Places

Aemrith is a city in Teryndal, within Xalmyrra. It sits near snowy mountain peaks and is close enough to the sea that travelers can depart west from it by boat.

Aetherion is Thalassai's air aligned region and main high plateau city. Air magic runs through its infrastructure and public life through windweavers, skylorns, and the Palace of Air. Zephyra, the archon of air, governs Aetherion.

The Aethrendar Gate is a massive half circle portal suspended high above the Aethrendar Sea. Arcanis designs it as the Valrindor side gate for the Malverand Vireen project. The atraxi flight from Atraxis Prime Alpha exits through this ga...

The Aethrendar Sea is a sea in Xalmyrra, used for travel around Irrathis and routes toward Velundra. The ancient Aethrendar Gate hangs high above its waters. Barachiel enters that portal before vanishing from Valrindor's side, and the at...

Alecton is a planet in the Proxion system, one of seven systems under full control of the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. During the Proxion system attack, every planet in the system is under evacuation order. Isandro visits Alecton duri...

Alula is Haverloch's easternmost port city, built on an island in Eastern Valrindor. Its aligned streets and mirrored architecture make the city's symmetry visible from high altitude. Vector voyagers move through its skyline, and local a...

The Amalthea system is an imperial colony in the Hyperion Spiral, fully controlled by the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. Current imperial starchart data places it about 87.2 light years from Valrindor, mostly west and slightly south of...

Arcanis Village was a small Haverloch settlement near the Navan Sea, Valalav, and the Varnhallow border. It was named for Arcanis, the older Malverand inventor.

Ashenford is a low magic, high industry nation in Valrindor whose inhabitable territory clusters in one large city because much of the surrounding land is inhospitable. Victor runs industrial experiments there, Uriandel rules it during a...

Ashtarim is a nation in northeastern Valrindor. Isaac considers it alongside Thiravos and Theryssa as a remote possibility during his and Helena's search for Thalion. Isaac and Helena set those possibilities aside. The Plains of Eternity...

Astralem is a cold industrial city in Varnhallow, built into terraced western mountain slopes. It is known for mining, construct production, skyship technology, and Benedict, its divine patriarch.

Astralynne is the sprawling capital of Varnhallow and the seat of Eltaru Ninsath's power inside the Varnhallow temporal anomaly. It houses the Grand Court, where tournaments select and elevate the divine patriarchs, and draws displaced m...

Atraxis Prime is the hidden green realm in the Land of Darkness where Jorhan shelters the surviving remnant of the atraxi after the fall of Atraxis Prime Alpha. Atraxis Prime (Town), its sole settlement, stands at the center of the realm...

Atraxis Prime Alpha is an original world of the atraxi in the Atraxis system. Beta, Theta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon are other Atraxis system worlds; Amos later detects Beta and Epsilon as dead system remnants. Alpha's fall sends Jorhan,...

Atraxis Prime Omega is an atraxi settled planet and gate site within the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. Imperial route data places it about 87 light years from Valrindor in the Hyperion Spiral, and transport facilities in Chronasis anno...

The Atraxis system is the ruined origin system of the ancient atraxi civilization. The Spiral Mandate destroyed the living civilization there through power or technology the refugees experienced as void like blackness consuming their dyi...

Aurivallis is a city in Thalcoris, located in northern Xolterra. It is Xoh'Metztli's worship center, the home of Meliora, and a city of divine and resonance mages.

Avalon is the capital of Lumeria and Severin's home city. Azarion considers Avalon a refuge from Raphael, and Eliona postpones going there. After the Battle for Cyndarel, Eira asks Severin to take her to Avalon; Severin downplays the cit...

Axanaxa is the capital of Haverloch and the seat of the Axial Concord. The city displays Haverloch's devotion to Nahm, symmetry, precision, and perfected geometric order through its government, architecture, and public life.

Bjarnholt is a southern Valrindor land of fjords and forests led by Thorik. Its capital is Stormhaven, which guards Stormhaven Strait. Through Thorik, Bjarnholt joins Skarnheim, Vintergard commanders such as Halgarr, and the Skarnheim Al...

Blackcrag is an industrial dominion in northern Valrindor. It begins during the Malverand era as a mineral rich region assigned to Eremion and later still uses skyship, essence engine, stormglass, construct, and weapons technology from t...

Borovia is a forest nation in Valrindor, led by Bogdan from Dubravin. Its economy includes woodcraft, woodcutting, artisanship, forest products, and trade.

Brahzûn is a large western Ulzathir city. It raises ibrashi, exports wool, produces textiles and clothing, and supplies the robes and textiles Zain's armies need after he takes control of Ulzathir.

Brighthaven is an island nation in southern Valrindor. Radiance Prime is its capital, the seat of the Brighthaven Triarch, and Vianna's birthplace. The nation maintains isolation, strictly controls outsiders, and preserves ancient Malver...

