Planet:Blrince

Blrince is the home world of the Centapedus and their subspecies. It is a rich, lush T3 planet with a turquoise pigment in it's soil, this pigment is caused my a chemical released into the soil by a single celled organism, native all around the planet. Its plant life are usually fungal shaped, with mushroom like caps and gills on the top of each tree, bush, or grass. Life isn't as common as you'd think it would be on such a planet. Forests are scarce and flat lands are bountiful. Organisms have developed blue pigment to match their environment. Many Centapedus believe that the number of animals outnumbers plant life. Most animals that live on Blrince have developed insectile features, mammal like creatures are very rare. Though it is a T3 planet it has fairly dry weather and lack of oxygen, but the creatures of blrince have found a way around this problem for they have developed two sets of breathing organs, one the size of a football, the other the size of a human fist. The "football sized one" is the lungs wich take in oxygen, while the "fist" is an organ known as a Cordogak (cor-duh-gak) this takes in methane, which makes up 35% of the air in Blrince.

Seasonal Changes
Blrince goes through some major changes at the start of each year (439 earth days). During the Fall season, Blrince's foliage begins to lengthen about 3ft because the planet begins draw further from the sun, thus sunlight becomes out of reach. So the foliage stretches out further to store some of its precious energy for the harsh winter.This is the mating season for most mammal like creatures. The temperature in the hottest locations becomes 78 degrees Fahrenheit, while in the coldest becomes -54 degrees Fahrenheit, in the Winter they can drop 10 degrees more. Winter is the harshest for life in all of Blrince. The plants begin to recede into the ground and not allowing last minute grazers to feed upon them. The grazers have found a way around this though. With their tough exoskeletons and sharp claws, they can withstand the cold and uproot receded plants. Predators use a thick carpet of snow to their advantage and hide beneath it to ambush prey. Spring is where change is visible on a planetary scale. The Great Rivers that run along Blrince's surface become a green color. This is due to a type of algae that thrives in the conditions. This is when most plants begin emerge from the ground and bloom, for the plants on Blrince, blooming is when the color of leaves, caps, and stems change color. Spring is also the mating season for most insecticidal animals. Summer is when the trees and bushes begin to bare fruit. The fungal like plants develop large edible spores in between their gills ranging from turquoise, to purple. These spores make a nice treat for Centapedus. You might expect the summers to be unbearable, but in fact the hottest temperature on the planet's surface is 106 degrees, but underground can be 135. It is unknown why the underground cave systems are so hot and humid.