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 # Kona # Kona
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   * Kona is the name of the planet. It means "Garden" in the player's collectively used tongue.   * Kona is the name of the planet. It means "Garden" in the player's collectively used tongue.
   * We like oceans   * We like oceans
  
-# [[Tech on Kona]]+## Religion 
 +  * [[The Pure Light]] 
 + 
 +## Tech on Kona 
 +  * [[Tech on Kona]]
   * Airships have limited range; in early development   * Airships have limited range; in early development
   * Magical Airship can't go over water; they just become normal ships because the water can't support the pressure. Antigrav bubbles   * Magical Airship can't go over water; they just become normal ships because the water can't support the pressure. Antigrav bubbles
   * Blimp airships exist but have all the downsides of blimps. More common than magical ones but slower   * Blimp airships exist but have all the downsides of blimps. More common than magical ones but slower
  
-# [[Souls on Kona]]+## Souls on Kona 
 +  * [[Souls on Kona]]
   * All things are ensouled, but some souls are more complex than others.    * All things are ensouled, but some souls are more complex than others. 
   * Some things have an external source and are not ensouled   * Some things have an external source and are not ensouled
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   * Necromancy moon causes souls to bounce back to Kona. Lead? It's very visible, and when the moon passes overhead you try very hard not to die   * Necromancy moon causes souls to bounce back to Kona. Lead? It's very visible, and when the moon passes overhead you try very hard not to die
   * Possible to miss a moon when you die, and it becomes a "pure death". This causes a slow loss of souls.   * Possible to miss a moon when you die, and it becomes a "pure death". This causes a slow loss of souls.
-  * Counteracting this, some souls get split and become two souls+  * Counteracting this, some souls get split and become two souls. (Soulmates??
 +  * Another counteracting force; sometimes a soul from a different star arrives. 
 +  * The cosmos as an orchestra - the cycle of reincarnation is playing another note in the melody of the cosmos 
 +  * None of this is 100% predictable.  
 +  * The sun adds more, fresh souls to the world. Festivals when these happen 
 +  * The aurora are called "The Dance of Souls" 
 + 
 +## Conflicts and Struggle 
 +  * Evil empire trying to conquer the moons and consume their magic 
 +  * What is the dominant mode of production? 
 +  * Start of a space program 
 +  * The edge of an industrial revolution? 
 + 
 +## Shape of the world 
 +  * Sphere earth 
 + 
 +## Inhabitants of the world 
 +  * Sentient clockwork beings 
 +  * Humanoids with animal features 
 +  * Salamander folk 
 +  * [[The Hobs]] 
 +  * Hobs are known as vibrant, exciting people who love to explore and discover new things 
 +  *  
 + 
 +## Kingdoms and Nations 
 +  * [[The Kavisi]] 
 +  * Semi-Nomadic traders, who pioneered the magical airship technology. 
 +  * Have some more permanent settlements in a hard to reach place in the desert that is only easy with their help 
 +  * Kind of elitist culture 
 +  * Carefully vet outsiders 
 +  * Settlements on Mesas, only reachable with a good airship or a cable car 
 +  * In desert 
 +  * [[Hobbargah]] 
 +  * Collection of city-states 
 +  * Many kings amongst the states 
 +  * Built over a large, ancient battlefield/warzone 
 +  * Scavenging and excavation society 
 +  * Culture of re-use and re-purposing 
 +  * Lots of Moss, not to many trees in this region 
 +  * Mutated area 
 +  * Megaflora 
 +  * Mushrooms 
 +  * [[Myxomycities]] 
 +  * Goth nation who believe that souls should be combined 
 +  * death rituals 
 +  * Underground 
 +  * Below the Hob States, underground 
 +  * Love in the ruins 
 +  * Crypt nation - oriented around dungeons and caves and crypts 
 +  * Bone architecture 
 +  * [[Zhavvygrad]] 
 +  * constitutional monarchy 
 +  * Extreme wealth disparity 
 +  * all of the faults of victorian england 
 +  * Peninsular 
 +  * Intellectual hotbed 
 +  * Dominated with capitalists 
 +  * Has a socialist movement 
 +  * General nervousness about [[Claug]] 
 +  * Parliament 
 +  * One, megacity with farmland around it 
 +  * Street trolleys 
 +  * [[Claug]] 
 +  * Attempting to take over the moons for their magical power, and control the flow of souls 
 +  * In conflict with the [[The Kavisi]] for their technology 
 +  * Early space travel 
 +  * Going through an industrial revolution 
 +  * Weapons manufacturers 
 +  * Strip mining 
 +  * Extreme pollution 
 +  * Rich earth metals 
 +  * Used to be a collection of states with a lot of heterogeneity, homogenized by force 
 +  * The [[The Kavisi]] used to trade with them and kind of indirectly enabled the fascism 
 +  * National myth 
 +  * An old nation state oh Claug is partly responsible for the massive battleground that [[Hobbargah]] is built on, and they are trying to get the area back. 
 +  * Uneasy peace with [[Zhavvygrad]] 
 +  * [[Fabian Deltas]] 
 +  * Salamander folk from here 
 +  * [[Venalia]] 
 +  * Transylvanian vibes like classic vampire movies 
 +  * [[Alghan]] 
 +  * Series of discs built on a giant pillar jutting out of the landscapes 
 +  * Bird people 
 +  * Good blimps 
 +  * [[Kanara]] 
 +  * Germanic-style fantasy kingdom, sword and sorcery 
 +  * Affected by a famine. Refugee crisis affecting nearby nations 
 +  * [[Talasso]] 
 + 
 +## Enigmas and Mysteries 
 +  * The actual truth of how souls work and get reincarnated 
 +  * A new moon has arrived. How did it get there? 
 +  * How old is the ancient battleground below [[Hobbargah]]? People have been settled there since before writing? 
 +  * Some ancient magical creatures have gone extinct. What are they? Dragons? Extinct? 
 +  * Why do rocks have souls? 
 +  * Does Kona have a soul? 
 +  * Why are there so many rules but just one sun? 
 +  * What are cryptids? 
 +  * How does a soul get in an automaton? 
 + 
 +## Threats 
 +  * Weird stuff has been happening since the new moon showed up. 
 +  * The ocean is starting to sink very slowly. Where is it going? 
 +  * In addtion to the mainstream deities, there are lovecraftian outer gods 
 +  * Pollution from [[Claug]] and other industrialized nations is coagulating into physical beings 
 +  * There is a famine affecting [[Kanara]] 
 +  * There is something that eats souls - it is rising from a hole in the bottom of the ocean and it eats souls
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