Maiko's Note
You’d think after traveling the stars, humans would stop giving them names.
But that’s the beautiful thing — they never did.
They looked up from Madun’s soil, still dusted with ship ash, and whispered old questions to a new sky. And what did they find? A star who felt like a mother. A world that felt like a gift. And a night full of watching eyes.
Daninsha shines warm, golden — quieter than Sol, but steady. Around her whirl six children and a wound. Some call it the Ring of the Shattered Giant. I call it a story no one dares finish.
The Star System of Madun
Shidjal: Daninsha a dan Kelani
Faction:
Mama Gadun
"From the fire of her heart came the worlds, and from her light came the way."
— Nodilani celestial verse
1. Overview
The Daninsha System is the ancestral home of the planet Madun and its sibling worlds, centered around a warm, golden star revered as a goddess by the people of Madun. What follows is a combination of observational data, ancient Theseus records, and the enduring myths of the Nodilani. It reflects what is known or remembered - not necessarily all that exists.
Daninsha, the star, provides life and rhythm to all the planets that orbit her. She is the celestial mother in both a physical and spiritual sense. From the Endulani to the Empire, the light of Daninsha is both fact and faith.
2. Central Star: Daninsha
Type: G6.9V main sequence (slightly smaller and cooler than Sol)
Mass: 0.907 M☉
Radius: 0.92 R☉
Luminosity: ~0.68 L☉
Density: ~1.15 × Sol
Estimated Lifetime: Longer than Sol due to lower mass
Habitable Zone: ~0.78 AU to 1.13 AU
Frost Line: ~3.99 AU
Daninsha is stable, long-lived, and slightly dimmer than Earth's Sun, offering gentler light and longer twilight hours on Madun. Her presence dominates both sky and myth and she is viewd as the mother of the planets.
3. Known Planets and Features
Wabor, Rocky Planet, 0.67 AU, "The Brother" - Hot, bright, and close to the sun.
Madun, Rocky Planet, 0.907 AU, "Our World" - The inhabited and sacred world of the Nodilani.
Wakèl, Rocky Planet, 1.54 AU, "The Sister" - Icy and pale, visible in the night sky.
Ring of the Shattered Giant, Asteroid Belt, 2.70 AU - Believed to be the remnants of a destroyed planet.
Borovil, Gas Giant, 5.02 AU, "The Protector" - Enormous and calming, shields the inner system.
Shintejel, Gas Giant, 9.66 AU, "The Nightwatch" - Distant and slow, rarely visible.
Endorshin, Ice Giant, 18.94 AU, "The Scout" - Outermost known planet, cold and mysterious.
(Outer Belt), Debris Disk, ~25+ AU - Faint and sparse dust beyond known planets
Each of these worlds bears mythic weight. Madun is sacred, Wabor and Wakèl are its siblings, the asteroid ring is haunted, and the three giants are guardians of Daninsha's realm.
4. Madun and Her Neighbors
Madun orbits comfortably within the habitable zone, receiving the perfect warmth for liquid water, seasonal variety, and life.
Wabor is considered a lesson in heat and proximity.
Wakèl, by contrast, embodies distance and introspection.
The asteroid ring is often viewed by Endulani mystics as a warning or a broken god.
Madun’s moon, Kèldun, is too distant and small to cause full eclipses. Instead, its passes across Daninsha form brilliant ring eclipses, sacred events among solar-aligned tribes.
5. Myth, Memory, and the Unknown
Much of what the Nodilani know of the star system stems from fading archives and celestial observation. There may be undiscovered dwarf planets, comets, or far-off objects beyond Endorshin’s reach. But none are part of Nodilani lore.
To them, the known system is complete and spiritual:
Daninsha is the mother
Her children orbit in sacred patterns
The shattered belt tells of loss
The giants watch in silence
6. Limits of Nodilani Astronomy
Despite inherited knowledge from the Theseus, Nodilani astronomical understanding is fragmentary:
Records carved in stone replaced digital databases after the loss of electricity. Many orbital equations survive only as glyphs or analog diagrams.
Modern tribes use temples and henges to observe solstices, eclipses, and alignments, blending scientific insight with religious meaning.
Only a few scholars (the Shint’twalani) can still read English, making further interpretation of Theseus data difficult.
It is believed by some that other celestial bodies exist beyond Endorshin, but without powered observation, nothing is confirmed.
7. Lore Snippet
“The Six danced around their mother, drawn by her warmth and bound by her silence. One was shattered, and from his bones came the Ring. Another fell too close and burned away. But the Three who remained—Brother, Sister, and Our World—now carry the legacy of life.”
— Fragment of an Endulani starmap carving, attributed to the Shint’twalani“Each world was once a seed. Only Madun cracked open.”
— Sayings of Elder Asukul“They say the Protector watches with a thousand storms, and the Nightwatch dreams without end. But only the Scout may see what lies beyond.”
— Kosuklani tale told to stargazers crossing the desert
Maiko's Note
You’d think after traveling the stars, humans would stop giving them names.
But that’s the beautiful thing — they never did.
They looked up from Madun’s soil, still dusted with ship ash, and whispered old questions to a new sky. And what did they find? A star who felt like a mother. A world that felt like a gift. And a night full of watching eyes.
Daninsha shines warm, golden — quieter than Sol, but steady. Around her whirl six children and a wound. Some call it the Ring of the Shattered Giant. I call it a story no one dares finish.