Brondoris is a small city in Teryndal, west of Irrathis. Aldar visits after Jorhan is gone because the city is dealing with darkness problems, and Thalena follows him there from Irrathis.

Brunholl is an eastern port city in the Blackcrag Dominion. Eliona and Azarion visit the city during the Siege of Omberion, and their stance against Garrik earns them local bows and waves.

The Callisto system is an imperial colony in the Hyperion Spiral, fully controlled by the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. It lies 37.5 light years from Valrindor, southeast of the imperial center. Eira wants to return to discover and vis...

Calthorpe is a nation in Valrindor near the Calthorpe Ocean and the Calthorpe Mountain Range. Its capital is Crosford, also called Crosford City. Routes through Calthorpe connect Kalendros, Crosford, the mountain range, Ashenford, Skarnh...

The Calthorpe Ocean is a vast ocean in Valrindor, near Calthorpe, Kalendros, Tyralorn, and Therendros. Travelers use it as a coastal landmark and route through northern and coastal Valrindor.

Carvano is a far off nation in Valrindor. At Raphael's request, Alistair sends agents there, alongside Lumeria and Vashunai, to search for extremely potent temporal mages whose shields might let them close the source breach.

The Celestial Nexus is a formal meeting complex in southern Chronasis built for Thalassai's archons and officials. The Council of Archons uses it for archon gatherings, succession votes, policy discussions, and public transitions.

Central Valrindor is the mainland region around Kaldaryn, Hengvaris, Shaoying, Linsothar, Shroudvale, Maraveth, and Cyndarel. It forms the interior corridor between Kaldaryn's mountain capital, the nations facing Shroudvale, the ruined M...

Chalxata is the primary port of Thalcoris and a trading hub close to Tequaltor. Chalxata, Tequaltor, Xalatun, and Aurivallis are city states that formed Thalcoris, and their people answer to Emperor Tazarin.

Chronasis is the capital of Thalassai on Xolterra, the seat of the archon of time, and the central city of the Chronasis region. Under Thalena, it houses the archon of Space and Time, Stella Aeterna, chronarcs, the Thalassai legions, and...

Chronasis is a wealthy imperial city and administrative posting on Valrindor in the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. Thalena reaches it after a void route opens inside the Ancient Relics of Malverand Museum. The museum displays an ancient...

Cloudrift is a city of Thundermarch in Valrindor dedicated to Tianlei. Cloudrift Temple trains dragon arts disciples in fire, lightning, air, and related elemental disciplines under Tianlei's storm god tradition. Cloudrift stands far fro...

Cloudrift Temple is a mountain temple in Thundermarch within the storm god tradition of Tianlei. Jin Leiyun trains there under Master Han, studies the dragon arts, and spends his youth among students such as Zhang before becoming Tianlei...

Corthis is an uninhabitable planet in the Valrindor solar system, closer to the sun than Valrindor itself. Its name comes from ancient Malverand astronomical work that also names Vireen and the distant Tyrren system.

The Council Citadel is the spiraling ruling seat of Ishtanur, Ulzathir's capital. It houses Ozaith's throne, the upper council chamber, and the sacred summit reserved for Ozaith and the ruling council. After Ozaith's death, Zain uses the...

The Council Hall is the main meeting chamber of the Xalmyrran Council inside the Imperial Institute in Irrathis. Council heads use it for briefings, mission assignments, arguments, emergency summons, and directing Xalmyrra's defenses.

Crosford, or Crosford City, is the capital of Calthorpe. It rests at the base of the Calthorpe Mountain Range near the Calthorpe Ocean.

Cyndarel is a city in central Valrindor, near Morindel and Melandor. Raphael's faction subjugates it and uses it as Rahmavir's frontline against central Valrindor.

The Dahruz Desert is a vast desert in Ulzathir and the largest desert in Valrindor. Its dunes stretch north of Ishtanûr and form the sandship route toward Khaladun's docks in northern Ulzathir.

Deylin's Village is a small village in Erenmyr, north of Lirathen and on the route west toward Valcirae. Deylin and Ilyra live there, Orin comes from the village, and the cycles give Lythariel and Eira competing versions of the village:...

Drakarim is the capital of Durakarn, a far southern nation of Valrindor. Durakarn skyships challenge Eira's group there before the city's leaders admit her to the vaults, and Brynor later uses its concealed half circle gate to return to...

Dravemir is a fortified border city in southern Soltheris, on the edge of the Land of Darkness. It guards the route toward Zeydrith, anchors Soltheris's southern defenses, and is the departure point for expeditions into the darkness.

Draxil is a planet in the Proxion system within the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. It holds the richest Kytherite deposits in Proxion. During the Proxion evacuation, the Spiral Mandate targets Proxion first and cuts it off from the empire.

Drozhvenya is a southern agricultural nation in Valrindor, led by Radomir, the flameward sovereign. Its capital is Viregrad, a city amid vast plains and farmlands. The country farms grain, exports food and baked goods, and allies with Mo...

Dubravin is the capital of Borovia, a forest nation in Valrindor led by Bogdan. The city is built almost entirely from wood, with wooden buildings, gates, and carvings made from the surrounding forests.

Durakarn is a far southern nation of Valrindor and a former large, prosperous province of the Malverand Empire under Isandriel. Its modern capital is Drakarim. Its older capital stands deep in land once swallowed by the darkness.

Earth is David Vorrel's original world and the place he leaves when a timerift near the Alps carries him into Xalmyrra. It is a human world with advanced non essence technology, very little accessible essence, and no public knowledge of...

Eastern Valrindor spans Valrindor's eastern lands around Haverloch, Varnhallow, Ulzathir, and Ereshval, including the regional routes that connect toward Solvarria, Tharendur, and the Plains of Eternity.

The Ember Spire is Kyranthos's seat of government in Morozkaya. It is the council chamber for the Morozkaya Diarchy, where the diarchs, council, Morozkayan mages, and visiting delegations meet over leadership, defense, trade, and alliances.

Erenmyr, Teryndal, Soltheris, and Keldara are Xalmyrra's four nations on Valrindor. Erenmyr is a land of swamps, vivid forests, green plains, wild purple and violet flowers, divine magic, scholars, healers, and giant magical frogs.

Ereshval is a desert nation in eastern Valrindor, bordering Ulzathir, Varnhallow, and the northern reach of the Plains of Eternity. Its capital is Qarezh, a coastal desert city, and its settlements include Qirath and Narqesh.

Fyrhaven is a small town in Teryndal, north of Irrathis along the River Selvryn and the route toward Lake Velisyth.

Garadon is a city in southern Rahmavir, slightly north of the Malverand military base. It is home to a coalition of Rahmavir tribes and has a local hall of chosen where the city's chosen leaders receive envoys, coordinate scouts, and res...

The God Realm is Valrindor's divine essence realm. The gods reside and convene there, and they act in mortal regions through essence.

The Great Hall of Rimvold is the cliffside leadership hall of Rimvold, built into the mountain as the city's main seat of command. Thalion Zenith and the Order use it as their Rimvold base in the past. Later Skarnheim leaders and allies...

Halcyra is an eastern desert city in Varnhallow, set near the edge of the temporal barrier where fertile plains meet desert sands. Its curved earth and sand architecture is built for extreme heat, and Eira and Kaelion duel in the surroun...

The Hall of Reflections is the mirrored government hall of the Axial Concord in Axanaxa, the capital of Haverloch. It is Haverloch's council seat and diplomatic reception hall. The building uses mirrors, geometric surfaces, and ordered c...

Halvarim is the capital of Rahmavir, a lake and river city where Rahmavir's chosen leaders, soldiers, traders, foreign visitors, and origin magic students converge. The city contains the hall of chosen, hosts Raphael's summit after his r...

Hanamizu is the capital city of Shanari, an island nation north of Thundermarch. Kazehiro brings Renneth, Maric, Gin, and Spin there after meeting them at sea, making the city their first sustained contact with Shanari.

Haverloch is a southeastern nation in Eastern Valrindor, devoted to Nahm, the god of symmetry and perfection. The Axial Concord governs it from Axanaxa. Symmetry and vector magic dominate its public design, mage training, and technology.

Hengvaris is a nation in central Valrindor, with Hengzhou as its capital. It is one of the nations surrounding Shroudvale and has winding streets, curved rooftops, and red and gold beams.

Hengzhou is the capital city of Hengvaris in central Valrindor.

The Hyperion Spiral is the galaxy containing the Malverand Intergalactic Empire, the Spiral Mandate, the ruined Atraxis system, and Earth. Restricted contact worlds and non Malverand governments exist beyond the empire's seven systems. T...

The Hyperion system is a solar system in the Hyperion Spiral and within the Malverand Intergalactic Empire's sphere. Vespera holds hostile planetary essence, Meridian supplies Kytherite, and the system's sun contains stellar essence.

The Imperial Institute is the home of the Xalmyrran Council in Irrathis, Teryndal. The Council Hall sits inside the Institute complex, making the Institute the council's main seat for summons, briefings, tournaments, research, mission pl...

Irrathis is the capital of Teryndal, the seat of the Xalmyrran Council, and Xalmyrra's agreed council city. It houses the Imperial Institute and Teryndal's Assembly, placing Teryndal's national government and the regional council in the...

Irrathis Magic School is a prestigious magical school in Irrathis. Eira and Cassian study there as children, and their friendship begins after Eira opens the locked room where classmates have trapped Cassian. The school remains active ac...

Isandro's Palace is the massive domed palace at the center of Maraveth, capital of the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. It is Emperor Isandro's residence and public seat of power, and official layouts mark its main entrance as a hub of go...

Ishtanûr is the capital of Ulzathir and the seat of the Council Citadel, where Ozaith's throne and council authority sit. It draws travelers and merchants through eastern Valrindor, and its roads, docks, and sandship routes carry journey...

Itati is a symmetrical city in Haverloch near the route to Ulzathir. Its glass and steel towers and perfectly cut pine trees match Haverloch's ordered style. Itati and Valalav are Haverloch cities on the route toward Axanaxa, and Virel's...

Jazarel is a rebuilt city state near Kaldaryn in Valrindor. Its ancient form was founded by Jeremiah within Malverand and later became the capital of the Jazarel Empire. The restored city is a southern trade hub.

The Jazarel Empire was Jeremiah's breakaway realm after he split from the Malverand Empire and proclaimed his lands fully seceded. Its capital was Jazarel, the white and gold city Jeremiah had founded in central Malverand.

Kaldaryn is a nation and protectorate in Valrindor, led by Garrik and founded from the movement Khoradyn built after his return from Xalmyrra. It begins as the Kaldaryn Protectorate, with Kaldaryn City as its capital, and enforces peace...

Kaldaryn City, also called Kaldaryn, is the terraced capital of the Kaldaryn protectorate and later nation in central Valrindor. Garrik names both the city and the polity after Khoradyn asks him to lead the people gathered around their n...

Kaldspire is the capital of Vintergard, a cold mountain nation in Valrindor whose people are hardy and practice runic magic. The city is built at high elevation near the mountains. During Eira, Lythariel, and Silas's crossing of Vinterga...

Kalendros is a small fishing city in Valrindor near the Calthorpe Ocean. Its light blue wooden buildings, delicate bridges over calm water, fishing docks, and mage tourism give it a relaxed coastal character.

Keldara is a martial nation in northeastern Xalmyrra, counted with Teryndal, Soltheris, and Erenmyr among the four great nations. Its people are formidable warriors, and its cold northern lands include mountain fortresses and the fortres...

Khaladun is a northern city in Ulzathir at the end of the Dahruz Desert route from Ishtanûr. Sandships arrive there before travelers continue toward Ulzathir's borders and the Plains of Eternity.

Kyranthos is the capital and gateway city of Morozkaya, set near the threshold of the Morozkayan peninsula below a massive volcano. It is the seat of the Morozkaya Diarchy, the home of the Ember Spire, and a city where Morozkaya's fire a...

Laizhou is the capital of Shaoying in central Valrindor. Armies stage there repeatedly against the shapers because the city sits close to Shroudvale.

Lake Eternity is a vast indigo lake inside the Plains of Eternity, near the route between Zarephon and Myriandel. Travelers use it as a landmark. They avoid crossing it lightly because immense essence rich creatures move beneath its stil...

Lake Velisyth is a lake in Xalmyrra on Valrindor where Teryndal, Erenmyr, Keldara, and Soltheris meet. Travelers use it as a landmark when steering toward Erenmyr and Lirathen, and its western borders hold ruins that Aldar sends Eira and...

The Land of Darkness is a vast corrupted region along Xalmyrra's southern frontier. It presses against Dravemir, Velundra, Lythenmere Lake, and southern Teryndal. Council missions and border defenses focus on the darkness spreading from...

Linsothar is a nation in central Valrindor, east of Shaoying, with Linzheng as its capital. It joined the Great Shaper War against Zharrek's shapers, took part in building the walls around Shroudvale, suffered heavy devastation when the...

Linzheng is the capital of Linsothar and a sprawling port city in Valrindor. It is later used as a relay point for messages traveling toward Chronasis.

Lirathen is a smaller trade city in Erenmyr and a border city near northern Teryndal. It serves travelers moving through the surrounding Erenmyran routes and nearby settlements.

Lumenbury is a border city in Solvarria near Ulzathir's desert approach. Archibald prepares it for Zain's arrival, and Ulzathir uses it as its primary base for the offensive into Solvarria.

Lumeria is a nation in northeastern Valrindor. Avalon is its capital, and both Arcanis and Severin come from there.

Luminaris is a fortified city in Varnhallow, near the northern desert border. During the Varnhallow temporal anomaly, it becomes a timerift contact point and the base for Xarion's rise as the divine patriarch Thalion Zenith.

The Luminary Halls are the royal palace and governing seat of Soltheris, standing in Zeydrith near the central plaza. Aurion rules from there while Soltheris sends expeditions into the Land of Darkness and defends Dravemir, and Daryas co...

