Castrovel

Castrovel

The Wild

pact-worlds SYSTEM

Pact Member
LIVE FEED

PHYSICAL DATA

Pact Member
Diameter×1
Mass×1
Gravity×1
AtmosphereNormal
Day1 day
Year1/2 year

CULTURAL DATA

Tech Level
Moderate to High
Government
Varies by region (Monarchies, Democracies, Tribal Councils)
Dominant Species
Lashunta, Formian, Elves

OVERVIEW

Hot, humid, and stirred by intense storms and tides, Castrovel abounds with an unusually robust variety of life, from enormous saurian beasts to deadly moldstorms capable of devouring whole settlements. The most prominent sentient races are lashuntas, followed closely by elves and formians, all three civilizations highly connected via a network of ancient magical teleportation portals called aiudara. Traditionally organized into independent city-states with elected matriarchies being the most common governmental style, lashunta society has evolved in the modern era with larger corporate concerns often buying out officials or establishing privatized settlements. The insectile formians battled lashuntas for millennia until careful shirren-brokered peace talks ended hostilities a mere 30 years ago; today the formian hive-burrows of the Colonies can cover miles, sometimes bulging up in artificial honeycombed hills. The elves of Sovyrian are predominantly xenophobic traditionalists who trade with outsiders only when necessary and bar most foreigners from their canal-choked capital of El. The planet's vast ecological preserves reflect Castrovel's enlightened approach: maintaining wilderness is key to advancing knowledge and allowing evolution to continue. The planet's primary shipyards and most destructive heavy industries are relegated to its airless, rocky moon Elindrae, while a strong Xenowarden presence keeps ecological damage in check.

MOONS (1)

Elindrae

Castrovel's airless, rocky moon where the planet's primary shipyards and most destructive heavy industries are relegated to preserve the homeworld's ecology.

MAJOR SETTLEMENTS (4)

Qabarat

The Shining Jewel of the Western Sea and Castrovel's largest spaceport. Led by Lady Morana Kesh from the Threefold House, it features ancient walls of crushed, glittering shells blending with modern additions, and is renowned for its many universities with vast pre-Gap archives.

Komena

A major lashunta city in the Floating Shards, known for its prestigious universities and centers of psychic research, connected to other settlements via aiudara portals.

El

The canal-choked capital of the elven continent of Sovyrian, led by neighborhood-sized Great Houses. Foreigners are largely barred from settling here permanently.

The Colonies

The formian hive-burrows, each ruled by individual queens paying tribute to the philosophical Overqueen established during the historic Meeting of Queens.