Hir i-Chorvath
Auror
I have a world that has no sun or moon and I need a way to make it halfway believable to support life. So far, I've got heat fissures in the ground that provide the necessary heat. There is an atmosphere, but the people live underground in natural caves to stay close to the heat. These caves have shafts up to the surface for air. There is no soil, just many different types of rock. The main plants that grow there are fungi and lichen, but I would like to have more, if possible. It is a fantasy setting, so the world won't have any tech or much of it at least, I don't want it to be sci-fi. It is a heavy magic world, but magic doesn't solve all the problems. There are several races there, including; humans, elves, dragonborns, vampires, shifters, dragons, and the rest are more ethereal spirit type creatures.
Quick run-down of the magic system:
Everything, sapient or not, has a soul. Magic users are called Whisperers, and they can communicate with the souls of things. They convince the souls to do what they want. They cannot change the item or make it larger or smaller than it was before. Whisperers are born with their ability, though it is possible to learn it, but it is hard enough to do that most people don't bother. (To those who have read Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive, it is similar to Soulcasting. Except without the Soulcaster, you don't change the thing, and it can be done with anything as long as you are convincing enough.)
What I am looking for is ways to improve the world and how it should function so that, life in that world is not too far-fetched. I know that magic can be used to solve those problems, but I want to be a little more creative than that. I'm not looking to be super scientific about it, I just like to have a good mix of both. Hopefully, that made some amount of sense.
Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Quick run-down of the magic system:
Everything, sapient or not, has a soul. Magic users are called Whisperers, and they can communicate with the souls of things. They convince the souls to do what they want. They cannot change the item or make it larger or smaller than it was before. Whisperers are born with their ability, though it is possible to learn it, but it is hard enough to do that most people don't bother. (To those who have read Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive, it is similar to Soulcasting. Except without the Soulcaster, you don't change the thing, and it can be done with anything as long as you are convincing enough.)
What I am looking for is ways to improve the world and how it should function so that, life in that world is not too far-fetched. I know that magic can be used to solve those problems, but I want to be a little more creative than that. I'm not looking to be super scientific about it, I just like to have a good mix of both. Hopefully, that made some amount of sense.
Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated.