Category: Athena

A ceremonial garden built into the back of the the Villa—the palace of the House of Athena. The garden centers on a two hundred year old olive tree surrounded by a grove of lemon and orange trees arranged in perfect circles. The garden has been Imperial Legacy Point by the Pax Empire. When it is not in use by the royal family, the garden is the most popular tourist attraction on Athena Four. The giant second story terrace with its many levels and water features, looks out over the twenty acre royal gardens that extend behind the palace.

The Athenian name for the local star at the center of the Athena system.

The capital of the Kingdom of Athena. A warm world with a wide tropical band and abundant deep oceans. The world has five continents and is home to two billion people.

A family of two centimeter-long scavenger on Athena known for having the smallest opposable thumbs in the galaxy, and a mouth on either end of its segmented body. It walks on eight legs.

Ecologists have discovered at least eight hundred different species of Whooping Ant on Aetna.

Besides its opposable thumbs, the family has the unique ability to generate as a colony a thump often described as a thud or bang. This “whoop” has been measured up to seventy-eight decibels and is used to scare off would be predators and to keep larger animals from accidentally stepping in their colony.

Athenian Sequoias are the largest member of the family Movere of the kingdom Luxcomedenti, from the Minervan, ecology, according to the Interseller Code of Species Nomenclature. The whole family is a set of moving photsynthesizers that roam the open plains of the planet Athena. The variation in size between adults is enormous in about ninety percent of the population a series of protein markers restrict their growth to no more than about ten centimeters. However in about ten percent of the members of the species these protein markers break down and the sequoia continues to grow in height throughout its life. This type of sequoia can grow to well over one hundred meters, with the tallest measured standing some one hundred and thirty-four meters.

All the members of the family Movere use a series of stubby probes to retrieve nutrients and moisture from the soil below them. They often follow regular migration routes that track with the changing daylight. The Athenian sequoia grows long bannerlike triangle “leaves” that take advantage of the consistent Athenian breezes in their preferred habitats to extend the organism’s ability to gather light. Some of these banners can be over thirty meters long before they fray and break off at the ends.

As far as scientists can tell, Athenian Sequoias have very little sensory understanding of their surroundings. As such, they can pose a very real hazard to life and property as anyone who ventures into their midst is in danger of getting smashed by one of their giant roots.

That said the Athenians living near their habitat make a local dish called krettle from the Sequoia “sap.” The dish is high in proteins, has the consistency of porridge, and tastes like honey. It is considered a delicacy among those from the planet.