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Atlas of the Known Spheres

By Adam Miller
 Ye think Realmspace be all there is?
Trust ole Kraken,
thar be spheres and worlds far beyond
yer wildest imagination.
– Kraken, privateer and author.
_____________________

Design: Adam Miller

Contributors: Paul Westermeyer, Tauster
Editing and Development:
Cartography: Adam Miller
Typography: Adam Miller

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In 1989, TSR released a boxed set with
the basic concept of “Advanced
Dungeon & Dragons in Space!” This
would become known as Spelljammer.
It would launch a line of supplements,
modules, articles, and even a series of
six novels. Although the main line can
nd
to a conclusion in the days of 2
Edition Advanced Dungeons & they were so inclined. I wanted to
Dragons, Spelljammer would at least
be touched on with each subsequent
edition.
As a fan of the Spelljammer setting of
over two decades, an often heard
complaint about the setting is, to put it
bluntly, a lack of a coherent setting.
While some areas of Spelljammer are
given a fair amount of detail,
particularly the spheres (or solar
systems) that contain the worlds of
Krynn, Oerth, and Toril (and thus the
Dragonlance, Greyhawk, and Forgotten
Realms settings, respectively), as well
as the purely spelljammer sphere of
Clusterspace and the city of the Rock
of Bral (each given their own
supplements), there is a much wider
implied setting that was never fully
fleshed out. Spheres are name-
dropped in novels or supplements,
such as Pathspace, Primespace, and
Wayspace, but scant details are given.
Even when novels visit these spheres,
only a few planets are mentioned and
fewer details are provided. Some
spheres, such as Heartspace, see the
protagonist visit the planet Crescent,
and enough detail is given to get a fair
idea of what that planet is like, and two
other planets are named as well. On
the other hand, a sphere such as
Primespace is named yet almost
nothing is given about it.
So after years of such complaints,
myself included, I decided to address
this issue. What you are reading is
probably the fourth or fifth attempt to
address the problem, and the only one
that managed to see completion. What
sets this book apart from earlier
attempts is my earlier attempts were
haphazard ideas, with no clear vision.
With this book I finally treated this book
as a serious, professional author would.
I started with a vision. I wanted to
create a professional-looking product
that could have been created by the
Spelljammer design team at TSR, if
create a boxed set. I decided upon a
benchmark of two books, each of 50k
words each.
The next step is to determine what the
contents of each book should be. For
this book, I decided upon an atlas. I
would take a number of spheres not
covered by their own sourcebooks, and
give them roughly the same level of
detail that Greyspace, Krynnspace, and
Realmspace were given in Lorebook of
the Void. I would also include a general
“Known Spheres” chapter, as well as a
chapter giving more depth to the
Phlogiston and how navigation in that
strange realm truly works. The next
step was deciding which spheres to
include. Initially I began with twelve. I
wanted a mix of official spheres as well
as fan created spheres. Yet trying to
determine which twelve I wanted to
include proved challenging. I certainly
wanted all of the spheres mentioned in
the novels (Heartspace, Pathspace,
Vistaspace, etc), and I wanted spheres
from the modules (Greatspace,
Herospace, etc), as well as spheres
that were involved in Paul
Westermeyer’s Jammers Play by Email
game I participated in years ago. Yet
coming to a final list proved difficult, so
I bumped the sphere list to fifteen. The
biggest qualifications to spheres I
included was that the sphere had to
have a fair reason for vessels to visit
frequently, for trade and commerce to
be established. Spheres that are
unknown and unvisited outside of the
protagonists of the novel or module
were not included. Thus Darkspace,
Nex, Shadowspace, and Dreadspace
were all discarded. To fully round out
the list, I included Mystrylspace, a
sphere I have worked on, and rewritten,
for years, and Mirrorspace, a sphere
that grew from a simple concept article
I posted to the Spelljammer Mailing List
to a fan-driven collaboration with many
wonderful articles and contributions by
several fans.
The second book of the boxed set is,
for lack of a better term, a “DM’s
Sourcebook”. It is modeled after the
st
DM’s Sourcebook of the old 1 Edition
Forgotten Realms “Gray Box” set. It
includes NPCs, minor organizations, a
simple timeline, rumors from across the
Known Spheres, and more. It will tie the
various spheres of this book, Atlas of
the Known Spheres, together.
Combined, I hope to create a boxed set
that Dungeon Masters can use as
inspiration and the jumping off point to
create their own Spelljammer
campaigns. I strongly encourage
Dungeon Masters to take the materials
presented within and make it their own.
Perhaps a particular Dungeon Master
lacks Astronumdi Cluster, but wishes to
make use of “Shardspace”, the sphere
containing the Eberron campaign
setting. One idea would be to swap out
Clusterspace for Shardspace. Another
Dungeon Master might wish to
incorporate their own campaign setting
into the Known Spheres by adding a
sphere to the map. Such is the freedom
and flexibility any Dungeon Master
should use this book.
Will there be a second “Atlas” to
explore other, less well-traveled
spheres such as Herdspace,
Darkspace, etc? Perhaps. If this book is
used as a guide from which campaigns
are based, I have done my work well.
And maybe in the future I can summon
the creative energies, pray to the
muses, and make the appropriate
sacrifices to make a second Atlas a
reality. Until then, may your dice roll
true and your players experience the
joys of Spelljammer!
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: A Guide of the Known Spheres
The Known Spheres is a collection
of spheres surrounding the heart of
the AD&D settings, which include
the worlds of DRAGONLANCE,
GREYHAWK, and FORGOTTEN
REALMS. Collectively the spheres
of Krynnspace, Greyspace, and
Realmspace are known as the
Radiant Triangle. Other AD&D
campaign settings, such as
MYSTARA and BIRTHRIGHT,
occupy distant spheres and largely
removed from the Known Spheres.
The location of the Crimson
Sphere, home to the DARK SUN
campaign setting, is lost and
unknown to most within the Known
Spheres.
This guide details several spheres
relatively close to the Radiant
Triangle. These spheres have been
mentioned in SPELLJAMMER
modules, sourcebooks, or novels.
