted people don’t know the actual wording but the rumor is something nearly everyone knows and many do not want to see come to fruition. Panthers are actually another umbrella term for all other big cats that are not Lions and Tigers. They make up the majority of the Andreles population however they are considered beneath the Lions.  

Magic Users

Easily the most diverse in terms of abilities. Every magic user has an affinity for one of the four cardinal elements (earth, air, fire, water). This affinity allows them to fairly easily manipulate their element with practice. It is possible for a person to be able to manipulate all four of the elements but it takes almost a lifetime of dedication and even then their command of the other elements is usually not overly strong. However, manipulation is not the only thing magic users are capable of. There are different schools of magic including animacy, mental magic, alchemy and enchantment. Any magic done within a school is always done with the element they have an affinity for. They are commonly seen in all kinds of places and make up a good part of the population.

Humans

Well I feel this group is fairly self explanatory. Occasionally some may have very faint abilities but for the most part they lack all ability to manipulate energy. Don’t let this fool you though. Regular old humans can still be deadly in a pinch, especially because they know they are already starting with the disadvantage. 

Vampires

Vampires, similar to Malikorians, are considered actual children of the Wardens. They were the youngest of the three children species, and made with the help of all 6 Wardens. Vampires feed off of emotion, or more specifically the energy people put out when they are feeling emotions. They are masters of arts and physical entertainment, using their skills to cultivate the emotions they need to survive. Mostly they are a peaceful kind of people, who keep to themselves unless feeding. As such they are the only one of the three children who are not thought to be extinct by the general populace.They do have a fatal flaw though. There is a disease that does terrible that only severely affects them. It slowly strips them of their abilities and makes them more human in nature. If they survive the transformation they end up similar to a very powerful magic user, with particularly strong skills in mental magic. But they have lost their ability to feed like normal Vampires do even though they still need the same type of food. This is solved by drinking blood, as it is the closest tangible thing to human life force.

[lavoie-less-travelled]

With the power of the void, Thraes is Rude now.

Screenshot by @asallit-tia! Bless you so much for your time.

[seadradoodles]

Look at who I caught hanging around Enigma’s spot in my Kingdom and bolted the second I saw him.

[meiliariotz]

@tumblingclockwork