Re: Maj Space - Anubis

In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Fri 30 Jun, Peter Aronson wrote:
> > If Anubis is a rock and ice body there might not be enough core
> > to tap.
> >
> > How a Sun Web, an invisible immaterial effect which spreads out
> > into a big area of wildspace around Anubis, incidentally reducing
> > the temperature, gathering in say 50% of the sun's energy?
> >
> > That could be one of their great artifacts.  Problems with
> > setting this up could have wrenched Anubis away from its original
> > mother body, if you want that to be accidental.  You could even
> > say this was an enhanced Thermo Fungus which forms the basis of
> > the whole Anubis ecosystem.  Think what sort of Deep Dryad that
> > might have! [grin]
> >
> > http://www.romsys.demon.co.uk/frpg/dnd/monster/tfungi.htm
> >
> > Maybe the Mist Giants and other immaterial monsters are just its
> > nightmares?
> 
> I like the Thermo Fungus -- if you're willing to kick it into the pot, I'd
> say it'd work well for the ecosystem, although something else might be
> useful, like the Sub Web or maybe the ominous Cosmic Power Taps, which
> provide energy but no light.  Or possibly Anubis' moon (corresponding to
> Charon) Anput (Anubis' wife or female aspect) has been converted into a dark
> sun, giving off mininal warmth but now light.

How about this:

(added to MajSpace:)

 - Anput (27.7-46AU, Moon of Anubis, Tiny(C) Sphere, Earth Body,
   Primary Inhabitants: None)

Anput

Moon of Anubis.  While this is an Earth Body it gives off some
heat (but not light), which is one of the things which prevents
Anubis from freezing.  By some stories this was originally part
of Anubis, but the cataclysm which wrenched Anubis away from
Aegir also broke the ex-moon in two, forming Anubis and Anput. 
The fact that Anput is the female form of the name Anubis lends
some support to this.


(appended to Anubis:)

God Fungus

At the core of Anubis's moon Anput is a modified Thermo Fungus,
which generates a Sun Web, an invisible immaterial effect which
spreads out into a big area of wildspace around Anubis,
incidentally reducing the temperature over quite a large volume,
gathering in about 50% of the sun's energy.  This energy is
emitted as warmth by Anput, and is the thing which prevents the
world completely freezing.   The spores from which this fungus
grew were stolen long ago by the Yu-Tsa-Ai from another race, and
by planting this in Anubis, while it was still a moon of Aegir,
the Yu-Tsa-Ai hoped to be able to use it as a source of power,
and fly the moon around Maj Space as they pleased.

Unfortunately they did not understand what they were meddling
with, and as the fungus matured, and the Yu-Tsa-Ai started
implanting their taps into it to draw off power for their own
use, a dryad-like being with access to all the immense power that
the Sun Web provided came into existence.  She was pained by even
the weak sunlight as far out from Ra as the orbit of Aegir, and
wrenched Anubis away, into its current strange orbit.  In the
process Anput was ripped out from Anubis, and became its moon,
but parts of the fungus stayed behind, allowing the Yu-Tsa-Ai to
continue to draw power indirectly from the Sun Web.

Exactly what happened next is unclear to even the greatest sages
of the Yu-Tsa-Ai, as if they land on Anput, even hiding in a
stolen body, they die.  Other beings seem to be able to land
there without harm, unless they disturb the fungus, in which case
they die of sudden and complete loss of all forms of bodily
energies, leaving behind a fine dust.

However, the Yu-Tsa-Ai suspect that the strain of moving Anubis
(and Anput) threw the new intelligence into a death-like sleep. 
By one theory the Mist Giants and other immaterial beings that
roam Anubis are dreams of this intelligence, normally just
referred to as 'Anput'.  Occasionally a bronze-coloured humanoid
woman, with dark hair, in a dark red dress, who is more or less
immaterial has been seen on Anubis.  The Yu-Tsa-Ai are very
careful not to bother her, but are a bit concerned that she seems
to be slowly, over the millenia, becoming more solid, and more
aware of her surroundings.

GMs should note that the senses of Anput reach out through all
Maj Space, tasting the life experiences of the peoples, though
this knowledge is not organised in any really useful way, and the
dreams of an artist are far more likely to be considered
important than the plans of a king.  If she ever properly awakes
then how she is treated could be very important for the future
health of anyone who wants to visit Anubis, though even then the
Yu-Tsa-Ai will likely be able to defend themselves and their
cities from all but her direct attention.


> PS: Is the Isis update still pending?

I've just re-synchronised the web site with the Isis text, dated
19/Jun/06; is there something that I'm missing?

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