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==Worlds of Project Democracy - Home==
"Home" is an earthlike planet of circumference 24,000 miles (radius 3,821 miles) and standard planetary gravity (32.2 ft/s^2). It has an extensive ring system caused by the collision of smaller planetary bodies millions of years in the past. It orbits Sanctimonia, a class FV main sequence white star of absolute magnitude 5 (bright). Its orbital period is 372 days.

Average temperatures and climates vary across Home. On the near facing of Home is the Imperial Continent and Hailfire Island. Along the equator can be found numerous tropical rain-forests. Indeed, the capital of the Empire is situated in the middle of the largest rain-forest. Farther north and south, one can find many deciduous forests surrounded by verdant grasslands. While most cities border the forests, it is in the grasslands where a majority of farming takes place. Along natural fault lines, meticulously mapped by the Dwarven technocracy, lie the Mountain Ranges, where the Technocracy conducts most of its top secret research, ranging from airships to weapons tests.

West of the Imperial Continent lays Hailfire Island, a strange island with tropical forests to the south, a desert to the north, bisected by a mountain range, and bordering the frozen north at its top point. While the tropical end holds a resort praised by both man and dwarf, the frigid northern end holds only a Dwarven scout post.

On the far facing of home is the little known Far Side. Being largely desert, with very little natural growth, it is home to the eternal power plays and subtle machinations of the Draconic Banking Clans.

The frozen wastes of the north and south poles are barely livable, dipping below -32 degrees Fahrenheit at times. The Wastes are the only places one can find the crystals integral to the Brotherhood's religious rites.

The most curious feature about Home is the network of sigils and runes one can find engraved into the ground in the patterns of rings and circles. Many are found near ruins of a previous civilization, their temples and buildings still withstanding the test of time. Although the Technocracy and Empire have made leaps and bounds of understanding studying these ruins, no clues as to their strange disappearance have been found. Odder still are records of OTHER long gone races. Dating puts their disappearances within 1,000 years of each other.

Exactly 1,000 years of each other.

===The Ruins===
The Ruins littered around Home and Ravenforge are pyramidal in shape, accessed via a central stairwell that leads to a winding interior complex. Some are haunts for undead, others still contain traps. Most have been looted beyond recognition, though some are considered far too dangerous, despite the riches inside.

Most ruins have frescoes, mosaics, and other art inside. While a large majority have fallen away or been damaged due to age, occasionally an intact one is found, often in ruins not yet looted. The display fantastical creatures and peoples, civilizations that have no modern comparison. They all, however end the same way - a flash of light, and a large purple figure with facial tentacles - of which there is no native comparison.