Welcome to Alentis! The world that holds many of the settings me and my Discord are developing.
Alentis was the battleground for a group of deities from other worlds and universes. The people of Alentis had nothing to do with the war but were caught up in it when their world was ravaged by the fights of those of greater power than them. They did their best to survive, but eventually the Gods went too far, ending the war in an explosion that not so much rocked the world as destroyed it near completely.
One of the Gods, who'd long been trying to protect the Alentians from the war of the Gods raging around them, acted quickly, becoming the God of Gravity for Alentis as it used every bit of it's concentration and energy to stop the world from completely flying apart. Alentis is now a planet paused in the act of exploding, rotating around a core that houses a God, orbiting a warm orange sun.
After the God of Gravity made this sacrifice of itself, the other Gods quickly felt guilt at their actions, and began working together to keep the world working. Alentis is a world of delicate balances kept running by both the Gods and it's people.
The islands orbiting closest to the core, or the Core Islands, are the warmest on the planet and are mostly dry, hot desert. The closer to the core an island is, the hotter it is, and the stronger the pull of the God of Gravity. Very few people live in the closest islands, and the denizens of the Core Islands tend to be more adapted to heat and stronger than those on the rings.
The Inner Ring Islands are the "goldilocks zone" for Alentis, where most of the civilizations arose. They're mostly temperate in climate and while not densely populated by earth standards, they're where most of Alentis' population is.
The Outer Ring Islands are colder than any of the other groups of islands, and the further out an island is, the colder the island and the thinner the atmosphere. These islands are as inhospitable as the Core Islands, but for opposite reasons - few civilizations arose here because of how cold and frozen it is. Gravity also has less of a pull here, and occasionally smaller uninhabited islands escape the pull of the God of Gravity in this ring. Denizens of the Outer Ring Islands tend to be more adapted to the cold and not as strong as those born to the Inner Ring and Core Islands. Their respiratory and circulatory systems have adapted for the thinner atmosphere, as well, and they tend to have less trouble breathing at the higher altitudes as a result.









