A Proleepwka's Home

The moon glistened in its silver beauty over the light blue sky like a pearl or gem of a necklace.  The craters on the satellite's surface were clearly visible, and added to its beauty.  Another satellite, though much smaller, was also visible, but it was overshadowed by its much larger sister.  Unfortunately, the sight of the other satellites are reserved for night and dusk, and oh what a sight they are.  They shine in the sky above the red and orange glow of the setting sun, and glisten amongst the stars at night with the globular cluster for which this planet inhabits in the background, shining like a perminant photo a firework.  When morning comes, the two moons return, and the others disappear in the distant horizon.

As morning continues, the surface of the planet is lit by the bright sun as time approaches noon.  The surface consists of dense rain forests at its equator, and moves to large mountains and tundras to the north.  At the poles are two small icecaps that glisten as the sun beats down on the crystal ice.  Between these two points is a moderate climate that has a hot, moist summer, but a cool, crisp winter.  The forests here resemble the forests of the northeastern United States or those found in Germany, with a mixture of pines, oaks, and ferns.  

Here is where the mammals of the planet have taken refuge from the harsher climates both north and south.  Unlike Earth, the mammals are fewer in numbers, consisting of rodents, felines, canines, and other small creatures.  Though small in size, they are large in numbers, grazing on the grasses and leaves, and hunting each other or smaller critters of the planet.  The only threat to a Proolepkwa here are the larger felines that hunt and live here, but these felines avoid such contact in fear of their own life.

Mammals are not the only ones to live here, but is also home to the Proleepkwa.  These area of the planet is where most of the cities are constructed, providing a balanced climate for its inhabitants.  Compared to human cities, these are highly advanced communitties, consisting of mass public transportation and a high-rise that not even Dubai or New York can compare to.  Beauty has been sacrificed for the efficiency of tall, steel, and technologically advanced buildings.  There are no crystal designes, or elegant buildings, but instead just many gray, steel structures pointing up from the ground as if they were pieces of hair on the planet.  There are no highways, but public transportation by train-like vehicles is common.  The city is filled with these, each traveling above and below ground to their destinations throughout the cities.  Proleepkwa are safe here in their steel jungles from the dangers of the rain forest, and brutallity of the mountains and tundras.  However, this has not stopped them from settling in these harsh areas.

In the rain forests, the dominant kind of the anamalia kingdom is not the mammal, or the reptile, but the insect.  In all truth, the insects have become the dominant species on the planet, evolving beyond all the other mammals, amphibians, birds, and reptiles.  They range from the size of ants and flies, to the humanoid Proleepkwas, to creatures the size of bears.  Here in the rainforest, the entire diversity of these insects is displayed with all the ranges of sizes, shapes, and colors interacting in one environment.

The smaller insects consume the leaves and grasses mostly, sometimes feasting on a small mammal or reptile when the opportunity approaches.  These insects range from beatles, to ants, to flies, and some other species that resemble all three in a much larger size, about the size of a rat.  Dwelling in the muddy soil, they usually make home in tunnels, but sometimes call the plantlife home.  Plants here resemble the tropical plants on Eath with the large leaves and pedals, but some very different.  Bioluminescents, sensory spines, and ivy or vine-like weeds add to the oddities of the forest.  All these are shaded by the canopy above where the birds nest in relative safety, but their main domain is north in the tundras and moderate climate.  The canopies is also where the larger insects dwell, consisting of giant arachnids, beatles, and other creatures that resemble insects on Earth, but at a larger scale.  Some of these do dwell on the surface however, and are just as dangerous.  This does not mean reptiles and other species are doomed.  In the lakes, ponds, and rivers, the reptiles, fish, and amphibians still rule.  These areas are littered with snakes, lizards, giant fish, eels, and much more.  These rivers are mostly salt water, and empty into the oceans of the planet.  These oceans are large, but not very for this planet's size.  The largest oceans reach that comparable to the Atlantic, but no bigger.  The coasts are relatively similar to those on Earth with sands, grasses, and large plains, but quickly end as you keep moving miles inland.

So how can Proleepkwa settle here you ask?  They do so through their ability to build efficiently and take up as little land as possible with higher buildings, and increase fortifications.  Trains move between cities, as well as transport ships, trading supplies and goods for one another.  The same is for the northern mountains and tundras, where a harsh cold climate would deter most inhabitants.  Here, they have built their cities much lower to the ground and more spread out, and build to the environments structure.  The mountains stretch for miles, and are as high or higher than the Rockies.  At the base they are covered in grasses and small forests, but turn to bare stone as you move higher in elevation.  At some peaks, you stand above the clouds, as if standing on a stone of heaven.  Life, however, is faint at this elevation, but the lively base provides much hope.  Larger grazing mammals exist here, but in small number.  Birds flurish here however, and have some of the most amazing scenes on any planet.  Thousands of birds may gather at a spot at anytime, and udergo hunting, mating, or migration.  The sites are awe inspiring, the patterns georgeous, and the birds amazing.

This planet is filled with biodiversity, and is littered with the breathtaking sights of jungles, mountains, forests, and creatures that resemble the beauty of our own Earth.  During the day you enjoy the joyous sounds of life and the awesome environments they endure, and it night you see the breathtaking beauty of the moons and stars.  It is a home of dangers, a home of beauty, but is most of all, the home of Proleepkwas.