Gaia rain, and leaves the ground level in permanent
darkness as sunlight penetrates the layer of mist
Crystal
Every planet has a crystal at its core, which is the
source of all life on the planet. The crystal sends
out souls to make new life, and upon death the
souls return to the crystal and bring with them the
memories of the life lived. The memories
accumulate within the planet's crystal and allow it
to grow, making it able to create ever more
complex beings. Once the crystal grows old it will
become unable to create new souls and the cycle
will slow down.
According to the history, there will come a time
the crystal's glow will dim and it will sent out to
the cosmos along with the planet. It can be
speculated to be part of the universe's flow of life,
and that the planet's lives are similar to the lives
of beings living on them; upon a planet's deat, its
soul returns to the maker (Astrals), bringing with
it the accumulated memories, allowing the
universe to grow.
Every planet's crystal has a unique glow, and
Gaia's crystal glows in blue.
Calendar
Gaia's calendar has a twelve months a year
system. Year 0 is the date when Gaia's
environment is recovering from the attempted
fusion with Terra and the Shirma Island begins to
shine, marking the beginning of Gaia's modern
civilization. The story begins in year 1.800.
Landscape
Gaia is almost ripe for assimilation, much of its
cycle of souls, or lifestream has already been
depleted, as in evidenced by the lifeless
appearance of much of Gaia; mainly the
mountainous Nox continent has lush vegetation,
most of the Gaian inhabitants live on the upper
reaches of Nox continent to live above the mist,
but there are settlements further afield. The mist
affects the landscape in numerous ways: it freezes
the Ice Cavern, enshrouds Heartilly in eternal
poorly. Monsters grow fierce with the influence of
mist, leading to places such as Mori Forest where
the entire forest becomes a monstrous organism.
This is why the inhabitants of Nox Continent
rarely ever explore the lower reaches of their
continent.
The barren Galvus continent has the Lucil village
where the black mges live, Kondeya of the
dwarves, the ruins of Amicitia of the summoner
tribe, and Locke's underground Vaan's Palace. The
landscape is desert-like, and though the Lucil
village is situated deep within a forest, the forest
appears to be dying. The gigantic Lifa tree and its
roots dominate the view from Kondeya, the whole
village being supported by Lifa roots. Near the
colossal tree's base nothing else grows, the ground
being entirely covered in Lifa roots, and the
nearby Amicitia ruins are void of vegetation as
well.
The Lost continent is a tundra landform with a
single town, Ulric Gaza, built to overlook the
mystical Shirma Island, and the no-longer
inhabitant Mount Pryna where the volcano
appears to remain active.
The forgotten continent is a rocky wasteland with
no settlements as the high cliffs that surround it
prevent access outside of airships. Luneth's Castle
and Orintier are the continent's sole structures,
neither of which are populated as they are not of
Gaian origin.
South of the forgotten continent lies a chain of
tropical islands, with the populated village of
Daguerreo, and chocobo's lagoon. Furthermore,
three of the four continents have a Ku-zoku and
the Nox continent march works as the entrance
for the undersea passage called Nooj Roo leading
to the Galvus continent.