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Xenolith Place Names for the Uninitiated:


Our Earth:

Rio Frio: A remote village in Western Belize

Greymore: A mill town in Southern Connecticut, USA

Ur: How people from Sesei refer to our Earth.

Their Earth:

Ubabaor: The capital of Sesei, a country under siege, home of the keepers of the xenoliths

Piliar: An island province of Sesei, home to the Academy that once controlled all xenoliths. Piliar harbors a large community of exiles from Ur.

Suul: A captured province of Suul now under the complete control of the invaders from Venen

Venen: Home of the the invaders of Sesei. (Across the Ocean). A fundamentalist, militaristic theocracy.

Gi: A culturally distinct civilization on the frontiers of Venen, under colonization. Home to a smattering of exiles from Ur and a rebel insurgency. Site of a stalled counteroffensive by troops from Sesei who have infiltrated with the aid of xenoliths.

Xenolith: Pieces of two parallel worlds, entangled in each others' matter such that passages open between them with the regularity of tides.