Solaris

Solaris is a world on a different plane than the Material Plane that guildmembers sometimes travel to for missions. Interestingly, the world seems to have only been in existence for a few years, with its recorded history being less than 400 years old. The dominant power in the plane seems to be Vodka Krokoto, a powerful sorcerer, who watches over the plane and prevents outside invaders from causing chaos. Though Solaris has many similarities with the Material Plane, it is theorized that this it is actually a demiplane created by Vodka, as he frequently refers to it as "his domain." Solaris is also sometimes known as a "Domain of Delight" due to its proximity to the Feywild.

Overall Geography
Solaris has a great biodiversity and changing fauna divided into three large territories. The central territory, also known as Vermilion, is a temperate, forested prairie that stretches for 96 miles in all directions. Vermilion is surrounded by a great sea that has not been explored. The sorthern Territory, also known as Snowfall, is a snowy area surrounded by sea and mountains. Due to the relatively high population of giants and half giants, the places have been altered and terraformed at the convenience of the inhabitants, expanding the rivers and occureneces of other bodies of water in the area.

The southern territory, known colloquially by the people from Vermilion as "Calavera", is a relatively unexplored area. It is known to be a vast desert filled with dangerous wildlife, little water, and climatic chaos. Apart from that, not much is known.

Notable Locations
Solaris is populated by a number of small city-states. Though mostly independent, they do maintain contact and form regular alliances to cope with the constant attacks of undead and elementals. Vermilion currently has four major cities, while Snowfall has only one. The settlement status of Calavera is unknown.

Vermilion City
Ruled by Duke Bruno and Merlina Llamazares, Vermilion City is made up mostly of bugbears, goblins, hobgoblins, kobolds, dragonborns, tieflings, and half-breeds. The city is considered Solaris's pinnacle in the construction of magical gadgets and the study of the arcane. Although the government is feudalistic, the city enjoys prosperity, equality and community.

Bacon
Also known as the Land of the Druids, Bacon is a city in Vermilion ruled by a circle of religious leaders, composed of the high priest Tristán Llamazares, the archdruid Lazam, and the archdruid Menelaus. The city is a communist theocracy where orcs, elves, fey, and humans worship the Goodberry Lady. Though Bacon uses a monetary system to trade with other towns, the city's economy is managed and controlled by the government, which provides food, water, clothing and medicine to its inhabitants equally.

Sulles
Ruled by Bertram, leader of the mercenary guild; Carmen, leader of the Hunters Guild; and Rico Quickfoot, leader of the Transporters Guild, Sulles is a fishing town in Vermilion which controls much of Vermilion's seas. The city's economy is capitalist, and its government has a poor but stable relationship with Bacon and Vermilion City. Its population consists of gnomes, half-orcs, haflings, humans, and some dwarves.

Little Rock
Little Rock is a subterranean city in Vermilion composed mostly of kobolds, dragonborns, and minotaurs. Little Rock is led by Karl, a bronze dragon; the kobolds pay homage to Karl for religious reasons, and his position is more religious than political. The city operates under a socialist system in which the concept of private property does not exist, with its people taking turns doing the city's jobs and living in communal buildings.

Little Rock maintains a very good relationship with Vermilion City due to one of Little Rock's shamans, Merlina, having married Vermilion City's Duke Bruno. Although Little Rock is legally considered part of Vermilion City, and there is in fact an underground passage between the two territories, their governments operate very differently.

Wintersword
Wintersword is a unique city located in Snowfall. Composed mostly of ice giants, orcs, half giants and fey. Wintersword is controlled by a group of leaders known as the "Jarls"—Zelos, Knud, Saga, Karavan, Alan and Aslog—all of whom were chosen for their strength, intelligence, wisdom or ability to build.

Wintersword is a quasi-feudalist society in which the land and property belong to the jarls, but citizens are allowed to live under the jarls, earn money, and enjoy the jarls' protection as long as they work and follow the jarls' rules.

The Power of Imagination
Interestingly, imagination, prayers, dreams, nightmares, myths, and faith in Solaris seem to have tangible power. The inhabitants of Solaris are capable of modifying reality as long as the collective imagination believes it possible. All three styles of magic—arcane, primal, and divine—share this origin, the power of imagination, though the inhabitant's belief that they are distinct has likewise caused them to be divided in this way.

Some theorize that Solaris's regional deities were also created by the collective imaginations of the world's inhabitants. The power is known to be able to create life, and it has been theorized that the world's demons, tieflings, dragons and undead were also born from its people's dreams and nightmares.