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Totals: 432 assets. Kethra (Selenne): 325 · Kethra orbit: 28 · Kronos (Ymir): 23 · The Cinderbelt: 56.
Kethra (Selenne)#
Black Ledger#
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marrach counting-house (alleged) (29.6° N, 163.8° W) | Listening post / intelligence | rumoured | A waterfront counting-house the Office of the Marshal Watch alleges pays the Black Ledger's corridor work. The Marshal Watch alleges it of every counting-house in Marrach. | open |
| The Counting Desk, Saltline (alleged) (1.5° N, 14.8° E) | Listening post / intelligence | rumoured | A desk at the Saltline Exchange that the Crown Inquiry Office alleges clears the Black Ledger's money. The Exchange says every desk is a desk. Alleged since 2291; never proven. | open |
| The Serrin train (2306) (10.6° N, 130.9° W) | Landmark | recorded | Where the Serrin betrayal's 41 died in 2306: a corridor company's train whose Free Banner Guild escort was paid to stand down for an hour (the Free Banner Guild almanac). The deaths are the Banner Court's finding; who paid is unproven; the marker is the Black Ledger almanac's. | open |
Caldren Crown#
Their story: the Caldren Crown almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aletheia (34.0° N, 9.3° E) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Caldren Crown and seat of the Homeworld Assembly. 11.2 million in the metropolitan area. Built up seven steps of the Stair above the Thess estuary. Population 11.2 million (metro). | open |
| Ashbourne (46.3° N, 3.6° W) | Town | recorded | Irrigated gardenland town on the Ashcombe steppe. | open |
| Ashcombe (48.1° N, 0.2° W) | Town | recorded | Seat of Ashcombe Reach, the dry steppe north of the Corran. | open |
| Ashcombe Steppe Garrison (47.6° N, 1.9° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Northern garrison; Hedge regiments and the Wild frontier. | open |
| Brennock (38.6° N, 16.2° E) | Town | recorded | Market town on the River Corran. | open |
| Cape Merrow (52.1° N, 6.6° E) | Landmark | recorded | The Crown's northernmost point (08:130): where Northmere ends and the Rime marches begin, not a sea coast. | open |
| Cape Tessaly (29.4° N, 6.3° W) | Landmark | recorded | Southernmost point of the Crown's home territory, 29.4° N. | open |
| Corran Gap Frame Base (43.1° N, 6.6° E) | Frame base | recorded | 1st Frame Brigade, Royal Frame Corps, holding the pass through the Corran. | open |
| Corran Iron Company mines (41.4° N, 1.9° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Iron of the Corran foothills. | open |
| Corran Mouth (37.4° N, 27.0° E) | City | recorded | East-coast port; the Crown's largest by tonnage. Seat of Warmreach. Population 4.1 million. | open |
| Corran Mouth Fleet Base (37.0° N, 27.5° E) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Royal Navy eastern fleet. | open |
| Fenmarket (31.6° N, 0.3° W) | Town | recorded | Seat of Lowfen: marsh, reedland, blackreed. | open |
| Fort Elisande (5.0° S, 0.3° E) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Crown garrison guarding the northern Charterlands and the landing coast. | open |
| Greywater (31.4° N, 5.6° W) | Town | recorded | Seat of Greywater Reach: coal and old industry. | open |
| Greywater Keep (31.9° N, 5.2° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | The largest of the Crown's 31 prisons (Keeps). | open |
| Greywater Reserve Depot (32.8° N, 4.9° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Reserve mobilisation depot. | open |
| Harrow Barracks (35.3° N, 8.0° E) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Royal Army headquarters garrison, Stairward. Named for Ansel Harrow of the Iron Winter. | open |
| Hollin (44.6° N, 3.8° E) | City | recorded | University city in the high Corran, near Lake Caldren. First powered flight, AL 1904. Population 1.9 million. | open |
| Irongate (40.3° N, 1.2° E) | City | recorded | Mining city in the Corran foothills; home of the Frame Academy. Population 1.7 million. | open |
| Kilnmoor (39.6° N, 23.0° E) | Town | recorded | Warmreach tea-garden town. | open |
| Lake Caldren (45.2° N, 4.7° E) | Landmark | recorded | Caldera lake, 612 m deep; origin of the name Caldren. | open |
| Landfall (33.7° N, 9.9° E) | City | recorded | Where the Founders came down, AL 0. The Seven Terraces and the Founders' Stones. A pilgrimage town. Population 0.9 million. | open |
| Merrow (49.9° N, 6.5° E) | City | recorded | City of the northern lake country; seat of Northmere. Population 1.5 million. | open |
| Mount Corran (44.9° N, 2.6° E) | Landmark | recorded | 7,120 m. The Crown's highest point. | open |
| Oakhallow (37.4° N, 4.2° W) | Town | recorded | Grain town on the Greywater road. | open |
| Orbital Squadron launch defence (0.6° N, 5.4° E) | Orbital defence / picket | recorded | Launch-defence batteries and the Orbital Squadron's ground base. | open |
| Pharos Isle (0.5° N, 5.0° E) | Spaceport | recorded | The Crown's spaceport at 0.4° N: about 1,100 launches a year. Main objective of the Vardane offensive in the Corridor War. Population 0.6 million. | open |
| Pharos Naval Station (0.1° N, 4.5° E) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Royal Navy Line squadron guarding the corridors. | open |
| Rimewatch (51.6° N, 8.3° E) | Town | recorded | Northernmost Crown town, near Cape Merrow. | open |
| Rimewatch Polar Station (80.0° N, 9.4° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | Hollin University ice research. | open |
| Riverwend Cantonment (40.6° N, 6.3° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Royal Army regional garrison guarding the breadbasket. | open |
| Royal Seed Vault (44.3° N, 4.1° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | The Crown's master seed bank, Hollin. | open |
| Saltreach (34.1° N, 18.9° E) | City | recorded | Tide-flat city: fisheries, kelp and salt. Population 2.6 million. | open |
| Saltreach Patrol Station (33.6° N, 19.6° E) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Coastal patrol and Tide Wardens. | open |
| Southmere (33.3° N, 10.4° E) | Town | recorded | Seat of Stairward Reach; industry on the south shore of the estuary. | open |
| Southmere Naval Base (33.3° N, 10.3° E) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Royal Navy headquarters on the Thess estuary; frame-carriers. | open |
| Stairfield (34.1° N, 9.4° E) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | Aletheia's airport: 41 million passengers a year. | open |
| Tallow Reach Frame Post (17.2° S, 5.6° E) | Frame base | recorded | Crown frame post on the Rift Railway. | open |
| The Founders' Stones (33.8° N, 9.8° E) | Landmark | recorded | Over the Lander Field at Landfall. | open |
| The Frame Academy (40.0° N, 1.5° E) | Frame base | recorded | Royal Frame Corps pilot training and frame design, Irongate (AL 2098). | open |
| The Long Gate (33.8° N, 9.7° E) | Landmark | recorded | The 11-km tide barrier across the Thess estuary (AL 2204); closes about 40 times a year. | open |
| Thess Barrage tidal array (33.4° N, 10.0° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | The largest tidal plant on Kethra, built into the Long Gate. | open |
| Thessane (41.0° N, 1.5° W) | City | recorded | Iron and frames. Home of the Thessane Works, which build most of the Crown's frames. Population 6.4 million. | open |
| Thessane Proving Ground (41.8° N, 2.5° W) | Frame base | recorded | Frame trials and the 2nd Frame Brigade. | open |
| Thessane Works (41.4° N, 1.1° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | The Crown's frame works: about 1,400 frames a year. | open |
| Tolley Cross (40.8° N, 12.8° E) | Town | recorded | Rail junction below the Corran passes. | open |
| Wendford (41.9° N, 7.2° W) | Town | recorded | Seat of Riverwend, the breadbasket plains. The Seedwright College. | open |
Continuance Circle#
Their story: the Living Worlds Movement almanac, Part 2.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wendford works (burned 2306) (41.6° N, 7.0° W) | Landmark | recorded | A Seedwright Trust conversion camp on the Riverwend plains, burned by the Continuance Circle in 2306: three dead. The act for which the Crown outlawed the Circle, and the only one it has proven. | open |
Crown Charterlands#
Their story: the Caldren Crown almanac, Part 2.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby Crossing (23.0° S, 3.5° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of a Crown Charterland; supervised by a Crown Charter-Warden. | open |
| Coppergate (25.5° S, 3.0° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of a Crown Charterland; supervised by a Crown Charter-Warden. | open |
| Dunmere (28.0° S, 1.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of a Crown Charterland; supervised by a Crown Charter-Warden. | open |
| Emberlea (29.8° S, 2.5° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of a Crown Charterland; supervised by a Crown Charter-Warden. | open |
| Ferrand (12.0° S, 2.5° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of a Crown Charterland; supervised by a Crown Charter-Warden. | open |
