Earth West 1,520,875 was a High Meggers world near the loosely-defined border between the Valhallan Belt and the Para-Venusian Belt. The Earth had qualities of both belts – the aridity of a Para-Venus, but also clumps of deciduous, water-loving trees, a quality of Valhallan Belt worlds.[1]
The impact that killed the dinosaurs on the Datum did not occur on this world.[2]
Flora and fauna[]
- There were trees on this world with big nuts resembling coconuts.
- There were herds of black bison.
- There were herds of mammoth-like creatures that had tusks that were shaped into a protective mask over their faces. These creatures' masks reminded Joshua of a Star Wars stormtrooper's mask.
- There were predatory crocodiles, evolved to run upright on their back legs, that attacked these herds using their long, sickle-shaped front claws.[2]
- The hares of this world had evolved flaps of skin between their arms and legs, so that they could live as gliders in the trees.
- Huge featherless pterosaurs ruled the sky. They had beaks as long as a human, full of teeth.
- Animals similar to mole rats lived in tunnels underground.[3]
The Long Cosmos[]
Joshua Valienté came to the Montana footprint of this Earth in July 2070 on a sabbatical.[1]
He met a troll that he named Sancho, and when he broke his leg, Sancho and his band took him in and looked after him.[3][4][5] They nursed him back to health with herbal medicine,[6] and Joshua lived with the group for almost a year.[7]