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* Primary: [[Eisn]]
* Primary: [[Eisn]]
* Also known as: ch'Rihan
* Also known as: ch'Rihan
* Capital: Ki Baratan
** With [[Remus]], known as the "Two Worlds" to Romulan people (TNG Novel: ''Q & A'')
* Capital: Ki Baratan (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* [[Class M]]
* [[Class M]]
** Oxygen-rich as compared to average class M environment (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
** Oxygen-rich as compared to average class M environment (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
* Sister world to [[Remus]]
* Sister world to [[Remus]]
* Four moons (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** All [[class D]], uninhabitable (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Inhabitants: [[Romulan]]
* Inhabitants: [[Romulan]]
* Population
** 2379: Several billion (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Rotational period: ~26 hours (TNG Novel: ''Death in Winter'')
* Settled c.5th century by [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] exiles
* Settled c.5th century by [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] exiles
* Nation
* Nation
** 5th century - Present: [[Romulan Star Empire]]
** 5th century - Present: [[Romulan Star Empire]]
* Relatively poor in metals (TOS Novel: ''Vulcan's Soul'')
* Relatively poor in metals (TOS Novel: ''Vulcan's Soul'')
* Illegal to field [[Romulan Guard]] materiel on Romulus (TNG Novel: ''Death in Winter'')
** Personnel allowed (TNG Novel: ''Death in Winter'')


==History==
==History==
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* All major cities also bear "providences", or smaller towns/suburbs adjacent and politically/economically bound with them
* All major cities also bear "providences", or smaller towns/suburbs adjacent and politically/economically bound with them
** Such providences named with "ir-" prefix; e.g., "ir-Dartha"
** Such providences named with "ir-" prefix; e.g., "ir-Dartha"
* Apnex Sea
* Ehrie'fvil (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Great Apnex River (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'')
** Small continent in southern hemisphere (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
*** Presumably either feeds or flows from the Apnex Sea
** Similar in size, climate to Greenland (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Coal-black waters (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Uninhabited prior to being opened to [[Reman]] settlement late-December 2379 (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Gal Gath'thong (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TNG: "The Defector")
* Unknown continent
** Site of "firefalls" (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TNG: "The Defector")
** Apnex Sea
* Ki Baratan
*** Great Apnex River (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'')
** Known as Dartha City in the 22nd century (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru'')
**** Presumably either feeds or flows from the Apnex Sea
** On coast of Apnex Sea
*** Coal-black waters (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Rural outskirts tend towards traditional gray brick and mortar, smaller structures with spires (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
** Gal Gath'thong (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TNG: "The Defector")
** Government Quarter (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru'')
*** Site of "firefalls" (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TNG: "The Defector")
*** Constructed on the site of some of the oldest settlements on the planet (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Ki Baratan
*** Hall of State (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru''; ''Star Trek: Nemesis'')
*** Known as Dartha until mid-2370s (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru''; VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Krocton Segment (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
*** On coast of Apnex Sea (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Mausoleum district (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
*** Rural outskirts tend towards traditional gray brick and mortar, smaller structures with spires (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
* Valley of Chula (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do''; TNG: "The Defector")
*** Government Quarter (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Unknown location
**** Constructed on the site of some of the oldest settlements on the planet (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Bardat Academy (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'')
**** Also known as the ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Sihaer nnea Rrhiol ch'Chulla (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
**** Hall of State (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'', ''Kobayashi Maru''; ''Star Trek: Nemesis''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Rateg (TNG: "Unification I")
***** Also known as the Senate Chamber (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
*** City
***** Located at the geographic center of Ki Baratan (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
*** Ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
**** "Ancient" district (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
**** Near South Quarter (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
*** Krocton Segment (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
*** Mausoleum district (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
*** South Quarter (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
**** Near Ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
*** Unknown district
**** Vikr'l Prison (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Rarathik District (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
*** Leinarrh (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
**** Rural settlement (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
*** Noted for production of kheh (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Valley of Chula (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do''; TNG: "The Defector")
** Unknown location
*** Bardat Academy (ENT Novel: ''The Good That Men Do'')
*** Sihaer nnea Rrhiol ch'Chulla (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
*** Rateg (TNG: "Unification I")
**** City


==Indigenous Life==
==Indigenous Life==
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* Aafvun'in'hhui mollusk (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
* Aafvun'in'hhui mollusk (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
** Edible mollusk (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
** Edible mollusk (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
* Ahlh (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Arark (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Animal known for agility (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Caotai'hhui (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'')
* Caotai'hhui (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'')
** Sessile tubelike animal native to the Apnex seabed (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'')
** Sessile tubelike animal native to the Apnex seabed (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'')
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*** ''Reference to being kept in a cage''
*** ''Reference to being kept in a cage''
** Some varieties have red plumage (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
** Some varieties have red plumage (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
* Hnoiyika (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
* Hnoiyika (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Predatory animal, possibly some form of feline-equivalent (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
** Predatory animal, possibly some form of feline-equivalent (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
** Skin sometimes cured for leather (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* In'hhui (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'')
* In'hhui (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'')
** Lobe-finned water-dwelling animals native to the northern Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'')
** Lobe-finned water-dwelling animals native to the northern Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''To Brave the Storm'')
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** Flying pest species (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Flying pest species (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Smallest insect on Romulus (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Smallest insect on Romulus (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
* Mogai (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'', ''To Brave the Storm'')
* Kllhe (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Mogai (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'', ''To Brave the Storm''; TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** About two meters tall (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** About two meters tall (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Carnivorous (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Carnivorous (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Produces a shrieking sound (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Nei'rhh (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
* Nei'rhh (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
* Nhaidh (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Multilegged animal (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Habitat includes Ki Baratan sewers (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Oallea bug (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
* Oallea bug (ENT Novel: ''Beneath the Raptor's Wing'')
** Insect
** Insect
* Sseikea (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Mountain predator (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Tesrat (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
* Tesrat (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
** Nesting, stinging animal (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
** Nesting, stinging animal (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
* Zdonek (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Jungle-dwelling predator (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Unnamed beetle (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Found in Ki Baratan (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Females are venomous, have distinctive markings on their abdomen (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Strong pincers akin to a rhinoceros beetle (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')


