Overview
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 government operations.
Thalena is shot inside the palace. Below it, the Maraveth Core Chamber houses the red core and half-circle gate that Isandro's circle uses to send messages through the breach, receive Eira, Kaelion, and Xarion from Zarephon, and study the Maraveth Core.
Layout
The palace's public spaces include grand open doors, red-carpeted stairs, gold-inlaid railings, silver columns, crystal lights, a curved table, wide windows over Maraveth, sealed meeting rooms, corridors, elevators, fountains, portraits, and residential quarters for Isandro and his advisors. Its security response includes officers, scanners, wrist-device access, sealed doors, reinforced plates, public warnings, and rapid reassignment of personnel under the emperor's advisors.
A side corridor and long elevator route lead from the palace to the Maraveth Core Chamber, the secured chamber that houses the red core, a half-circle gate, power generators, warp engines, protected cables, platforms, and imperial researchers. Functional areas in the secured palace-core complex include the public palace, the central control unit used for system registration, and the deeper core chamber. The central control unit contains cables, machinery, scanners, and registration systems used when Eira, Kaelion, and Xarion receive limited advisor access after arriving from the other Valrindor.
History
In 5369 AX, Thalena flies through Maraveth toward the domed palace, drawing combat ships, officers, city warnings, and public panic. She reaches Isandro inside the palace, where Rafe shoots her after believing she means to kill the emperor. Her body is an essence-made copy of Helena Hyperion, and Isandro's circle seals the room. Mike and Rafe preserve her remaining essence in a capsule.
After the shooting, Isandro leads the group from the palace down to the Maraveth Core Chamber, where the red core reacts after essence from near Zarephon enters the machine. In the palace-core complex, Isandro records Amos's account, grants Eira limited advisor access, studies the breach between Valrindors, reviews the Proxion evacuation, and investigates the Spiral Mandate attacks on Proxion.
Eira, Kaelion, and Xarion later stay in the palace after crossing through the Zarephon breach. From there, Isandro gives them essence-containing clothing, wrist devices, glasses, and controlled system access before guiding them into investigations of the other Valrindor, origin magic, Vespera, Meridian, and the empire's survival problem.