Rigel III

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Facts

  • Primary: Raij
  • Class M
  • Inhabitants: Chelons
  • Nation
    • c.16th century - Present: United Worlds and Colonies of Rigel (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
      • Sovereign planet under the economic and political union of this body (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
  • Most Chelon settlements along coastlines or on smaller landmasses, due to their preference for semi-aquatic environments (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
    • Hainali tribes largely the only settlements within the depths of the larger continents (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
    • While most Chelon locals have integrated with and accepted the general Rigelian nation, these isolationist tribes still hold a radical nationalist view, seeing Chelons as still treated as a backwards minority (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
    • Leaders of these tribes have the title of "velom" (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)

Locations

  • Hainali Basin
    • Site of the Hainali rainforest, home of above-mentioned isolationist Chelon tribes (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
  • Janxor
    • Largely-barren volcanic island nearly the size of Greenland (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
    • Major spaceport at the eastern tip of the island (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)

Indigenous Life

Animal

  • Hypnoid (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel; TAS: "Mudd's Passion")
    • Six-legged reptile, with a bright-pink body and a frilled neck, nearly two meters long when adult
    • Projects hypnotic illusions as a form of defense
      • Can be trained to project specific illusions, though only basic imagery given non-sapience of the animal (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
      • Only certain inland Chelon tribes adept at capturing and training a hypnoid (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
      • Native to the Hainali rainforest (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
  • Keesa beetle (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
    • Relatively large insect (VAN Novel: Harbinger)
      • Large enough to be a bite of food on its own
  • Kreeyitch
    • Massive river creature fulfilling a similar niche as a river dolphin (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
      • Leathery, bright-green head ending in an elongated beak
      • Plesiosaur-like neck
      • Many meters long
    • Native to Hainali rainforest (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
    • Feeds on plants, insects, and small fish (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
    • Many river villages keep tame kreeyitch to ward off predators (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
  • Tukhanthik
    • River predator native to Hainali rainforest (ENT Novel: Tower of Babel)
      • Scale-armored head
      • Sharp, serrated teeth
      • Larger than a kreeyitch