Ringfall Corridor
Korumbra
Meteor festival tonight. Bring a helmet.
Spectacular debris rings arc across Korumbra's sky and shed cyclical meteor showers. Settlements live in domed caravans that migrate to stay out of the impact zones.
The meteor festivals are legendary, and lightly dangerous.
Korumbra has the grandest rings in the region, wide bands of ice and rock that stretch across the sky. Every few weeks, a piece breaks loose and falls, streaking across the violet dusk as a fireball.
The people of Korumbra treat the ringfall as a celebration. They have festivals for every big shower, with music, food and a lot of people pointing upward.
Atmosphere
Violet dusk, streaked with fire.
Local quirk
Festival fireworks are entirely natural and entirely unsafe.
Regions · proposed names, not locked canon
Ringfall Corridor
The zone under the heaviest showers.
The Bright Fields
Plains scattered with cooled ring fragments, polished smooth. Collectors come from all over.
Routing Tower
The ancient system that steers the ringfall away from towns. Or did, until someone stole it.
Hazards
- ▲RingfallChunks of ice and rock falling from the sky. Most are small. Some aren't.
- ▲Debris fieldsFragments in orbit can strike ships on approach.
Visitor tips
- ✦Check the ringfall schedule.
- ✦Bring a blanket and a helmet.
- ✦Don't keep the cake waiting.
Local life
- ●Caravan towns
- ●Shell-backed scavengers
A day on Korumbra
The sky is always streaked with the rings, glowing silver by day and violet at night. Small fragments fall almost constantly, like slow shooting stars.
When a big shower is coming, everyone heads to the festival grounds with blankets and snacks.
Locals & customs
The Nibbler warrens
Homeworld of the Nibblers. They live in ring-debris burrows and King Nibbler's half-built golden palace is rumoured to be here.
Festival Master Juniper Coll
Organises every ringfall party. Wears a hat covered in tiny bells. You always know where she is.
Ring-sweepers
Workers who clear fallen fragments from roads and roofs. They are very good at catching.
- ◆Every ringfall gets a name, a song and a cake.
- ◆A fragment that lands in your garden is yours to keep, along with the hole.
Legends & history
Kapunka's Bracelet
Korumbrans say the rings were once a bracelet belonging to King Kapunka, who left it here after a long nap.
When asked, King Kapunka said he did lose a bracelet once, and could he have it back, please.
Crew log
“Free fireworks every night. Free danger too.”
“Someone stole the routing tower. Hard to steal a tower.”
Story seed · in development
Ring Around the Problem
Someone stole Korumbra's ring-routing system. Now debris is drifting toward Earth's flight lanes.
The stolen routing system is aboard a ship heading for Earth's busiest orbital ring, and Grimlash has left a party invitation behind as a distraction.
Earthward stakes
Debris could rain on Earth's busiest traffic rings.