Choemia

Choemians
For most of Cassie's childhood, she lived on Choemia, a small war-torn planet that was outside of police jurisdiction. When Cassie was about nine, the jurisdiction line extended, and her slum-like planet was striped of many people to take them as slaves or laborers.

Choemia is a "garbage planet" because the small planet's heavy gravitational pull attracts junk out in space.

Appearance
Typically pale white skin. The native's feet are usually very calloused and tough, because of the custom of walking barefoot. Their children are then born with naturally tough feet.

Origin
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Cassie's Culture
It is a very family oriented culture that focuses on an old saying "Walk the path of destiny barefoot, without hiding your heart." The natives tend to highly praise anyone who walks according to that saying, either literally or mentally. Even though the trash and space garbage littered about her town tortures Cassie's feet, she still walks around barefoot to please the elders.

History
A few Choemian natives told Cassie stories of when Choemia was a flourishing planet. There was a great forest that bordered the mountains, there was a magnificent city on the eastern side, and the plant life was the planet's main attraction.

Alliances
For the four years that Cassie was on Choemia, the higher-ups tried to make alliances with nearby planets, though every time the meetings broke down. When Cassie returns to Choemia in later years, she finds that several of her childhood friends had gained a high status in the new government and started to clean the planet and make it more suitable for living.

Weather
Seen from space, the atmosphere is filled with a brownish haze that stretches over most of the planet. The air quality is very poor, resulting in many infants or elderly contracting deadly illnesses.

East
On the eastern side of the mountains, frigid air is a norm, because of the planet's shadowing. There is usually a thick layer of gasses covering this side, inhibiting the population growth and ability to live here.

West
Mostly humid, but there are some dry spells occasionally. The rain that falls here is filled with dirt and is not suitable for drinking, as it is coming from contaminated clouds.

Terrain
Wastelands. There is a range of mountains that cuts through half of the planet and separates the eastern and western sides. The western side typically gets more trash piled up, whereas the eastern side has a lesser amount.

East
Extremely barren and tundra-like. Many people have rumored that there are still natives that live on the east side in solitude. If someone is charged with treason, they are banished to this side.

West
Softer ground and more mud-like, this is where most of the Choemians dwell.