These spheres all have a fairly high
level of spelljamming traffic and
frequented by travelers. For
example, from the module SJA3
Crystal Spheres, Greatspace is
counted as a Known Sphere as the
natives are Spelljammer-aware and
the module implies a fair amount of
spelljammer traffic. On the other
hand, Darkspace has almost no
spelljammer traffic, and the nature
of the sphere does not encourage
travelers of any sort, and therefore
is not counted as one of the Known
Sphere and not detailed here.
Clusterspace, detailed in the
Astronumdi Cluster boxed set, is
not counted in the Known Spheres,
for while its location is well-
documented, ships avoid it for its
nature in trapping those who
venture into it. Additionally, a
handful of fan spheres are included
as well to round out the Known
Spheres.
The Known Spheres float in the
Rainbow Ocean, also known as the
Phlogiston. The Phlogiston is vast.
Some say it stretches forever, while
others say it has some boundary far
beyond the limits of what a ship can
travel. There are numerous, nearly
invisible rivers of denser Phlogiston
that link spheres to one another in a
vast network. These rivers link the
Known Spheres together and
facilitate easy and reliable travel.
Innumerable rivers lead away to far
distant spheres, some well-known
and traveled to, others obscure and
others still completely unknown to
the peoples of the Known Spheres.
There are many more spheres
beyond the Known Spheres
detailed here, far too many to detail
in any one book. Travel through the
Phlogiston can be dangerous at
times, although the routes linking
the Known Spheres together are
well-known, traveled, and relatively
safe.
For the purposes of this product,
the Known Spheres consists of the
following spheres:
Bralspace Pathspace
Faeriespace Primespace
Greatspace Refuge
Grommspace Taur-Utospace
Heartspace Vistaspace
Herospace Wayspace
Mirrorspace Winterspace
Mystryl
The Radiant Triangle
The triangle of spheres within which
contain the DRAGONLANCE,
GREYHAWK, AND FORGOTTEN
REALMS campaign settings are
collectively known as the Radiant
Triangle. These spheres are
considered the very heart of the
Known Spheres, with the largest
and most robust populations of
humans, demi-humans, and
humanoids on their respective
major planets. These spheres have
played important roles in the history
of the Known Spheres, with
influences far beyond the
boundaries of their shells. In ages
past, the Radiant Empire was
founded in Krynnspace, from the
world of Zivilyn, now an air world
but once a solid world similar to
Krynn. Realmspace saw the rapid
rise and fall of the Empire of
Netheril’s spelljamming ambitions,
stymied by resistance by existing
wildspace communities. The Suel
Empire on Oerth dabbled in
spelljamming, a curiosity for their
most affluent nobles.
In more recent times, wars and
strife upon the worlds of Krynn,
Oerth, and Toril attract a fair
number of mercenaries looking for
fame and fortune on the battlefield.
Tinker gnomes, a curious race
originating on Krynn, have spread
far and wide across the Known
Spheres to the point of even
dominating worlds such as
Ironpiece. Organizations such as
the Red Wizards, Zhentarim, and
Scarlet Brotherhood have cast their
agents far and wide into the greater
Known Spheres, spreading their
influences to distant worlds. Ports
such as Palanthas, Greyhawk, and
Waterdeep are hubs of spelljammer
trade and traffic, with varying
degrees of frequency.
Krynnspace: A large crystal
sphere, Krynnspace is considered a
backwater. In ancient times it was
host the throne world of the Radiant
Empire, Zivilyn. This was prior to
the cataclysm that transformed
Zivilyn into an air world with a few
flying continents as the sad
remnants of a once-thriving planet.
Krynn remains as the sphere’s
major world. In recent decades it
has been wracked by a continent-
wide war known as the War of the
Lance. Prior to the War of the
Lance, no deity answered prayers
of priests, leading to the sphere
being avoided due to clerical
blessings and healing being
inaccessible.
For more information regarding
Krynnspace, please refer to
Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in
Space © 1989 by Jeff Grubb and
SJR7 Krynnspace © 1993 by Jean
Rabe.
Greyspace: Largest sphere of the
Radiant Triangle, Greyspace enjoys
a medium to high levels of
spelljammer traffic. The inner
system is divided from the outer
system by a shell of asteroids
known as the Grinder. This shell is
dangerous to cross recklessly,
causing most ships to avoid Oerth
and its moons and instead worry
about the worlds of the outer
system.
Of the outer worlds, Gensel is a
mercantile hub, with kingdoms that
live and die by trade deals. Borka is
a cluster world and the home to
many humanoid tribes who desire
revenge on the elves who
destroyed their home. Greela is
another cluster world, inhabited by
humans and elves. It hosts the
largest elven shipyard in the
Radiant Triangle. The most distant
world, the Spectre, is a flat world
that hosts important waystations for
elves, humans, gnomes, and
illithids.
Of note, Greyspace is the home
sphere of the Church of Celestian,
a deity from Oerth that has gained
popularity across the Known
Spheres in recent decades.
College-like temples of Celestian
have sprung up in many spheres.
As a deity of wildspace, Celestian is
proving very popular with
spacefaring sailors and travelers.
For more information regarding
Greyspace, please refer to
Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in
Space © 1989 by Jeff Grubb and
SJR6 Greyspace © 1992 by Nigel
Findley.
Realmspace: Smallest of the
Radiant Triangle spheres,
Realmspace has the highest
spelljamming activity. The world of
Toril is considered the most
important in the sphere, despite
thriving civilizations on almost all of
its worlds. Only Chandos is avoided
by spelljammers, for landing on that
world is incredibly dangerous due
to the constantly shifting rocks and
islands.
The Tears of Selune asteroid
cluster near Toril is considered the
hub of trade in the sphere. Upon
entering Realmspace, most ships
head directly for the Tears, and
then head to other worlds. There
are robust colonies of truly non-
human races, including lizardmen
and aarakocra at Coliar, illithids at
Glyth, and beholders at H’Catha,
each with a large number of ships
under their command. The captains
of these vessels have their own
agendas and goals, and often do
not concern themselves with the
matters of merchants and travelers.
Unfortunately, many are little more
than pirates and raiders, eagerly
attacking every ship they come
across and think they can capture.
Of note Toril is the homeworld of
Elminster of Shadowdale and
Khelbren Blackstaff, both
archmages of some fame who have
in the past “toured” the Known
Spheres, involving themselves in
matters most wish they had not,
and generally caused some
mischief wherever they went. Both
have returned to their homeworld,
to the relief of many a spacefarer.
