Difference between revisions of "Canticle"

They seem to fear the sun, but also have great respect for it, calling it titles such as ‘the'the Sky Tyrant'.{{book ref|tsm|12}} It is unknown however if this is a part of their religion or if it’sit's simply a part of their mindset.

The people on Canticle speak a language closely related to the Threnodite language.{{book ref|tsm|2}} The only known examples of this language are: ‘Sess'Sess Nassith Tor’Tor' which translates roughly to ‘one'one who escaped the sun.’' and ‘Kor'Kor Sess Nassith Tor’Tor' which can be presumed to mean something similar.

As Canticle’sCanticle's Sun kills anyone who touches its light, the people have to constantly keep running from it.{{book ref|tsm|1}}{{book ref|tsm|2}} To do this, they live in large flying cities, each located in a different ‘corridor’'corridor' (latitude).{{book ref|tsm|15}} The cities are in turn made out off smaller ships, which can link together.{{book ref|tsm|3}} They have many different kinds of ships. Special types include farming ships, a type of ship made for sowing and harvesting crops, and prospectors, which are capable of finding [[sunheart]]s.{{book ref|tsm|23}}{{book ref|tsm|3}}{{book ref|tsm|12}} The people on Canticle also have access to hoverbikes.{{book ref|tsm|7}} [[Union]] also has some sort of Arena, although it's unknown if this is a regular thing among these cities.{{book ref|tsm|6}} All ships are powered by sunhearts.{{book ref|tsm|11}}

Investiture is relatively commonplace on Canticle. The sunlight is Invested, and the planet’splanet's core is also densely Invested.{{book ref|tsm|34}}{{book ref|tsm|45}} The core tries to feed on any Investiture it can, but generally can't take it from people.{{book ref|tsm|34}}

A lot of technology, including the floating cities, is powered by sunhearts. These Invested ‘hearts’'hearts' are made by people who perished in the Invested sunlight while in the direct path between the sun and the planet. Sunhearts can be recharged.{{book ref|tsm|45}} Recently the [[Cinder King]] learned how to use the local investiture to make [[Charred]] from Scadrian researchers on the planet.{{book ref|tsm|45}}