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|image=[[File:WFEayn.jpg|300px]]
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|system=[[Y'Deio system]]<ref name="bestiarum">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref>
|system=[[Y'Deio system]]<ref name="bestiarum">''[[Halo 3]]'', [[Bestiarum]]</ref><ref name="warfleet">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 54</ref>
|body=[[Chu'ot]]<ref name="bestiarum"/>
|body=[[Chu'ot]]<ref name="bestiarum"/><ref name="warfleet"/>
|position=Primary [[Natural satellite|satellite]]<ref name="bestiarum"/>
|position=Primary [[Natural satellite|satellite]]<ref name="bestiarum"/>
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|atmosphere=0.9 ([[Wikipedia:Nitrogen|N<sub>2</sub>]], [[Carbon dioxide|CO<sub>2</sub>]], [[Oxygen|O<sub>2</sub>]])<ref name="bestiarum"/>
|atmosphere=0.9 ([[Wikipedia:Nitrogen|N<sub>2</sub>]], [[Carbon dioxide|CO<sub>2</sub>]], [[Oxygen|O<sub>2</sub>]])<ref name="bestiarum"/>
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|temperature=-18°C to 45°C (-0.4°F to 113°F)<ref name="bestiarum"/>
|temperature=-18°C to 45°C (-0.4°F to 113°F)<ref name="bestiarum"/>v
|demonym=
|demonym=
|species=[[Kig-Yar]]<ref name="bestiarum"/>
|species=[[Kig-Yar]]<ref name="bestiarum"/>
|population=978 million<ref name="bestiarum"/>
|population=978 million<ref name="bestiarum"/><ref name="warfleet"/>
|colonized=
|colonized=
|government=*Post-industrial [[capitalism]]<ref name="bestiarum"/>
|government=*Alliance of arch-matriarchs<ref name="warfleet"/>
*[[Covenant]]<ref name="bestiarum"/> {{C|formerly}}
*[[Covenant]]<ref name="bestiarum"/> {{C|formerly}}
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'''Eayn''' is the primary [[natural satellite]] orbiting the gas giant [[Chu'ot‎]], the third planet in the [[Y'Deio system]], and the [[Kig-Yar]] homeworld.<ref>'''Bestiarum''', [http://imagewtf.com/649/free-image-hosting/ pages 8-9]</ref>
'''Eayn''' is the primary [[natural satellite]] orbiting [[Chu'ot]], the third planet in the [[Y'Deio system]], as well as the homeworld of the [[Kig-Yar]]. The moon lies on the inner region of the Y'Deio system's expansive [[asteroid]] belt, with many Kig-Yar choosing to live on the planetoids, moons, and asteroids within the asteroid belt.<ref name="bestiarum"/>


== History ==
Although Eayn is their homeworld, few Kig-Yar place any importance on that fact,<ref name="warfleet"/> with only a third of the Kig-Yar in the Y'Deio system residing on Eayn.<ref name="bestiarum"/><ref>''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', p. 155 (2011)</ref> Eayn keeps few ties with the more remote, independent colonies.<ref name="warfleet"/>
Eayn was the place where the Kig-Yar first evolved, and it was there that the species was [[Conservation Measure|returned]] following the activation of the [[Halo Array]].  


During the early history following this reintroduction, Kig-Yar society was largely divided into clans that sailed across Eayn's seas as pirates, raiding the encampments and settlements of rival clans. Eventually Eayan experienced an era defined by gladiatorial combat. The ancient Kig-Yar alive at this time would hold inter-clan physical combat competitions in the largest population centers on [[Ah'lomet]], the moon's largest continent. Eventually, the clans united, and the Kig-Yar species worked together to develop spaceflight. Shortly afterward, they established colonies on many small asteroids and planetoids around Chu'ot. {{Citation needed}}
==History==


