Moth (fictional planet)
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Moth is a fictional planet created by Alan Dean Foster for his Humanx Commonwealth universe. Moth has two notable features. First, a set of broken rings around the planet gives the globe a distinctive look from outer space, an appearance similar to that of a Terran moth. Second, its dominant weather pattern is almost continual rain, mostly because of the near constant cloud-cover.
Beyond its outwardly interesting facade, Moth is a relatively unimportant planet having a substantial non-native human population. It is the planet where Mother Mastiff lives and where she rescued Flinx from a slave auction. Flinx spent his childhood on this planet learning how to survive on his own and become a thief at the same time.
The novel The Tar-Aiym Krang (1972) introduced the planet to the Humanx Commonwealth universe; Foster greatly expanded information about Moth in the novel For Love of Mother-Not (1983).
| The Humanx Commonwealth |
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| Races |
| AAnn | Human | Hur'rikku | Minidragon | Pitar | Tar-Aiym | Thranx | Ulru-Ujurrians | Xunca |
| Planets |
| Alaspin | Annubis | Blasusarr | Cachalot | Hivehom | Horseye | Longtunnel | Midworld | Moth | New Riveria | Pitar | Prism | Pyrassis | Terra | Tran-Ky-Ky | Treetrunk | Ulru-Ujurr | Willow-Wane |
| Characters |
| Flinx | Bran Tse-Mallory | Truzenzuzex | Mahnahmi Lynx | Pip | Clarity Held | Skua September | Abalamahalamatandra |
| Other |
| Bloodhype | Meliorare Society | Order of Null | Qwarm |
