Aadia III

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Ramataen civilization began around the orbit of Aadia, a K-class orange dwarf star. Aadia I is a relatively unremarkable, scalding hot Mercury analogue, Aadia II being a gas dwarf with extremely caustic unicellular aerial life boasting a handful of dwarf moons with a small Venus analogue as its most prominent. Aadia IV is on the chillier edge of the Goldilocks zone, enough to support temparate areas but also drier and more prone to taiga type terrain, alongside having a frozen-over moon.

Aadia III, romanized as 'The Origin', is properly referred to by motioning to viewers, then the speaker, then moving one's arm in a circular motion; new movements slowly shifting this sign to be used for the universe at large. Interestingly, the Ramataen sign for 'death' is to draw a line upwards from one's stomach, into the air, then making the circular motion. Birth is the opposite.

It is the home of the Ramatae, located on the hotter edges of the Goldilocks zone and predominantly hosting a tropical climate. The coldest temperatures in a year are never below 65F, and the humidity is infamous. Savannahs and grasslands rule the equator, the other two continents simply referred to as Fourshome (one arm as horizon, the other setting the shape of a moon above,) and Fourset (the reverse) lush with wide rivers and tropical rainforest. Vast archipelagos fill the seas, overseen by tall mountainous peaks and interspersed with bleak desert.

The Origin boasts an interesting level of biodiversity suiting it's climate, tens of thousands of new species of even mere fungi and microbes being found by 4CA biologists, let alone fauna of all levels of size and lethality. It is thought that this is why Ramataen cuisine runs extremely pungent, terrifying alien peppers and nose-murderous spices in high supply where the creatures dwell.

In response to their homes typically being found in tropical rainforest, Ramataen housing is typically built on stilts to raise the living space above the floodwaters introduced by the wet seasons. Steeply sloped roofs are a common feature, sitting above open-planned layouts and exposed walls to circulate air. Traditional architecture usually calls for locally sourced materials, as well as clothing; Ramatae typically wearing lightweight, loose-fitting clothing if much at all.