If an adaptation may be made in a creature’s lifetime–usually through some form of Chaos magic–it will be passed on to its descendants. Thanks to the manner in which the world went through its cycles, Redfall’s animals follow Lamarckian rather than Darwinian evolution. Ranging from humid subtropical through desert to jungle climates, with the Skyfrost Mountain to the north, Halmer is a microcosm unto itself–appropriate, given the nature of the world. Stories in the world of Redfall are centred around the Subcontinent of Halmer, a large peninsula 3.5 million square kilometres in area (about half the size of Australia) located in the Northern Hemisphere. The year is 255 days long, with days of twenty local hours (forty Earth hours) apiece–divided into ten months of twenty-five days, the extra five days (the Ending Days) are considered sacred by the vast majority of cultures on Redfall. Beyond the five Moving Stars are the Fixed Stars, pinpricks of light on the dome of Heaven–which do actually change position, but very, very slowly, and through a mechanism as of yet unknown to local inhabitants. There are three other satellites as well the Metal Star orbits the Fire Star, again at quite a high degree of inclination so that it may be seen during other times of the day, while the Wood Star and Earth Star orbit further out. Its sun (the Fire Star) is of an intensity and brightness suggesting a G-type star, but is in fact much, much closer–only a few million miles–and orbits at a relatively high degree of inclination.
It has one satellite, aptly named the Moon or the Water Star, which orbits around the sphere of the world once a day, and moves to adjust itself once a month (every twenty-five days).
It turns on its axis once every twenty-five hours.
The planet of Redfall is the centre of its universe. Four Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Years.
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