Romulus

Facts

• Primary: Eisn
• Also known as: ch'Rihan
• Capital: Ki Baratan
• Class M
  • Oxygen-rich as compared to average class M environment (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
• Sister world to Remus
• Inhabitants: Romulan
• Rotational period: ~26 hours (TNG Novel: Death in Winter)
• Settled c.5th century by Vulcan exiles
• Nation
  • 5th century - Present: Romulan Star Empire
• 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"
• 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 City in the 22nd century until at least 2265 (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru; VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
  • On coast of Apnex Sea
  • 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)
    • Constructed on the site of some of the oldest settlements on the planet (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
    • Hall of State (ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do, Kobayashi Maru; Star Trek: Nemesis)
      • Also known as the Senate Chamber (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
      • Located at the geographic center of Ki Baratan (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
  • Krocton Segment (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Mausoleum district (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• 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)
• 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)
  • Predatory animal, possibly some form of feline-equivalent (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's 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)
• Mogai (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru, To Brave the Storm)
  • 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)
• Nei'rhh (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
  • Shore-dwelling bird native to the region around the Apnex Sea (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Oallea bug (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Insect
• Tesrat (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
  • Nesting, stinging animal (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")

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)
• Rreinnte tree (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
  • Source of leaves used for hvetollh tea (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")