Fiction:The Mountains of Insanity

Let me tell you a story. a story of a place and a civilization so distant and so ancient that they've been lost to time, and lost to galactic civilization. it took place in a galaxy close to the edge of the known universe. Long ago before Sol was formed, a thriving civilization prospered on their planet.a giant rock fell from the sky and hit a desert like region of the homeworld. The inhabitants flew into a frenzy, for the asteroid turned the planet into a sea of sand. The Gnov'Kozuu, however, didn't want to go out so easily. they discovered that the rock contained minerals that could emit pure energy. the Gnov'Kozuu then smelted it in hoped of using it to reach for the stars. this rock, contained an odd looking artifact. It seemed to be a source of limitless energy to them. it regenerated the vegetation around it. the civilization now replicated and worshiped it as their deity. Everything went well for the Gnov'Kozuu, they brougth back their homeoworld's lushious green color and restored the seas until they realized the artifact's true intentions. it created undead and mutated creatures out of what was deceased. Soon, the Gnov'Kozuu found themselves in another struggle, against the seemingly infinite horde of dead. after several Earth weeks the artifact shot up into the sky and drew all the dead matter around it. All the dead bodies converged to form a planetiod like body in orbit around the Gnov'Kozuu homeoworld The counsel on the planet decided that there was only one way they could stop this nightmare. the aliens were very resourceful and created a giant terraforming machine. With it, the Gnov'Kozuu froze their planet and the still forming 'moon' above. Earth years passed until the Gnov'Kozuus numbers dwindled to nothing. a that is left is the frozen structures deep below the ice covered ball that was once their home and the misshapen moon in orbit.