Lysaraine is a Varnhallow port city near the Navan Sea. Its busy skyship docks handle trade and food distribution for the coastal side of Varnhallow. Zayren traces the western divine patriarchs through checks in Lysaraine and Astralynne.

Lythenmere Lake is a still lake west of Velundra in southern Teryndal, near Nythenfall Apex. Its deserted surface hides underwater ruins, an underground town, and a half circle gate resembling the Aethrendar Gate.

The Malverand Empire was an ancient human empire in Valrindor that grew from Maraveth under Barachiel's rule. At its height, Maraveth was its capital, the Maraveth Ascendant Consulate held its government complex, and the Guardians of Mal...

The Malverand Intergalactic Empire is an advanced imperial polity in the Hyperion Spiral, ruled by Emperor Isandro from Maraveth on Valrindor. It is active in 5368 5369 AX and controls a compact imperial sphere amid surrounding non imper...

The Malverand vault is a fortified underground chamber beneath Maraveth Ascendant Consulate in Maraveth. Michael proposes it as a secure storehouse for dangerous artifacts, and Arcanis designs it to block communication from the realm bey...

Maraveth is the ancient capital of the Malverand Empire in Valrindor and later the ruined capital of Shroudvale. By 2151 BX, the newly named city is already the largest in the known world, with more than one hundred thousand residents an...

Maraveth is the capital city and government seat of the Malverand Intergalactic Empire on that empire's version of Valrindor. Emperor Isandro rules from Isandro's Palace, a domed palace at the city center. Rafe is Maraveth's overseer and...

The Maraveth Ascendant Consulate is the government complex of Maraveth and the seat of Malverand rule after Barachiel's disappearance. Michael rules from it, and the Guardians of Malverand gather there for imperial councils, succession d...

The Maraveth Core Chamber is a vast secured chamber reached from Isandro's Palace by a side corridor, a long elevator descent, and a sealed passage. It houses the red Maraveth Core, a half circle gate, power generators, warp engines, cab...

Melandor is a peaceful city state near Morindel in Valrindor. Garrik stations more forces in Melandor and Cyndarel during preparations across central and western Valrindor. During the battle around Cyndarel, Melandor burns as a modest ci...

Meridian is the main planet of the Hyperion system and a Kytherite source within the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. The empire funnels Meridian Kytherite toward the imperial system to power the Maraveth Core and build replacement cores.

Morindel is an eastern Valrindor region and capital city. Under the Malverand Empire, it was one of the empire's province capitals and Eremion's domain as guardian of Morindel and Blackcrag. After its destruction, it was rebuilt as a cit...

The Morindel Sea is a body of water in Morindel, Valrindor, formed from the smaller Morindel Lake region after the battle that destroyed ancient Morindel.

Morozkaya is a peninsula nation in southern Valrindor, with Kyranthos as its capital and gateway city. It is the home of Pyrathalor's followers, the Morozkayan diarchy, volcanic agriculture, and the fire and ice traditions surrounding Vi...

Myriandel is the capital of Myrravel, a terraced city inside the Plains of Eternity. During the Ulzathir Myrravel march toward the source, Viviana, Gren, Aurelia, Sharuzh, and Ulzathir's forces gather there at a functioning, well defende...

Myrravel is a kingdom in northeastern Valrindor whose capital is Myriandel, a terraced city within the Plains of Eternity. The Plains threaten the kingdom. Ranan, Nuvyra, and Sharuzh join Rahmavir's side of the war over the source after...

The Navan Sea is a sea in Eastern Valrindor, bordered by Haverloch, Varnhallow, and routes toward Ulzathir. Valalav is Haverloch's maritime trade and naval fleet port on the sea, Lysaraine stands near it from the Varnhallow side, and Arc...

The Nexus Research Center is Thalassai's research facility beneath Stella Aeterna in Chronasis. The ancient Chronasis gate stands in its main gate room. Cyrena leads the center, and Jareth works there as a scientist and engineer. Under C...

Novaris is the capital city of the Malverand Intergalactic Empire in the Hyperion system and surrounding lands. It stands on Meridian, the system's main planet, amid slightly dusty yellow soil. During Eira's visit, Naomi is the Novaris o...

The Oberon system is fully controlled by the Malverand Intergalactic Empire in the Hyperion Spiral. Current imperial starchart data places it 60 light years southwest of Valrindor. Malverand systems and institutions carry names of Ozaith...

Omberion is the capital of Blackcrag and the royal seat of the Blackcrag Dominion. It is the city where George rules, where Garrik is raised as prince and heir, and where Blackcrag's council debates trade, diplomacy, fortifications, and...

Orukhad is Serekhai's capital city in the steppelands far north of Rahmavir. The city is mounted on massive wheels and moves across the steppes when local resources are exhausted, returning after the land has healed. In Halvarim, Maric a...

Pelagia is the capital of Theryssa and the seat of Lucilla's consuls. The city has magic academies, a coastal amphitheater, a gate chamber, skyship docks, and the Pelagia Consulate. Nerissa descends into its council chambers, and Theryss...

Pelagos is the coastal capital of Thiravos, where consuls govern sea facing civic life and control gate and skyship travel. Renneth and Maric reach the city through an unexpected direct gate route, making Pelagos their first point of con...

The Plains of Eternity are an essence saturated region in northeastern Valrindor. Essence overflows there, behaves unpredictably, and gradually pushes the plains into surrounding lands and seas. The region surrounds Zarephon, the Oracles...

The Malverand Intergalactic Empire fully controls Proxion as one of its seven imperial systems. It is the closest imperial system to the old Atraxis system. The system contains planets including Alecton and Draxil.

Pyrenis is the volcanic, fire aligned city and surrounding region of Thalassai, ruled by Ignaros, the archon of fire. Pyrenis City is the urban core of the Pyrenis region.

Qarezh is the capital of Ereshval, a coastal desert city in eastern Valrindor. In 2107 2108 AX, it is the seat of Sultan Tharezh, the Ereshval staging point for expeditions into the Plains of Eternity, and the city where Kallion, John, D...

Qirath, also called Qirath City, is a mining city in Ereshval. It is the first Ereshval city Kaelion and Jin visit after entering the country in 2107 AX, produces high quality essence cores for Ereshval cities beyond Qirath, and sits on...

Radiance Prime is the capital of Brighthaven, located at the northern tip of the island nation. It is the seat of the Brighthaven Triarch, Vianna's birthplace, and the city that contains Radiance Prime Magic School, the Spire of Triumvir...

Rahmavir is a vast chosen led nation of cooperating regions and tribal coalitions in northeastern Valrindor, bordering the Plains of Eternity. For centuries, its leaders try to control or close the source beneath Zarephon. Halvarim is it...

Raindawn is a river city in Thundermarch with skilled water mages. It lies near the western mountains on the route to the pass toward Xalmyrra, making it the target of Zharrek's westward shaper assault on Raindawn.

Redcliffe is a city in Solvarria near red sandy hills, rich essence towers, and strange wildlife. During the Ulzathir Invasion of Solvarria, Ulzathir launches a surprise attack on Redcliffe after Sol's shield generators hold for months;...

Rhazekar is a nation in northeastern Valrindor. Maric and Nero investigate routes with a map obtained in Halvarim. The map names Rhazekar alongside Myrravel and Lumeria.

Rimvold is the capital city of Skarnheim, built at the foot of mountains near the Varnhallow border. It holds Skarnheim's ruling seat, the Order of Thalion Zenith uses it as a covert base after Skarnheim's independence, and hidden archiv...

The River of Eternity is the source fed river that flows through Zarephon in the Plains of Eternity. The Oracles of Eternity place their capital beside the river and the source. Oracle prophecies come from the source and the river, whose...

Serekhai is a northern steppeland nation in Valrindor, far north of Rahmavir. Its capital is Orukhad, a city mounted on massive wheels that moves across the steppes when local resources are exhausted and returns after the land heals.

Shanari is an island nation north of Thundermarch and the homeland of Kazehiro and Arashiiwa. Its capital is Hanamizu, where Renneth and Maric make contact during their post cycle diplomatic mission from Xalmyrra.

Shaoying is a nation in central Valrindor, west of Shroudvale, with Laizhou as its capital. It began as a growing region west of Maraveth under Malverand, later became a human nation facing Shroudvale's shapers, and eventually operated u...

Shroudvale is the desolate shaper domain in Valrindor that grew from the ruins of the Malverand Empire. Its capital is Maraveth, the old Malverand capital, and its people are the essence shapers created through essence core transformatio...

Skarnheim is a nation in Valrindor with Rimvold as its capital. Its history includes runic magic, the Order of Thalion Zenith, the Skarnheim Alliance, and the long political aftermath of the fall of Malverand. Sigurd later leads Skarnhei...

Sol is the capital of Solvarria and a fortified stronghold. It lies beyond the open desert border north of Ulzathir, past Lumenbury, the border city Archibald prepares for Zain's invasion.

Soltheris belongs to Xalmyrra's four primary nations, with Zeydrith as its capital. It has powerful cosmic mages, advanced essence technology, Soltheris made airships, and the orreries designed by Thalvian under Aurion's command.

Solvarria is a nation in northeastern Valrindor, north of Ulzathir, with Sol as its capital. Its fertile lands, rail network, shield generators, and defense technology make it a target for Zain after the Thalassai invasion.

Stella Aeterna is the grand palace of Chronasis and the seat of the Thalena's government. Thalena rebuilds the older Palace of Time into Stella Aeterna after becoming archon of Space and Time, rules the renewed Chronasis from it, and pla...

