Planet Kreysthahl

[Kreysthahl]

In a far and distant space, on the edge of the known universe, exists a galaxy much like the Milky Way. In this galaxy, which I shall call the "Comet’s Head ", is a star system. This star system has three asteroid belts and eleven planets with the biggest and most habitable planet in the middle. This habitable planet, which I shall call Kreysthahl (pronounced as krees'-tahl), has seven moons and a blue-colored sun called Azul (pronounced as ah'-zool).

Compared to Earth, Kreysthahl is at least four times the size of Earth. The passage of time in Kreysthahl is almost the same as with Earth's except, a day is forty hours long. A calculation of the planet’s orbit around the local sun shows that it takes longer for it to make a revolution approximately twice a long as that of Earth's. Therefore, the people decided to make a month eight weeks long. Lastly, even with making a month eight weeks long, a year is still fifteen months long, a little over two and a half years Earth time.

Kreysthahl is a planet with an almost equal amount of landmass and water. The land or soil has a lavender hue that becomes violet when wet. The water with vast stretches of rivers and lakes has such crystalline clear waters that you can see the bottom. The sea has an iridescent color that cannot decide which color it is. One can drink it when it is clear but risk poisoning when it is iridescent. The water when drank have a slightly sweet taste. The water by itself can quench thirst and even stave off hunger but only for four hours. The sky is pale green with pearly white clouds that turn to pale blue when it is going to rain.

For the most part, the lands of Kreysthahl are plains, rolling hills and mountain ranges. There are no active volcanoes as of yet. There are however, many geysers near mountaintops. Usually but not always, what can be found on mountain peaks are huge crystalline rocks or boulders instead of snow. Like earth, below the equator Kreysthahl have two seasons. The rainy season, this lasts for eight months, and the dry season, which lasts for seven months. However, above the equator, there are four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter. The spring, summer and autumn seasons lasts four months while winter only lasts for three months.

During sunset, the first moon to rise at approximately twenty-five hours and zero minutes give or take a few minutes, is the smallest moon called Prisma. It has a very peculiar color much like a prism that when it catches the sunlight produces all the colors of the rainbow. This is exactly how you will see the color of Prisma in space. However, the colors clearly seen from the planet Kreysthahl are red, orange, and yellow all swirling and interchanging like a mood ring. The second moon to rise after four hours is the largest moon called Kwarts (pronounced koo-warts). It has the color of an unclear almost opaque quartz crystal. The third moons to raise after one hour and thirty minutes the second and third smallest moons commonly called as "The Pair". The second smallest is called Amteest (pronounced am'-thist) which has the color of the palest violet. In addition, the third smallest is Emral that has the color of the deepest green. The fourth moon to rise after three hours is the third largest moon called Quamaree (pronounced koo-wa'-mah-ree) with the color of the palest blue. The fifth moon to rise after four hours is the second largest called Iris. Its actual color is a light pink hue. However, because it rises behind Emral, Iris reminds the people of Kreysthahl of an eye. Finally, yet importantly, the sixth moon to rise after thirty minutes is the average sized moon called Ze (pronouced zeh). It has a very dark violet color. A lunar eclipse happens once every six months and a solar eclipse happens every 5 years. (I'm just guessing at the eclipses.)

There is a wide variety of flora and fauna. Of the flora, the most significant are the giant trees called Blue Wood. These trees can live for hundreds of thousands of years. A Blue Wood is like Earth's giant Sequoia tree but a Blue wood is at least four or five times a sequoia's size. The Blue Woods have pale blue leaves, pink flowers and dark blue bark/trunk. The Blue Woods have some sort of magical property that prevents it from burning when struck by lightning. Another significant tree used for constructing furniture and other wooden appliances is called Bonnies. Bonnies are the same as Blue Woods except for their size and for not being able to produce flowers. Bonnies when cut, shaped, and left to dry, become as hard as the steel of Earth. Usually, for furniture or for art, Bonnies are used. There are a variety of ferns and shrubs some poisonous to touch. In addition, most of the land has carpet-like three-inch red colored grass. Of the fauna, the most significant creatures are the dragons. A dragon, Earth's mythical creature, may be one, two, or three colored. The second most magnificent creatures are the dragonlings, a smaller version of the dragons. Of the fauna, two thirds have wings that include the insect family. Of the last third, half are land bound animals and half are water bound animals.