===Plant===
===Plant===
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** Fragrant blooms emerge during the month of K'ri'Brax (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Fragrant blooms emerge during the month of K'ri'Brax (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Blooms attract kekla-gnats (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
** Blooms attract kekla-gnats (ENT Novel: ''Kobayashi Maru'')
* Kheh (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
** Native grain (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Rreinnte tree (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
** Source of leaves used for hvetollh tea (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")


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[[Category:Planets]]

Latest revision as of 03:05, 18 November 2020

Facts

  • Primary: Eisn
  • Also known as: ch'Rihan
    • With Remus, known as the "Two Worlds" to Romulan people (TNG Novel: Q & A)
  • Capital: Ki Baratan (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Class M
    • Oxygen-rich as compared to average class M environment (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
  • Sister world to Remus
  • Four moons (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • All class D, uninhabitable (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Inhabitants: Romulan
  • Population
    • 2379: Several billion (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Rotational period: ~26 hours (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
  • Settled c.5th century by Vulcan exiles
  • Nation
  • Relatively poor in metals (TOS Novel: Vulcan's Soul)
  • Illegal to field Romulan Guard materiel on Romulus (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
    • Personnel allowed (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)

History

  • c.5th century: First settlement by Vulcan exiles

Locations

  • All major cities also bear "providences", or smaller towns/suburbs adjacent and politically/economically bound with them
    • Such providences named with "ir-" prefix; e.g., "ir-Dartha"
  • Ehrie'fvil (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Small continent in southern hemisphere (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Similar in size, climate to Greenland (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Uninhabited prior to being opened to Reman settlement late-December 2379 (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Unknown continent
    • Apnex Sea
      • Great Apnex River (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
        • Presumably either feeds or flows from the Apnex Sea
      • Coal-black waters (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Gal Gath'thong (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TNG: "The Defector")
      • Site of "firefalls" (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TNG: "The Defector")
    • Ki Baratan
      • Known as Dartha until mid-2370s (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru; VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
      • On coast of Apnex Sea (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
      • Rural outskirts tend towards traditional gray brick and mortar, smaller structures with spires (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
      • Government Quarter (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
        • Constructed on the site of some of the oldest settlements on the planet (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
        • Also known as the ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
        • Hall of State (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru; Star Trek: Nemesis; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
          • Also known as the Senate Chamber (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
          • Located at the geographic center of Ki Baratan (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
      • Ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
        • "Ancient" district (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
        • Near South Quarter (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
      • Krocton Segment (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • Mausoleum district (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
      • South Quarter (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
        • Near Ira'sihaer (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
      • Unknown district
        • Vikr'l Prison (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Rarathik District (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
      • Leinarrh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
        • Rural settlement (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
      • Noted for production of kheh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Valley of Chula (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do; TNG: "The Defector")
    • Unknown location
      • Bardat Academy (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
      • Sihaer nnea Rrhiol ch'Chulla (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • Rateg (TNG: "Unification I")
        • City

Indigenous Life

Animal

  • Aafvun'in'hhui mollusk (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Edible mollusk (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Ahlh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Arark (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Animal known for agility (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Caotai'hhui (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
    • Sessile tubelike animal native to the Apnex seabed (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
      • Possibly analogous to a sea cucumber or sea sponge by context
  • Drabbik (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
    • Some sort of animal that lives in a warren (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
  • Hlai (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
    • Animal prone to kicking (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
    • Native to the Valley of Chula (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
  • Hlai'hwy (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Bird, possibly domesticated or kept as pets (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • Reference to being kept in a cage
    • Some varieties have red plumage (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Hnoiyika (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Predatory animal, possibly some form of feline-equivalent (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Skin sometimes cured for leather (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • In'hhui (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
    • Lobe-finned water-dwelling animals native to the northern Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
    • Connection to in'hhui'lasendt unclear
  • In'hhui'lasendt (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Large water-dwelling animals once native to the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Apparently akin to whales
    • Gladnular secretions served as source of power for the first Romulan settlers on Romulus (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Extinct c.12th century (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Kekla-gnat (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Flying pest species (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Smallest insect on Romulus (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Kllhe (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Mogai (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru, To Brave the Storm; TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • About two meters tall (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Carnivorous (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Produces a shrieking sound (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Nei'rhh (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Nhaidh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Multilegged animal (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Habitat includes Ki Baratan sewers (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Oallea bug (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Insect
  • Sseikea (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Mountain predator (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Tesrat (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
    • Nesting, stinging animal (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
  • Zdonek (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Jungle-dwelling predator (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Unnamed beetle (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Found in Ki Baratan (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Females are venomous, have distinctive markings on their abdomen (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Strong pincers akin to a rhinoceros beetle (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)

Plant

  • Grekekla tree (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Fragrant blooms emerge during the month of K'ri'Brax (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Blooms attract kekla-gnats (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Kheh (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
    • Native grain (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Rreinnte tree (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
    • Source of leaves used for hvetollh tea (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")