Stormbrook is a village in southern Thundermarch. It is a farming settlement with a brook, rice paddies, and surrounding farmlands in ancient Valrindor, in Jin's youth, and along the Soltheris Thundermarch rail route. In Jin's youth, it...

Stormhaven is the capital of Bjarnholt and the city guarding Stormhaven Strait. It stands on a small coastal hill on the southern side of the strait, with a large bridge spanning the waterway toward the north. Under Thorik, Stormhaven be...

Stormpeak is the capital of Thundermarch, a fortified city in the northwestern mountains of Valrindor. Emperor Feng rules from the Celestial Palace there, making the city the seat of Thundermarch's imperial court and a gathering point wh...

Strothgard is a small border place in Valrindor on the route from Ashenford toward Vintergard and Skarnheim. Travelers leaving Ashenford can pass through Strothgard before reaching Vintergard's colder mountain country.

Taizhou is a smaller city in Shaoying, near Laizhou. It stands amid open green terrain, beside a forest, with a river winding past its outskirts.

The Temple of no Return is an ancient temple deep inside the Land of Darkness in southern Xalmyrra. Before Eira's mission, human entrants disappear inside it. The Xalmyrran Council sends Eira, Lirien, and Kaelion there to retrieve the sp...

Tequaltor is the capital of Thalcoris, a Tenari city state in northern Xolterra. Tequaltor, Xalatun, Chalxata, and Aurivallis are the old cities that formed Thalcoris. Tazarin rules from its central pyramid as emperor of Thalcoris and la...

Tequaltor Magic School is a training institution in Tequaltor, formerly called Tequaltor War School. Tazarin sends Eira, Kaelion, Cassian, and Lythariel there to learn Tenari ways under Razen and Amaril. The school trains Tenari in comba...

Terranova is the earth aligned land and city region of Thalassai, ruled by Calythos, the archon of earth. Chronasis, Pyrenis, Aetherion, Thalmyris, and Terranova make up the core Thalassai regions, and Terranova has fertile land, agricul...

Teryndal, Soltheris, Erenmyr, and Keldara are the four great nations of Xalmyrra. Teryndal dominates much of southwestern Xalmyrra. Its capital, Irrathis, houses Teryndal's Assembly, the Imperial Institute, and the Xalmyrran Council, so...

Teryndal's Assembly is the national governing institution and government building of Teryndal, located in Irrathis near the Imperial Institute. The high arbiter leads Teryndal from the Assembly. The Xalmyrran Council operates nearby from...

Thalassai is the archon led nation of Xolterra, the western island across the sea from Xalmyrra. It is a highly advanced, prosperous power with immense magical strength, aether and resonance traditions, windweavers, research centers, dis...

Thalcoris is the northern Tenari nation of Xolterra and, after liberation, the sixth region of Thalassai, with Tazarin holding the archon of cosmos seat. It has dense jungles, aether magic, resonance magic, and older city states. Its cit...

Thalmyris is a southeastern port city of Thalassai and the water aligned region governed by its archon of water. Thalassai counts it among the original five core regions, and Naryon is its modern archon. Its harbor, water mages, scholars...

Tharendur is a nation in northeastern Valrindor, north of Ulzathir, with Tharran as its capital. It shares an ocean border with Solvarria and becomes threatened by both Zain's expansion after Solvarria's fall and the spreading Plains of...

Tharran is the capital of Tharendur and a waypoint on the road toward the Plains of Eternity, Myriandel, and Zarephon. The route from Tharran to Myriandel and then to Zarephon is the easiest path for travelers trying to avoid disorientat...

The void is the black extradimensional expanse used by gates, gate activators, void travel, and Malverand warp drives. Gates can open directly into it, controlled gate sequences can route through it, and Malverand warp drives couple to i...

Therendros is a coastal city state in Valrindor near the Calthorpe Ocean. It is a city of commerce focused on fishing and maritime development.

Theryssa is a northern island nation in Valrindor, paired with Thiravos, with Pelagia as its capital. Lucilla is head consul, Nerissa is worshiped as the nation's goddess, and Nero carries the wave shard as Nerissa's mortal wielder.

Thiravos is a northern island nation in Valrindor, paired with Theryssa, with Pelagos as its capital. Kalyx is head consul during Renneth and Maric's visit. Thiravos worships Nerissa, honors Pyragos as its own god, and relies on Nero and...

Thundermarch is a western Valrindor nation ruled as an empire from Stormpeak by Emperor Feng. It is the homeland of Jin Leiyun, Zhang, Yingshui, and the storm god tradition of Tianlei. The nation has storm, air, lightning, and elemental...

Tyralorn is a city state in Valrindor near the Calthorpe Ocean. During Order planning around Jazarel, Morindel, Kalendros, and nearby strategic targets, Thalion weighs seizing Tyralorn as well as Jazarel. Later, Eira drops Soria near its...

