Saylua
Saylua is the planet that the Saylua game takes place on. The planet of Saylua is tidally locked, which means it does not rotate relative to its sun. This means that one side of Saylua is always light and the other side is always dark. Residents on Saylua call the light side Sayleus and the dark side Luaria. In between the two sides of Saylua, there is a border region called the Dawnlands, a place where the sky is always the color of a sunset/sunrise, and the temperatures are the most moderate found on the planet.
Physical Characteristics
The orbit of Saylua around its sun takes 365 days. Saylua spins on its axis, but its spin cycle is exactly 365 days long as well. So the planet of Saylua makes one planetary rotation for every revolution around the sun made. Thus, while Saylua both revolves and rotates, one side of the planet is always facing the sun, and the other side of the planet is always facing the darkness.
Saylua has one moon which orbits the planet.
The sun of Saylua's system is a red dwarf.
History of Saylua
Etymology of the Name
Saylua was originally not tidally locked and used to have a day and night cycle much like Earth. Before The Impact, Saylua was simply known as the planet of Sayleus by its residents, a word which referred to the prosperous life living on the planet. Immediately following The Impact, much of the area on the side now known as Luaria became inhospitable to life as a result of the large dust clouds generated by the meteor strike. Many creatures and humans died, and those humans that did survive migrated to the area now known as Sayleus as the dust clouds grew. However, many of the animals that did survive The Impact and the associated climate changes adapted to the new environment. Although much of the flora had died, the meteor filled the area with magical high energy particles. These particles accelerated the pace of mutations for the creatures still living in the area, causing the creatures on the side to evolve rapidly. Despite the scarce resources in the area, life eventually started thriving in the area of the planet hit by the meteor impact. Thus, humans came up with the word Luaria to refer to the hope brought by the magical particles in the area. Sayleus no longer seemed like a fitting word to refer to the whole planet, so the word Saylua started to gain popularity as a reference to the fact that the planet was never the same after The Impact, which destroyed a lot of life but brought back hope in the form of magic.
Geography
The planet has always had a high amount of biodiversity with lots of different animal types living in a variety of different biomes.
