Moth

Moth is a temperate planet that has been colonized by humans, with an ecology dominated by humid coniferous forests. Its name originates from its incomplete ring system, which has led to it being referred to as a "winged planet".

Moth's government is a monarchy, and the bulk of the population consists of nomadic tribes of fur-traders. As of 2949, the planet is ruled by King Dewe Nog Na XXIV. Its capital and largest city is Drallar, which operates as a touristic trading center, important enough in the interstellar scenario to house branch headquarters representing all major financial houses in the Commonwealth. Its major industries are based on wood and fur, the latter present in most of the planet's native animal life, including insects.

Physical aspects
Moth's most notable feature are its "wings", believed to have originated as a ring system which was broken in two places, possibly by gravitational stress or magnetic pole reversal. Thicker than Saturn's rings and rich in fluorescent gases, the crescent-shaped "wings" are considered spectacularly beautiful by natives and visitors alike.

In spite of a very humid climate, Moth has no oceans. Instead, water is distributed roughly equally over the planet's surface, with a large number of lakes, tarns and ponds formed from the receding ice caps at the end of its last glaciation cycle, and preserved by nearly constant rainfall. Rivers are just as common, but rarely of great length or volume. The abundant mud creates a challenge for settlers, except in some comparatively dry valleys, such as the one where the capital Drallar is located. Moth also has large ice caps on both poles.

Light metals such as silver, magnesium and copper exist in relative abundance, whereas heavier ones such as gold, lead and uranium are extremely rare. Vegetation is dominated by conifers, but also includes deciduous wood-bearing fungi.

Arid deserts exist, but the lack of sufficiently high mountain ranges to block the circulation of moisture makes them rare.

Moth has multiple moons. More notably, however, it has an orbital companion named Flame. Although it is commonly referred-to as Moth's moon, Flame isn't actually a satellite, but rather a smaller planetoid which orbits Moth's sun in the same orbital plane, with Moth eternally "following" it.

The northern hemisphere of Moth is home to The-Blue-That-Blinded: a collection of lakes, some of which so enormous that they're regarded as landlocked seas by some geographers, where 15-meter-long fish are considered unimpressive and preyed by much larger predators.