Whispering Trees

Whispering Trees is a now independent world in the Seloris Ligature region.

Physical characteristics
Whispering Trees is a temperate world, home to a variety of biomes. With a slightly faster rotation than normal, wind and wind related storms are far more prevalent than on other worlds.

The eponymous "Trees" that the planet is named after are a series of carved rock spires dotted across one of the planets more arid regions. As the winds pass through the carved trenches of the spires, they produce various sounds. The depth and the amount of remaining outer rock determine the sound's pitch. Unknown symbols carved onto the rocks indicate that at least one other previous species either found the planet or were from the planet. Though there has been no determination as to whether or not the carved trenches themselves came from this species.

Government and politics
Following the collapse of the Covenant, Whispering Trees opted to not join any of the rising polities in it's wake; leveraging a newly formed, competent military and large scale economy to maintain this new independence. The local Forgemaster's Guild of Veron, a well known manufacturer of the Hieroglyph-class heavy-lift dropship, have benefited greatly from this arrangement.

Despite this relationship, other polities have questioned this neutrality and have at various times accused Whispering Trees of harbouring various forces. Though much of these accusations haven't been backed by solid evidence.