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= The Planet Ocarra (NOTE THAT THIS IS A FICTIONAL PLANET I MADE UP) =

History of Ocarra:
The planet Ocarra is the fourth planet to the star Sirius B. As a young planet, it swelled with life and was the perfect conditions to keep almost any animal imaginable alive and healthy. But one day, a huge asteroid the size of our moon smashed into the planet, destroying nearly a quarter of the Ocarra. Nearly all life inhabiting Ocarra was wiped out by this devastating asteroid. Only 19 species of animals and 4 of plants were adapted to be able to survive this meteor strike. The crater left behind drained the oceans, every drop pouring into this enormous hole in the world. What broke off of the asteroid fell to Ocarra, weathering and erosion breaking it down and reforming it as vast mountains. The largest of these was an active volcano, but it did not erupt for many thousands of years. During all these years, the plants and animals that survived adapted more and more, splitting back up into many more species. But then a large earthquake triggered the volcano, and the eruption was massive. There was not much lava, but the volcano sprayed millions of tons of ash and smoke into the atmosphere, wrapping Ocarra in a thick grey blanket. The smoke killed thousands of organisms, leaving only the toughest to survive. But of course the unforgiving universe was not done yet. The star that it orbited was a very old star, far older than our sun. This star died, leaving Ocarra floating around the universe and with absolutely no light. Only the luckiest animals with adaptations to live in the dark survived, forced to live in the harshest environment known to man. No light, smoky atmosphere, and living on a planet half destroyed. The world survived only to go through more. It is a wonder how anything survives to this day.

Description:
Asteroid strike location

Takes up about a fourth of the planet filled with water

Is the home of many bizarre fish

Warm Climate

Description:
Dark grey stone

The biggest mountain is an active volcano, Solacis Volcano.

highest part is 1,306,009

Nearly uninhabited

Description:
The Earth is coated with a dark oily substance known as Olewio. When it snows, it stains every snowflake an inky black. Most plants in these woods are known for being carnivorous. This biome is the most inhabited place on the planet.

Environment:
Blacksnow Woods/Paint Pot Crater

Description:
The Hexaregor has a vaguely human body and a froglike head. Depending on where it lives, it may or may not have gills and webbed hands / feet. They have special throat filters similar to that of a whale shark, which the use for blocking smoke and ash out of their lungs. The have greyish, humid skin and large yellow eyes. They typically wear loincloths. They are clever, somewhere between a chimpanzee and a human. They reach maturity in 16 earth years, and typically begin to breed at age 32. They usually have about 80 eggs per year. They are herbivores. They usually have a lifespan of 50 years. They are 5’ 9’’ on average. Their population size is quite large. They have a language known as Occaran. They have Nocturnal Vision. They live in groups of 20 to 100, which are called hazes, which are led by the largest of the haze, the hemoa.

Environment:
Blacksnow Woods

Description:
Milops look kind of like dragon horses. They have large, batlike wings and smooth, black skin. Their underbelly is an odd shade of purple, and they have aquamarine stripes along its tail, back, and neck. They have short, stubby tails and a large crest in the back of their heads. They are about as smart as horses, and hexaregor use them like horses. They have baleen plates similar to whales that they use to filter small animals out of the water. They also use these plates like big teeth and grind up things like roots. They do not like loud noises. On average, they have 14.9 horsepower, have a medium population size, and have an average height of 4’ 8’’. They normally have a birth rate of 2 babies per year and have a lifespan of 14 years. When milops group together, they are called herds.

Environment:
Blacksnow Woods

Description:
Gordals are large plants that have short stems and a large bulb-like flower on top. They glow a blood red color. It has a sweet smell that attracts animals to lure it in its trap. When an animal brushes against it, it lashes out and swallows them. They grow in clusters so that when the animal gets spit out, it gets spit into another gordal, covered in its pollen. This is how to plant gets pollinated. Eventually, it releases the animal, but it is now pollinated and ready to reproduce. It uses chemosynthesis instead of photosynthesis because there is no sun. It feeds off of the chemicals in the air instead of sunlight. It has an average height of 3’, and lives to about 50 years.

References:
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs inspired me to come up with the asteroid that struck Ocarra and which formed Paint Pot Crater.

I was inspired by the Amazon Rainforest to make Blacksnow Woods, which has many exotic plants and animals. I wanted to capture that same effect without changing the low biodiversity of a barely sustaining planet.

When the population of the Hexaregor rose, it was inspired by the quick rise of human population

The hexaregor were based off of a sort of human-frog combination.

Milops are based off mostly thestrals (Harry Potter), which are thin, bony horses with batlike wings. I also used the baleen plates from whales to replace the teeth of Milops.

Gordals are inspired by the odd yellow flowers in the movie Smurfs: The Lost Village.

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