Rehbollo

Rehbollo is a cold planet home to the sapient porcine-like Waldahudin. It is located 70,000 light-years from Earth.

Like Earth, Rehbollo has experienced periods of glaciation in its prehistory. After the last ice age ended, the melting polar caps flooded large portions of the continental plains and created vast fluvial systems in which the semi-aquatic Waldahud species evolved. Even today, Rehbollo is much colder than Earth. Temperatures such as 15 degrees Celsius are considered equivalent to a hot summer's noon.

The planet's surface is dominated by plains of purplish-grey mud, crisscrossed by rivers and streams. Its principal vegetation consists of giant blue-colored tumbleweeds which can grow up to four meters in height. These are carried by the winds or the rivers, anchoring themselves from time to time to absorb nutrients from the mud and unfurl organs that perform photosynthesis. The fauna includes freshwater bivalves that can also be consumed as food, along with the succulent shoots of the giant tumbleweeds.

The skies of Rehbollo have a greenish-grey tint. The red sun appears large in the sky, in spite of the cold weather. The whole planet is ruled by a Queen, and the society is strictly matriarchal. Its exports include diamonds.