Journal Entry: The Humans of Tselestial

                I struggle with what to describe next in this journal.  There is so much that I feel I must record.  I feel this urgency because history must be recorded, and because I feel my time growing short.  Fifteen thousand is no small number of years for a life, but the longer I live the more I understand that no being should live longer than his time.  Some secrets should die with me, but the peoples and species of this world should be recorded for future generations to know and learn from.  I feel like the humans of Tselestial should be my next entry.

                The humans of Tselestial are as varied as the land itself.  They range from light skinned to dark skinned and light haired to dark haired.  Humans, in general, tend to distrust what they do not know or understand.  While this may seem a harmful attitude or outlook they are in general a goodly race.  Humans do not generally live in the southern portions of Tselestial.  They have not adapted to and do not desire to live in the arid desert regions.  Except for the peculiar wanderers of the north, no other humans live in the frozen lands of the north.  Humans live in small communities and large cities in the central portion of the continent of Tselestial.

                The communities of the humans vary in size and how they govern themselves.  The eastern planes are dotted with small communities or villages that are largely self sufficient, but do occasionally trade with larger settlements and cities.  The western forest, known as the Grove of the Ancients, does not have any human inhabitants.  One particular city deserves mention, King’s Town.  King’s Town is seen by some as the gateway to the north.  It is second in size only to Klan Gorod.  The human Brauhn currently calls himself king of King’s Town’s inhabitants, which are almost completely humans.  Brauhn is currently seeking to expand his kingdom.  Strangely, this has caused other human settlements to band together.

                The wanderers of the north are in truth the largest group of humans, but their true numbers are known by very few outside of their community.  The only established city of the wanderers has no true name, but is called the city of the wanderer’s.  The inhabitants of the city are constantly changing as the people come and go as they please.  Each group has its own leadership, but all wanderers defer to the elders.  The elders are chosen by the people to make any decisions that impact the people as a whole.  The wanderers also have a type of leader.  I hesitate to use the word leader because the Wanderer, as he is called, is not a leader in the way most humans would think.  The Wanderer serves his people how he sees fit.  Any interaction with outsiders is done by the Wanderer.  The Wanderer also makes decisions within the city of the wanderer’s, where he resides permanently with the elders.  One fact that makes the leadership of the Wanderer unique from other human leaders is the fact that the elders can remove him from his position or overrule him.  Most humans would eliminate such a threat to their power, but the wanderers, in general, value their people above themselves.

Journal Entry: The World of Mirr

                It seems logical to me to begin this journal with a description of the world that we inhabit, Mirr.  While knowledge of the world of Mirr is common place for its inhabitants, one never knows who may end up reading this journal.  The Planet Mirr is a large planet.  Mirr has three suns and two moons.  Mirr’s rotation is such that the three suns shine mainly on the southern half and the moons only shine on the northern half.  One sun during its summer orbit reaches just far enough north to shine on the middle of the northern hemisphere.  During its winter orbit the northern most sun shines as far north as the equator.  The southern most sun circles the bottom of the world.  The third sun orbits around the world between the other two.  Because of the orbits of the suns the southern hemisphere of Mirr is a desert region and the southern oceans are warm.  Most land in the southern hemisphere has no above ground water because of the heat.

The two moons are in the far northern hemisphere.  The northern most moon is stationary at exact north above the planet.  The moon circles slowly in one place (the light of this moon can be seen only in the northern half of the northern hemisphere).  The second moon orbits very close to the planet’s north pole.  The light of the second moon can be seen in the northern hemisphere.  Because of the orbits of the moons and suns, the southern hemisphere is very bright during the day and the only light seen during the night is given by the stars.  The Northern half is dim to dark during the day (darker the farther north you go) and fairly bright at night (brighter the farther north you go) due to the light of the moons and stars. 

               

The largest continent on Mirr is Tselestial.  Tselestial spans almost completely from the south to the north.  The northern point of Tselestial covers the northern pole of Mirr.  Because of its size Tselestial has all types of climates and regions.  It has frozen tundra in the north, lush grassy planes and pastures and forests in the center, and arid deserts and volcanoes in the south.  Tselestial has a large forest in the western portion just north of the equator, named the Grove of the Ancients, which covers thousands of acres of land.  The eastern portion of Tselestial is mainly made up of grassy planes.  The tundra to the north has planes and mountainous regions.  The southern desert lands are mainly flat but at the southern end there are many volcanoes, most of which are active.  There are other continents and land masses on Mirr, but for this journal entry a description of Tselestial will suffice.

                Mirr’s calendar has twelve months, each with thirty days.  The months are Yanvar, Fevrahl, Mart, Avril, Mai, Yuhn, Yuhl, Ahvguust, Sentyaber, Ahktyaber, Nayaber, and Dehkaber.  Feast Days and Celebration Days differ according to the customs of each people.