| Greenholt (19.0° S, 0.5° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of a Crown Charterland; supervised by a Crown Charter-Warden. | open |
| Northwatch (8.5° S, 2.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of a Crown Charterland; supervised by a Crown Charter-Warden. | open |
| Tallow Reach (16.5° S, 5.0° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of a Crown Charterland; supervised by a Crown Charter-Warden. | open |
| Wendholt (31.2° S, 2.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of the southernmost Crown Charterland, 31.2° S. | open |
Free Banner Guild#
Their story: the Free Banner Guild almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Hall (1.5° N, 15.6° E) | Mercenary base | recorded | Headquarters of the Free Banner Guild on Kethra. | open |
| Guild hall, Eldhaven (22.1° S, 7.6° E) | Mercenary base | recorded | The frontier banners: civil work-frames for Hedge-clearing and the fire lines of the ember season, hired by Holds free and chartered. No Hold will pay for another’s soldiers (the Southern Holds almanac), and the Guild sends none. | open |
| Guild yard, Cordale (36.5° N, 45.4° W) | Mercenary base | recorded | Banners chartered under Cordalese contract law, whose banks insure their belt work (the Lesser Crowns almanac); the Seven themselves hire no banners. | open |
| Guild yard, Tessmere (29.6° N, 98.6° W) | Mercenary base | recorded | The coast banners, including the Corridor Pennon, formed from the survivors of the Tolvard Extension. | open |
| Guild yard, Thessane (40.8° N, 1.3° W) | Mercenary base | recorded | The Crown-chartered banners’ yard beside the Thessane Works, which sells them their frames. Home of the Grey Pennon. | open |
| The Banner Court (1.4° N, 15.9° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Guild’s arbitration court and governing council, beside Banner Hall at Saltline: the Roll of Banners is kept here, and every contract dispute on Kethra between a banner and a client is heard here. | open |
| The Salt Field (0.3° N, 17.8° E) | Frame base | recorded | The Guild’s frame ground on Saltline’s South Isle, where banners drill and the Guild holds its own trials and Roll examination. A hand’s licence and Accord registration come from the state that trained them, and the socket from that state’s clinic, since Ilyr’s Accord licences go only to states; the Salt Field’s surgeons fit nothing. | open |
Free Oreth coast states#
Their story: the Free Oreth Coast States almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldport (6.2° N, 109.1° W) | Town | recorded | Stellan’s southern town, a day’s sail from the Imperial port of Hesk. | open |
| Bank of the Three Shores (10.6° N, 106.0° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Issues the shore-note, pegged to the crown. | open |
| Coast Frame Company (29.8° N, 98.5° W) | Frame base | recorded | The coast states’ joint frame company, flying frames under Ilyr Accord licences. | open |
| Fennick (16.8° N, 102.9° W) | Town | recorded | Southern canton town on the Stellan road. | open |
| High Merrin (22.0° N, 102.3° W) | Town | recorded | Upland canton town of the Confederacy. | open |
| Kelsby (25.1° N, 98.3° W) | Town | recorded | Fishing and duskwood town of the southern Tessmere coast. | open |
| Low Merrin (19.8° N, 101.2° W) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Merrin Confederacy. | open |
| Merrin cantonal muster ground (18.5° N, 102.6° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Every adult of the cantons trains here in turn. | open |
| Northgate (33.2° N, 99.3° W) | Town | recorded | Tessmere’s border town on the Grey March. | open |
| Stellan (10.9° N, 105.7° W) | Capital | recorded | Stellan Free City, a trading port. | open |
| Stellan Exchange (10.9° N, 105.8° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The coast’s market, and the leak in every blockade. | open |
| Stellan harbour (10.4° N, 104.8° W) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The coast’s great trading harbour, facing the Line. | open |
| Tessmere (29.4° N, 98.7° W) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Tessmere Republic, largest of the free coast states. | open |
| Tessmere Harbour Guard (28.3° N, 96.0° W) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | The coast states' small joint navy. | open |
| Tessmere yards (28.3° N, 96.0° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Shipyards of the coast states’ joint navy and the Line trade. | open |
| The Diet of Merrin (20.1° N, 101.0° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Where the thirteen cantons meet; its Presider changes every year. | open |
| The Grey March (39.2° N, 99.6° W) | Landmark | recorded | Unclaimed coast between Coastwatch and Tessmere. Neither side may settle it; both patrol it. | open |
| The Greywall (30.5° N, 100.1° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Tessmere’s fortified line facing the Imperium’s Coastwatch Holding. | open |
| The Refuge Office (29.2° N, 98.8° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Shelters those who escape the Imperium’s Bond Laws, under the Refuge Law of 1881. | open |
| The Senate of Tessmere (29.8° N, 98.4° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Republic’s Senate and its First Consul. | open |
| The Three Shores Council (19.5° N, 101.4° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The league of the three coast states, sworn in AL 1402. | open |
Homeguard Command#
Their story: the Homeguard Command almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armistice Commission cutters (0.0° N, 16.6° E) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | The Line ports’ Homeguard contingent: about 3,000 and 20 cutters that carry the Armistice Commission’s inspectors. | open |
| Assembly Guard Frame Brigade (34.4° N, 9.8° E) | Frame base | recorded | The Crown's frame brigade assigned to Homeguard Command, Aletheia. | open |
| Homeguard Command headquarters (34.3° N, 9.4° E) | Army base / garrison | recorded | The Assembly's joint defence command, Aletheia. | open |
| Homeguard Frame School, Thessane (41.2° N, 1.7° W) | Frame base | recorded | Where the mixed-nation frame companies train together, as the Iron Winter’s first companies did. Founded 2160, beside the Thessane Works. | open |
| Homeguard naval squadron, Corran Mouth (37.2° N, 27.3° E) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | The Crown’s naval units assigned to Homeguard Command (the Crown almanac): escorts for the Fuel Monitors’ tenders and the Armistice inspections. | open |
| Tessmere patrol squadron (30.0° N, 96.4° W) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | The coast states’ Homeguard contingent: about 5,000 and 8 hulls, lent from the Three Shores. | open |
| The Corridor Regiment (on call) (44.3° N, 150.4° W) | Frame base | recorded | The Imperium’s Homeguard contingent: about 12,000 and 150 frames of the Imperial Frame Corps, on call at Kessard. Never yet called. | open |
| The Hedge companies, Eldhaven (22.3° S, 8.4° E) | Army base / garrison | recorded | The Holds Compact’s Homeguard contingent since 2290: three militia companies, about 8,000, drawn from the Hedge duty. | open |
| The Inspectorate guard (34.4° N, 9.6° E) | Army base / garrison | recorded | About 2,000: the only force the Assembly pays for itself. Escorts the Accord inspectors into any factory, broadcaster or clinic on Kethra. | open |
Homeworld Assembly#
Their story: the Homeworld Assembly almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly Precinct (34.2° N, 9.6° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Homeworld Assembly: the Floor, the Accord Council, embassies. Step 6 of Aletheia. | open |
| The Accord Inspectorate (34.2° N, 9.7° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Inspects frame factories, heavy broadcasters and gene clinics under the three Accords: "the Assembly’s most hated and most necessary body" (Chapter II). About 2,600 inspectors. | open |
| The Accord Tribunals (34.3° N, 9.5° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Assembly’s courts for breaches of the Accords, staffed from the member states (Chapter II). | open |
| The Assembly Clearing House (34.1° N, 9.7° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Settles trade between the member states in crowns (Chapter VI). Keeps the text of the Armistice’s fuel clauses. | open |
| The Assembly Science Council (34.4° N, 9.5° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | Charters research beyond any one state’s reach: Deepwell on Hera (2166), and the Brightening Report on Hyperion (2311). The Ilyr Sanctum holds a permanent seat. | open |
| The Sentinel Field (26.0° N, 139.0° W) | Landmark | recorded | Where the last of the Iron Winter’s machines were destroyed by piloted frames in 2146 (Chapter IV). An Assembly memorial by treaty, on Imperial ground: the wrecks were left where they fell. | open |
Ilyr Sanctum#
Their story: the Ilyr Sanctum almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aumer (29.0° N, 138.5° E) | City | recorded | Northern city of the Sanctum. | open |
| Aumer Deepcore Station (33.0° N, 140.5° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | Sediment-core station: the source of Ilyr's record of Kethra's ice ages and warm eras. | open |
| Brandwell geothermal station (21.5° N, 140.5° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Geothermal power from the hotspot's flank. | open |
| Castaly (11.9° N, 112.5° E) | City | recorded | Western harbour city; the Sanctum's door to the world. | open |
| Castaly Harbour Guard (11.9° N, 112.5° E) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | The Sanctum's coastal guard. | open |
| Castaly Launch Terrace (11.9° N, 112.4° E) | Spaceport | recorded | The Sanctum's small launch site. Supplies Deepwell and Farlight; most other launches are bought from Vesper. | open |
| Castaly Licence Exchange (12.3° N, 112.9° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Where foreign buyers bid for Ilyr licences, and the only quarter of Aelos open to them without a Key. | open |
| Conclave Hall (19.9° N, 126.5° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Seat of the Custodial Conclave: 21 Fifth-Key holders and the First Custodian. | open |
| Eastshore thorium sands (20.0° N, 145.0° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Thorium fuel sands, exported under Ilyr licence. | open |
| Halcyon (20.4° N, 106.8° E) | Town | recorded | Fishing and orchard town of the west coast. | open |
| Idrenne (17.0° N, 122.0° E) | Town | recorded | Terrace town of the inner highlands; home of the Quiet College. | open |
| Ilyr Legation, Aletheia (34.3° N, 9.8° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Sanctum's embassy and licence office in the Crown's capital, also accredited to the Homeworld Assembly. | open |
| Ilyrion (19.5° N, 127.0° E) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Ilyr Sanctum, built into terraced volcanic hillsides. The Archive Mount at its centre. Population 3.1 million. | open |
| Keldry (34.0° N, 131.0° E) | City | recorded | Northern university city; the Sanctum's examination halls. | open |
| Mount Irrin (22.0° N, 131.0° E) | Landmark | recorded | The active volcano over the hotspot that raised Aelos. Its terraces feed Ilyrion. | open |
| Office of Keys (18.9° N, 127.4° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Issues and polices every Ilyr technology licence, at home and abroad. | open |
| Orlo (33.0° N, 123.0° E) | Town | recorded | Timber and duskwood town of the north-west. | open |
| Sennet (25.8° N, 146.8° E) | Town | recorded | Harbour town of the thorium coast. | open |
| Tamsk (8.5° N, 124.0° E) | Town | recorded | Rice and cane town of the warm south. | open |
| The Archive Mount (20.3° N, 127.6° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | Sealed vaults of the Founders' records. Some have not been opened since the Silence. | open |
| The Duskwood Keeping (30.5° N, 127.0° E) | Landmark | recorded | The Sanctum's largest protected Wild: native duskwood never cut since Landfall. | open |
| The Keyworks (18.6° N, 128.4° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Link-socket cores, medical technology and fusion controls, all made under licence. | open |
| The Quiet College (17.6° N, 122.6° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | Where Listeners are trained with Founder neural technology. Whether their talent is real is open. | open |
| Vessan (22.0° N, 116.0° E) | Town | recorded | Market town on the road from Castaly to the highlands. | open |
| Wennow (5.1° N, 134.4° E) | Town | recorded | Southern town of the thorium coast. | open |
| Wennow thorium works (5.1° N, 134.6° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Refines thorium sands into fuel before export. | open |
Imperial Holds#
Their story: the Vardane Imperium almanac, Part 2.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brask (24.0° S, 33.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of an Imperial Holds district, under a Vardane charter. | open |
| Drevin (13.5° S, 40.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of an Imperial Holds district, under a Vardane charter. | open |
| Gessen (21.0° S, 42.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of an Imperial Holds district, under a Vardane charter. | open |
| Harrek (9.0° S, 35.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of an Imperial Holds district, under a Vardane charter. | open |
| Kastel (10.0° S, 44.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of an Imperial Holds district, under a Vardane charter. | open |
| Tarrow (18.0° S, 37.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of an Imperial Holds district, under a Vardane charter. | open |
| Ulmen (28.0° S, 38.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of an Imperial Holds district, under a Vardane charter. | open |
| Velm (12.5° S, 31.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Seat of an Imperial Holds district, under a Vardane charter. | open |
Lesser Crowns#
Their story: the Lesser Crowns almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrey (34.1° N, 49.0° W) | Town | recorded | Vineyard town on the Stair of the western coast. | open |
| Arven wool mills (40.0° N, 31.2° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Wool and cloth, the Kingdom's old wealth. | open |
| Arvenmouth (33.5° N, 22.8° W) | City | recorded | Arvenne's port on the south coast; wool and wine for the Line. | open |
| Arvenmouth Naval Station (33.1° N, 23.3° W) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Arvenne's small coastal squadron. | open |
| Arvenne (39.0° N, 28.5° W) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Kingdom of Arvenne, eldest of the Lesser Crowns. | open |
| Bank of Cordale (36.6° N, 45.4° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Rival to the Bank of Aletheia; lends to Line carriers. | open |
| Brightwick (46.0° N, 19.1° W) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Free City of Brightwick. | open |
| Brightwick glassworks (45.8° N, 19.5° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Indigo glass for half the Crown's windows. | open |
| Cordale (36.2° N, 46.0° W) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Principality of Cordale. | open |
| Cordale Fleet, Port Serell (32.7° N, 39.3° W) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | The strongest navy of the Lesser Crowns. | open |
| Cordale Frame Company (35.0° N, 43.3° W) | Frame base | recorded | The Principality's frame company; sent frames to the Corridor War. | open |
| Grimholt (43.0° N, 64.0° W) | Town | recorded | Moorland mining town. | open |
| Hastholm (49.0° N, 40.6° W) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Duchy of Hastholm. | open |
| Hastholm Keep (49.6° N, 39.9° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | The Duke's fortress and the bloc's strongest land garrison. | open |
| Hollowby (42.6° N, 24.5° W) | Town | recorded | Upland wool town. | open |
| Irondown (46.0° N, 50.0° W) | City | recorded | Iron town of the Duchy; forges and timber. | open |
| Irondown forges (45.5° N, 50.6° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Iron and steel for the Stair Accord. | open |
| Kellmoor (46.0° N, 33.9° W) | Town | recorded | Ducal market town. | open |
| Meremouth (46.3° N, 74.0° W) | Town | recorded | Lake port of Sallow, where the Meres drain west into the Wild. | open |
| Northcombe (54.0° N, 36.6° W) | Town | recorded | Northern market town. | open |
| Ormsby (53.2° N, 54.0° W) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Northern Kingdom of Ormsby. | open |
| Ormsby Observatory (55.5° N, 46.0° W) | Research / observatory | recorded | Receiving observatory under the long lit winters: listens, never transmits. | open |
| Ormsby Rime Guard (54.0° N, 54.5° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | The Northern Kingdom's winter regiments. | open |
| Ormsby timber camps (52.0° N, 29.8° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Earthkin pine plantations and blackreed cutting. | open |
| Pellmoor (40.5° N, 61.0° W) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Pellmoor Republic. | open |
| Pellmoor tin and coal mines (41.0° N, 66.0° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Tin, coal and the Republic's labour movement. | open |
| Port Serell (33.0° N, 38.6° W) | City | recorded | Cordale's port: shipping insurance and carrier finance. | open |
| Quellin (41.0° N, 17.8° W) | Town | recorded | Border town facing the Crown's Riverwend. | open |
| Reedwater (47.1° N, 68.6° W) | Town | recorded | Blackreed town in the Meres. | open |
| Republican Guard barracks (41.2° N, 60.4° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Citizen militia of the Pellmoor Republic. | open |
| Royal Arvenne Guard (39.7° N, 27.7° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | The Kingdom's household regiments. | open |