Toril is the location of The Dock,
and Arcane-run facility where
spelljamming equipment may be
purchased and ships repaired.
Located in a remote glacier, The
Dock is difficult to reach from any
means other than by spelljammer,
and prices are high. The Dock is a
profitable venture, thanks in part to
groundling nations using it to
acquire spelljammers to expand
into Realmspace.
For more information regarding
Realmspace, please refer to
Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in
Space © 1989 by Jeff Grubb and
SJR2 Realmspace © 1991 by Dale
“Slade” Henson.
Clusterspace
Positioned deep in the heart of the
Known Spheres and connected to
every sphere of the Radiant
Triangle via rivers through the
Phlogiston, Clusterspace should be
a hub of trade and travel. Yet
merchants and travelers avoid the
sphere, for once one enters the
sphere, it is nigh impossible to
escape from. While many have
heard rumors and legends of
Clusterspace, news and reliable
information about the sphere and
its inhabitants is hard to come by.
Some elf merchant houses have
some trick to entering and exiting
the sphere and are the most
reliable source of information about
the sphere. Disinformation
abounds, with rumors ranging from
a sphere ruled by sun-worshipping
wizards to a sunless sphere ruled
by fanatical illithids to demon-
haunted worlds. Therefore for the
purposes of this book, Clusterspace
is not considered part of the Known
Spheres, as it is a “closed” sphere
and information about it is
unreliable from the stand-point of
natives of the Known Spheres.
Clusterspace is detailed in The
Astronumdi Cluster boxed set ©
1993 by L. Richard Baker III and
Sam Witt.
The Vodoni Empire
Just beyond the Known Spheres is
the Vodoni Empire. Separating the
Vodoni Empire from the Known
Spheres is the Weird, a “wall” of
dark Phlogiston that drains life from
any living creature that enters it.
The Weird, a known hazard,
prevented exploration in the
direction of the Vodoni Empire for
centuries. Only recently have
routes through the Weird have
been discovered, allowing easy
travel to this isolated cluster of
spheres.
The Vodoni Empire is a cluster of
twelve spheres, unified under the
rule of a tyrant emperor. In the past
three decades, the Empire
discovered stable routes through
the Weird to the Known Spheres,
and began to send vessels to
investigate. The Empire sought to
expand its holdings into the Known
Spheres, attacking vessels and
overrunning outposts with waves of
werewolf enforcers, commanded by
powerful warrior-wizards. This
action provoked a response from
the Known Spheres, and a large
military expedition was sent into the
Vodoni Empire to slay the Emperor.
The action was reportedly
successful, for attacks ended
shortly thereafter.
Scouts from the Known Spheres
have visited the spheres claimed by
the Empire. Each sphere is unique
and different, many with armies of
Vodoni loyalists that number far
beyond what most kingdoms can
muster. Parts of the Empire have
fallen into civil war, while others
saw enslaved races throw off their
shackles. It is unknown if the
cluster includes further spheres
beyond those claimed by the
Empire.
Travel to and from the Empire is
still hazardous. Trade ships do not
make regular voyages to the
Empire as reliable charts of the few
rivers through the Weird are hard to
obtain. Adventurers regularly make
the trip, as the foreign spheres offer
many opportunities for those skilled
in the sword or spell.
For more information regarding the
Vodoni Empire, please refer to
SJA4 Under the Dark Fist © 1991
by Grant Boucher.
Beyond the Known
Spheres
The exact limits of the Known
Spheres are not set, for there are
countless spheres beyond those
listed here. Khelbren Blackstaff of
Waterdeep tells of a sphere he
visited, one with a steel-colored star
and home to a mighty ogre king
and his six Iron Dukes, preparing
for war with the elves. The Arcane
Inner Flow, which intersects with
the Known Spheres, is a circular
route through the Phlogiston
encompassing a dozen spheres,
with a companion Arcane Outer
Flow rumored to hold a hundred.
Far from the Radiant Triangle, the
currents of the Phlogiston twist
around a cluster of spheres known
as the Maelstrom. Mystara, home
of the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
campaign setting, occupies its own
sphere, nestled in a cluster of
spheres at the far end of most
space charts. Lost somewhere in
the endless spheres of the
Phlogiston is the Crimson Sphere,
location of the DARK SUN
campaign setting. Even further still
is Shardspace, where the
EBERRON campaign setting might
be found. Intermixed within these
spheres and more are the personal
campaign settings of
Dungeonmasters from across the
world, each resting in spheres that
are limited only by the imaginations
of their creators.
It is truly impossible to chart every
sphere counted within the Known
Spheres, for the definition of the
Known Spheres will vary from
Dungeonmaster to Dungeonmaster.
The Dungeonmaster will pick
spheres best suited to their
campaign, adding and removing
spheres as they see fit.
Chapter 2: Gazetteer of the Known Spheres
Bralspace
Bralspace is a sphere of minor
planets and many tiny asteroid
clusters. Bralspace is a relatively
small sphere – Ironpiece, the
furthest planet from the primary, is
10 days out, with the sphere a mere
10 days beyond that. It is dwarfed
by spheres such as Krynnspace
and Greyspace, yet still larger than
BRALSPACE – Winterspace.
Wildspace of the Bralspace is on the Arcane Inner
Jammers Play-By-Email Flow, sitting between the spheres
Campaign of Refuge and Grommspace.
Lesser rivers connect it to
Sun Pathspace, Winterspace, the
Type C  Fire frontier sphere known as
Shipwrecker Herdspace, Twilightspace at the
Type B  Earth
heart of the Maelstrom, and even
Minial’s Arch
Type B  Earth the distant sphere of Caz-Adar.
Barbuda Many of these rivers have been
Type C  Water discovered only in the past
Numeliador thousand years or so. With each
Type B  Live newly discovered river through the
Spiral Phlogiston, Bralspace has grown in
Type C  Earth
importance as a stop-over for
Ironpiece
Type C ◗ Earth merchants and travelers.
A series of commonly used
permanent portals are found in the
constellations that make up the
sphere’s “zodiac”. The portals are
fairly evenly distributed along the
sphere wall and are named for the
constellation it is found within. The
constellations, beginning in the
“one o’clock” position, are the
Scavver, the Krajen (the Kraken in
olden texts), the Starbeast, the
Kindori, the Neogi, the Dragon, the
Sarphadin, the Giff, the Beholder,
the Eagle, the Griffon, and the Lion.
