Quick Reference List of Worlds
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— Andernach: A Centaurine Duchy presided over by House Hauptmann, famously the home of First Strategos Titus Hauptmann. A cold, arid world.
— Ashbless: A minor colony in the Centaurine provinces most famous as the birthplace of Sir Cassian Powers.
— Athyras: An older Imperial world, home to the predatory xanarths. [Howling Dark][Ashes of Man]
— Aulos: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier. [Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man]
— Balanrot: An Imperial colony in the outer Centaurine provinces, part of Emperor William XXIII’s grand tour. [Ashes of Man]
— Bargovrin: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine provinces, site of a brutal defeat of humanity by the Cielcin in the Crusades. [Demon in White]
— Colchis: The first Imperial colony in the Centaurus Arm, named for the garden at the end of the world, a moon of the gas giant Atlas. Never an important colony (it was eclipsed quickly by its neighbors), it is nevertheless known for the massive scholiast athenaeum at Nov Belgaer. [Empire of Silence][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man]
— Atlas: The gas giant in the Colchis system about which Colchis orbits. [Kingdoms of Death]
— Berenike: A former trading hub and mining colony on the Centaurine frontier on the border with the Veil of Marinus, site of a major battle in the Cielcin Wars. [Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death]
— Norma Arm
— Norman Expanse: See Veil of Marinus. The terms are used interchangeably, though the Veil moniker is more common in the Empire, while the Normans refer to it as the Expanse. [Queen Amid Ashes][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man]
— Algernon: A Norman freehold world located very close to Marinus. [Demon in White]
— Aptucca: An Imperial colony in the Veil, site of the defeat of the Cielcin Prince Ulurani in single combat by Hadrian Marlowe—one of Lord Marlowe’s greatest victories. [Howling Dark][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man]
— Arae: An uninhabited world in the Norman Expanse. Notably the site of the Battle of Arae in the Cielcin Wars where Hadrian Marlowe and his Red Company discovered evidence of an alliance between the Cielcin and Extrasolarian humans. The Red Company defeated the Dardanine mercenaries and the Extrasolarians they served. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man]
— Ardistama: A Norman freehold visited by Lord Marlowe between Emesh and Vorgossos. [Howling Dark]
— Argissa: Site of an early battle in the Cielcin Wars, an Imperial colony in the Veil of Marinus. [Demon in White]
— Ashklam: A former Norman kingdom in the Veil of Marinus, conquered and annexed by Calen Harendotes, the Monarch of Latarra, during the Cielcin Wars. [Ashes of Man]
— Bellos: Imperial colony in the Norman Expanse; site of the Battle of Bellos. [Empire of Silence]
— Bannatia: An Imperial Norman colony destroyed by the Cielcin. [Howling Dark]
— Emesh: A watery world in the Veil of Marinus; seat of House Mataro. Home of the coloni Umandh and the subterranean ruins at Calagah. Originally a Norman colony. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Queen Amid Ashes][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man]
— Armand: One of the two moons of Emesh; small and white. It has a few underground settlements and is ruled by House Kvar. Named for Lord Armand Mataro, who took Emesh from the Normans. [Empire of Silence]
— Binah: One of the two moons of Emesh, ruled by House Melluan. A successful case for early terraforming—its surface is green from massive tree-growth. [Empire of Silence]
— Borosevo: A city/prefecture/castle governed by Lord Balian Mataro, third Count of Emesh. Military base constructed by Balian’s ancestor Armand Mataro during the city’s beginnings. [Empire of Silence]
— Veil of Marinus: The region of space at the base of the Norma Arm of the galaxy where it joins the galactic core. Formerly a colonial expansion region dominated by the Sollan Empire and Norman Freeholders. It is also the site of most Cielcin incursions into human space. [Queen Amid Ashes][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man]
— Orion Arm: The first arm of the galaxy settled by humankind, site of Old Earth. North of Perseus, but south of Sagittarius and Centaurus. Comprises the core of the Sollan Empire, including Forum and Delos. [Demon in White]
— Arcturus: A red giant star near to Old Earth. With no planets, it is nevertheless the home of the Wong-Hopper consortium’s core space habitats and is their base of operation. [Demon in White]
— Ares: One of the oldest Imperial worlds in the Spur of Orion. Site of the Ares Command School, where the best Legion officers are trained. [Empire of Silence][Ashes of Man]