| Royal Fens Garrison (48.4° N, 64.5° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Sallow's royal regiment of the fens. | open |
| Sallow (49.5° N, 65.0° W) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Kingdom of Sallow. | open |
| Skellan (50.3° N, 23.2° W) | Town | recorded | Timber town near the Crown's Northmere. | open |
| Stair Accord Frame Company (42.5° N, 33.9° W) | Frame base | recorded | Joint frame company of the Lesser Crowns under the Stair Accord. | open |
| Stair Accord Secretariat (38.5° N, 29.2° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Stair Accord's secretariat and the Council of the Lesser Crowns. | open |
| Tarn Cross (40.0° N, 56.0° W) | Town | recorded | Market town on the Hastholm road. | open |
| The Guildhall of Brightwick (46.2° N, 18.8° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Seat of the Free City's guild council and its Exchange. | open |
| The Mere Wardens (46.6° N, 73.4° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Patrol boats and wardens of the Meres. Sallow has no sea coast. | open |
| The Sallow Meres (48.8° N, 69.5° W) | Landmark | recorded | A vast lake and reedland country; the Kingdom's heart and its defence. | open |
| Westhaven (33.8° N, 70.8° W) | City | recorded | Port of the Republic on the south coast. | open |
| Westhaven Naval Yard (33.7° N, 71.0° W) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Shipbuilding and a small navy. | open |
| Whitefell (53.5° N, 60.0° W) | Town | recorded | The northernmost town of the Lesser Crowns. | open |
| Wychford (48.5° N, 54.0° W) | Town | recorded | Forest town on the Sallow border. | open |
Line free ports#
Their story: the Line Free Ports almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambergate (0.0° N, 33.4° W) | City | recorded | Free port; kelp and iodine salt. | open |
| Armistice Commission, Saltline (1.1° N, 15.5° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Carries out the inspections of the Armistice of Saltline (AL 2291): phosphate deliveries, fuel clauses, and the corridors. | open |
| Driftmark (0.8° N, 10.7° W) | City | recorded | Free port on the channel between Tern Harbour and Saltline. The Line’s insurers keep their houses here. | open |
| Farbourne (0.0° N, 71.8° E) | City | recorded | Eastern free port; the last great harbour before Aelos. | open |
| Glasswater (0.0° N, 21.7° E) | City | recorded | Free port and reefstone-lime works. | open |
| Glasswater desalination works (1.1° N, 25.6° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Fresh water for the eastern chain’s towns. | open |
| Morrowport (0.0° N, 89.2° E) | City | recorded | Easternmost free port, on the Line Road to Castaly. | open |
| Oarsend (0.0° S, 64.3° W) | Town | recorded | Free port of the far-western chain. | open |
| Reefhold (0.0° N, 39.8° E) | City | recorded | Free port of the eastern chain. | open |
| Reefhold Harbour Guard (0.9° S, 43.5° E) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Harbour guard of the eastern chain. | open |
| Saltline (0.1° N, 16.6° E) | City | recorded | Largest free port and home harbour of the Rovessa. The Armistice of Saltline was signed here (AL 2291). Population 2.9 million. | open |
| Saltline Exchange (0.1° N, 16.6° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Insurance, freight and the Line port-note: the neutral market of Kethra. | open |
| Saltline Harbour Guard (0.1° N, 16.7° E) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | The largest of the free ports’ harbour guards. Unarmed against ships by the ports’ own law. | open |
| Saltline Launch (0.1° N, 16.7° E) | Spaceport | recorded | The free port's spaceport, open to all who pay. | open |
| Saltline salt pans (0.0° N, 16.6° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Sea-salt from the Line, iodine-rich and fine. | open |
| Saltline yards (0.1° N, 16.6° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Builds the Rovessa sea-carriers, the largest ships on Kethra at up to 1.4 km long. | open |
| Scarrow (0.0° S, 45.4° W) | Town | recorded | Western free port of kelp, iodine salt and pilots. | open |
| Sunderlee (0.0° N, 63.3° E) | City | recorded | Free port on the far eastern route. | open |
| Sundown Key (0.8° S, 78.7° W) | Town | recorded | Westernmost free port before Oreth; the Imperium’s nearest neighbour on the Line. | open |
| Tern Harbour (0.1° N, 16.9° W) | City | recorded | Free port of the western chain. | open |
| Tern Harbour Guard (0.1° N, 16.9° W) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Harbour guard of the western chain. | open |
| Tern shipyards (0.1° N, 16.9° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Feeders, tenders and repairs for the Rovessa. | open |
| The Quarantine Roads (0.1° N, 16.6° E) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | Where ships flying the grey pennant wait. Quarantine at the Line ports is an old institution. | open |
| The Tide Congress (0.4° N, 16.8° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Where the twelve free ports meet. Chaired by the Portreeve of the Line. | open |
Living Worlds Movement#
Their story: the Living Worlds Movement almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living Worlds House, Aletheia (33.9° N, 9.3° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Movement's seat, in the Tidewards below the Stair, where the floods are felt first. The Tideward League's offices are upstairs. | open |
| The Corran Convention (37.6° N, 26.9° E) | Landmark | recorded | Where the Living Worlds Convention has met every Thaw since 2268, in a hired grain hall above Corran Mouth. The Convenor is elected here. | open |
| The Corran Wild Watch (45.6° N, 3.0° E) | Landmark | recorded | The Movement's first Wild Watch (2270), on the edge of the Corran Wild in the high Corran: a hut, a fire line and a register of everything that crosses the Hedge. | open |
| The Fellows' House, Hollin (44.4° N, 3.6° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | The Movement's scientific wing: Hollin naturalists, sediment readers and the Movement's Fellows who sat on the Brightening Commission (2301–2311). | open |
| Worlders' Hall, Brightwick (46.4° N, 18.5° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Movement's hall in the one Lesser Crown that supports the Seeding Limits Bill, the "Stewardship city" (the Lesser Crowns almanac). | open |
Order of the Veiled Sun#
Their story: the Ilyr Sanctum almanac, Part 2.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel of the Veiled Sun (22.8° N, 124.5° E) | Frame base | recorded | Seat of the Order of the Veiled Sun and its exceptional frames. | open |
| Veiled Sun East Watch (16.0° N, 144.0° E) | Frame base | recorded | Guards the thorium sands and the eastern approaches. | open |
| Veiled Sun North Watch (30.5° N, 136.0° E) | Frame base | recorded | The Order's northern frame station. | open |
Rovessa Caravans#
Their story: the Rovessa Caravans almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brightwater (House Iskander) (4.7° S, 66.0° E) | Station / habitat | recorded | Eastern-chain carrier; reefstone lime and passengers. Position on 1 Sowing AL 2314, on the Line Road; carriers move. Population about 7,500. | open |
| Evenkeel (House Adebayo) (2.5° N, 33.6° E) | Station / habitat | recorded | The Helm's carrier. Seat of Captain Serafine Adebayo, Helm of the Captains' Table. Position on 1 Sowing AL 2314, on the Line Road; carriers move. Population about 14,200. | open |
| Farstep (House Kaimana) (0.4° N, 101.0° W) | Station / habitat | recorded | Works the far west between the Line and Hesk. Position on 1 Sowing AL 2314, on the Line Road; carriers move. Population about 5,200. | open |
| Glasswater storm tower (1.3° S, 28.3° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | One of the Rovessa storm-reading towers. Girdle storms are read here days before any weather service. | open |
| Grain Mother (House Quenell) (2.8° S, 12.9° E) | Station / habitat | recorded | The great grain carrier: north in bad northern years, south in bad southern ones. Position on 1 Sowing AL 2314, on the Southern Crossing; carriers move. Population about 6,900. | open |
| Long Patience (House Marr) (0.8° N, 49.7° W) | Station / habitat | recorded | Flagship of the oldest carrier House, named for the Founders' ship the Patience. Position on 1 Sowing AL 2314, on the Line Road; carriers move. Population about 12,600. | open |
| Oathwater Quay (4.9° S, 9.2° E) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The landing on Eldvang's north coast where frontier families come ashore after swearing the Line-oath. | open |
| Reefhold storm tower (2.3° N, 44.3° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | Storm-reading tower of the eastern chain. | open |
| Rovessa berth, Castaly (11.8° N, 112.5° E) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The only foreign berth in the Sanctum. Rovessa carriers pass beyond Castaly only by invitation. | open |
| Rovessa berth, Corran Mouth (37.2° N, 27.0° E) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The eastern Crown berth. | open |