There are rumors of other
permanent portals as well, although
these are not well-known and the
spheres to which they lead are
forbidden and mysterious. Locals
keep track of time by which
constellation their colony is closest
to. The Rock of Bral considers the
th
5 month of the year to be the time
when it is nearest the neogi portal.
Spiral, which shares the same orbit
as Bral but in direct opposite of the
asteroid city, is considered to be in
th
the 11 month.
Bralspace is a sphere of many
minor colonies. There are scores of
city-states, mining outposts, lone
fortresses, asteroid villages, and
grub-stakes of nearly every race
imaginable. Chief of these is the
famous Rock of Bral, for which the
sphere takes its name. Many still
know it as Spiralspace, in honor of
Spiral, the largest world of the
sphere. Most colonies in the sphere
were founded recently, often within
living memory of dwarven elders,
by advanced spelljamming
civilizations from other spheres.
Many have their origins from such
spheres as Greyspace,
Krynnspace, Mystaraspace,
Realmspace, Refuge, Winterspace,
and beyond. Most could be
considered at a Renaissance level
of development. Swashbuckling
and piracy are the norm in a
commerce-minded sphere. Few
colonies are self-sufficient; trade is
necessary for their very survival.
Despite the relative young age of
Bralspace’s colonies, the sphere
does have its share of ancient
civilizations and crumbling,
abandoned ruins. Almost eighteen
centuries prior to current year, high
elves from Darnnanon settled
Spiral. Three centuries later, the
dwarven nation of Marazinbar
thrived in the asteroid rich-sphere.
Before both, the Radiant Empire
held a small outpost in the sphere
that fell long before elves visited the
sphere. In the centuries since, the
sphere has been visited by all
manner of races. Some moved on,
other stayed and founded new
colonies.
Like many spheres, Bralspace has
rare “void weather”. Shadowy,
nearly invisible clouds of air and
water drift through the sphere,
creating conditions similar to rain
storms on large worlds when they
collide with ships or asteroids.
These stellar storms can range in
intensity from a mild downpour to
midnight-dark thunderstorms lit only
by flashes and lightning and rocked
by peals of thunder. Some are icy
cold, and with snow and ice instead
of rain. These clouds can be
enormous, taking an hour or more
to cross, and it is not uncommon for
ships to become disoriented while
being battered by these storms. A
few spelljammers become eternally
trapped by these storms, their
crews slain by various means and
the ships left to drift as battered
hulks.
Primary: Sun
Type C  Fire Body
Bralspace’s primary is a fairly
standard, if very small, fire body.
Unlike many fire bodies, there are
no known civilizations or colonies
from creatures from the Elemental
Plane of Fire. There are some fire-
loving creatures dwelling near the
sun, including elmarin, a few fire
elementals, at least one pod of
kindori, and the like. On rare
occasion, efreeti, salamanders, and
azer are encountered, although
these are visitors with means to
return to their home plane, and they
stay only long enough to complete
some task before departing.
The sun of Bralspace is not
especially bright. While sufficient to
provide light for the sphere and
allow plants to grow, the sunlight of
Bralspace is not bright enough to
affect mildly photophobic creatures
such as goblins. Strongly
photophobic creatures such as
illithids are affected as normal.
Undead will also be affected as
normal by light from this fire body
primary.
Shipwrecker
Type B  Earth Body
Shiprecker is a minor planet, a
mere 90 miles in diameter. A single
continent covers half of
Shipwrecker’s surface; the rest is a
single stormy sea. The continent is
fairly rugged, with forest-covered
lowlands giving way to craggy
mountains. The climate is cool, with
thick fog and mists common.
Shipwrecker has no winter, but a
stormy season that lasts four
th
months, from the 10 month to the
nd
2 month, by Bral’s calendar. The
storms are so fierce that ship
landings are almost impossible and
very little lumbering, fishing or
farming can be done due to the
rain. Roaming the forests and
mountains is a range of animals
suited for those environments.
Stalking the animals are goblins
and harpies.
The planet is named for a minor
goblin sea goddess. The goblins
call her Latanuut, which means
“Undernight” in their language; her
human and demi-human
worshippers know her as
Shipwrecker. The humans and
demihumans try to appease
Shipwrecker to prevent the many
shipwrecks attributed to her wrath.
Trade with the goblins is strictly
forbidden by the Crown Prince of
Bral. Shipwrecker has two major
settlements, each surrounded by a
handful of outlying villages and
logging camps.
Shipwrecker is the known base of
operations of the Shipwrecker
Fellows, a band of pirates who
operate as many as a dozen
vessels. They attack ships
throughout Bralspace, seeking
plunder. Despite setbacks at the
hands of adventurers, the
Shipwrecker Fellows remain a
persistent problem for merchants
across the sphere.
Scalabar (small city): Founded a
century ago by refugees out of
Astrylon, Pathspace, Scalabar is
the largest city on Shipwrecker. It is
a bustling coastal city surrounded
by hills. It is a mercantile city
heavily reliant on trade. It has a
sizable Merchant’s Guild that
controls many galleons, some
equipped with spelljamming helms.
For a time Scalabar was an
economic rival to Bral, although its
growth was limited by the stormy
season of Shipwrecker.
Wrighters (town): A colony of Bral,
Wrighters was founded to harvest
local timber for ship construction.
About half of the town supports
Bral’s Shipwrighters’ Guild, with the
rest being miners, farmers, and a
few adventurers. Gold was recently
discovered in the nearby
mountains, leading to numerous
skirmishes with local goblin tribes.
Minial’s Arch
Type B  Earth Body
This small forested planet is home
to a colony of displaced grauagach
elves. They have called Minial’s
Arch for well over a millennia,
although none know when or under
what circumstances they came to
this planet. The graungach refuse
to speak with outsiders, even other
elves, of the reasons for their
coming to Minial’s Arch. Nor do
they speak of where they come
from, although sages speculate the
world of Greyhawk is their home
world. The grauagach consider
themselves a single tribe with many
clans. They are very insular,
avoiding outsiders and even killing
those who stumble across their
hidden camps.
