Around the Fringe in 48 Bottles

Mmrdene (Principalities)

Vein and Nerve and Street

Mmrdene, the homeworld of the esseli, is assuredly one of the most interesting worlds of the Principalities for an unprepared visitor to experience. The starport, you see, is relatively conventional, and while the architecture of the terminal naturally defers to local aesthetics, the port's primary facilities should be

Listel (Principalities)

Larger Hammer

Listel (Principalities) was always a marginal world. An atmosphere too thick, clouds too hazy with hydrocarbons and too prevalent, an ecology containing some worrying chaotic irregularities, and the whole, moreover, orbiting a primary which – while not technically qualifying as a flare star – nonetheless possessed a rough and turbulent cycle that