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The Anvil of the Sun: Mercury's Five Territories and the Art of Mutual Dependence

Fifty-four million people live on the closest planet to the sun, and every one of them has an opinion about the other fifty-three

The Long Fall: How an Empire Dies

Aldermark is called The Last Elven Empire for a reason. It ends. This post is about how a civilization that ruled Central Europe f

The Creed of Progress: Venus's Most Elegant Weapon

Every Venusian child can recite the core tenet before they learn to read: humanity's purpose is to improve itself through scie

The Arsenal of the Solar System: How Mars Weaponized an Economy

There is a saying on Ganymede, popular among dockworkers who have dealt with Martian trade delegations: "When Mars sells you

Elfdalia: The Two Lights and the Tides They Pull

The Lady of Light: Mortal, Myth, or Something Else?

No figure in the Empyrea cosmology generates more argument than the one who supposedly runs it. Eo, the Lady of Light, the Supreme

Welcome to Empyrea: The World Between Worlds

There is a realm that sits above the mortal world but below whatever true infinity might be: a place of breathtaking architecture,

The Moons of Saturn: Water, Fuel, and the Orbital Dance

Saturn has 95 moons. Humanity has colonized a handful, industrialized three, and turned two of the smallest into one of the most u

The Jovian Interstellar Fleetworks: The Corporation That Built the Galaxy

There is a phrase that carries weight in every shipyard, docking bay, and naval procurement office in the solar system: "Buil

King Alberich & the Realm of Merit

Every empire has a founder myth. Aldermark's is a story about a man who looked at a thousand years of bloodline politics and d

Life in the Maelstrom: The Floating Cities and Moon-Forges of Jupiter

Jupiter is not a home. Nobody who lives there would describe it that way. It is a workplace, a factory floor the size of a failed

The Forge: What Mars Does to the People Who Stay

Martians have a word for what their planet does to people. They call it the Forge. It is not a metaphor. It is a civic philosophy,