Ritl

Ritl (Rittle) is a medium-sized dry planet in the Triangulum Galaxy, located on the far eastern edge of the Oevintlar Crescent. During the Great Convergence period of The Cluster, the planet sat very close to the border of Jian'Tur Federation territory, near the Keenyn Sector. Although the planet's ecology was not very diverse (due mostly to its perpetually warm climate and lack of liquid water), it attracted colonists from the Serphiad Union due to the presence of valuable minerals in its upper crust, which could be easily mined thanks to the loose rock and sediments its crust was primarily composed of. Like many Serphiad colonies on the edges of Jian'Tur space, Ritl grew to contain a mixed population of both Serphiads and Jian'Tur. As a result, the political climate on the planet could become very divisive at times due to disagreements between Serphiads and Jian'Tur. Avsula of Ritl, a particularly influential Serphiad that eventually became a Black Witness, grew up on this planet, gaining much of his political knowledge by observing the discourse that regularly took place on Ritl.