== Topography ==
Long before the Kig-Yar achieved space flight, Eayn experienced an era defined by gladiatorial combat. The ancient Kig-Yar alive at this time would hold inter-[[clan]] physical combat competitions in the largest population centers on Eayn's supercontinents.<ref name="enc157">''Halo Encyclopedia'', p. 157 (2011)</ref> The ancient Kig-Yar sailed the waters of Eayn and raided competing clans for food and mates. However, as their populations grew, the differences and distances between Eayn's clans decreased and a new cooperative spirit led to the invention of spacecraft allowing them to colonize nearby worlds.<ref name="ch87">''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', p. 87</ref> Eayn's dominating governments pushed many Kig-Yar to colonize the [[asteroid]]s and [[moon]]s of the nearby asteroid belt.<ref name="enc157"/>
[[File:Ancient KigYar.png|thumb|left|250px|Ancient [[Kig-Yar]] on Eayn.]]
Eayn's gravity is about 0.875 G's, making its inhabitants more lightly built than on [[Earth]]. Eayn's atmosphere is rather similar to that of Earth, being composed of [[oxygen]], [[Wikipedia:Nitrogen|nitrogen]] and [[carbon dioxide]]. Its surface temperatures range from -18°C to 45°C (-0.4°F to 113°F).<ref name="bestiarum"/> Eayn features two supercontinents, [[Ah'lomet]] and [[Ruuht]], and one isolated continent, [[Ibie'sh]].<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm3003659_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post3003659 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction - Page 48'']</ref>


Chu'ot lies within the inner region of the system's expansive [[asteroid]] belt. The world's surface is characterized by a single large ocean, sparse volcanic activity and an almost total lack of glacification. The vegetation appears similar to that seen in tropical rain forests on Earth. About one third of the Kig-Yar population in the Y'Deio system call the satellite their home. The remaining Kig-Yar have set up colonies within the asteroid belt even before their discovery by the [[Covenant]], which helped defend their system due to the Covenant's difficulties of traversing the dense asteroid field with their rather large ships.<ref name="bestiarum"/>
When small contingent [[fleet]]s of the Covenant arrived in the Y'Deio system in [[1342]],<ref name="universe">[[Halo Waypoint]]: [https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/kig-yar ''Kig-Yar'']</ref> the [[pirate]]s, mercenaries, and militias of the Kig-Yar joined forces in an attempt to fend off the alien intruders.<ref name="enc157"/> The Kig-Yar met the Covenant headlong in battle, beginning a protracted naval campaign.<ref name="universe"/> Despite the ruthlessness of their fleets,<ref>''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p. 100</ref> the Kig-Yar were able to resist the Covenant for a time, they eventually submitted to the empire's might,<ref name="ch87"/> choosing to profit from the immediate expansion of trade and wealth that the Covenant could provide.<ref>''Halo Encyclopedia'', p. 121 (2011)</ref> However, Eayn was never fully integrated into the Covenant and endless cycles of unification and civil war continued.<ref name="warfleet"/>


===Locations===
After the Covenant fell in [[2552]], an uneasy peace on Eayn prevailed under an alliance of arch-matriarchs.<ref name="warfleet"/> Eayn's native population continued to grow within reasonable governable parameters, and its economy and society stabilized in wake of the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref>''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]'', Report 2</ref> With trading fleets and pirate flotillas under their control, the arch-matriarchs of Eayn seek increased influence and wealth through trade and the careful application of violence.<ref name="warfleet"/>
*[[Ah'lomet]]
*[[Ibie'sh]]
*[[Ruuht]]
*[[Tilu City]]
**[[Riran highway]]