Even other elves, including the
Elven Imperial Fleet, are not
welcomed. A single ambassador of
the Fleet is allowed to attend and
advise the tribe’s council of elders.
The elves are certainly aware of
spelljammers but are thought to
maintain none of their own. The
clans are nomadic, wandering from
one wooded glade to another. Their
lifestyle is hunter-gather, favoring
the spear and the bow. Their
priests have abilities similar to
druids, and many rangers are
counted as clan leaders.
The forests of Minial’s Arch are mix
of deciduous trees, firs, and
spruces. The forest floor is cast in
eternal shadow save for rare
meadows. Ground cover of ferns,
thickets, and brush is dense,
making movement difficult and
treacherous. A grove of treants
watches over the forests, aided by
a few dryads and nymphs. The
fauna is exceptionally dangerous,
with predators including wargs,
cave bears, giant boars, giant
porcupines, and a much feared
grizzly squirrel.
Barbuda
Type C  Water
Body
Barbuda is a tiny water world. It has
a breathable atmosphere an many
islands comprised of rock and
coral. Some float on the surface,
while others drift below the surface.
The islands drift randomly, never
approaching closer than a mile. The
ocean is salty but not excessively
so. At the core of Barbuda is a five
mile wide sphere of glowing hot
iron. Due to the warming effects of
this core combined with sunlight,
the ocean is uniformly warmed to
tropical temperatures.
Barbuda is a beautiful world with
bountiful stocks of fish.
Spelljamming fishing vessels would
frequent Barbuda were it not for the
dangers of the world poses to such
ventures. A few years ago, a group
of half-orcs came to Barbuda to fish
the waters. They disappeared
shortly thereafter, their ship run
aground on an island. It is thought
that the native sea sprites,
Barbados’ most populous race,
were involved in their
disappearance. Another danger is
the many tribes of sahaugin that
lurk in the waters. The sahaugin are
aggressively trying to acquire
spelljammers. When they detect
that a spelljammer has entered
their waters, they will swarm and try
to board it, slaying the crew and
seizing the helm. Most captains
avoid the planet as a result.
Aside from the sahaugin and sea
sprites, the islands are home to
fruit-eating animals. There are
many birds and small mammals.
The largest animal is the
banderlogs, which inhabit the larger
islands. One large island, known as
Domina, is home to a small family
of couatl. The creatures are polite
and friendly, and work with sea
sprites to keep the sahaugin from
acquiring spelljammers.
Numeliador
Type B  Live Body
Numeliador is a cluster of asteroids
linked together by an enormous
plant of unknown origin. The
brown=green plant generates an
atmosphere shared by all of the
asteroids. It is considered a “live”
world by some spelljammer
societies. Numeliador is the name
of both the planet and the small
elven town that is the largest
settlement and translates roughly
as “Tree Town”. The Elven Fleet
maintains a presence at
Numeliador in the form of a
garrison and a Man-O-War that
patrols the space around the
planet.
The asteroids that make up
Numeliador have varied terrains.
Several asteroids are thickly
forested, ranging from boreal pine
to temperate mixed to even
broadleaf rainforests. Other
asteroids are covered by rugged,
snow-capped mountains, prairie,
and grasslands. Wildlife includes
many types of elk, rodents, foxes,
timber wolves, some bears, and a
handful of monster types such as
owlbears, giant spiders, and wargs.
Numeliador is an elven colony. The
elves are a mix of refugees from
other spheres who began to settle
this world a little over two centuries
ago. They are cautious, cynical,
and proud. Although they accept
the presence of the Elven Imperial
Fleet, the residents are fiercely
independent. Vessels of the
Sindiath Line are welcomed, as are
those owned by “elf-friends”.
Numeliador is largely self-sufficient,
a rarity in Bralspace.
Numeliador Port (town): A
beautiful town that glows in the
shadow of Numeliador’s branches,
the port is comprised of scores of
platforms and buildings built into
the trunk and branches of the tree.
The port is fairly busy, as a dozen
ships are docked here at any given
time. Swan boats, small vessels
enchanted to levitate, work the
harbor ferrying cargo and
passengers between the docks and
the vessels.
Spiral
Type C  Earth Body
One of the largest planets in
Bralspace, Spiral would be a minor
moon in many other spheres. It has
two continents, each ringing
Spiral’s poles and giving the planet
a striped appearance. Twisting,
turning rivers mark each continent,
conneting the polar seas to the
equatorial ocean. The northern
polar sea has a small semi-
permanent ice cap, which calves off
icebergs in summer. The southern
polar sea has a deep blue
coloration. Seasons on Spiral are
mild, with cool winters and warm
summers. Fogs and mists are
common, especially in morning
hours.
Spiral is a forested world,
dominated by evergreens with a
smattering of oaks and laurels.
Ferns, mosses, shrubs, and
grasses cover the forest floor.
Wildlife includes dear, moose,
rabbits, foxes, wolves, falcons, and
hawks. Most of the monster species
of Spiral have been driven into the
hinterlands and include variants of
wyverns, displacer beasts, and the
like.
Spiral is a conquered world. Near
the outset of the Second Unhuman
War, a large fleet of humanoids
invaded the planet and murdered
much of Spiral’s native elven
population. The humans and
halflings of Spiral were enslaved,
and the dwarves fled into their
mountain strongholds. The
survivors are fighting a guerilla war
against the humanoids, and the
invaders have recruited local
humanoid populations to hold onto
the planet. The Red Tarantula
Fleet, which had initially conquered
the planet, suffered near
catastrophic losses in a bid to claim
the Cloak of the First Pilot, and their
hold over the planet is tenuous.
Ironpiece
Type C ◗ Earth Body
Outermost of Bralspace’s worlds,
Ironpiece is a flat world that
resembles a coin from Krynnspace,
hence its name. The edges are
hard granite cliffs several miles
high, with no easy way to reach one
side from the other without a
spelljammer.
Ironpice was colonized by gnomes
a few generations ago, who built a
port on one side of the planet at the
shore of a large lake. Although
initially colonized by tinker gnomes
out of Krynn, rock and forest
gnomes have come to call
Ironpiece home. There are
numerous gnomish villages
scattered across the planet, mostly
in the forested hills and low
mountains. The open plains are
used by ranchers to raise huge
herds of giant space hamsters,
which serve as a power source and
food staple to the gnomes.
Port Walkaway (small city): One
of the largest tinker gnome colonies
outside of Krynn, Port Walkaway
sits on the shores of Lake
Crashsplash. It is well-defended by
a strong naval presence as well as
defensive towers with catapults and
ballista. These defenses were
tested recently when the Red
Tarantula Fleet, in their bid to claim
the Cloak of the First Pilot, engaged
in battle with the Elven Fleet near
Ironpiece. When the gnomes
arrived at the battle, they opened
fire on both fleets to drive them
away, destroying several humanoid
vessels. When the humanoids
attempted to raid Port Walkaway,
they suffered even more casualties
and were driven off. Port Walkaway
is a marvel of gnomish engineering,
with many wondrous hamster-
powered devices and a large
shipyard. Visitors find that
everything is gnome-sized.
Asteroid Fields
In addition to the many minor
worlds, Bralspace has dozens of
small asteroid clusters and fields.
Most have only a few size A
asteroids and generally not marked
on any star chart. A few are
significant enough to make note of.
Diamondhammer’s Stake: Trailing
the Rock of Bral by five million
miles, this asteroid field is claimed
by the dwarves. Four clans of
dwarves out of Greyspace migrated
to this area a century ago, the
largest and strongest of which
being the Diomandhammers. It
supplies Bral with common,
everyday tools. The Stake is
comprised of three major asteroids
and scores of smaller ones.
God’s Marbles: A cluster of over
one hundred asteroids of various
sizes, God’s Marbles is rich in life.
Scavvers, delphinidds, asteroid
spiders, zards, and pish are
common, as well as kindori. Infinity
vine infests the cluster, which
keeps most captains away. Rock
hoppers inhabit the cluster,
surviving on scavvers and the
occasional kindori. The Deepdelve
clan of dwarves operates a
prosperous mining operation here.
The field is rumored to contain the
lair of a dragon.
Grainfields: This large group of
asteroids is owned by merchant
houses operating out of Bral,
particularly Houses Moune, Kullek,
and Daxault. They operate several
farms that produce much of Bral’s
food, so the whole field falls under
the Prince’s protection. Privateers
and the Royal Bralian Navy often
patrol Grainfields, hunting for pirate
groups and monsters that would
threaten the farms. The field has
roughly fifty asteroids. It has its
share of rumors claiming that ghost
ships, undead vessels, and
monstrous void scavvers haunt the
deeper regions of Grainfields.
Asteroid Cities of
Bralspace
Bralspace is famous for its many
asteroid cities that are not located
on or orbiting any major world.
These cities are centers of
commerce and trade.
Rock of Bral (small city): The
most famous city in Bralspace, the
Rock of Bral is the sphere’s largest
port. It is also the most active, with
scores of ships arriving and
departing daily. It is ruled by Prince
Andru, a crafty politician and
master of the Machiavellian politics
of the sphere. Bral has numerous
small colonies throughout the
sphere, including Wrighters on
Shipwrecker and the Grainfields.
Gulciryat (small city): Built on the
largest leviathan ever found,
Gulciryat has the appearance of the
legendary Spelljammer itself. Unlike
the Spelljammer, Gulciryat is
unpowered and merely orbits the
sun. It is a hotbed of cut-throat
politics between the many factions,
including enclaves of beholders,
illithids, and even neogi.
Serraine (small city): The most
recent arrival to Bralspace,
Serraine hails originally from the
world of Mystara. The flying city
was teleported to Bralspace by
unknown means during a time of
upheaval on that world. The city
has limited means to fly about the
sphere, although only slowly and
without much grace. It is defended
by several squadrons of magical
craft.
Topaline (village): The legendary
and remote City of Mystics,
Topaline is a minor player in
Bralspace politics. Its founders fled
from some cataclysm in another
sphere, using psionic means of
travel. The inhabitants have built a
society focused on psionics. It is
defended by a group known as the
Shadowmasters, who excel in
psionic training.
Unipaxala (town): An asteroid
settlement of pacifists, Unipaxalan
is inhabited by people who worship
a philosophy of peace. Unipaxalans
live simple lives of meditation and
labor. Their society is a theocracy,
ruled by priests clad in blue and
purple-robed who somehow gain
spells through their philosophy. The
settlement is defended by a
powerful artifact called the Ice-Ring
Projector, which can surround the
asteroid in a sphere of ice,
impervious to normal attacks. The
neogi briefly occupied Unipaxala
but were driven off by the infamous
wizardess Meredith.
Lirak’s Cube (small city): This
cube-shaped asteroid is famous for
housing several individual colleges
and universities that teach magic,
psionics, fighting techniques, art,
science, literature, mathematics,
and the like. Several large and
famous bardic colleges are based
on Lirak’s Cube. The population is
divided between the faculty of the
various colleges, the students, and
those who provide services to the
former. While Lirak’s Cube lacks a
proper defensive fleet, many of the
teachers are powerful members in
their field of study, including more
than a few arch-mages, high
priests, master psionicists, and
renowned duelists.
Oloth Velkyn (town): Known as
“Hidden Darkness” to the elves, this
almost mythical fortress is home to
the Nation of Eternal Twilight of
dark elves. The location of Oloth
Velkyn is unknown, and many
consider it a fairy tale meant to
frighten misbehaving children and
sailors new to Bralspace.
Eleusens (town): A small farming
asteroid, Eleusens is most famous
as the largest temple to Demeter in
Bralspace. It is mostly a human
settlement, with some halflings and
dwarves. Settled first by marooned
dwarves, and then priests of
Demeter, a formerly barren asteroid
was turned into one of Bralspace’s
breadbaskets. Every standard year,
it hosts a 10-day festival, with an
even larger festival every five years
known as the Eleuinian Mysteries.
Further Reading: by L. Richard Baker III; Legend of
http://www.spelljammer.org/worlds/ the Spelljammer © 1991 by Jeff
Bralspace/ by Paul Westermyer; Grubb; PC2 Top Ballista © 1989 by
Cloakmaster Cycle #3 The Carl Sargent; Dungeon #31
Maelstrom’s Eye © 1992 by Roger Through the Glittering Veil © 1991
E. More; Shipwrecker © 1983 by by Steven Kurtz; Spelljammer #1-4
Sue Stone; Dungeon #74 © 1999 The Rogue Ship © 1990 by
Scourge of Scalabar by Christopher Barbara Kesel DC; Dungeon #45
Perkins; SJR4 Practical An Artist’s Errant © 1994 by Steve
Planetology © 1991 by Nigel Kurtz; SJA2 Skull & Crossbows ©
Findley; SJR5 Rock of Bral © 1992 1990 by Nigel Findley.
