The Planets of the AdventureQuest Universe





Introduction to the Planets [ITP]



Lore is an interesting planet, but Lore isn’t alone in its existence as a planet filled with life and magic. Ever since the coming the Devourer The’Galin, Lore has been increasingly exposed to life from other planets, with good will or bad. This section documents all of the planets that we have encountered hitherto. It is important to note that these planets are not confined to the WarpForce expansion and are, indeed, of direct interest to AdventureQuest players. Many already have noticeable effects on the game and others, like Lore, Trescol, Kairula, and Balen-5, are visitable in AQ. If you don’t wish to join the WarpForce to view these planets, just click on their names for a snapshot.



For those worlds that can fall in several categories, merely their names are re-listed.





Visitable Worlds in AdventureQuest [VWA]



All of these worlds are currently visitable in AQ.



Lore



(Yes, this is different from the image shown in-game. That would be because the in-game one is wrong in several weird ways.)



Lore is a planet of inordinate magic—its core is pure, strong, elemental magic— and variety in geological features. Unlike certain worlds that exhibit only one type of living space (e.g., Satiren for its ocean, Erakkis for its desert, or Kairula for its jungle), Lore has all of these characteristics and more: it has oceans (the Egrian, the Great Southern) like Satiren, deserts (the Skraeling) like Erakkis, jungles (the Dark) like Kairula, forests, tropical regions, mountains, and even snowy regions to the north and south. A note on this geography, however, must be made: it is liable to shift. Greatly. In very short amounts of time.



Because of this geological variety, there is also much variety in its inhabitants; the sentient species are manifold. Of these, there are the humans, the Elani, the Ulgathi, the Drakel, the Gnome, the Mermazon, the Dragon, the Dwarf, the Moglin, the Gatta, the Centaurion, and potentially many more. There are also many non-sentient species much like those on Terra, like the Tiger, the Bat, the Hawk, etc.



In addition to its importance for its magic and variety in creatures, Lore is also important because it was the birthplace of The’Galin the Devourer, the WarpForce’s greatest enemy (sort of). The’Galin was born aeons ago on the continent of Inilar in the capital city of Tjeli. As a man, he started an orphanage on the Cigeli Peak. It was in this life that he first felt the depravity of Creation-kind. After his death, Lorithia raised him as a Greater Power to test the worlds and to determine which are worthy of continuation.



Lore is one of the only planets for which we have any idea of what its Gods are like.



Lore is also important because the game happens there, in case you didn’t know.



Further Reading: Why not play AdventureQuest and discover more about this world yourself? If you need help understanding the many Gods, try looking here.



Trescol



Trescol is a planet with three suns. Due to its orbit around these suns, there is no true “night” on Trescol excepting the “Great Night,” Ahb Solis. During Ahb Solis, the three suns align, flare, and cover Trescol in night.



The dominant sentient race of Trescol are the Chairodontae * . Their general structure is much like that of the Centaurions of Lore, with a four-limbed lower body and a two-limbed torso. All of these limbs have deadly claws at their ends. They also possess a certain affinity for magic, as the Chairodontae have a third eye (“Oculum Aegis”) that allows them to see the shape of magical energy and to see into the Ethereal Realm. The females, however, are more skilled at manipulating their third eye, causing them to be their Tribe’s spiritual leader; the males are more physically strong and are their Tribe’s warriors. In addition, the females are more fair-skinned and less suited to the harsh light of the three suns, and will remain in their dwellings while the darker-skinned males hunt.



They have many interesting traditions—for example, the Great Night is also a night of a ritual of passage called Tanis. On this night, the Ancient Euthark will venture forth, and Chairodontae youths may hunt these Euthark to become warriors. Should they be successful, they will fashion a weapon, a Luntet, from the carapace of the Euthark. Should they fail, they will forever be banished from their Tribe and live as Par’Sha, Forgotten. Another such tradition is their method of housing. Shalut, types of mesas, are their general homes. Huts from red mud are built instead if no Shalut are nearby.



Because of the WarpForce’s visit to retrieve “Floaty,” an F10A7, the Chairodontae of the tribes have been shown the evil of the Network and have allied themselves with the WarpForce. The Par’Sha, however, aligned themselves with the Network, believing that the Network can destroy the Tribes.



