Far-Star Victoria Master Index & Glossary

A. Major Planets & Systems

• Victoria System – Star system 190.4 light-years from Earth, site of the setting.
• Elysium – Oceanic, habitable planet; site of most nations and adventures.
• Erebus – Cold, resource-rich planet; industrial, corporate-controlled.
• Etherium – Rare, volatile element found on Erebus; basis for Steam technology.
• Steam – Refined Etherium gas; main energy source for advanced tech and airships.

B. Nations & Regions (Elysium)

• Amareidonia – Psionics-scarred nation, democratic, famous for psychic research.
• Annwyn – Wilderness, forests, leshies, cooperative communities, sky-whale hunting.
• Apex – Frontier nation, founded by adventurers, council-led, Greenbelt Territory.
• Arcadia – Elegant elective monarchy, famed for Iron Musketeers, rival to Ruritania.
• Baltia – Jungle island, tempestuous weather, Oracles of the Storm cult.
• Bedlam Dominions – Chaotic, lawless region; techno-barbarian tribes.
• Belrios – Artistic island nation, vibrant festivals, Catfolk haven.
• Boreas – Northern, icy island, geothermal tech, giants.
• Caliphate of Kalahari – Desert nation, trade-focused, Disciples of the Prophet.
• Colonial Alliance – Largest, oldest nation; federal democratic republic, airship tech.
• Concordia – Pirate archipelago, radical autonomy, black market hub.
• Freiheitland – Dwarf (Dweorg) nation, miners, engineers, underground cities.
• Froelia – Misty, coastal island, ship salvage economy.
• Italica – Theocratic state, Holy Church of Revelation, Virtue Militant.
• Kobayashi Shogunate – Isolationist, samurai society, feudal, ancestral worship.
• Meropis – Azarketi (amphibious) island nation, oceanic trade, coral cities.
• Morrigan – Northern, rugged, industrial democracy, Leshy emergence.
• Olam Ha-Ba – Halfling desert nation, tribal council, oasis agriculture.
• Orlostek – Windy, cold northern nation, Ruritanian protectorate.
• Volantes – Mountain nation, airship mastery, dueling culture.

C. Sectors (Erebus)

• Agartha (Sector 1) – Capital, corporate HQ of Astraea Corp.
• Niflheim (Sector 2) – Security, surveillance, Internal Security Division HQ.
• Tartarus (Sector 3) – Industrial mining, foundries, laborers.
• Sheol (Sector 4) – Working-class, food processing, bureaucracy.
• Helheim (Sector 5) – Etherium mines, extreme dryness, safety protocols.
• Avernus (Sector 6) – Military, planetary defense, training.
• Mictlan (Sector 7) – Biotech, Vitatech Labs, fleshwarps, genetic experiments.
• Shambhala (Sector 8) – Elite enclave, luxury, Astraea execs.
• Duat (Sector 9) – Information, records, propaganda, censorship.
• Hephaestus (Sector 10) – Salvage, repair, tech maintenance.
• Xibalba (Sector 11) – Penal sector, forced labor, resistance network.
• Pluto (Sector 12) – Deep mining, hazardous material processing.
• Lost Sectors – Gehenna (ruined by riots), Cocytus (destroyed by sabotage), Pandemonium (annihilated by Etherium explosion).

D. Ancestries & Post-Humans

• Automaton – Sentient constructs, relics, or recent creations.
• Azarketi – Amphibious “gillmen/merfolk,” ocean-adapted.
• Catfolk – Feline post-humans, wanderers, artists, traders.
• Dwarf (Dweorg/Duergar) – Engineered miners from Erebus, now free in Freiheitland.
• Elf (Elohim) – Genetically modified, long-lived, reclusive, survivors in Ix.
• Fetchling – Shadow-plane altered humans, psionic catastrophe survivors.
• Fleshwarp – Mutated beings, results of biotech or psychic/arcane accidents.
• Gnome – Descendants of genetic experiments, eccentric, inventive.
• Goblin – Feral, chaotic descendants of failed biotech project.
• Halfling (Mazzikin) – Small, stealthy, ex-military infiltrators, desert tribes.
• Human – The baseline, most populous and diverse.
• Leshy – Sentient plantfolk, nature spirits, tied to Elysium’s ecology.