Faeriespace
In the Known Spheres, Faeriespace to be part of a single, sphere-
is one of the most unusual. The spanning society.
sphere is host to a single tree so
vast, it is impossible to be fully seen Faeriespace has sixteen fruit-like
from anywhere in the sphere. The suns and eight planets. The planets
furthest branches brush the are further subdivided into two
crystalline shell of the sphere, while groups – Vastdarken, which occupy
the roots disappear into the the lower branches and are
bottommost portions of the sphere. generally considered to be “evil”, for
The sphere wall is a smooth plane their inhabitants are evil-aligned;
FAERIESPACE – and Upgood, which occupy the
of crystal, although it concaves
Wildspace from SJA3 gradually. The stars of Faeriespace upper branches and considered
Crystal Spheres are gigantic glowing mushrooms, “good”, as good-aligned creatures
some twenty feet tall and glowing inhabit them. The inhabitants of
Sun Fruits with a light intensity equal to that of Vastdarken often try to invade and
Type C  Fire subjugate Upgood, but little ever
Armon a continual light spell. Star-
mushrooms may be chopped down come of these attempts. More often
Type B ⯎ Live
than not the Vastdarken natives will
Genla and even hauled away for use as
 reagents in alchemy formulas. The turn on one another for their own
Type D Earth
Freemor very next day, a new mushroom petty reasons and invasions fail
Type D  Earth has taken its place. There are many before they ever truly begin. The
Agron tens of thousands of mushrooms. people of Upgood, on the other
Type D  Earth hand, live carefree lives and care
Tiqua The tree that dominates much of little about the affairs of others.
Type D  Earth
Faeriespace generates its own
Morath Despite the enormous size of the
Type D  Earth gravity and an inexhaustible
atmosphere. Anyone can travel star beast tree, Faeriespace is a
Krag
Type D  Earth along the branches and leaves, small sphere, perhaps the smallest
Bestra although the distances are in all of the Known Spheres. Sages
Type D  Earth unimaginably vast. Caravans often are unsure exactly how big
Mish traverse the branches, taking long Faeriespace is – standard methods
Type D  Earth used to measure a sphere seem to
months and even years to reach
their destination. Time moves fail utterly when used. Sometimes
strangely in Faeriespace, and the measurements indicate
seemingly impossible task of Faeriespace is a “mere” ten million
travelling by foot from one world to miles in diameter. At other times, it
another is not impossible. Those is over a billion miles in diameter.
that embark on these long journeys Measurements give wildly varied
often have hazy memories of the results, confounding cartographers
trip, sometimes unsure of how long and sages alike. Most agree
they were really travelling. Sages Faeriespace is somewhat smaller
are at a loss to explain how than a billion miles in diameter and
traveling along the branches works, larger than a million miles, although
and chalk it up as another mystery some disagree even to this. The
of the sphere. Regardless of the nature of Faeriespace is such that
nature of the travel, all of the worlds its mysteries are impossible to
of Faeriespace believe themselves solve.
The roots of the tree disappear at
the bottom of the sphere. Where
the roots approach the sphere wall,
thick mists surround and obscure
the point of contact. Expeditions
into these misty areas disappear
entirely. Some return centuries later
with tales of fantastic voyages to
other planes of existence, from
elemental planes to the outer
planes. Others find nothing at all.
The entire sphere might be
considered a single kingdom, ruled
by a being known as the One-King
of Faeriespace, Aelivere. His will is
the absolute authority in the sphere,
and all will obey his will. Most
believe him to be a deity of some
sort. Aelieve simply ignore such
questions if asked. His authority
and power is so great he needs no
council, ambassadors, or any other
trappings of government to rule; he
simply wills something to happen,
and it happens. Aelivere rules from
his capital city of Armon, found at
the juncture of the three main
branches of the tree, at the very
center of the sphere.
Faeriespace is well-known and its
position well-charted, but the
sphere sees little traffic. The reason
is that the natives of the sphere are
chaotic and unpredictable. There is
no telling if a hold full of cargo will
find buyers in Faeriespace.
Sometimes a particular color of
fabric might be in fashion, other
times it will be shunned. While most
merchants expect this with most
ports, it is particularly pronounced
in Faeriespace. Most visitors are
adventurers on some grand
adventure and need something that
only Faeriespace can provide.
Sun Fruits
Type C  Fire Body
Faeriespace has not one, but
sixteen individual suns. The suns
shine very brightly, and collectively
illuminate the entire sphere. The
sun fruits are small for fire bodies,
only a few hundred miles across.
Each fire body is inhabited by fire
loving creatures, although creatures
follow the cultural norms of
Faeriespace. There are small
enclaves of efreet, some elmarin,
q’nidar, and hell hounds.
Sun fruits are as dangerous to
approach as any fire body. Magic
that provides protection against
magical fire will protect an
individual from taking fire damage
when near a sun fruit. The sun
fruits are blinding when a person is
too close, so proper protections
against blinding light is
recommended as well. The heat
does not affect the branches or
leaves of the Faeriespace tree in
any fashion.
The branches and leaves around
the suns move and twist in such a
fashion to, at certain times, obscure
light from the suns to create a day
and night cycle across the sphere.
Thus Faeriespace has a sphere-
wide day of roughly twenty-four
standard hours, evenly divided
between day and night. The day
lengths are not constant, and can
vary greatly.
Armon
Type B ⯎ Live Body
Armon sits at the trifurcation of the
star beast tree. It is the capital city
of Faeriespace, where the
mushroomed palace of Aelivere.
The light of Armon shines brightly,
visible from anywhere in
Faeriespace. The people who dwell
at Armon do so by the will of
Aelivere. The various races take
pride in being allowed to live at
Armon but are reluctant to show it.
Each race has an enclave that is
geographically ideal for their race.
Thus elves dwell in forests,
dwarves in mountains, and so forth.
At the center of Armon is the
Mushroom Palace of Aelivere. The
palace is an ever-changing
labyrinth of rooms and passages.
