The world of Terminus

Terminus V1 - Made using Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator

Terminus is the planet which the main story of World goes down takes place, is slightly larger than the Earth and is orbited by a ring of asteroids that is dimly visible during the day but glows during the night. Stranded in a time period similar to the Middle Ages, several intelligent species compete for territory, resources and dominance.

Among the dominant species are the Altan, the Vampires and Cerdices, while other species with lesser power are the Modern Werewolves and Harpies.
The species that in the past had more relevance are the Humans, who were as important as the Altan and the Warlocks who are as repudiated as feared, although nowadays, both have a very reduced population.
War is a constant in Terminus causing the stronger factions to become increasingly xenophobic while the weaker groups hide to remain alive or are killed as a result.

A dry steppe landscape with view of mountains

Environment

Terminus is a planet of low precipitation with high temperatures, has large areas of xerophytic scrub, dry steppe and grasslands, the vegetation is limited in most areas but on the coasts there is more amount of vegetation so most factions establish their settlements near the sea.
Far from the coasts and in the vast deserts there are large underground caverns where huge natural water reservoirs lie, the cities and larger settlements dig them and use them to collect water, Modern Werewolves have settled directly in the caverns creating small isolated communities underground.

All major factions are heavily involved in mining and there are mining sites all over the desert, the shipping of goods is based on extensive trade routes which are well protected, being a wagon keeper is a decently paid job but quite dangerous because of the constant attacks by bandits and even opposing factions to stop the transport of resources and affect the enemy.