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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.
- Tor Paulos, Empire of Silence
Delos is one of the older examples of successful terraforming in Imperial history. Formally settled in the fourth millennium ISD, the project took several centuries to complete. It originally had no biosphere, oxygen cycle, or oceans, but the gravity and magnetospheres were just right. Comets were brought in to introduce water, and many of the animals introduced were of terranic stock, leading to a world as much like Old Earth as could be readily produced. Due to its clement environment and strategic placement on the Imperial trade routes with the Sagittarine provinces, the world has always been prosperous. It flourished first under House Ormund, then again under House Kephalos when the Ormund Dukes fell into disfavor during the Chablon Rebellion in the thirteenth millennium and were removed from power. This prosperity was compounded by the discovery of the system’s amazing uranium deposits, which have long been the subject of internecine struggles between the palatine houses of the system.

A cultural and commercial hub, Delos has attracted interstellar trade among Nipponese and Mandari corporations as well as the Eudorans, Durantines, and Free Traders.

Primarachate: Spur of Orion

Province: Auriga

Known Prefectures:

    Meidua: Governed by Archon LORD ALEISTER MARLOWE.

    Artemia: Governed by Vicereine LADY ELMIRA KEPHALOS.

Locations of Interest:

    Camlen's Gap: Town in Meidua Prefecture about two-days' ride on horse from Saint Maximus village

    Devil's Rest: CastleAncient belongingblack-stone tocitadel Houseatop Marlowe; Atop its acropolis ofa white stone, the black granite of the curtain wall and Gothic spires within drank the gray sunlight, looking out of place against the limestone bluff onin whichMeidua itPrefecture stood,on; asseat ifof someHouse inhumanMarlowe powerand hadresidence pulledof Archon Aleister Marlowe. Constructed in the stonesEmpire's stillgolden smokingage, fromfeatures Gothic spires, a massive Great Keep, private Chantry sanctum, and monumental defenses. Dominates the heartcity ofbelow and overlooks the planet,Apollan asOcean. indeedKnown itfor had.its harsh grandeur, elite guards, and iconic banners bearing the red devil sigil above the motto: The sword, our orator.

    Dome of Bright Carvings:

    Euclid:

    Karch:

    Haspida: Location of the House Kephalos Summer Palace; Hill country; Haspida itself was small by the measure of the palaces of the palatine nobility, covering a mere seven hectares including its inner gardens and the central domes of the greenhouse conservatories. That was less than a third of the area of Devil’s Rest and not even a tenth of the ducal palace at Artemia. Rustic, if a twenty-four-hundred-room palace could be such a thing.

    Meidua: Once a fishing village of no consequence, now the capital of Meidua Prefecture, the demesne awared to House Marlowe for service to Duke Tiberius Ormund in the mid-Eighth Millenium; known for its ample uranium deposits

    Meidua Colosso: large stadium used by the city for formal ceremonies and entertainment, primarily known as the location of the city's battles between the Meidua Devils (gladiators) and criminals, slaves, and conscripts, known as myrmidons.

    Saint Maximus: Adorator (Museum Catholic) village in the heart of the Redtine Valley

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Empire of Silence

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Chapters 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 70, 71, 74, 75, 78

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Howling Dark

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Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 41, 43, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 58, 59, 61, 65, 70, 74, 78

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Demon in White

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Broken Binding Edition, Introduction
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Kingdoms of Death

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Ashes of Man

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Disquiet Gods

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Shadows Upon Time

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Queen Amid Ashes - Chapters 2, 3, 4

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Tales of the Sun Eater & Other Stories

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Tales 1 (The Night Captain)
Tales 1 (The Pits of Emesh)

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