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Contents
Overview/Notable Features (top)
Why are you here. This seems to be the singular question that runs through the mind of anyone approaching this far-flung, forsaken ball. From orbit, Inverxe appears to be little more than a simple ice world, pocked with the occasional thermal vent or supervolcano. Lazy plumes of russet ash drift through the thin, frigid atmosphere that even the most staunch extremophiles find trying. It is, in fact, the lone companion of a lonely gas giant, named Ioun. Ioun is known for its shocking lavender hue and high concentrations of atmospheric Helium 3, but otherwise unremarkable.
Terrain/Climate (top)
There are, of course, a few scattered, habitable colonies on the surface of Inverxe. Some of them are even still occupied. The safest areas on the planet tend to be small fortified villages perched high in the crags of dormant volcanic mountains. These tend to act as the primary import and export hubs for the hard-won mineral wealth that is taken from deep within the tectonic moon. These intrepid souls are doubtlessly drawn by the promise of uncontested mineral wealth that Inverxe offers. Few, however, are willing to withstand the slow, creeping horror of enslavement or consumption by the planet's interior.Inverxe had a lower apparent mass than its immense size would suggest, because vast amounts of its depths are hollowed out by immense caverns and superchasms. Warmed by the highly radioactive core, as well as tidal friction from Ioun, the twisted, yawning innards of the huge moon are volcanic and highly unstable. More than one mining outpost has been swallowed up by the tectonic chaos of Inverxe, but these cataclysms are at least predictable. What is more insidious is the effect the moon seems to have on the mind. People who stay here in extended tenures slowly lapse into malaise and hopelessness. Others succumb more quickly, snapping within weeks to become bloodthirsty psychopaths. Both victims tend to feel an inexorable draw to the moon's center, eventually disappearing into Inverxe's underside without a trace.
If the madness doesn't get you, the weather might. If it isn't crystal clear, Inverxe is often barely visible beneath 'storms'. The outer atmosphere is too cold to support any actual 'storm fronts', but occasionally windstorms will kick up clouds of ice and grit that act more akin to sandstorms than blizzards.
Wildlife (top)
The natural flora and fauna of Inverxe is scattered and pathetic. The climate on the surface rarely goes above negative twenty degrees Fahrenheit, so only the toughest of plantlife can survive. Additionally, it is very rare for there to be true nightfall on Inverxe. Between normal sunlight, or the sky being illuminated by the glow of Ioun, it is rarely darker than an eerie twilight. Only on the months when Inverxe passes behind Ioun's shadow does True Night come...which is also when bad things tend to happen.The cyclopean horrors that hunt the moon's visitors are well-known. Scuttling beasts like Remorhazzes, Cthonians, Wampas, Necromorphs and Xenomorphs all call this hellish place home, and can be repelled with enough training and courage. The more difficult foes are the handful of organized natives who are able to eke out small empires in the churning innards of Inverxe.
Points of Interest (top)
CRVIII 'The Hub'
Fal Zhardum Din
The Azure Citadel
The Tomb of Monster Zero
Factions and NPCs (top)
Locust Horde
--Queen Myrrha
Ilithid Combine
--The Elder Brains
The Dwemer Kingdom
--Kagrenac
The Izzet League
--Niv-Mizzet
Rock Raiders Inc.
--Chief
Errata (top)
- Inverxe is roughly the size of Mars, and it is the only natural satellite of Ioun, a purple gas giant roughly the size of Saturn (with no rings).
- By all accounts, Inverxe should not exist in as close an orbit to Ioun as it does. Nothing about the moon makes astro-geological sense.
- Inverxe AMA (Live Doc)