— Avalon: One of the original human colonies and site of heavy European colonization by generation ark. Birthplace of the Sollan Empire. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man]
— Perseus Arm: The outermost of the four settled arms of the galaxy, comprising most of the outer-rim territories. Variously settled by the Sollan Empire, the Principalities of Jadd, the Durantine Republic, and various freeholder colonies and smaller states not annexed or allied with a greater power. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man]
—Cai Shen: An ethnically Mandari world in the Imperium famed for its Bashang Temple. It was ruled by House Min Chen until ISD 16130, when it was destroyed by the Cielcin. [Empire of Silence][Demon in White] —Car-Tannae: An Imperial colony on the outer rim of the galaxy in the Perseus Arm. Its gladiators are famous for fighting with nets and spears. [Demon in White] —Carcassone: Originally settled by Museum Catholic missions, now an Imperial core world. Carcassone is temperate and a paradise world for terranic life. Famed for its wines. [Kingdoms of Death] —Caritas: The home of the New Vatican and central world of the Museum Catholic Church, windy and twilit. [Demon in White] —Carteia: An icy world in the Centaurine provinces, devastated by the Cielcin in the war. One of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier. [Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Cellas: Site of a major battle during the Cielcin Wars. [Demon in White] —Cidamus: An Imperial demesne in the Centaurine Provinces, ruled by the counts of House Volsenna, sacked by the Cielcin in the Battle of Cidamus in ISD 17064. [Ashes of Man] —Comum: A Centaurine demesne, site of the Battle of Comum, one of Lord Marlowe’s many battles. [Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Coritani: A major Imperial base in the Norman Expanse. [Howling Dark] —Cressgard: A lost Imperial colony in the Veil of Marinus. Site of the first contact with the Cielcin in the Battle of Cressgard in ISD 15792. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Queen Amid Ashes][Demon in White][Ashes of Man] —Danu: A major Duchy in the Centaurus Arm, most notable in Lord Marlowe’s account as the birthplace of his friend William, called Switch. [Howling Dark][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1] —Delos: Birthplace of Hadrian Marlowe and seat of the duchy of House Kephalos in the Spur of Orion. A temperate world with wan sunlight, famed for its uranium deposits, which made it extremely wealthy. One and one-tenth standard gravity. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Queen Amid Ashes][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Demarchy of Tavros: A small interstellar polity far from Imperial control. Radically open to technology, the people vote on all measures using neural lace implants. [Queen Amid Ashes] —Denver: An ancient Mericanii colony. [Demon in White] —Dharan-Tun: A Cielcin worldship larger than some moons, the seat of Prince Syriani Dorayaica. [Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Dion Station: An Imperial refueling outpost on the route from Gododdin across the gap between the Sagittarius and Centaurus Arms of the Galaxy. [Demon in White] —Durannos: The capital of the Serene Republic of the Durannos. Tectonically dead and marshy, much of its surface is covered in a massive city. [Empire of Silence] —Echidna: The first Cielcin worldship captured and impounded by the Sollan Empire for study. A dwarf planet converted into a starship by the Cielcin Prince Laramnaina. Capture by Imperial forces under the command of Lord Cassian Powers after the Second Battle of Cressgard in ISD 15797. [Ashes of Man] —Edda: An arid, windy world in the Demarchy known for its canyons, sinkholes, and subterranean oceans. Its people are primarily Nordei and Travatskr. [Empire of Silence][Demon in White][Ashes of Man] —Eikana: an airless, desert world in the central Centaurine provinces, noted for its antimatter fuel manufactory, operated by Yamato Interstellar. The primary fuel supplier for Nessus. [Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Elos: A world renowned for its particle foundries. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Epidamnus: An Imperial County in the Sagittarius Arm, formerly a center for trade and home to predatory megatheres. [Howling Dark][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1] —Eue: A planet belonging to the Vaiartu and later to the Cielcin, the site of Cielcin migration from Se Vattayu and the seat of their early empire. Resting place of the Watcher Miudanar. [Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Fidchell: An icy world in the outer reaches of the Centaurus Arm and site of an Imperial fuel depot. [Ashes of Man] —Forum: The capital of the Sollan Empire. A gas giant with a breathable atmosphere in whose cloud belt are several flying palace cities that serve as the administrative hubs of the Imperium. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Queen Amid Ashes][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Ganelon: VA-639D in the Vandenberg Catalog, a semi-habitable planet in the Centaurus Arm of the galaxy, used as a base by the Extrasolarian company MINOS during the war [Ashes of Man] —Gibbeah: Planet destroyed by Chantry intervention in the ninth millennium following a series of killings carried out on the local plebeian population by its nobility. [Howling Dark] —Gododdin: A system between the Centaurus and Sagittarius Arms of the galaxy, famously destroyed by Hadrian Marlowe during the final battle in the Crusade. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death] [Ashes of Man] —Helvetios: The ancient name for the star 51 Pegasi, whose principal planet is Bellerophon. [Empire of Silence] —Hermonassa: An Imperial world in the Sagittarine provinces, the site of a major Red Star Foundries Legion shipyard. Destroyed by Syriani Dorayaica in the Cielcin Wars. [Demon in White][Ashes of Man] —Ibarnis: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine provinces. One of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier. [Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Idu: An Imperial colony on the borders of the Veil of Marinus. [Ashes of Man] —Idun: An Imperial Norman colony destroyed by the Cielcin. [Howling Dark] —Ilium: A Norman Freehold famous for manufacturing starships. Considered one of the best starship manufacturers operating at present. [Empire of Silence] —Jadd: The planet of fire and the sacred capital of the Jaddian Principalities, on whose soil none may tread without the express permission of the High Prince. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Ashes of Man] —Judecca: A frigid, mountainous world in the Sagittarius Arm. Famously the site of the Temple of Athten Var and birthplace of the Irchtani species. Site of Simeon the Red’s famous struggle against the mutineers. [Empire of Silence][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death] —Kandar: An extremely wealthy agricultural world in the inner Empire, frequently considered the definitive source for luxury products, especially wine and genuine livestock. Seat of House Markarian. [Empire of Silence][Queen Amid Ashes][Demon in White] —Kebren: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier. [Kingdoms of Death] —Komadd: An Imperial colony in the Veil of Marinus and site of a Chantry seminary. [Empire of Silence] —Kremnoi: According to Lord Marlowe’s account, an Extrasolarian colony. Location unknown. [Howling Dark] —Lasaia: An Imperial colony in the Orion provinces, the site of a major Red Star Foundries Legion shipyard, like Hermonassa. [Demon in White] —Lassira: An old Imperial world in the Orion provinces, the seat of one branch of House Curzon. [Demon in White] —Latarra: A former Norman Freehold in the Veil conqured by the Monarch, Calen Harendotes, an Extrasolarian warlord [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Ashes of Man] —Linon: Moon of a gas giant in Delos system. Formerly the demesne of the exsul House Orin and site of the Battle of Linon in ISD 15863, in which Alistair Marlowe killed the entire house. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Kingdoms of Death] —Luin: A planet famous for its xenobitic forests; considered something of a fantasy land. Known for the phasma vigrandi, a species of floating organisms that glow like faerie lights. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Demon in White] —Lurash: The capital of the Jaddian Principality of Lurash, seat of House du Lurash, one of the great families of Jadd. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Lycia: An Imperial Norman colony destroyed by the Cielcin. [Howling Dark] —Malkuth: An Imperial planet bearing the signs of an extinct xenobite civilization. [Empire of Silence] —March Station: An Extrasolarian ring station in deep space. Home to millions, it is a major commercial and industrial hub. [Howling Dark] —Marinus: The first Norman Freehold seized by the Imperium and among its first colonies in the Expanse. The Imperial capital in the Veil of Marinus. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Queen Amid Ashes][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Mars: One of Old Earth’s sister planets and the site of the first major offworld colonial efforts during the Exodus but before the Peregrinations. Victor Sebastos, the God Emperor’s own son, made Mars a penal colony following the defeat of the Mericanii Dominion. His descendants formed the hard men that survived the Martian deserts into the first Legions, and those Legions grew into the Martian Guard, the Emperor’s own soldiers. [Empire of Silence][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Ashes of Man] —Mettina: A Centaurine demesne. Site of the Battle of Mettina, one of Lord Marlowe’s many battles. [Kingdoms of Death] —Milinda: A Grand Duchy in the Primarchate of Perseus. Formerly a mining colony, it grew to prominence during the First Jaddian Wars. [Howling Dark] —Mira: A planet orbiting a star of the same name in the Spur of Orion. Naturally airless, its cities are all either domed or hermetically sealed. The surface contains enormous quantities of methane ice, which is quarried. [Empire of Silence] —Monmara: A water world and a Norman Freehold known for the cheap mass production of starships. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Demon in White] —Nagapur: A trading hub on the old core-roads from the Orion provinces out toward Centaurus and the Veil. [Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death] —Nagramma: A Norman freehold settled primarily by Cid Arthurian religious refugees. [Howling Dark][Demon in White] —Nairi: An Imperial territory in the Outer Perseus, never formally settled, the site of certain Vaiartu ruins investigated by Sir Damien Aradhya of Hapsis and the Atropos expedition. Purportedly the resting place of one of the Monumentals. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Nemavand: An Imperial colony in Rammanu Province on the Centaurine frontier. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Nennoed: An Imperial military depot world along the Centaurine trade lanes between Gododdin and Nessus. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Neruda: An old Imperial world in the Sagittarius Arm. Known for its fungus-like flora, it is home to a prominent scholiasts’ athenaeum. [Empire of Silence] —Nessus: Seat of the Centaurine Magnarchate, famously the site of Hadrian Marlowe’s nearly 100-year exile following his arrest and near assassination by the Holy Terran Chantry. [Empire of Silence] [Howling Dark][Queen Amid Ashes][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Nichibotsu: Most important of the Nipponese worlds and home to the archduke of House Yamato. [Empire of Silence] —Obatala: An Imperial colony in the Sagittarius Arm that lies along the trade route from Delos to Teukros. [Empire of Silence] —Old Earth: Birthplace of the human species. A nuclear ruin and victim of environmental collapse, she is protected by the Chantry wardens, and none may walk there. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Queen Amid Ashes][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Olympia: An ancient Mericanii colony. [Demon in White] —Orlando: An ancient Mericanii colony. [Demon in White] —Ostrannas: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier. [Kingdoms of Death] —Oxiana: The site of a minor battle in the Cielcin Wars. [Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death] —Ozymandias: Old Imperial colony in the Sagittarius Arm; arid. Known for being home to the extinct Arch-Builders and for the massive stone arches they purportedly left behind. [Empire of Silence][Demon in White] —Padmurak: Capital of the Lothrian Commonwealth, a frigid, airless world in the Upper Sagittarius, on the far side of the Rasan Belt. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Pagus Minor: One of the Sollan Empire’s prison planets. [Queen Amid Ashes][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death] —Perfugium: An Imperial world in the Centaurus Arm used as a military base and refugee camp during the later parts of the Crusade. [Empire of Silence][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Phaia: A world renowned for its highmatter sword craftsmen. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Pharos: A Norman freehold ruled for a time by Marius Whent, an ex-Imperial legate defeated by Hadrian Marlowe during his time as a mercenary. [Howling Dark][Queen Amid Ashes][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Rammanu: An Imperial colony on the Centaurine frontier, right on the border with the Veil of Marinus. [Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death] —Rasan Belt: A broad swath of unsettled space, one hundred light-years across, that stretches across the Upper Sagittarius between the Sollan Empire and the Lothrian Commonwealth. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Renaissance: One of the most populous worlds in the Empire and located in the Spur of Orion. A cultural center almost entirely covered by urban development. Formerly a Mericanii colony called Yellowstone, located in the Epsilon Eridani system. [Empire of Silence][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Ashes of Man] —Rubicon: An Imperial planet bearing the signs of an extinct xenobite civilization. [Empire of Silence][Demon in White] —Rustam: An Imperial colony in the Norman Expanse; site of a minor enagement with the Cielcin that culminated in the destruction of its capital city. [Howling Dark][Queen Amid Ashes][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Ashes of Man] —Sadal Suud: A wild world in the Spur of Orion that is mostly untrammeled. Home to the Cavaraad Giants, a huge species of xenobite, as well as the Marching Towers, one of the Ninety-Nine Wonders of the Universe. Ruled by House Rodolfo. [Empire of Silence][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death] —Salamass: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Sanora: A Norman freehold. Recently settled, it’s considered a den of pirates. [Howling Dark] —Sarmatia: A minor imperial world in the Upper Perseus. [Howling Dark] —Second Gulf: The vast emptiness between the arms of Sagittarius and Centaurus. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Se Vattayu: The mythical homeworld of the Cielcin, Its surface is apparently honeycombed with labyrinthine tunnels like those the Quiet dug at Calagah on Emesh. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Kingdoms of Death] —Senuessa: A Sagittarine world, site of the Battle of Senuessa, one of the bloodiest in the entirety of the Cielcin Wars. [Howling Dark][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Sete: An Imperial colony on the inner reaches of the Norman Expanse. [Kingdoms of Death] —Shakespeare: A planet and archduchy in the Orion provinces held by the Aventine House. [Demon in White] —Siena: An Imperial colony in the Sagittarius Arm that lies along the trade route from Delos to Teukros. [Empire of Silence] —Sinara: Site of a battle during the Cielcin Wars. [Demon in White] —Siraganon: An Imperial colony in the outer Centaurine provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Small Kingdoms: Any of the countless independent human polities in the Lower and Outer Perseus not aligned with or subject to Imperial rule, considered too remote to easily annex by Imperial forces and treated as little better than Extrasolarians. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Sollan Empire: The largest and oldest single polity in human-controlled space, comprising some half a billion habitable planets. [Queen Amid Ashes] —Sulis: A Norman Freehold that is effectively a client state of the Sollan Empire. Site of a repelled Cielcin invasion. [Empire of Silence] —Sybaris: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine frontier, site of a major battle in the Cielcin Wars. It was at Sybaris that Hadrian Marlowe was arrested by the Chantry’s Inquisition and taken to Thermon to stand trial. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Syracuse: A temperate world in the Imperium, notably the site of the scholiasts’ athenaeum at Nov Acor. [Empire of Silence][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Tanais: According to Lord Marlowe’s account, an Extrasolarian colony. Location unkown. [Howling Dark] —Taranis: An Imperial demesne in the Centaurine provinces, site of a battle between the Imperial Legions and Syriani Dorayaica, one of the Cielcin prince’s rare defeats at the hands of Sir Hector Oliva. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Tavros: The primary planet of the Tavros Demarchy, settled by a mix of Nordic, Indian, and ethnic Thai peoples ahead of the wave of Imperial expansion in a region high above the galaxy’s ecliptic. [Howling Dark] —Teukros: A desert world in the Imperium, notably the site of the scholiasts’ athenaeum at Nov Senber. [Empire of Silence][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Thagura: An Imperial colony in the Veil of Marinus; formerly the demsne of House Malyan. Site of a major battle in the Cielcin Wars. [Queen Amid Ashes][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Ashes of Man] —Thermon: A Chantry stronghold in the Sagittarine Provinces, famously the site of Hadrian Marlowe’s twelve-year-long trial for witchcraft. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Thessaloniki: Seat of one of the Eighty Principalities of Jadd. [Empire of Silence] —Thielbad: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier. [Kingdoms of Death] —Tiryns: Seat of the Persean Magnarchate. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Trieste: An old Imperial world in the Orion Arm, notable in this account only as the birthplace of Lord Marlowe’s long-time companion and friend Pallino. [Howling Dark] —Triton: A water world in the Imperium; seat of House Coward. [Empire of Silence] —Typhon: The second Cielcin worldship captured and impounded by the Sollan Empire, dismantled for study. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Tyras: An Imperial colony in the Norman Expanse presided over by the defunct House Jurnau. Destroyed by the Cielcin in ISD 16216. [Howling Dark] —Ubar: An arid Jaddian satrapy loyal to House di Otranto, who have been the high princes of Jadd for generations. Loyal to the Prince of Thessaloniki. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Ashes of Man] —Uhra: A Norman Freehold that recently transitioned from a kingdom to a republic. Renowned for its starship manufacture. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark] —Utah: An ancient Mericanii colony. [Demon in White] —Vanaheim: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Varadeto: A Barony in the Primarchate of Orion, presided over by House Harfleur. [Howling Dark] —Vesperad: A moon orbiting the gas giant Ius. The oldest Chantry-controlled planet, boasting its largest seminary complex. [Empire of Silence][Kingdoms of Death] —Vorgossos: A mythical Extrasolarian world orbiting a brown dwarf, said to be the domain of demons and of pirates—a Mecca for the black-market genetics trade. Formerly a a hideout for the Exalted. It is now presided over by a warlord known as the Undying. [Empire of Silence][Howling Dark][Queen Amid Ashes][Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] —Wodan: An Imperial colony in the Veil of Marinus seized from the Normans. Site of the Battle of Wodan in ISD 16129. [Empire of Silence] —Zigana: An imperial planet along the inner edge of the Sagittarius Arm, a Legion training and production center. Its harsh environs provide an excellent place to train legionnaires. [Kingdoms of Death] —Sagittarius Arm: The second arm of the galaxy colonized by humanity, north of Orion but south of Centaurus. Comprises the core of the Sollan Empire—along with Orion—but the Lothrian Commonwealth constitutes a large portion of its western frontier. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] — Andun: An Imperial planet in the Sagittarius Arm known for its starship manufacturing facilities. [Empire of Silence] — Aramis: An Imperial agricultural colony in Sagittarius. Its star is dim, so it uses orbital mirrors to intensify the sunlight and make the planet livable. [Tales of the Sun Eater, Vol. 1][Demon in White] — Lothrian Commonwealth: The second largest human polity in the galaxy, a totalitarian collectivist state. Longtime antagonist of the Empire. — Ascia: A planet in the Lothriad. [Empire of Silence]
Worlds Unknown — Annica: An airless world orbiting a red dwarf somewhere on the far side of the galactic core, apparently connected to the Quiet. [Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man] — Apas: Location unknown. According to Lord Marlowe’s account, the site of a colony of xenobitic microorganisms called the Deeps. [Howling Dark] — Asherah: Arid, tectonically active world known for its mountains and for a species of massive reptilian creatures. [Empire of Silence] — Atlanta: An ancient Mericanii colony. [Demon in White] — Baltimore: An ancient Mericanii colony. [Demon in White] — Belusha: The most infamous of the Imperial prison planets; the last destination of many political prisoners. A dismal, cold world. Salvage/scrapping wrecked ships often done in orbit about Belusha by the Martians themselves. They stripped incoming vessels of weapons and more sensitive materials—electronics, fuel containment, and the like—before passing the hulks down to the surface. These were tendered down from a great height, carried by repulsor buoys the size of castles. Time and again, ships were dropped on the plains to smash and shatter. Then the vultures were sent out, crawling and combing over every deck, every inch of hull, every engine port for precious metals, circuit boards, and anything the space crews might have missed. [Queen Amid Ashes][Demon in White][Kingdoms of Death][Ashes of Man][The Dregs of Empire] — Alma: prison camp [The Dregs of Empire] — Downwell: prison camp; home of the planet’s motor pools, used for the repair of crawlers and skiffs [The Dregs of Empire] — Farside: prison camp; home of “vulture” crews, the scavenge and salvage crews whose job it was to scour the fields and scrape the wrecks. [The Dregs of Empire] — Perigee: prison camp; another camp filled with vulture crews for scavenging and reclamation [The Dregs of Empire] — Snowhead: prison camp; location of the planet’s foundries, the great smelters where the bones of ruined ships are melted down for ingots. [The Dregs of Empire]