SEASONS
SEASONS
There are no cyclical weather seasons on the planet of If. There are fixed weather seasons caused by polar volcanoes. Heat radiates from the north polar volcano “Kreptar” across almost half of the globe. The closer to the volcano, the higher the temperature. The further away, the milder. Occasionally, Kreptar expels small amounts of magma. No major eruptions have occurred to date.
The same happens with the south polar volcano “Fryser Geist”. The difference is that Fryser Geist is an ice volcano, emanating a torrent of freezing air across almost half the globe. The closer to it, the more oppressive the freezing temperature. The further away, the milder the cold. Fryser Geist’s eruption spews a torrent of unearthly snow capable of freezing anything it touches instantly to absolute zero. Fortunately, this is a very rare event and its last occurrence was brief and of small proportions.
Air masses of opposite temperatures collide on the imaginary line of Midian that cuts the two hemispheres, creating a mild temperature zone in the central region of the globe that is thousands of kilometers long. Due to a complex interaction between the relief of each terrain and natural magical anomalies, even in the Midian region it is possible to find climatic “bubbles” that contrast significantly with their surroundings.
At the west pole there is the aquatic volcano “Hohonu” that rises from the ocean depths and caresses the skies. From its chimney a torrent of seawater flows unpredictably. Sometimes a timid stream passes for years running serenely from its edge, only to suddenly explode into an untimely geyser that pierces the firmament, causing titanic oceanic storms.
All this moisture injected into the planet is balanced by the eastern volcano “Absu”, the smallest of the four and yet the most feared. Instead of expelling any type of material, Absu eventually goes into “counter-eruption”, generating a very powerful negative atmospheric pressure, sucking a huge amount of air mass into its interior (and anything or living being that is unlucky enough to be in its proximity). The lands around Absu are desert and barren. Clouds are only seen in the sky when it presents “soft” counter-eruptions, sucking in the air mass slowly and with little force, which brings distant clouds closer to it. No one knows what – and if – is at the bottom of Absu’s chimney. If anyone had the misfortune of being sucked into it, they didn’t come back to tell the story. Fortuitously, intrepid adventurers appear determined to explore its interior, but no expedition to date has been successful.
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