| Rovessa berth, Hesk (1.5° N, 117.7° W) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | Loads phosphate at the end of the Imperial corridor. | open |
| Rovessa berth, Marrach (28.8° N, 164.5° W) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The Imperium's west-coast berth, closed by the Captains' Table for the Year of Empty Roads (AL 2283). | open |
| Rovessa berth, Port Serell (32.8° N, 38.1° W) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | Where Cordale's banks finance the carriers. | open |
| Rovessa berth, Stairfield (34.0° N, 9.3° E) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The Rovessa quay at Aletheia's port. Grain in bad years, wine and passengers always. | open |
| Saltwife (House Tavish) (7.7° N, 137.8° W) | Station / habitat | recorded | Carries phosphate round Oreth. One of the three carriers taken under emergency charter at Marrach in AL 2282. Position on 1 Sowing AL 2314, on the Phosphate Road; carriers move. Population about 8,300. | open |
| Tern storm tower (1.1° S, 21.7° W) | Research / observatory | recorded | Storm-reading tower of the western chain. | open |
| The Captains' Table (1.2° N, 15.2° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Where matters between carrier Houses are settled. The Armistice of Saltline was signed on the Table itself in AL 2291. | open |
| The Carrier Roads (0.8° S, 15.8° E) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | Anchorage where the great Rovessa sea-carriers lie in the lagoon. | open |
| The Floating Quarter (1.1° S, 14.3° E) | Station / habitat | recorded | Moored hulks and pontoons off the south shore of Saltline, beside the Carrier Roads: about 300,000 Rovessa between voyages, the old, and the newly beached. Population about 300,000. | open |
| Tidewright V (House Oda) (4.7° N, 93.9° E) | Station / habitat | recorded | Fifth of her name. The first Tidewright made the Opening of Aelos in AL 1412. Position on 1 Sowing AL 2314, on the Line Road; carriers move. Population about 9,800. | open |
| Unbeholden (House Reyes) (0.3° N, 10.6° W) | Station / habitat | recorded | Launched AL 2291. Captain Tomas Reyes leads the New Keels, the younger captains challenging the old Houses. Position on 1 Sowing AL 2314, on the Line Road; carriers move. Population about 11,400. | open |
Southern Holds / Holds Compact#
Their story: the Southern Holds almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowl's Edge (27.4° S, 14.2° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Hold on the rim of the Great Bowl. | open |
| Brandvik (24.0° S, 43.0° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Highland hold at the foot of the eastern highlands. | open |
| Brandvik thorium strand (23.9° S, 54.3° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Thorium beach sands of eastern Eldvang, worked by free Holds and sold north. | open |
| Cinderholt (23.0° S, 22.0° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Emberscrub hold; the Wolf-Rider tale is told here as local history. | open |
| Compact Muster (22.8° S, 8.7° E) | Army base / garrison | recorded | The Holds Compact's militia muster ground. | open |
| Craterhold (29.5° S, 19.0° W) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Largest hold on the floor of the Great Bowl, where the crater’s sheltered soil makes the best gardenland in western Eldvang. | open |
| Dray Fair (30.5° S, 36.5° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Market hold where drays are bred and sold; the frontier’s great livestock fair. | open |
| Eldhaven (22.0° S, 8.0° E) | Capital | recorded | Largest frontier town and seat of the Holds Compact, on the Eldvang rift. Built low and wide for the ember seasons. Population 1.7 million. | open |
| Ember Crossing (30.5° S, 7.4° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Rift hold; the railway's southern depot. | open |
| Glimmerholt (7.0° S, 25.7° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Grain hold of the north-coast plains. In good years its grain goes north on Rovessa decks. | open |
| Hartsfall (15.5° S, 8.8° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Rift hold of the spring terraces; the Rift Railway’s water stop. | open |
| Hollow Ash (28.0° S, 28.0° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Free hold in emberscrub country; ember storms every red summer. | open |
| Kettleby (15.0° S, 20.0° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Free hold of the eastern plains. | open |
| Lastlight (39.5° S, 37.0° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | The southernmost large hold of the free Holds. | open |
| Lowgard (38.5° S, 5.8° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Southern rift hold near the rare-earth workings. | open |
| Nifl Camps (71.5° S, 18.0° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Frontier summer mining camps on the Southern Ice. | open |
| Rift rare-earth works (35.0° S, 6.8° E) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | The frontier's wealth: rare earths and copper. Every charter dispute touches them. | open |
| Saltmere (6.8° S, 21.5° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Coastal hold; tidehound-proof gates on the shore. | open |
| Skarth (7.3° S, 35.9° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Free hold near the north coast. | open |
| Stavholm (10.2° S, 9.8° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Rift hold at the northern end of the Rift Railway. | open |
| Tarnhollow (18.0° S, 47.0° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Highland hold of the well-watered east. | open |
| The Ashward Delvings (29.5° S, 45.5° E) | Landmark | recorded | Deep shelters and seed hoards of the Ashward communities that withdrew into the highlands. | open |
| The Compact House, Eldhaven (21.7° S, 8.3° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Where the Holds Compact meets twice a year, at the spring and autumn moons. A long low hall built for ember seasons. | open |
| The Ember Watch (25.0° S, 34.0° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | Fire lookout and ember-storm warning post for the lowlands, run by the Compact. | open |
| The Great Bowl (30.0° S, 18.0° W) | Landmark | recorded | Impact crater 300 km across, from the bombardment era. | open |
| The Sharing House, Eldhaven (22.4° S, 7.6° E) | Research / observatory | recorded | Keeps Gift cultures from every Gift-line that will lend them, for the Sharing when someone suffers Giftloss. | open |
| The Southern Hedge (43.5° S, 26.0° E) | Landmark | recorded | The long burnt and patrolled strip between the last gardenland and the southern Wild. | open |
| Tindra (39.0° S, 22.0° E) | Hold / frontier settlement | recorded | Southern free hold. | open |
| Wolfwatch East (19.0° S, 31.0° E) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Hold militia post on the Hedge. | open |
| Wolfwatch North (13.5° S, 31.0° E) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Hold militia post on the northern Hedge. | open |
| Wolfwatch South (44.0° S, 15.0° E) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Hold militia post on the southern Hedge. | open |
Vardane Imperium#
Their story: the Vardane Imperium almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashen Coast geothermal fields (35.0° N, 165.5° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Volcanic heat and power for the western holdings. | open |
| Ashen Coast Holding (38.3° N, 168.6° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Marshal's seat on the volcanic west coast; geothermal country. | open |
| Brask rare-earth concession (24.8° S, 33.6° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Imperial rare-earth mining in Eldvang, disputed by the free holds. | open |
| Casrin (23.0° N, 109.0° W) | Town | recorded | Border town facing the Merrin Confederacy. | open |
| Coastwatch Holding (41.8° N, 102.7° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Fortress on the eastern coast watching the free coast states. | open |
| Corridor Post Fifteen (3.5° N, 114.7° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Last post before the southern railhead and Hesk Point. | open |
| Corridor Post Four (25.5° N, 132.0° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Corridor garrison where the railway leaves the gorge. | open |
| Corridor Post Nine (17.5° N, 119.5° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Corridor garrison on the southern plains. | open |
| Corridor Post One (30.5° N, 134.5° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | First post on the phosphate railway below Vardenhold. | open |
| Corridor Post Seven (23.0° N, 124.0° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Corridor garrison on the phosphate railway. | open |
| Corridor Post Twelve (4.4° N, 112.9° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Corridor garrison where the railway reaches the south coast. | open |
| Council of Corridors (32.9° N, 134.8° W) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Vardenhold. Runs the supply routes, the Bonded and the phosphate trade. | open |
