DARK SUN
& SPELLJAMMER
DARK SUN
& SPELLJAMMER
THOK
Type D ~ Spherical ~ Earth Body (Asteroid Ring)
This planet has not been seen for at least as long as Char Ball, but it is more sorely missed. The thri-kreen of Dej believe Thok was their homeworld.
Unlike the reigar and some other races in the Known Spheres, the thri-kreen did not destroy their own homeworld. It was destroyed when the Champions of Rajaat used the Pristine Tower to tap the Dark Sun and turn Borys into the Dragon. The enormous energy amount of energy required to power that spell caused the Dark Sun to swell, and Thok was incinerated instantly. The suddenness of this event meant that exodus was impossible, but the thri-kreen had already discovered wildspace and populated other worlds (they actually maintained an empire throughout the Known Spheres for almost 1000 years), so their race survived.
Fire-resistant creatures might walk Thok’s blackened, blasted surface. The expanse is endlessly inhospitable, the oceans cooked dry, the land scarred beyond recognition, but it is at least solid and safe for travellers. The temperature swelters during the day, and becomes dangerously cold at night, but a little magic protects a traveller from the greatest of theses threats. The real problem is that the planet is somehow infested with clockwork horrors. They did not erupt until after Thok was roasted and now there is little left to salvage. If a wildspace vehicle were to land, it would look like a veritable free ride to the killer machines.
Thok’s asteroid belt is believed to have once been a moon. Most likely it was destroyed by the expanding Dark Sun, but the Dej kreen have an ‘urban myth’ that states the clockwork horrors devoured it, and are even now coasting across the void to Dej on craft made from the moon itself.