Hades

Rocky island headland with wind-bent fig groves, orange-moss slate formations, steaming hot springs.

Hades begins as a mythic underworld reference in the early books, but by Light Bringer it is revealed as a real, windswept island headland in the northern latitudes of the Solar System. Its rocky cliffs, orange-moss slate, and steaming hot springs serve as both sanctuary and strategic outpost for the Rising. The island’s transformation from whispered legend to tangible battlefield underscores the saga’s shift from ideological rebellion to concrete territorial war.