* An interesting factoid—On Terra, “Machairodontinae” is a subfamily of “saber-tooth cats.”



Further Reading: Learn About and Visit Trescol! Also, try Finding F10A7 as well.



Kairula



Kairula is the second planet from its sun in its solar system. The core is composed of piezoelectric crystal (crystal that generates electricity under force). The surface, on the other hand, is covered with jungle where there is no ocean. The jungle is very dense, and the underbrush is near impassable. The humidity in this jungle is also extremely high.



Because of these jungle conditions with excessively high humidity and temperatures, an insectoid race has evolved to be dominant. The Odonata * had ancestors not unlike the Terran damselflies. The Odonata, however, are of two different breeds: the Shalen and the Junas. They are as different as can be.



The Shalen:

The Shalen (the “tree-bound”) are a green, gossamer-winged breed of Odonata that lives in nests suspended above the jungle undergrowth. They stress harmony with nature, believing that Sha, the sun spirit, had told their race that enlightenment can only be achieved with this harmony.



The Junas:

The Junas (the “Warriors”) are a large, red breed of Odanata that lives in grounded, organic Mounds that are connected with tunnels. Unlike the Shalen, they believe that they must shape the land in any way necessary for them to survive.



Another race of insectoids is also important to Kairula. These are the Gnil, firefly-like creatures that are bred by the Junas for light. They are also sentient, however, possessing faculties of self-awareness, language, and tool-making. The Shalen see the Junas’s breeding as a violation of nature and free the Gnil whenever possible.



When the WarpForce went to Kairula, both breeds of the Odonata realized that the Network is inimical to their ways of life. As such, their feuding has ended and they now ally with the WarpForce.



* An interesting factoid—On Terra, “Odonata” is an order of the class Insecta that includes damselflies and dragonflies.



Further Reading: Learn About and Visit Kairula! Offering Peace there would be a good idea. The Odonata are also good allies on a Chase to the Veil.



Balen-5



Balen-5 is the fifth planet from the star Balen. Its climate is rather humid. One of the prominent plant species is the “Flower Findle,” a flower with amazing regenerative powers. It was also originally home to a large animal population from which the “Space Girls,” Sally, Suzy, Stacy, Sandy, Sindy, and Shelly, came, but a female intergalactic Overlord (Dark Madder) turned all of the animal life into Black Goo. Interestingly enough, this world is also where Dark Madder had her summer home.



Further Reading: When the Space Girls Visit, we learn about and Explore Balen-5.





Influential Worlds in AdventureQuest [AQI444]



All of these planets’ inhabitants have had some influence on AQ.



Protus



Protus was a world long ago beset by the Network. The inhabitants of the planet are called Proteans. They are organometallic creatures that survive by symbiosis. Many of the inhabitants of the planet joined the Network, but there were still those dedicated to anti-Network activity; they formed the Protean Peace Alliance. It was said by a certain Protean Minister in the Network that the planet was largely taken overrun by Network agents, but Queen Pra’Mithia tells us that the planet is largely devoid of Network Proteans, as these have long since left the planet with the Network. The description of the Nechron Protean, on the other hand, tells us that half of the Proteans became Network Agents. As of now, however, this is of no consequence—Protus was destroyed by the Engine of Destruction.



Protus was also an important world because of one of the artifacts in its Museum of Antiquity. This artifact, the Hand of Creation, is a powerful Gauntlet that has many incredible powers, as demonstrated by the hero of the WarpForce: it led the WarpForce to the Cryptic Veil to see the creation of a new world, destroyed a massive undead Leviathan on the planet of Satiren, and ultimately proved to be the Key to reverting the Engine of Destruction to its original form. There may be other powers that have yet to be seen. It was first discovered three “cycles” ago on Protus, when a beam of light pierced the surface of the planet and created a volcano that erupted and brought forth the Hand.



Further Reading: The Protectors come to Lore, but we have to go to them to find the Hand of Creation.



Dremin



Terraformed and colonized by refugee Diceros, this planet was invaded by Giant Skitters, a product of native Skitters (the size of small insects) and a Network metamorphic solution. The WarpForce aided the Diceros in destroying the Giant Skitters and removing the metamorphic solution. Our friends met in the Mount Thrall Alien Bounty, Enlil and Enki, come from this planet.



