Sharona

Sharona
Basic Information
Crystal Sphere	Astromundi Cluster
Type	Asteroid
Size Class	C
Shape Class	Spherical
Type Class	Earth body
Satellite of	Firefall
Population Summary	Calidians (House Lanish)
Orbit Distance	±300-360 million miles (3-3.5 days)

Sharona is a celestial body that orbits the system primary of the crystal sphere known as the Astromundi Cluster. This size C spherical earth body is the largest trading port in all of the Inner Ring, and serves as a refuge for many Calidian noble houses.

Overview

Sharona is the largest trading port in all of the Ring, and is a beautiful jewel of an asteroid, covered with lush forests and rich earth. There is little sign of habitation here, only the occasional spaceport. There is surprisingly little free water to be seen around Sharona; the major body of water is Lake Forcry within the Goldwood.

Inhabitants

Sharona serves as a refuge for many Calidian noble houses. Here the Calidians have found a place where they are not hounded or captured for slave camps, and where they can live in peace. They have prospered in the "hands-off" atmosphere fostered by the neogi and proven that they are more than competent traders. Most of Sharona is off-limits to those who are not of Calidian descent. The Calidians have established underground refuges for themselves, and limit their visitors to relatively small trading zones.

Traders have found Sharona to be a wonderful place to trade, because of the Calidians' reluctance to deal directly with the Antilans. This allows non-Antilan merchants to acquire Calidian goods that can be sold to the Antilans for a good profit. The Antilans have grumbled quite a bit about this in the past, but are unable to take any direct action because of the Neogi Agreement.

The Sleepers

The Calidians have tunneled extensively within their asteroid home, and have discovered a hidden enclave of apparently sleeping psions. The beings they found are human, but appear to be very old. While they are alive, all attempts to wake them have failed thus far. Since their discovery, the psions have become the focal point of Sharona. Psions from other races have been hired, and for the first time non-Calidians have been allowed into the subterranean cities of Sharona. The Calidians are desperate to uncover the riddle of the psions, because their presence seems to be attracting all kinds of strange creatures.

Most recently, three monitors arrived on Sharona and demanded to be taken to the sleeping psions. Monitors are quite rare in Clusterspace, and the sight of three of them in one place alarmed the Calidians to no end. When taken to the psions, the monitors simply stood in the room for a few seconds, and asked to be taken out again. What they learned is a mystery to the Calidians, as they refused to speak of what they had discovered.