==Trivia==
==Topography==
*Eayn is a fictional satellite of a real extrasolar planet ([[Wikipedia:HD 69830 d|HD 69830 d]]), which was discovered in May of 2006.
Eayn is characterized by a single equatorial ocean, sparse volcanic activity, and an almost total lack of glacification.<ref name="bestiarum"/> The [[water]]y world features tropical archipelagos,<ref name="ch87"/> with two supercontinents dominating Eayn's landmass, [[Ah'lomet]] and [[Ruuht]].<ref name="catalog">Halo Waypoint:
*The satellite's light gravity is surprising, considering how swiftly Kig-Yar can move in environments with Earth-standard gravity.
[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/catalog-interaction/4c3e1c6f-6519-4ee0-83a4-4bac13bf07a3/posts?page=96#post953 ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 3003659)]</ref> Smaller islands lay in between the two continents. [[Ibie'sh]] is a volcanic island-continent somewhat isolated from the other two.<ref name="universe"/>
 
The moon is home to a tropical environment, with a theorized history of widely varied environmental conditions.<ref name="enc157"/> Eayn's gravity is about 0.875 G's, making its inhabitants more lightly built than on [[Earth]]. Eayn's atmosphere is rather similar to that of Earth, being composed of [[oxygen]], [[Wikipedia:Nitrogen|nitrogen]] and [[carbon dioxide]]. Its surface temperatures range from -18°C to 45°C (-0.4°F to 113°F).<ref name="bestiarum"/>
 
==Government and politics==
Always a world of conspiracy and violence, Eayn is ruled by an alliance of arch-matriarchs,<ref name="warfleet"/> queens that form the bulk of [[Kig-Yar]] royalty.<ref name="universe"/> With a postindustrial capitalist society, the governments of Eayn have been described as oligarchies, with [[Wikipedia:luck egalitarianism|luck egalitarianism]] forming the base of the justice system.<ref name="bestiarum"/>
While under the governance of the [[Covenant]], Eayn was never fully integrated under the empire's rule.<ref name="warfleet"/> Even after the collapse of the Covenant, Eayn's matriarchal government continues to thrive.<ref name="universe"/> The continents of [[Ah'lomet]] and [[Ruuht]] are ruled by separate pseudo-governments that contest nearby islands.<ref name="catalog"/>
 
With the Kig-Yar social structure having its roots from an early form of despotic matriarchy,<ref name="universe"/> the governments that once ruled Eayn were oppressive, leading to Kig-Yar to form colonies with sectarian societies in the [[asteroid]]s near [[Chu'ot]].<ref name="enc157"/> The global government on Eayn would later spread power more widely, though females remained at the top of the power structure, controlling breeding rights, territory, familial organization, and major assets.<ref name="universe"/>
 
==Behind the scenes==
Eayn is a fictional satellite of a real extrasolar planet ([[Wikipedia:HD 69830 d|HD 69830 d]]), which was discovered in May of 2006.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:Ancient KigYar.png|Ancient [[Kig-Yar]] on Eayn
File:Eayn.jpg|Eayn in the background.
File:Eayn.jpg|Eayn in the background.
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*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
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Eayn
WFEayn.jpg
Astrographical

System:

Y'Deio system[1][2]

Orbiting:

Chu'ot[1][2]

Orbital position:

Primary satellite[1]

Moon(s):

None[1]

Physical

Gravity:

0.875 G[1]

Atmosphere:

0.9 (N2, CO2, O2)[1]

Surface temperature:

-18°C to 45°C (-0.4°F to 113°F)[1]

Societal

Species:

Kig-Yar[1]

Population:

978 million[1][2]

Government:

 

Eayn is the primary natural satellite orbiting Chu'ot, the third planet in the Y'Deio system, as well as the homeworld of the Kig-Yar. The moon lies on the inner region of the Y'Deio system's expansive asteroid belt, with many Kig-Yar choosing to live on the planetoids, moons, and asteroids within the asteroid belt.[1]

Although Eayn is their homeworld, few Kig-Yar place any importance on that fact,[2] with only a third of the Kig-Yar in the Y'Deio system residing on Eayn.[1][3] Eayn keeps few ties with the more remote, independent colonies.[2]