Further Reading: Enlil and Enki are only two representatives of their race that we meet at Mt. Thrall; you may see more if you Explore Dremin.



Stoker-3 *



Stoker-3 is a planet inhabited by 400,000 Chiropterrans ** . Chiropterrans are bat-like creatures who do not believe in receiving technological help from others; as such, they do not yet have warp technology and must resort to slower-than-lightspeed travel. The leader of the Lorian Clan Nocturu, Noctros, is a Chiropterran.



Stoker-3 originally faced a nanobotic virus that turned its victims into vampires. With the help of the WarpForce, the virus was eliminated.



* An interesting factoid—On Terra, the man who wrote Dracula was Bram Stoker.

** An interesting factoid—On Terra, “Chiroptera” is the Order of Class Mammalia that includes bats.



Further Reading: Exploring Paxia will let you meet Noctros, but others of his race are best met when fighting Space Vampires!





Network/Autarch Worlds [NAW]



All of these worlds have succumbed to the Network or were under the power of the Autarchs.



Protus (See AQ-Influential Worlds)



Aglon-11



Aglon-11 was originally a planet used as a Network base. This base was originally used to capture and imprison Queen Pra’Mithia. It served another purpose in the Race to the Cryptic Veil; the antimatter power generator under the surface was used to blow up the planet to distract the Network’s forces.



Further Reading: Saving Queen Pra'Mithia from the Network will introduce you to Aglon-11.



Delta-7



Delta-7 was, at one point, used as a Nechron base. It was originally a hydrogen mine, but was destroyed in a two-pronged attack.



Further Reading: The Two-Pronged Attack will let you destroy the Nechron base here.



Purgos



Purgos is a planet populated by Nechrons, natural Undead creatures. They were ruled by Veritos and Vanatia of Lore, as their necromantic powers gave them natural leadership. However, Veritos questioned the suffering caused by the Nechrons, while Vanatia embraced it. In the end, Vanatia became Dark Madder and put Veritos in Aguilos, a prison on a cliff on Purgos. With the help of the WarpForce, Veritos escaped and helped to end Dark Madder's evil.



Purgos also has a sister world, Haden, that looks exactly like Purgos but is redder in hue. It is also populated by natural Undead, but they, the Hadeni, are subservient to the Nechrons.



Further Reading: The Shadows of Purgos lengthen as Bizarre Flecks fall...



Omnus



Omnus’s tale is a depressing one. Eons ago, the planet was inhabited by multifarious forms of life. The major sentient race of the planet eventually developed technology so far that they let their machines control every aspect of their lives. The machines were then given the minds of the inhabitants of the planet, and then all life on Omnus was also eventually transferred to machines. There were originally two factions of machines on Omnus, the Gathorans and the Defilers, but the Defilers, who lacked a moral code, unlike the Gathorans, forced the Gathorans out.



The planet was destroyed when Dark Madder took the Engine of Creation from it after using the planet’s vast computing Core to find out how to change the Engine to one of Destruction. Prior to its destruction, however, it had become a place devoid of non-machine life and atmosphere. Everything on the planet was artificial and its biosphere was used as raw material and fuel for the machines of the planet.



This planet was also notable because it was the source of many new technologies, e.g., tractor beams, cloaking, etc.



Further Reading: The Omnus Warning was the sign of bad things to come...



Zirrix



Zirrix is a planet blanketed in an ionic, acidic atmosphere with poisonous oceans. All forms of "life" on the planet were bio-engineered to fit the needs of the major sentient species of the planet, the Virin. The Virin are parasites with 30% of their body mass in neural tissue that bond with other beings to control their bodies for their use. The planet is ruled by the Virin Confederacy headed by Jarik Z'kaa.



Th'rix Na'thaar, a Virin scientist without the ability to bond, used an army of Nefadon to create the Nefadon Empire attempted to take over the planet, but then Dark Madder appeared and removed his higher thinking skills, ending the conflict.





Destroyed Worlds [DEW]



These worlds were destroyed or altered drastically from their original state.