| Dovrec (28.0° N, 146.0° W) | Town | recorded | Phosphate-pit town of the western basin. | open |
| Dovrec phosphate pits (26.5° N, 145.0° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Open phosphate pits worked by the Bonded. | open |
| Draemor (45.0° N, 120.0° W) | City | recorded | Eastern city of the uplands; seat of a marshal holding. | open |
| Draemor Frame School (44.0° N, 121.0° W) | Frame base | recorded | The Imperium's pilot academy: officer-caste cadets from age 10. | open |
| Draemor Holding (46.2° N, 119.0° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Marshal's seat. | open |
| Gessen Hedge Fort (21.8° S, 41.5° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Imperial Hedge fort on the western edge of the Imperial Holds. | open |
| Gorgehead Holding (40.5° N, 140.5° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Marshal's seat at the head of the Vardenhold gorge, guarding the upper river and the northern approach to the capital. | open |
| Gulf of Serrin Naval Station (5.9° N, 126.9° W) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Southern patrols. | open |
| Halvek (30.5° N, 112.0° W) | City | recorded | Corridor city on the eastern plains. | open |
| Halvek Holding (31.7° N, 111.0° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Marshal's seat on the eastern border with the free coast states. | open |
| Harrek Naval Station (6.1° S, 34.8° W) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Imperial station on Eldvang's north coast. | open |
| Hesk Holding (3.5° N, 114.7° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Marshal's seat of the equatorial south: Hesk Point, the southern corridor railhead and the fleet. | open |
| Hesk Launch Defence (2.2° N, 118.8° W) | Orbital defence / picket | recorded | Imperial launch-defence batteries. | open |
| Hesk Naval Base (1.7° N, 116.1° W) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Imperial fleet base on the Girdle Sea; staging for the Line corridors. | open |
| Hesk Point (1.5° N, 118.3° W) | Spaceport | recorded | The Imperium's launch site near the equator. | open |
| Imperial Army headquarters (32.2° N, 136.2° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Vardenhold. Seat of the Marshal Council's general staff. | open |
| Imperial Legation, Aletheia (34.1° N, 9.5° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Vardane embassy to the Crown and the Imperial delegation to the Homeworld Assembly. | open |
| Imperial Southern Ice Concession (72.5° S, 40.0° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Vardane metal mining on the Southern Ice. | open |
| Imperial Trade House, Saltline (1.0° N, 15.3° E) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Phosphate and fuel sales under the Armistice; the Imperium's eyes on the Line. | open |
| Iron Gorge Frame Depot (36.0° N, 134.0° W) | Frame base | recorded | Imperial frame depot above Vardenhold. | open |
| Kessard (44.0° N, 150.0° W) | City | recorded | Northern industrial city; seat of a marshal holding. | open |
| Kessard Frame Foundries (43.0° N, 151.5° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Where most Imperial military frames are built. | open |
| Kessard Holding (45.2° N, 149.0° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Marshal's seat. | open |
| Marrach (29.1° N, 164.4° W) | City | recorded | West-coast port under the volcanic chain. | open |
| Marrach Holding (30.3° N, 163.4° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Marshal's seat. | open |
| Marrach phosphate works (25.6° N, 160.4° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Processing and shipping of phosphate for the western routes. | open |
| Marrach Sound Fleet Base (28.4° N, 165.6° W) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Western fleet. | open |
| Northreach Garrison (50.0° N, 136.0° W) | Army base / garrison | recorded | Northern garrison and Wild frontier. | open |
| Northreach Holding (51.5° N, 138.0° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Marshal's seat of the cold northern uplands; the largest and emptiest holding. | open |
| Office of the Marshal Watch (31.6° N, 135.3° W) | Listening post / intelligence | recorded | Imperial intelligence and internal security, Vardenhold. | open |
| Orl (49.0° N, 154.0° W) | Town | recorded | Northern timber and blackreed town. | open |
| Ostrel (41.0° N, 160.0° W) | Town | recorded | Fishing and geothermal town under the volcanic chain. | open |
| Serrin (9.8° N, 131.9° W) | City | recorded | Southern city on the Gulf of Serrin. | open |
| Serrin Holding (11.0° N, 130.9° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Marshal's seat. | open |
| Southern corridor railhead (3.4° N, 114.6° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Where phosphate trains meet the Hesk fleet and the Line carriers. | open |
| Southern Holding Garrison (18.8° S, 36.2° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | The Imperium's fortress in Eldvang, commanding the Imperial Holds. | open |
| Stavren (48.0° N, 130.0° W) | Town | recorded | Upland garrison town and cadet-school seat. | open |
| Tamsk (9.1° N, 131.9° W) | Town | recorded | Southern coastal town of the Serrin gulf country. | open |
| Tolvard (21.0° N, 141.0° W) | City | recorded | Phosphate city of the interior basins. | open |
| Tolvard Basin phosphate mines (19.5° N, 139.0° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Kethra's richest phosphate. Worked by the Bonded. | open |
| Tolvard Bond-yards (18.8° N, 140.5° W) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Barracks and yards of the Bonded who work the Tolvard Basin. | open |
| Tolvard Frame Garrison (18.5° N, 137.5° W) | Frame base | recorded | Frames guarding the phosphate basins. | open |
| Tolvard Holding (22.2° N, 140.0° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | Marshal's seat, guarding the phosphate basins. | open |
| Ulvaine (37.0° N, 123.0° W) | Town | recorded | Market town on the eastern corridor. | open |
| Vardenhold (32.5° N, 135.5° W) | Capital | recorded | Capital of the Vardane Imperium: a fortress-city on a river gorge. Seat of the Imperator, the Marshal Council and the Council of Corridors. Population 9.8 million (metro). | open |
| Vardenhold Citadel (33.3° N, 135.0° W) | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | The Imperator's citadel and the First Holding. | open |
| Velm Frame Post (13.2° S, 31.4° W) | Frame base | recorded | Imperial frame post in the Southern Holding. | open |
| Veskir (9.0° N, 120.0° W) | Town | recorded | Southern rail town; Bonded labour exchange. | open |
Kethra orbit#
Caldren Crown#
Their story: the Caldren Crown almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharos High | Orbital defence / picket | recorded | The Crown Orbital Squadron's station over Pharos Isle. | open |
Free Banner Guild#
Their story: the Free Banner Guild almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tide Pennon’s berth, Vesper Docks | Mercenary base | recorded | The banner that escorts Vesper’s fuel tenders under contract since 2284 (the Vesper almanac). Hulls, mostly, and a few frames. | open |
Homeguard Command#
Their story: the Homeguard Command almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homeguard orbital picket | Orbital defence / picket | recorded | Joint Assembly picket; enforces the Quiet Sky limits on orbital transmitters. | open |
Line free ports#
Their story: the Line Free Ports almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltline Tether Yard | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The free port's orbital yard, open to all. | open |
Rovessa Caravans#
Their story: the Rovessa Caravans almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rovessa lighter berth, Vesper Docks | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The High Houses' berth: Rovessa lighters carry cargo between the Saltline Tether Yard and Vesper, and pay the Compact's dock fees under protest. | open |
Vardane Imperium#
Their story: the Vardane Imperium almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hesk High | Orbital defence / picket | recorded | The Imperium's orbital station over Hesk Point. | open |
| Imperial Military Relay | Relay / traffic control | recorded | The Imperium's own military relay, so that its orders need not pass through Vesper hands. | open |
| Imperial Orbital Yard | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | The Imperium's orbital shipyard, outside Compact rule: void frames and fuel tenders. | open |
Vesper Orbital Compact#
Their story: the Vesper Orbital Compact almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ersa Station | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Carbon mining on Ersa (Hati); cheap to launch from at 0.02 g. | open |
| Habitat Marshals’ cutter station | Orbital defence / picket | recorded | The Compact’s police: about 5,000 Marshals and 40 cutters. A ship without a vector is a hazard, and hazards are seized. | open |
