INDEX OF WORLDS

HEREIN IS APPENDED A list of all those worlds referenced by Lord Marlowe in this volume of his account. The purpose of this list is simply to remind the reader which world is which. For detailed notes regarding astrography and planetology, please refer the Vandenberg Catalog. What information I have provided here is sufficient to understand Lord Marlowe’s text.

—Tor Paulos of Nov Belgaer

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, 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.

Atlas: The gas giant in the Colchis system about which Colchis orbits.

Aulos: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier.

Avalon: One of the original human colonies, site of heavy European colonization by generation ark. Birthplace of the Sollan Empire.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Comum: A Centaurine demesne, site of the Battle of Comum, one of Lord Marlowe’s many battles.

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.

Dharan-Tun: A Cielcin worldship larger than some moons, the seat of Prince Syriani Dorayaica.

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.

Elos: A world renowned for its particle foundries.

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.

Eue: A planet belonging to the Enar 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.

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.

Ibarnis: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier.

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.

Kebren: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier.

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 5863, in which Alistair Marlowe killed the entire house.

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.

Mettina: A Centaurine demesne. Site of the Battle of Mettina, one of Lord Marlowe’s many battles.

Nagapur: A trading hub on the old core-roads from the Orion provinces out toward Centaurus and the Veil.

Nemavand: An Imperial colony in Rammanu Province on the Centaurine frontier.

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.

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.

Ostrannas: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier.

Oxiana: The site of a minor battle in the Cielcin Wars.

Padmurak: Capital of the Lothrian Commonwealth, a frigid, airless world in the Upper Sagittarius, on the far side of the Rasan Belt.

Pagus Minor: One of the Sollan Empire’s prison planets.

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.

Rammanu: An Imperial colony on the Centaurine frontier, right on the border with the Veil of Marinus.

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.

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.

Second Gulf: The vast emptiness between the arms of Sagittarius and Centaurus.

Se Vattayu: The mythical homeworld of the Cielcin, its surface apparently honeycombed with labyrinthine tunnels like those the Quiet dug at Calagah on Emesh.

Senuessa: A Sagittarine world, site of the Battle of Senuessa, one of the bloodiest in the entirety of the Cielcin Wars.

Sete: An Imperial colony on the inner reaches of the Norman Expanse.

Teukros: A desert world in the Imperium, notably the site of the scholiasts’ athenaeum at Nov Senber.

Thermon: A Chantry stronghold in the Sagittarine Provinces, famously the site of Hadrian Marlowe’s twelve-year-long trial for witchcraft.

Thielbad: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier.

Vanaheim: An Imperial colony in the Centaurine Provinces, one of the sites on Emperor William XXIII’s tour of the frontier.

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.

Vesperad: A moon orbiting the gas giant Ius. The oldest Chantry-controlled planet, boasting its largest seminary complex.

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.

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.