Protus (See above two categories)

Omnus (See above category)



Gerendor Before and After



Gerendor was a planet of the Helas Binary Star System. It was originally a planet populated by a high-tech civilization of around 20 million people. After Gravlax’s monkeying with his time machine, the positions of the binary stars were shifted around 500 years ago, causing enormous catastrophes across the planet and ending the native life. 400 years after the destruction of the civilization, Defilers came to the planet, harvesting “Empyrean Cells,” which were powerful solar cells, from the dead Gerendorian civilization.



Further Reading: Is it truly a Dead Planet?



Lannox-3 Before and After



Lannox-3 was once a temperate/jungle/tropical world (for some reason, the game constantly changed its description), but Space Pirates Jayson and Karlina froze the world in a short time period of two months to sell the frozen water to planets without it. Because of the dramatic climate shift, the world was reduced to barren tundra.



Further Reading: Fighting the Nice Pirates will bring you to Lannox-3.





Other Worlds [OTW]



Other worlds that I have not categorized go here.



Satiren



Satiren is a beautiful planet covered entirely in water. There isn’t dry land anywhere on the island—that is, there wasn’t until Trinni created an artificial island in her escape from Lord Terror. An odd aspect about the planet is that its rings somehow orbit in different directions.



Because Satiren is so different ecologically from Lore, there are a great many very interesting creatures that Lorians had never seen. One of these is the Gravanir. Since the creation of the planet, the Gravanir circled the Sea according to the seasons, causing all of the sea creatures in their vicinity to gather around them for their protection, forsaking their own migrations. According to Finnona, they aim for the preservation of order in the Sea. It also appears that the Gravanir can transmit a virus that gives other organisms the ability to transform into one of them.



Although the Gravanir were native to Satiren, a sea serpent known as the Marix had recently been introduced to Satiren’s fragile ecology by the Network. They originate from the planet Dygith. These Marix serpents are almost viral in how they breed; one serpent can cause almost infinite trouble by producing extreme amounts of offspring, as they eat tons and tons of fish flesh per day.



A final creature of note was the Leviathan. Note the use of the past tense verb “was.” The Leviathan was destroyed by the Hero using his or her Hand of Creation. Prior to its destruction, it had been raised as an undead creature by Dark Madder. The Leviathan appeared to be a creature of great power, devouring a Marix serpent in one bite.



A final note: Despite the strange monsters, Satiren is a wonderful vacationing site—many Exos, for example, travel here for their vacations.



Further Reading: Travel to Satiren today!



Gervel



Gervel is a gas giant populated by Proteans. It is a gas mining colony (naturally, since the world is a gas giant). The Proteans live on over 100 antigrav platforms situated throughout the planet’s atmosphere. Though the atmosphere is 5000 miles deep, the most valuable and rare materials are found near the core, where the already heavy gravity is strongest.



One of the animal species that populates Gervel is the “Cosmoslug,” a creature of Darkness that seems to, oddly, have natural cloaking powers. They are “a cross between a giant bird and a snake-like thing, with four or so black eyes on long stalks. Black and purple in coloration…” Cosmoslugs generally live in outer space, in and around asteroids, but Gervel’s core is rich in elements that are of nutritional value to the Cosmoslugs. The move of the Cosmoslugs to Gervel caused problems for the Proteans, but the WarpForce helped the Proteans set up a sanctuary for the Cosmoslugs on Gervel.



Further Reading: Why not Explore Gervel at the behest of Milly Mendas?



Nemea



Nemea is a plant consisting of dense jungle and swamp. The planet was originally populated with Predecessors, but they left the planet when the species they hunted all went extinct. A hunting party of Predecessors brought Alien Zards to the planet to hunt the Alien Zards for pleasure on their planet.



Further Reading: Although Terra had a Nemean Lion, it wasn't from Nemea; you'll find out what DOES live there if you Explore Nemea.



Erakkis



Erakkis (or “Abiding Home” in the language of the natives) is a desert world, and very little water is to be had on its surface (there are no seas). Its dominant race is one of humanoids called “Freemin.” The planet is the only in the universe that has “Spyse,” (Yes, Spyse is a play on “Spice”) a byproduct of the digestive system of the “Doon Worm,” a native species of giant worm. This and the fact that Spyse is difficult to find cause it to be a very valuable (and the only) export of the Freemin.



