Place
Cinder
The forge world whose foundries cast the war's exo-frames and never fully shut down: the orders were never cancelled because the cartels that could cancel them no longer exist, so the lines still pour metal for wars that ended decades ago. Lava rivers, an orange sky, cinder-crows in the stacks and forge-golems on the gantries. Unrelated to Cinder Cay.
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Connected entries
- inThe DriftA belt of worn settled systems: orbital stations, half-terraformed colonies, and sprawl-yards linked by slow travel, local law, repair culture, and work for hire.
- foundry ofThe Ledger WarsDecades of proxy war among corporations, defense cartels, and sovereign funds with navies. Soldiers were treated as assets, and the wars ended through bankruptcy rather than treaty.
links hereForge-golemsHalf-built exo-frames from Cinder's undying lines that climb the gantries and wander the halls at jobs nobody assigned. Brask quietly retools them one at a time;- links hereThe crane cabCinder's post: the cab of a dead forge crane above the foundry halls. The relay hangs from the crane; the flame is cast into its counterweight.