Epyrus

Epyrus is the third planet from the star Cyrenaica and was one of the seven original extrasolar colonies of the Turian Empire. Its capital is the ancient fortress city of Ambracia, seat of the Primarch of Epyrus.

Epyrus is unique due to the fact it is a "heavenly twin"; a planet in a star system that has not one but two worlds of sufficient mass to retain a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere within its parent star's habitable zone. Its celestial twin is Bostra, the second planet from the star Cyrenaica. What makes Bostra and Epyrus even more extraordinary is that they both possess dextro-aminoacid based ecologies. While twin levo-aminoacid worlds are few and far between, twin dextro-aminoacid worlds remain the rarest of all celestial jewels. As such, both Bostra and Epyrus are two of the most heavily fortified colonies under the jurisdiction of the Turian Hierarchy.

Geography
In contrast with its arid twin, Epyrus boasts a much more tolerable Mediterranean climate, characterised by its rainy winters and hot, dry summers. Vast scrublands of cacti, grasses, herbs and dense, soft-leaved shrubs thrive in the planet's more alkaline soil, giving way to coastal coniferous forests.