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===Environmental features=== | ===Environmental features=== | ||
Arcadia's landmasses were divided into six designated continents: [[Eire]], [[Pacifica]], [[Mu]], [[Caledonia]], [[Lemuria]], and [[Avalon]]. Even before [[human]]s colonized the planet, Arcadia already maintained environments and natural resources suitable for human habitation, requiring no aggressive [[terraforming]] measures.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} Arcadia's surface was largely unexplored beyond the colony's limited settlements and tourist zones, preventing the discovery of the [[Forerunner]] [[Arcadia Forerunner ruins|ruins]] on the planet for a long period of time.{{Ref/Reuse|enc298}} | Arcadia's landmasses were divided into six designated continents: [[Eire]], [[Pacifica]], [[Mu]], [[Caledonia]], [[Lemuria]], and [[Avalon]]. Even before [[human]]s colonized the planet, Arcadia already maintained environments and natural resources suitable for human habitation, requiring no aggressive [[terraforming]] measures.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} Arcadia's surface was largely unexplored beyond the colony's limited settlements and tourist zones, preventing the discovery of the [[Forerunner]] [[Arcadia Forerunner ruins|ruins]] on the planet for a long period of time.{{Ref/Reuse|enc298}} | ||
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Arcadia was once famed for its dense, lush forests and jungles that covered most of the world's surface. Some of its wild tropical plant species included small palms, ferns, and various broadleaf plants.{{Ref/Level|Id=HWArcadiaOutskirts|HW|Arcadia Outskirts}} Many were visually similar to Earth species such as date palms and banana plants. The swampy regions of Arcadia featured water-adapted trees with pneumatophore root structures, aquatic reeds, flowering plants, and aerial moss.{{Ref/Level|Id=HWDomeOfLight|HW|Dome of Light}} Orange-capped fungi have been observed.{{Ref/Map|Id=HWPirthOutskirts|Game=HW|Map=Pirth Outskirts}} Many buildings in the wilds of Arcadia, both human and Forerunner, exhibited cryptogam growth.{{Ref/Reuse|HWDomeOfLight}} [[Arcadia City]] included vibrant flora as part of its landscaping, some of which may have been Earth-transplants, including turfgrass, multiple palm species, conifers, flowering plants, ferns, and various broadleaf plants.{{Ref/Reuse|arcadia city}} | |||
Frequent animal calls could be heard in the wilds of Arcadia.{{Ref/Reuse|HWArcadiaOutskirts}} A species of fauna known as [[drymander]]s are native to the planet, and resided in the gardens of [[Arcadia City]].{{Ref/Reuse|Hippo}} The [[water]] in the jungles of Arcadia likely contains many bacteria and protists that cause disease; [[Cadmon Lasky]] contracted diarrhea after drinking a mouthful of river water.{{Ref/Reuse|p2}} | |||
After the planet was [[Glassing|glassed]] by the [[Covenant]] in [[2549#September|September 2549]], Arcadia's once-lush surface was reduced to ashen-gray slag. There were no pockets of color on the planet as the Covenant had been especially zealous in glassing the colony,{{Ref/Reuse|sas71}} taking care to burn every vital part of Arcadia.{{Ref/Reuse|journal}} A pale blue atmospheric ring circled the planet, creating a spectral glow that contrasted with Arcadia's gray surface.{{Ref/Reuse|sas71}} | |||
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