• • • • Aarkera (Ark-era) - The mist shrouded, shattered planet. Main planet where the story takes place, at the moment. Four Nations vie for control of the various floating islands that comprise the planet of Aarkera.

      • Sithus (Sith-us) - A black charred husk of a planet. Visible in the sky from Aarkera. Little is known about this planet. It is large enough in the sky that its major details can be made out with the naked eye (about 2x larger than how Earth's moon appears in the sky).

      • Mist - The purple, pink swirling plasma that comprises the core of the planet of Aarkera. An extreme hazard to come into physical contact with however it’s use as a source of power has heavily advanced technology. The only substance that has been found to completely contain raw mist indefinitely is glass. However, the glass must be of the highest quality and contain no imperfections or the mist will eventually seep through. Most substances can hold off raw mist temporarily (wood, metal, cloth, etc) but all will fail given enough time. However, the tighter the seal and less porous the material, the longer it will hold. 

        • It was discovered that when mist is pressurized it begins to lose its qualities until it becomes almost completely inert (haze). So by collecting raw mist and processing it slightly by passing it through a pressurized glass chamber it loses some of its natural properties and can now be contained by almost any material thus allowing for the creation of mistech. 

        • Haze - Almost fully inert mist. Generally a byproduct of using mist from mistech. It is generally dumped back into the mists of Aarkera. It is thin and wispy, and is a pale almost gray pink. Has a mildly hallucinogenic effect when inhaled causing it to become a popular street drug.

      • Mist Storms - The sudden flare up of mist in a tsunami like storm where mist erupts from below the edges of Aarkera and washes over the immediate area like a wave, lingering in the area until it eventually dissipates. These storms can last anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour.

      • Mistech (Miss-tech) - Technology that has been derived from and powered by the mists.

Mist Corruption is the result of heavy or prolonged exposure to mist. 

1. Sensitivity - Blisters, painfully high senses

2. Instability - Erratic behavior

3. Distortion - Perception of reality shifts, wild hallucinations

4. Disassociation - People enter a coma-like state. Eventually, when they awaken (which can be hours or days later), they have lost all connection to their sense of self and go completely mad.