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.
- Tor Paulos, Empire of Silence

Primarachate: Sagittarius

Province: Unknown

Known Prefectures:

Unknown

Locations of Interest:

Temple of Athten Var: the holiest of holies to the Irchtani people; location of Simeon the Red's tomb; alleged to be all black stone, like the Marching Towers on Sadal Suud and the Tunnels in Calagah on Emesh.

The Irchtani word for Judecca is Immuz.

See also the Battle of Athten Var.

In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, specifically in the Inferno, Judecca is the name given to the deepest and innermost circle of Hell, reserved for the worst kind of traitors. It is named after Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus. According to Empire of Silence, Chapter 29, Simeon the Red named the planet Judecca for the treason committed there by his former crew.