The Freemin are led by the “Spysers Guild,” who use the Spyse to transport objects through warpspace. They live mainly in cities that have parts both above and under the ground, with the underground portion being the majority to prevent loss of water by evaporation. They also wear Armor that prevents loss of water through evaporation. The Freemin believe that there is to be a savior of their world called the “Mo’Ad-Lib,” though what this “Mo’Ad-Lib” must do to save their world is unclear.



Further Reading: Rap artists and more ad libs abound on Erakkis; try Exploring the Sands of Doon.



Random, Un-named planet in the Epsilon Minor System



This planet is the last planet (in the sense that all of the others were long ago reduced to asteroids) in the Epsilon Minor System. It was a temporary home for a few Silari Drakel that called and ambushed the WarpForce. Eventually, these fugitive Silari were attacked by bounty hunters.



Further Reading: Epsilon Minor isn't all that interesting, just so you know.



Capurnia



Capurnia is a planet inhabited by Space Moglines. These “Moglines” Moglins from Lore, brought to the planet by Emperor Twang, a clone of Twig created when Twig accidentally teleported two places at once. They have since formed two factions, the “Loyalists,” who believe in Twang’s powers, and the “Traitors,” who don’t even believe in his existence. When the WarpForce visited, they made Twang come out of his temple and re-unite the two factions into one that would help the WarpForce.



Further Reading: The Space Moglines were brought to Capurnia by Twang; meet them on a mission.



Ajerak



Ajerak is a “tropical paradise,” to quote Sergeant Lucky Gibbs. The jungle by which the planet is covered is very much like that of Lore, probably because the evolutionary paths taken by the native plants were similar (or it could be that the Dhe Ehm decided to re-use Dark Jungle art!). It was once visited by the WarpForce to try to negotiate the return of Colonel Ba’Tokk; all they received was a Defiler-created machine version.



Further Reading: You'll see Ajerak if you try breaking Ba'Tokk out of jail.



Hennaooine



Hennaooine is a small desert world. About a quarter of the planet is covered with ocean, however. The planet is inhabited by Gathorans, intelligent machines that were once from Omnus. The third-to-last Star Knight, Opie-Juan, had also made this planet his temporary home.



(Yes, this is a kick at “Tattooine.”)



Further Reading: Will you Find Ken Benobi?



Syrine IV



Syrine IV was originally a barren world before its current inhabitants, the Unaga, terraformed it to their liking.



The only inhabitants, the Unaga, are a very singular race. They originally hailed from the planet of Unai, but this world was destroyed around 300 years ago when the sun of the system went supernova and became a pulsar, gamma ray-blasting the planet into oblivion. All but 960 of the Unaga, traveling in 40 fighter ships, were destroyed. These have since colonized 14 planets with 19 billion Unaga, and continue to do so today while searching for their forebear, the Unaga Prime. They wield great power, using incredible combinations of magic and technology that are not available to most any other race.



The Unaga owe their great power to the “Dragons,” or “Sacred Ones,” of their planet, which now live in outer space after the destruction of their planet. On Unai, these Dragons used to grow in power as they aged, subliming or exploding when their power grew too much for their bodies to handle; the Unaga siphoned off this extra power to store as Crystallized Dragon’s Breath. When the planet was destroyed, they no longer needed the Unaga and roam in outer space. These Dragons are very different from the Dragons of the planet Lore, as they are hydrogen-based in their adulthood and carbon-based in their childhood, existing in a hibernating phase between these two states. The adults, due to their hydrogen-based nature, feed off of radiation sources to survive. They are also many times more powerful than Lorian Dragons, creating more Crystallized Dragon’s Breath in a year than 1000 Lorian Dragons could in a century.



Further Reading: Will you learn of the Enemy Mind and meet the Star Dragon?



Novus



Novus is Lore’s sister world, created by accident when the hero of the WarpForce undid the programming that transformed the Engine of Creation into one of Destruction. Its atmosphere and gravity are exactly like Lore’s, but the lifeforms are completely different; apparently, the Creation merely resulted in a world that matched Lore on a planetary scale.



On our brief visit to this sister planet, we encounter several types of lifeforms. The dominant lifeform was a very intelligent beetle-like creature called a “Greetle.” These Greetle seemed to be telepathic, or to have a hivemind. Another important being was “Rubia,” someone that looked very much like Vanatia of Lore.



Further Reading: Brave a New World!



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