Hayven Celestia

Hayven Celestia is a story world created by furry artist and writer Rick Griffin, with additional input and contributions by fellow writer Gre7g Luterman.

Setting and themes

Hayven Celestia takes place amid a centuries-spanning galactic war between the dragon-like Krakun and the lion-like Lio. The characters are all aliens, only loosely based on real-life Earth animals, with their worlds, cultures, and atmospheric environments.

The stories focus on the effects of war, one of which is the plight of the kangaroo-like Geroo, whose planet was destroyed.

Anthologies

• Tales of Hayven Celestia - by multiple authors, is an anthology of stories from the setting.

Comics

• Skinchange (a Hayven Celestia Story) - by Rick Griffin, colours by Qualzar

Stories

• Ten Thousand Miles Up - Written by Rick Griffin, it is the first story in the Hayven Celestia setting.
• Traitors, Thieves and Liars is the first part of a three-part retelling of Ten Thousand Miles Up under the name, The Final Days of the White Flower II written by Rick Griffin.
• The Captain's Oath is the second part of The Final Days of the White Flower II, it won the 2021 Ursa Major Award for Best Novel.
• Chain Unbroken is the third and final part of The Final Days of the White Flower II.
• Skeleton Crew - Written by Gre7g Luterman, it is the first part of The Kanti Cycle and prequel to The Final Days of the White Flower II.
• Small World - Written by Gre7g Luterman it is the second part of The Kanti Cycle. It won the 2018 Ursa Major Award for Best Novel.
• Fair Trade - Written by Gre7g Luterman it is the final part of The Kanti Cycle. It won the 2019 Ursa Major Award for Best Novel.
• Reaper's Lottery - It is the first part of The Tori Mysteries, written by Gre7g Luterman and illustrated by Kyoht, it details a search for a serial killer aboard the Reaper's Harvest III.

Video games

• Under One Sky - Set in the early days of the Lio/Krakun war, this visual novel was developed by Millerdark, Griffin, Jonas, Gre7g, Federick, VoidQuail and Arcade Dragon as a submission for the Jump-ship game jam on itch.io.

Species

• Anup - (jackals) Their society is traditionalist and conservative, with physical contact outside of relationships being taboo due to a devastating plague. They use a 1.2-1.6 meter rod as an indirect analog for hands in social interactions.
• Arrunian - (avians) Their home planet has only 7% landmass. Despite their impressive flying ability, they still need land to hatch their young. The Krakun discovered them fairly recently.
• Coosa - (tanuki) Highly arboreal, their bodies are also resistant to high g-forces, which makes them excellent pilots.
• Geordian - (domestic cats) To the Geordian, the clan is all, impacting their very self-worth. A Geordian will rarely run counter to the clan's wishes.
• Geroo - (kangaroos with some canine features). They are in a diaspora following the destruction of their home planet Gerootec; while there is a sizeable population living on the Lio's home planets, there is also a large population working on Krakun slave ships.
• Hekiru - (vaguely vulpine with similarity to bats) - Their eyes are matte black and do not reflect light. While they can learn speech, they mostly communicate via sign language or echolocation].
• Katakori - (squirrels). One of two species native to planet Txinxlurra, Katakori are like tree squirrels and are adapted to live in forests.
• Krakun - (dragons). Huge quadrepedal beings, the Krakun are amid a galactic war with the Lio. They are the series' antagonists.
• Lio - (lions). The Lio forcefully resisted the Krakun's vassalage attempts over 1200 years ago, sparking the galactic war. They have a reputation for backing Krakun resistance efforts.
• Montrose - (mongooses) Rick has stated that the Montrose are the human analogue species in this setting.
• Mysa - (mice) Their home planet was conquered ages ago by the Krakun, but a significant portion of the population was able to flee. The majority of the diaspora live in poverty on the Lios' home planets with some Mysa becoming "labrats" for money.
• Polatosha - (flying squirrels). The second native species to planet Txinxlurra, the Polatosha are also adapted to live in forested lands. Like the Katakori, they are also omnivorous.
• Ringel - (raccoon\ringtail with similarities to lemurs) After being forced off the planet by the Krakun, the Ringel government in exile resorted to funding pirate armadas to harass the Krakun empire. Most Ringel culture loves jewelry, which they wear from a young age.
• Ursar - (bears). The Ursar are the Lio's allies under the condition that they not participate in the war against the Krakun in exchange for the Lio's protection.

External link

• Hayven Celestia wiki