Demon In White - Chapter - 90

Index of Worlds

HEREIN IS APPENDED A list of all those worlds mentioned in this third volume of Lord Marlowe’s account. The purpose of this list is simply to remind the reader which world is which. Detailed astrographic and geological documents—as well as economic and historical texts—may be found elsewhere in the library. What information I have provided is all that is necessary to understand Lord Marlowe’s text.

—Tor Paulos of Nov Belgaer

Algernon	A Norman freehold world located very close to Marinus.
Annica	An airless world orbiting a red dwarf somewhere on the far side of the galactic core, apparently connected to the Quiet.
Aptucca	An Imperial colony in the Veil of Marinus in the Norma Arm, site of the defeat of the Cielcin Prince Ulurani in single combat by Hadrian Marlowe.
Arae	Site of a battle in the Cielcin Wars where Hadrian Marlowe discovered evidence of an alliance between the Cielcin and Extrasolarian humans.
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.
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.
Argissa	Site of an early battle in the Cielcin Wars, an Imperial colony in the Veil of Marinus.
Ashbless	A minor colony in the Centaurine provinces most famous as the birthplace of Sir Cassian Powers.
Atlanta	An ancient Mericanii colony.
Avalon	One of the original human colonies, site of heavy European colonization by generation ark. Birthplace of the Sollan Empire.
Baltimore	An ancient Mericanii colony.
Bargovrin	An Imperial colony in the Centaurine provinces, site of a brutal defeat of humanity by the Cielcin in the Crusades.
Belusha	The most famous of the Imperial prison planets, the last destination of many political prisoners. A dismal, cold world.
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.
Cai Shen	An ethnically Mandari world in the Imperium, famed for its Bashang Temple. It was ruled by House Min Chen up until ISD 16130, when it was destroyed by the Cielcin.
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.
Caritas	The home of the New Vatican and central world of the Museum Catholic Church, windy and twilit.
Cellas	Site of a major battle during the Cielcin Wars.
Centaurus Arm	The innermost and farthest of the four arms of the galaxy colonized by the Sollan Empire, north of Sagittarius, Orion, and Perseus. Most Centaurine provinces are clustered near the heart of the galaxy, just south of the Veil of Marinus and the galactic core.
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 known for the massive scholiast athenaeum of Nov Belgaer.
Cressgard	A lost Imperial colony in the Veil of Marinus, site of the first contact with the Cielcin at the Battle of Cressgard in ISD 15792.
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.
Denver	An ancient Mericanii colony.
Dharan-Tun	A Cielcin worldship larger than some moons, the seat of Prince Syriani Dorayaica.
Dion Station	An Imperial refueling outpost on the route from Gododdin across the gap between the Sagittarius and Centaurus Arms of the galaxy.
Edda	An arid, windy world in the Demarchy known for its canyons, sinkholes, and subterranean oceans. Its people are primarily ethnic Nordei and Travatskr.
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.
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 hub of the Imperium.
Gododdin	A system between the Centaurus and Sagittarius Arms of the galaxy, famously destroyed by Hadrian Marlowe during the final battle in the Crusade.
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.
Jadd	The planet of fire, sacred capital of the Jaddian Principalities, on whose soil none shall tread without the express permission of the High Prince.
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 struggle against the mutineers, a famous story.
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.
Lasaia	An Imperial colony in the Orion provinces, the site of a major Red Star Foundries Legion shipyard, like Hermonassa.
Lassira	An old Imperial world in the Orion provinces, the seat of one branch of House Curzon.
Latarra	A former Norman Freehold in the Veil conquered by the Monarch, Calen Harendotes, an Extrasolarian warlord.
Luin	A planet famous for its xenobitic forests, considered something of a fantasy land. Known for the phasma vigrandi, a species of floating organism that glows like faerie lights.
Marinus	The first Norman Freehold seized by the Imperium and amongst their first colonies in the Expanse. The Imperial capital in the Veil of Marinus.
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.
Monmara	A water world and a Norman freehold, known for the cheap mass production of starships.
Nagapur	A trading hub on the old core-roads from the Orion provinces out toward Centaurus and the Veil.
Nagramma	A Norman freehold settled primarily by Cid Arthurian religious refugees.
Nemavand	An Imperial colony in Rammanu Province on the Centaurine frontier.
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.
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.
Olympia	An ancient Mericanii colony.
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.
Orlando	An ancient Mericanii colony.
Oxiana	The site of a minor battle in the Cielcin Wars.
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.
Pagus Minor	One of the Sollan Empire’s prison planets.
Patmos	A planet and grand duchy in the Orion provinces, famously the birthplace of Hadrian Marlowe’s friend, Lorian Aristedes.
Perfugium	A colonial distribution center in the Centaurine provinces, the home of billions of sleeping human colonists. The site of a major battle in the Cielcin Wars.
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.
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.
Ramannu	An Imperial colony on the Centaurine frontier, right on the border with the Veil of Marinus.
Renaissance	One of the most populous worlds in the Empire, 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.
Rubicon	An Imperial planet bearing the signs of an extinct xenobite civilization.
Rustam	An Imperial colony in the Norman Expanse, site of a minor engagement with the Cielcin that culminated in the destruction of its capital city.
Sadal Suud	A wild world in the Spur of Orion, kept mostly untrammeled. Home to the Cavaraad Giants, a huge species of xenobite, as well as to the Marching Towers, one of the Ninety-Nine Wonders of the Universe. Ruled by House Rodolfo.
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.
Senuessa	A Sagittarine world, site of the Battle of Senuessa, one of the bloodiest in the entirety of the Cielcin Wars.
Shakespeare	A planet and archduchy in the Orion provinces held by the Aventine House.
Sinara	Site of a battle during the Cielcin Wars.
Teukros	A desert world in the Imperium, notably the site of the scholiasts’ athenaeum at Nov Senber.
Thagura	Site of a major battle in the Cielcin Wars.
Utah	An ancient Mericanii colony.
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.
Vorgossos	A mythical Extrasolarian world orbiting a brown dwarf, said to be a mecca for the black market genetics trade. Formerly a hideout for the Exalted, presided over now by a warlord known as the Undying.

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