CAL1 Soltan Ephemeris
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This poster is for use with CAL1 Calidar "In Stranger Skies¸" a 132 pg. gazetteer describing the world of Calidar and the Kingdom of Meryath.
This 12" x 18" poster displays the planets and moons forming the center point of Calidar's Universe: Soltan's Ephemeris. Soltan is the sun around which three worlds and their moons gravitate. Though not to scale¸ the image shows the general appearance and relative sizes of the three planet and their moons. It is a beautiful rendition by Cartographer Thorfinn Tait. The landscape-format image is printed on thick¸ semi-gloss paper stock and folded vertically across the center. It is mailed in a bubble-lined padded mailer¸ usually with stiff cardboard sheets included to prevent bending or folding.
Excerpt from the Gazetteer: "The second and largest planet from Soltan is roughly comparable to our Earth¸ as regards its size (about 27¸000 miles in its circumference¸ or 43¸200 km) and its seasons. It travels around Soltan in 360 days. Its land masses benefit from a variety of terrain separated by large seas covering slightly less than two-thirds of the surface. From a distance¸ this planet appears mostly blue¸ marbled with green and brown. Three inhabited satellites gravitate nearby: Alorea¸ Kragdûr¸ and Munaan. The first two are closest and remain on opposite sides of their mother world¸ taking twenty-eight Calidaran days to travel around it. Munaan lies farther out and completes its orbit in forty-two days. All three moons fully rotate in twenty-four Calidaran hours."
Why do I need this?...you don't¸ but why wouldn't you acquire it anyway¸ since it is so cool? The author mounted this poster on the outside of his game master's screen. It looks great and perfectly appropriate when running a spacefaring campaign game focused on skyships¸ Calidar's main theme.