Sentinel Comics RPG Core Rulebook

Magmaria
Status: Independent Nation
Flag: None
Capital: Unknown
Language: Magmarian
Religion: Magma Crystal-based Animism
Demonym(s): Magmarian, Magmen
Government: Theocracy
Leader: Unknown
World Organization Membership: None
Approximate Area: 200,000 sq mi (321,868.8 km 2 )
Approximate distance to the earth’s crust: 1802
miles / 2900 km
Approximate distance to the earth’s core: 2188
miles / 3521 km
Approximate temperature range: 129 F / 54 C -
2200 F/ Kelvin
Estimated Population: 230,000
Travel Advisory Level: Red: Do not travel
Magmarians first appeared on the surface in 1952,
when a trio emerged from the Megalopolis sewers.
Their first act on the surface was to consume the
contents of a jewelry store. It was only due to the
intervention of the hero Legacy that fatalities were
avoided and the jewels recovered. The Magmarians
escaped into the sewers and were observed
entering tunnels that collapsed behind them.
Contact over the following year was
sporadic and frequently violent, as the
Magmen seemed intent on injesting
precious metals and gems. This all
changed in 1984 when Dr. Meredith
Stinson created a Magmarian
translation device.
She learned that Magmarians require crystalline
compounds to survive, and that earlier hostilities
were the result of lost harvesters attempting to find
a way to survive the “cold” of the surface world.
Following this revelation, Dr. Stinson designed a
synthetic high energy crystal that could sustain them
and led the first human expedition to Magmaria.
Since then, several exploratory expeditions by
various private and government organizations have
gathered some information about the environment
of this fascinating place. Magmaria is composed of
a network of caves and tunnels roughly halfway
to the planet’s core. Geophysicists are currently
researching how a cave system at that depth and
pressure can have a temperature that can sustain
human life, with the leading theory involving the
unique mineral compounds known as “magma
crystals” acting as a kind of “heat battery”, creating
zones of tolerable temperature around them. How
this process works is not well understood, as it is
impossible to recreate on the surface. Magmaria’s
atmosphere is even less understood, save that it has
one with roughly the same nitrogen/oxygen mix as
the surface world.
Many questions about their culture remain
unanswered. Their language appears to have
significant non-verbal components, akin to telepathy,
and their culture seems to revolve around the
acquisition and ritualistic consumption of magma
crystals. They have been observed harvesting
and consuming these crystals, led by “ember
shamans”. The exact position of these shamans
in the Magmarian hierarchy is unclear, but they
seem to have a great deal of influence over the
other Magmarians. Hieroglyphics and carvings on
Magmarian structures indicate a complex religion,
but as of yet, no Magmarian shaman has ever
answered questions about their religious beliefs.
The land of Magmaria currently has no embassies
or ambassadors to the surface world.
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