Land of Boardwalks and Ruby



The Land of Boardwalks and Ruby, abbreviated as LOBAR, is Ryan Sears' planet in The Medium. Ryan's house is located in the middle of a forested area.

Terrain and Inhabitants
The planet has an almost purely red color scheme, with most of its terrain being presumably made of ruby. Thick forests appear all over the land, split up by thin boardwalks that sprawl in seemingly random directions. Lakes, waterfalls, and small clearings without boardwalks have also been observed.

Small constructions such as huts, cellars and benches also appear, though no buildings were found to be inhabited by any consorts as of yet. Different kinds of trees also appear in different regions, with the trees near Ryan's house being shorter with triangular leaf structures, while the trees through Ryan's first gate are taller, thinner and curvier, with thick leaves on top.



Consort inhabitants have yet to be found on LOBAR, though Sansprite has confirmed they do exist, Ryan has also mentioned hearing, suggesting the possibility of wildlife on the planet.

The planet, while under a curse by its denizen The Machina, causes the planet to have broken geometry as mentioned above. Both space and time are affected by the curse, as it causes random areas to loop back on each other or lead to the wrong places. This is most clearly shown when Ryan enters the basement of a hut and instead finds himself in a cellar in a different location. After emerging from the cellar, he then encounters his future self.

Trivia

 * The abbreviation LOBAR was first seen in the End of Act 1 flash, as Ryan was collecting his final page to enter.
 * The Land of Boardwalks and Ruby was based on the webseries TribeTwelve, which includes a boardwalk with similar broken geometry and a red hue when viewed with the protagonist's nightvision camera.