E. Religions & Faiths

• Church of the Celestial Mother – Protection, healing, matriarchal.
• Congregation of the Prodigy – Psychic development, mind over matter.
• Disciples of the Prophet – Civilization, labor, law, trade.
• Emissaries of Elysium – Nature veneration, druids, harmony.
• Exalted Order of Thelema – Individual will, ambition, hierarchy.
• Faith of the Ancestors – Ancestral reverence, nature, order.
• Followers of the Accord – Humanist, justice, honesty, communal aid.
• Gathering of Radiance – Fey, chaos, freedom, illusions.
• Healers of Iron – Machine and flesh unity, invention.
• Holy Church of Revelation – Virtue, tradition, discipline, theocratic.
• Oracles of the Storm – Aberration worship, storms, strength.
• Innocent Harbingers – Apocalypse cult, mercy through oblivion.

F. Factions & Organizations

• Astraea Corporation – Megacorp, rulers of Erebus, Etherium monopoly.
• Bureau of Unusual Affairs – Colonial Alliance secret agency, investigates the uncanny.
• Cipher Assembly – Kalahari’s criminal syndicate, led by Sheikh Asad el-Khan.
• Elysian League of Explorers – Adventurers and scientific society.
• Imperial Ministry of Security (Ruritania) – Secret police and intelligence.
• Order of Servitude – Monastic martial order, service, and enlightenment.
• Pharos Technological Society – Scientific advancement, recovery of lost tech.
• Virtue Militant – Militant arm of the Holy Church of Revelation.
• Long Insurgence – Resistance movement on Erebus.
• Vitatech Laboratories Inc. – Erebus’s biotech giant, engineered races, medical advances.

G. Technology/Magic Key Terms

• Utility Fog – Nanotech cloud seeded by AI-gods (Daimones), source of “magic.”
• Steam Renaissance – Age of industrial progress on Elysium powered by Steam.
• The Event – Mysterious loss of contact with Earth; collapse of interstellar civilization.
• The Daimones – Post-singularity AIs, now the “gods” of Elysium, each with unique philosophy.
• The Unknown – The cosmic force or threat glimpsed during The Event.
• The Aberration – Sentient sea monster, consumes Utility Fog, source of Baltia’s cult.

H. Notable Locations

• Nova Aurora – Elysium’s original colonial capital.
• Grayfield – Airship yards, tech innovation.
• Ix – Elohim/Elven city, advanced tech, botanical marvels.
• Sky Whaler’s Anchorage – Annwyn’s airship dock.
• Aoudaghost – Kalahari’s capital, center of trade and intrigue.
• Mistral – Baltia’s main port, storm cult center.
• Felmore – Bedlam’s anarchic city, “Glowing Heart” reactor.
• Himinbjörg – Freiheitland’s subterranean capital.
• Fairgate – Arcadia’s capital, salons, markets, dueling.
• Neo Edo – Shogunate’s capital, samurai culture.
• Isolene – Meropis’s coral-inspired capital.
• Tir Na Nog – Morrigan’s capital, blue-collar democracy.
• Gilead – Olam Ha-Ba’s oasis capital.
• Coradia – Orlostek’s fortress capital.
• Ataraxia – Volantes’s airship capital, lakeside city.

I. Miscellaneous

• Cat’s-Eye View – In-world journalistic columns by Milosh Cheshire, Catfolk chronicler.
• Kraken Attack of 2190 – Notorious monster disaster in Elysium’s history.
• Psionic Holocaust – Cataclysmic psychic event in Amareidonia.
• Tarrasque Awakening – Monster disaster in 2272, destruction across continents.