| Old Vesper | Landmark | recorded | The Crown’s first crewed station (2034): the evening star that was not a star. The Compact was signed aboard it in 2068. Kept as a museum, and the Cascade memorial. | open |
| Orbit Traffic Control (the Vectors) | Relay / traffic control | recorded | Nothing moves in Kethra orbit without a vector from this office. The Compact’s real power. | open |
| Pandia Regolith Base | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Mining base on Pandia (Máni): regolith, oxygen, construction stock. | open |
| Relay constellation control | Relay / traffic control | recorded | Controls the relay constellation, the Belt Line and the Kronos link. | open |
| Ring Fourteen | Station / habitat | recorded | The farm-deck ring where Vesper Fever began in 2233. Its decks were sealed for three years. Population about 310,000. | open |
| Ring Seven | Station / habitat | recorded | Spin-habitat; engineers' guild hall. | open |
| Ring Thirty-One | Station / habitat | recorded | An outer ring. A seal failed here in 2307 and 96 people died; the inquiry blamed thirty years of deferred maintenance. Its Voice, Zara Mensah, leads the Voices’ Hall. Population about 170,000. | open |
| Ring Twelve | Station / habitat | recorded | Spin-habitat; farm decks. | open |
| Ring Twenty-One | Station / habitat | recorded | Spin-habitat; the Crown's orbital seats are elected here. | open |
| The Compact Board | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Compact’s governing board, at Vesper Prime: 24 seats on two benches, the Works Bench (the guilds) and the Roster Bench (the offices), under the Compact Chair. | open |
| The fuel-tender fleet | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The tenders that carry Kronos fuel to Kethra under the Armistice’s fuel clauses, with Assembly Fuel Monitors aboard. Idle from 2284 to 2291. | open |
| The Launch Office and launch-craft fleet | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The Compact’s launch craft, which fly from Pharos Isle and Saltline Launch and lift most of what goes up. The Imperium flies its own from Hesk Point. | open |
| The Outer Rings | Station / habitat | recorded | The least-maintained habitats, where residents behind on dues are moved. | open |
| The Red Ring (quarantine station) | Station / habitat | recorded | Where every arriving crew waits out the 40-day hold under the Quarantine Rules of 2236. A red board here closes the docks. Population about 9,000. | open |
| The Roster Office | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Keeps every habitat’s roster and assesses the dues. The officials’ seat of power: whoever keeps the roster decides who stays in orbit. | open |
| The Vesper Polytechnic | Research / observatory | recorded | The guilds’ school: seals, air, spin, power, docks and relays. Its examinations are the Compact’s real citizenship test. | open |
| Vesper Docks | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The Compact's main docks: every drop-capsule and torch-freighter passes through. | open |
| Vesper Prime | Station / habitat | recorded | Largest orbital habitat: 1.9 million people. Seat of the Compact Board. Population 1.9 million. | open |
Kronos (Ymir)#
Black Ledger#
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlisted (XV) | Listening post / intelligence | rumoured | Rumoured Black Ledger cache. Ships that go looking tend not to file reports. Retrograde orbit. | open |
Caldren Crown#
Their story: the Caldren Crown almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiet (XIII) | Listening post / intelligence | recorded | Officially an Assembly science station. Actually a Crown listening post watching the occupation. Retrograde orbit. | open |
Cinderbelt Coalition#
Their story: the Cinderbelt Coalition almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holdfast (X) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | A Coalition holdout: a yard crew that refused to leave after the Taking. Tolerated, for now. | open |
| The Hearth Council | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The residents' old station council, surviving under occupation as a tolerated advisory body. | open |
Free Banner Guild#
Their story: the Free Banner Guild almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muster (XIV) | Mercenary base | recorded | Free Banner Guild staging depot, open to whoever pays. | open |
Homeguard Command#
Their story: the Homeguard Command almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homeguard escort detachment, Demeter | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Two Homeguard hulls and their crews, which escort the Assembly Fuel Monitors between Demeter, Hearthport and the tenders under the Armistice. The Watchers’ successors. | open |
Homeworld Assembly#
Their story: the Homeworld Assembly almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly Fuel Monitors | Seat of government / institution | recorded | Homeworld Assembly inspectors checking fuel deliveries under the Armistice's fuel clauses. | open |
Ilyr Sanctum#
Their story: the Ilyr Sanctum almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hera / Hvergelmir (II) - Deepwell | Research / observatory | recorded | Ice over a hidden ocean. Ilyr Sanctum's Deepwell research enclave under an Assembly science charter, guarded by the Order of the Veiled Sun. Surrounded by Vardane-held moons. About 9,000 people. Whether the ocean holds life is open. | open |
Independent#
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaff (VI) | Landmark | recorded | Rubble deep in the radiation belts. Unheld. | open |
| Grit (VII) | Landmark | recorded | Unheld rubble. | open |
Order of the Veiled Sun#
Their story: the Ilyr Sanctum almanac, Part 2.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veiled Sun detachment, Deepwell | Frame base | recorded | A detachment of the Order of the Veiled Sun guarding Deepwell. | open |
Outer Lantern League#
Their story: the Outer Lantern League almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimlight (XI) | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | Hidden Lantern League repair yard and fuel cache. Retrograde orbit. Population about 6,000. | open |
Vardane Imperium#
Their story: the Vardane Imperium almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demeter / Bergelmir (III) - Skimmer Wing | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Largest moon. Vardane Skimmer Wing base and Imperial fuel refineries. About 60,000 people. | open |
| Glint (V) | Orbital defence / picket | recorded | Automated, radiation-hardened sensor picket watching skimmer traffic. | open |
| Hades / Múspell (I) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Volcanic moon deep in the radiation belts. Vardane sulphur and metal extraction, worked by Bonded crews on short rotations. About 2,000 people. | open |
| Hearthport / Hestia Holding (IV) | Station / habitat | recorded | The Kronos hub on Hestia (Auðumbla): about 280,000 people. Built by the Cinderbelt Coalition (AL 2102); seized by Vardane in the Taking of Hearthport (AL 2284). Most residents are still Coalition crews living under Vardane administration. (The seizure is canon; the station name and details are proposals.) | open |
| Hestia Holding garrison | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | The Imperial occupation garrison and administration at Hearthport. | open |
| Imperial fuel refineries | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Helium-3 and deuterium processing for the fuel clauses of the Armistice. | open |
| Lockyard (IX) | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Naval anchorage and frame depot for the Kronos garrison. Retrograde orbit. | open |
| Office of Protection (Hestia Holding) | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Imperial occupation administration under the Protector of Hestia. | open |
| Tollgate (VIII) | Orbital defence / picket | recorded | Customs and picket station: every ship bound for Hearthport is stopped and searched here. | open |
Vesper Orbital Compact#
Their story: the Vesper Orbital Compact almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echo (XII) | Relay / traffic control | recorded | Vesper relay and traffic-control post: every signal between Kronos and Kethra passes through it. | open |
| Vesper fuel-tender berth, Hearthport | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | Where the Compact’s tenders load Kronos fuel for Kethra, watched by Assembly Fuel Monitors. Hearthport’s about 14,000 “others” are Vesper staff, contract engineers and traders (the Kronos colony almanac). | open |
The Cinderbelt#
Black Ledger#
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ledger's Reach | Listening post / intelligence | rumoured | Not on any chart. | open |
Caldren Crown#
Their story: the Caldren Crown almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Assay House | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The Crown's consulate and contract office at Cinder Hollow. No Crown military base in the belt. | open |
