Intsuj

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Homeworld of Bev's people, the Intsujya. Their appearance is striking, with all Intsujya having blood red hair and eyes and a lighter shade of red skin. They all also regenerate at remarkable rates and feel pain as pleasure. Most are peaceful and one would be hard pressed to find an unfriendly or sexually conservative Intsujya. While peaceful, they are capable of violence, in fact, their bodies require a certain level of violence periodically lest the body turn on itself. They worship five goddesses, Tsadjya, and the elemental Air, Earth, Fire, and Water.

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Giza: a blending of modern and ancient Egyptian styles inhabited by the various races that serve the Egyptian gods. All are welcome. It should be noted that the Church of light and dark is present in it’s entirety and all the Egyptian gods are present (the gods of darkness have been duly threatened to behave, and not just by Egyptian gods.) so far peace endures in the city, as both light and dark see the value of a race like the Intsujya. This city seems to rely entirely upon magic.



Kvasir: Named for the legendary mead of poetry and madness from norse mythology, this city is a wild sprawl of towering sky scrapers. It’s sole purpose seems to be to entertain it’s inhabitants, who are Sol’Gneriad who have become loyal to vidar but didn’t quite fit in the norse warrior society. Mostly the city is inhabited by members of the Ku’Gnel, Syr’Gnok, and Stry’Gne families, though there is a presence of all types of Sol’Gneriad save Nos’Gna who have such violent tempers that the rulers of the city have forbidden them from setting foot on the planet (in the interests of good relations with Tsadjya, Vidar upholds this decision.) It should also be noted that a variant of Bio-wizardry is practiced openly here (they do not use any intelligent symbiotes, and are much more careful with their procedures than in Atlantis, but the Lon’Gnel are obsessed with bio-wizard enhancement. Also anyone coming to them with enhancements they don’t want can have them removed safely, and they do what they can to restore the health and well being of intelligent symbiotes they remove.) despite the many magic users, this city seems to rely almost wholly upon advanced technology.



New Olympus: Marble collums and vast temples dominate a city that seems straight out of ancient Greece, the entire city is laid out like a grid, philosophers and intellectuals debate in the streets, and the markets sell goods from every world where the greek gods hold sway. A vast number of true Atlanteans dwell here, along with other peoples who serve the gods of ancient Greece. A blending of magic and technology exists here.
New Olympus is a city built using modern construction techniques (including stone magic) employing the very best of greek and roman architectural styles (Lots of marble, lots of painted frescos), the center of the city is dominated by large buildings that seem to be a cross between palaces and temples surrounding a stone pyramid with painted high relief sculptures of mythological scenes on it's faces. the palace/temples seem to have been placed so that anyone visiting the city can't miss them.



Vyas: Marble buildings in hundreds of colors with domed roofs and towering spires fill the city, there is a large palace in the center of the city, several temples, a few buildings that look like schools, and even a single sky scraper, that looks like a gigantic domed spire. The buildings all have electricity and running water, and the occasional flying car can be seen in the streets. Nadiva’s explanation is that it is an experiment in the integration of the art of technology into Ordain culture.



Red Rock: A strange hodgepodge of modern and ancient looking buildings constructed from native materials and faced with local red stone. The inhabitants are a variety of different races as are common in two moons, including humans. Neither technology nor magic is dominant here instead the inhabitants use whichever they prefer.



Godhead: This is a city of temples inhabited almost entirely by priests. Every god in every pantheon that has aided Tsadjya has a temple here, the temples are organized in a ring like pattern, with an exact duplicate of Tsadjya’s temple dominating the city. Immediately surrounding her temple are the temples of Odin, Zeus, Ra and the Ordian Emperor of the Gods, and then beyond them the temples of the other gods. The temples are all maintained by priests and their families brought specifically to maintain them, while Tsadjya’s temple is maintained by a group of Sol’Gneriad from the Stry’Gne family who decided that Tsadjya was a more appropriate god for them to serve than Vidar, (Vidar agreed whole heartedly, glad to be rid of them, and hopes that more of the stry’Gne family will follow suit, since he really has no idea what to do with them. He tried to pawn them off on Freya, but she wasn’t interested.). Many of the gods represented here have been using godhead as a training and retreat center for their priesthood, since the entire city is dedicated to worship it is a good environment for that.



Monument of the end: out in the middle of nowhere (miles from any city) there is a massive stone monument, carved from a mountain of solid rock. (magically strengthened). It depicts a group of hunched figures in heavy armor leading away a group of Intsujya women in chains, while one of the armored figures adjusts a strange device. The base of the monument, in letters so large they can be read from miles away are the words “Never Again.” followed in smaller letters with the story of the destruction of the Intsujya as recorded in the journal of Tsdadja’s high priestess at the time it happened. The monument has four sides and the inscription is repeated on each side in all the different languages spoken on the planet.