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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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,
Bravonia: The Merchant Kingdom of the Southern Seas
"In Bravonia, every glass of wine is a treaty. Every harbor is a hand outstretched. Try not to bite the fingers." — Arge