History

Long before the Kig-Yar achieved space flight, Eayn experienced an era defined by gladiatorial combat. The ancient Kig-Yar alive at this time would hold inter-clan physical combat competitions in the largest population centers on Eayn's supercontinents.[4] The ancient Kig-Yar sailed the waters of Eayn and raided competing clans for food and mates. However, as their populations grew, the differences and distances between Eayn's clans decreased and a new cooperative spirit led to the invention of spacecraft allowing them to colonize nearby worlds.[5] Eayn's dominating governments pushed many Kig-Yar to colonize the asteroids and moons of the nearby asteroid belt.[4]

When small contingent fleets of the Covenant arrived in the Y'Deio system in 1342,[6] the pirates, mercenaries, and militias of the Kig-Yar joined forces in an attempt to fend off the alien intruders.[4] The Kig-Yar met the Covenant headlong in battle, beginning a protracted naval campaign.[6] Despite the ruthlessness of their fleets,[7] the Kig-Yar were able to resist the Covenant for a time, they eventually submitted to the empire's might,[5] choosing to profit from the immediate expansion of trade and wealth that the Covenant could provide.[8] However, Eayn was never fully integrated into the Covenant and endless cycles of unification and civil war continued.[2]

After the Covenant fell in 2552, an uneasy peace on Eayn prevailed under an alliance of arch-matriarchs.[2] Eayn's native population continued to grow within reasonable governable parameters, and its economy and society stabilized in wake of the Human-Covenant War.[9] With trading fleets and pirate flotillas under their control, the arch-matriarchs of Eayn seek increased influence and wealth through trade and the careful application of violence.[2]

Topography

Eayn is characterized by a single equatorial ocean, sparse volcanic activity, and an almost total lack of glacification.[1] The watery world features tropical archipelagos,[5] with two supercontinents dominating Eayn's landmass, Ah'lomet and Ruuht.[10] Smaller islands lay in between the two continents. Ibie'sh is a volcanic island-continent somewhat isolated from the other two.[6]

The moon is home to a tropical environment, with a theorized history of widely varied environmental conditions.[4] Eayn's gravity is about 0.875 G's, making its inhabitants more lightly built than on Earth. Eayn's atmosphere is rather similar to that of Earth, being composed of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Its surface temperatures range from -18°C to 45°C (-0.4°F to 113°F).[1]

Government and politics

Always a world of conspiracy and violence, Eayn is ruled by an alliance of arch-matriarchs,[2] queens that form the bulk of Kig-Yar royalty.[6] With a postindustrial capitalist society, the governments of Eayn have been described as oligarchies, with luck egalitarianism forming the base of the justice system.[1] While under the governance of the Covenant, Eayn was never fully integrated under the empire's rule.[2] Even after the collapse of the Covenant, Eayn's matriarchal government continues to thrive.[6] The continents of Ah'lomet and Ruuht are ruled by separate pseudo-governments that contest nearby islands.[10]

With the Kig-Yar social structure having its roots from an early form of despotic matriarchy,[6] the governments that once ruled Eayn were oppressive, leading to Kig-Yar to form colonies with sectarian societies in the asteroids near Chu'ot.[4] The global government on Eayn would later spread power more widely, though females remained at the top of the power structure, controlling breeding rights, territory, familial organization, and major assets.[6]

Behind the scenes

Eayn is a fictional satellite of a real extrasolar planet (HD 69830 d), which was discovered in May of 2006.

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Halo 3, Bestiarum
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Halo: Warfleet, p. 54
  3. ^ Halo Encyclopedia, p. 155 (2011)
  4. ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia, p. 157 (2011)
  5. ^ a b c Halo: Contact Harvest, p. 87
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Halo Waypoint: Kig-Yar
  7. ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, p. 100
  8. ^ Halo Encyclopedia, p. 121 (2011)
  9. ^ Eleventh Hour reports, Report 2
  10. ^ a b Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction (post 3003659)