Cinderbelt Coalition#
Their story: the Cinderbelt Coalition almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashgate Yard | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Hull yard on a hollowed rock; one of about forty Coalition sites. | open |
| Assembly of Crews | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The workers’ chamber, at Cinder Hollow, won by the Crews’ Charter of AL 2204. | open |
| Brightspan Yard | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Coalition shipyard rock. | open |
| Cinder Hollow | Capital | recorded | Coalition capital: a hollowed nickel-iron asteroid 40 km long, spun for 0.3 g. About 620,000 people. The largest shipyards in the system. Population 620,000. | open |
| Coalition Guard | Frame base | recorded | The Coalition’s station guard and frames. Its Hearthport company fought for eleven hours in AL 2284. | open |
| Convoy Guard | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Armed haulers that escort ore trains to the Anvil and the yards. | open |
| Council of Yards | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The owners’ chamber, at Cinder Hollow. Both chambers must agree on labour law, and they rarely do. | open |
| Kiln Rock | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Coalition smelting rock. | open |
| Longrigg | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Nickel-iron mining rock nearest the Seam. | open |
| Old Cinders | Landmark | recorded | Where the Crown’s transported convicts were landed from AL 2140 until transportation was abolished in 2203. Now a memorial and a town. | open |
| Pale Harbour | Station / habitat | recorded | A spun habitat rock of crews’ families; schools and the old infirmary. Population about 60,000. | open |
| Redden Works | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Frame parts and drive cores for the whole system. | open |
| Rimefall Yard | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Water-ice mining and fuel cracking. | open |
| Seam Edge claim-works | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | The Coalition’s workings on the western edge of the Seam, held by long working. Skirmished over every season. | open |
| Tarn Yard | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Coalition mining and fabrication rock. | open |
| The Anvil | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Refinery ring; every hull in the system has Anvil steel in it. About 180,000 people. Population 180,000. | open |
| The Low-G Institute | Research / observatory | recorded | Medicine for the Cinderborn: bones, hearts and downwell sickness. | open |
Free Banner Guild#
Their story: the Free Banner Guild almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Yard | Mercenary base | recorded | Free Banner Guild escort-contract base. | open |
Ilyr Sanctum#
Their story: the Ilyr Sanctum almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farlight Observatory | Research / observatory | recorded | Ilyr deep-space receiving observatory: listens, never transmits. | open |
Independent#
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free prospectors | Station / habitat | recorded | Hermit rocks and families that belong to no one. | open |
| The Seam | Landmark | recorded | About 200 asteroids rich in platinum-group metals, claimed by the Coalition and the Imperium. Frame skirmishes every season. The flashpoint of the era. | open |
Outer Lantern League#
Their story: the Outer Lantern League almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council of Lamps | Seat of government / institution | recorded | The League’s council, at the Wick: 45 seats, one for each of the 31 Lamps, five for the Wick’s quarters, one for Dimlight and eight for the captains of the Hull Bench. The Lamplighter chairs it. | open |
| Cresset (Lantern Seventeen) | Station / habitat | recorded | A southern Lamp of captains’ families; the flints’ stronghold. Population about 12,000. | open |
| Farthing (Lantern Twenty-Two) | Station / habitat | recorded | The deepest and poorest Lamp, out beyond the concessions. Population about 6,000. | open |
| Flint | Naval / fleet base | recorded | The captains’ anchorage by the Seam, founded in 2286 during the Lamp Raids: the armed hulls and frames of the Watch. Population about 3,000. | open |
| Hob (Lantern Twelve) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | The League’s largest repair yard. Anyone’s hull mended, and no questions asked. Population about 24,000. | open |
| Ingle, the Dark Lamp | Landmark | recorded | A Lamp that sheltered runaways. Imperial frames boarded it in 2299; its air plant was wrecked in the fight and 340 people died. It is left dark, as a grave. | open |
| Moth | Station / habitat | recorded | The receiving Lamp (2253). Runaways from the concessions, the yards and orbit arrive here first, which is why newcomers are called moths. Boarded and searched in the Lamp Hunt of 2313. Population about 8,000. | open |
| Rushlight (Lantern Twenty) | Station / habitat | recorded | A southern Lamp of lamp-gardens, growing much of the League’s fresh food. Boarded and searched in the Lamp Hunt of 2313. Population about 11,000. | open |
| Sconce (Lantern Fourteen) | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Ice, water and fuel for the northern Lamps. Population about 14,000. | open |
| Spill (Lantern Nine) | Station / habitat | recorded | Its air plant failed in the Dark Years (2235), with no Vesper tender coming and no Coalition spare sold, and 187 people died. Re-lit in 2261. The Spill Roll of their names is read every 9 Deepred. Population about 9,000. | open |
| Taper (Lantern Three) | Station / habitat | recorded | One of the oldest Lamps: a Vesper Outer Lantern of 2151, kept by the same families ever since. A trimmers’ stronghold. Population about 18,000. | open |
| The Lightkeep | Relay / traffic control | recorded | Master station of the Light, the chart-and-hazard broadcast every Lamp keeps: where the moving rocks are, what traffic is about, and where the danger is. The hazard light is never doused (the Hazard Rule of 2300). | open |
| The Wick | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | The Outer Lantern League's main harbour. About 140,000 people. Known to everyone, admitted by no one. Population 140,000. | open |
| Wisp | Station / habitat | recorded | A prospectors’ Lamp (2270) beside the Imperium’s northern claims. Population about 7,000. | open |
Rovessa Caravans#
Their story: the Rovessa Caravans almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rovessa supply berth, the Wick | Seaport / anchorage | recorded | Where Rovessa haulers bring civilian supplies to the Outer Lantern League, and refuse to carry anything they cannot inspect. | open |
Vardane Imperium#
Their story: the Vardane Imperium almanac.
| Name | Type | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belt Marshal's frame garrison | Frame base | recorded | Garrison frames of the Imperial belt command. | open |
| Bond-yard Nine | Station / habitat | recorded | Barracks-rock for Bonded belt crews and their families. | open |
| Castellan fleet anchorage | Naval / fleet base | recorded | Imperial belt patrol squadron. | open |
| Castellan Rock | Fortress / holding seat | recorded | The Imperium's belt headquarters: a fortified hollowed asteroid, seat of the Belt Marshal. About 240,000 people. Population 240,000. | open |
| Deepcut Concession | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Deep-bore platinum-group claim. | open |
| Eastern Concessions | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Imperial mining claims. | open |
| Embervein Concession | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Claim bordering the Seam; frequent skirmishes. | open |
| Greyvein Concession | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Nickel-iron claim; Bonded crews. | open |
| Imperial belt relay | Relay / traffic control | recorded | The Imperium's own relay chain home, avoiding the Belt Line. | open |
| Iron Kettle Concession | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Smelting claim. | open |
| Longhaul Concession | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Ice-mining claim supplying the concessions with water. | open |
| Northern Concessions | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Imperial mining claims worked by Bonded crews and contract miners. | open |
| Seamwatch | Listening post / intelligence | recorded | Imperial forward post watching the Seam. | open |
| Shardfield Concession | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Rubble-field claim worked by contract miners. | open |
| Southern Concessions | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Imperial mining claims; the claims multiply every year. | open |
| Tollrock Concession | Mine / works / refinery | recorded | Claim and toll post on the route to Castellan Rock. | open |
Vesper Orbital Compact#
Their story: the Vesper Orbital Compact almanac.