Tyrren IX is a planet in the Tyrren system, a colonized system of the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. During ancient Malverand astronomical research, Arcanis proposes it as a far distant future target because of its potential for life.

During ancient Malverand astronomical research, Arcanis names the distant star system Tyrren. Tyrren lies beyond Valrindor's solar system, and Arcanis proposes Tyrren IX as a future Malverand target because of its potential for life.

Ulzathir is an eastern Valrindor nation long ruled by Ozaith and his lineage. Its capital is Ishtanûr, where the spiraling Council Citadel houses Ozaith's throne and the ruling council. The nation borders Haverloch, lies across the water...

Valalav is a Haverloch port on the Navan Sea, used for maritime trade and Haverloch's naval fleet. It lies near Arcanis Village, and Virel brings Vianna and Maia there from Axanaxa to meet Felix.

Valcirae is the capital of Erenmyr, a large inland city hidden within a massive forest and partly built into ancient trees. Orin lives and teaches there; divine mages reinforce the city's shields, and Valcirae Magic School trains student...

The Valdrenor Empire was a once prosperous nation in central Valrindor, in the area that later becomes Kaldaryn. It existed sometime between years 3500 and 4000 before disappearing.

Valrindor is the essence rich planet that contains Xalmyrra, Xolterra, Thundermarch, Kaldaryn, Shaoying, Linsothar, Shroudvale, Haverloch, Varnhallow, Ulzathir, the Plains of Eternity, and the former Malverand heartlands.

Valrindor is the core world of the Malverand Intergalactic Empire in the Hyperion Spiral. Emperor Isandro rules the empire from Maraveth. Rafe operates core panels and scanner data, Eamon directs breach repairs, and Mike examines arrival...

Varentis is the capital of Keldara, a fortress city carved into the cliffs of the Steel Ravine. It stands in northeastern Xalmyrra as Keldara's command seat, home to Supreme Commander Feryon and General Durvek.

Varnhallow is the advanced eastern Valrindor nation sealed inside the Varnhallow temporal anomaly. Within the anomaly, Eltaru Ninsath rules as god king through the divine patriarchs. He, Sigvariel, and Horol'Khai maintain the temporal bu...

Vashunai is a far off nation in Valrindor. At Raphael's request, Alistair sends agents there, alongside Lumeria and Carvano, to search for extremely potent temporal mages capable of shielding themselves during an attempt to close the sou...

Velundra is a fortified port city in southern Teryndal, near Lythenmere Lake and the southern frontier of the Land of Darkness. It is essence rich and heavily fortified, with essence towers standing nearby. Its position makes it a stagin...

Vespera is a hostile, essence rich planet in the Hyperion system. Its atmosphere can destroy ships that orbit too closely.

Vintergard is a cold mountain nation in Valrindor, with Kaldspire as its high elevation capital. Svanhild and Halgarr keep the nation aligned with Skarnheim.

Vireen is a habitable planet near Valrindor in the same solar system. Arcanis names it during ancient Malverand studies of Valrindor's solar system and chooses it as the target of Malverand's first interplanetary colony project.

Viregrad is the capital of Drozhvenya, a southern agricultural nation in Valrindor led by Radomir. It lies beyond the Borovian forests, where the land opens into plains and farmlands, and has extensive grain farming, fresh bread, and pas...

Xalatun is a Tenari city in central Thalcoris, built on a savannah near a river. Xalatun, Tequaltor, Chalxata, and Aurivallis are the old city states that formed Thalcoris, and Xalatun answers to Emperor Tazarin.

Xalmyrra is an ancient region of Valrindor and a former province of the Malverand Empire. After Malverand begins breaking apart, Xalmyrra splits into Teryndal, Soltheris, Erenmyr, and Keldara, with the Xalmyrran Council coordinating the...

Xolterra is the expansive island west of Xalmyrra, across the western sea. Its essence is pink and golden yellow, and the island is the origin of aether magic and resonance magic.

Zarephon is the city of the Oracles of Eternity deep within the Plains of Eternity. The River of Eternity runs through the city, and the central mountain cave leads to the source. It is the Oracles' capital, a prophetic sanctuary, and a...

Zarephon is a city on the Malverand Intergalactic Empire's Valrindor, near northeastern Malverand. It belongs to an essence poor, technologically advanced world and occupies the same broad source site position as the heart of the Plains...

Zeydrith is the capital of Soltheris and the home of the Luminary Halls. The city houses Soltheris's monarchy, cosmic mages, the Artisan Guild, Soltheris made airships, orreries, rail travel, and defenses against the Land of Darkness.

Zeydrith is a city on Valrindor within the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. It lies on the empire's low essence, technologically advanced Valrindor. Zeydrith in Xalmyrra lies on the other Valrindor.