Without a guide, visitors will
become hopelessly lost.
Not far from the Mushroom Palace
are the guest cottages for visitors.
There are always just enough
cottages to house visitors, with
quarters ideally suited for the
visiting race.
The rest of Armon is spread across
several square miles and includes
high mountains and broad forests.
Genla
Type D  Earth Body
A planet in Upgood, Genla has
many wild forests and wide
meadows. Elven and centaur tribes
wander the world.
Sweetmeadow (town): A town of
elves, centaurs, humans, and half-
elves, Sweetmeadow sits along the
shores of a lake and has docks for
water-landing ships. This small
town was the base of operations for
the adventuring party, Warriors of
the Endless Void, while they
explored Faeriespace, and gained
a good deal of fame from those
times. The locals are welcoming to
good-aligned adventurers.
Astella (town): The Elven Imperial
Fleet maintains a very minor
garrison in Faeriespace. The elves
feel no need to post any significant
military force in the sphere, as the
nature of the sphere prevents
humanoids from becoming a
serious threat to the native elves.
Rather, the Fleet keeps a small
enclave, Astella, to maintain trade
and communication with native
Faeriespace elves. The Fleet keeps
a small number of smallcraft
stationed here to act as
messengers and to ferry
passengers.
Freemor
Type D  Earth Body
Freemor is one of the planets
counted as part of Upgood.
Freemor is rugged with rolling hills
and starkly beautiful mountains.
Many gnomes, halflings, and
dwarves dwell on this planet.
Glenshire (town): A halfling and
gnome town, Glenshire is home of
the Underroot clan. A large hanger
workshop is built into a hill, where
shrikeships can be built and
repaired. Glenshire has two
excellent inns and many small
shops.
Glondir (town): This dwarven town
has many dwarves mining away at
a mithril deposit, which they use to
make exquisite works of art. Their
hand-held sculptures are highly
sought after by art collectors across
the Known Spheres, especially on
Selune in Realmspace.
Agron
Type D  Earth Body
A world counted as one of the
Upgood worlds, Argon has many
sparking rivers flowing from
picturesque mountains into broad
lakes. Nixies, sprites, and other
faeries are common place.
The Dancing Court: This magical
place is a gathering place for
faeries. The place is always lively
and jovial. Those who need
something from faeries are directed
here. Visitors will face endless
pranks. Those who are good
natured and can endure an
indeterminate amount of pranks
can usually get what they want,
although they may lose their pride
and dignity in the process.
Lake Evernor (town): This large
lake with deep reaches is host to a
town of nixies. The nixies are
initially shy of strangers, but if
offered a proper tribute, they will
become friendlier. The lake is
famous for its deep purple pearls,
which can fetch high prices in other
spheres. Acquiring pearls is
difficult, as the nixies do not simply
trade them but instead gift them to
those who perform services to
them.
Tiqua
Type D  Earth Body
Rolling hills, prairie, forests, and
low mountains are features of this
Upgood world. Djinni, centaurs, and
herds of pegasi and unicorns roam
the wide open areas of Tiqua.
Dragon’s Mountain: This tall,
beautiful mountain stands alone
from any nearby peaks. It is home
to the ancient brass dragon Ifrig.
His lair hides many strange
treasures Ifrig has collected over
the centuries. Ifrig is willing to trade
old treasures, but expects proper
compensation. He knows instantly
the value of everything anyone
brings into his lair, and may trade
for something valuable.
Alternatively, he may send
adventurers on a quest to recover
some treasure that he heard of and
desires to add to his collection.
Zephyr Caravan: Wandering
endless over the surface of Tiqua is
this caravan of djinni, centaurs,
elves, humans, and pixies. The folk
are good natured and welcome
visitors as guests. Travelers should
be warned that many become
enthralled with the nomadic life of
the Caravan and never leave. More
than one noble or merchant has to
be rescued from the Caravan by
adventurers.
Morath
Type D  Earth Body
Morath is counted as part of
Vastdarken. It is a bleak world, with
wide wastelands, deserts, and
broken mountains. Its forests are
sickly or dead.
Trollmoot (town): This fabled town
is said to lay somewhere deep in
Morath. An open market, a buyer
can find about anything at
Trollmoot, from weapons and
reagents to caged pixies and
dwarven slaves.
Grouchy Gorb’s Lair: Gorb is a
beholder from Realmspace who
fled that sphere over a century ago.
Gorb settled down on Morath and
has become something of a local
information broker. Gorb has “gone
native” and has adopted most of
the cultural traits of Faeriespace.
Butters the goblin is his butler.
Krag
Type D  Earth Body
The world of Krag has many ugly,
jutting mountains and desert
wastelands. Dragons, behir,
manticores, and other monsters are
found in abundance on this world of
the Vastdarken.
Ruins of Kragmoor Castle: A dark
and foreboding ruin, Kragmoor
Castle was the seat of power for an
evil warlord. The ruins are haunted
by his ghost and many undead
monsters. If destroyed, the undead
will reappear the next night. Great
treasure is said to be hidden in
Kragmoor’s dungeons.
Stonehall (village): This small
village is inhabited by a group of
medusa and their many servants
and pets. The medusa are wealthy
and do no immediately attack
travelers, so some unscrupulous
merchants make stops at Stonehill
to peddle wares to them. The
medusas are unpredictable; a
merchant may leave with a great
deal of wealth, or may become part
of the garden of statues.
Bestra
Type D  Earth Body
The forested world of Bestra is a
Vastdarken world. Its many low
mountain ranges and hills are
covered by dense, mist-shrouded
forests. Many monsters, especially
goblins, werewolves, trolls, and
displacer beasts, stalk the forests.
Hag’s Hill: A coven of hags dwell
in a stinking lair near the summit of
this hill. They have many servants
of various races, including even
charmed humans. The coven is
considered oracles as their
prophecies are always accurate, if
vague and open to many
interpretations. The hags demand a
high price for their services, of
course.
Lupland (town): This seemingly
normal town of humans and half-
elves is very welcoming to
travelers. The residents are all
werewolves, who lure visitors into a
false sense of security before
terrorizing and hunting them. Few
manage to escape with their lives.
On rare occasion, the werewolves
will infect a visitor, typically those
who are particularly vicious and
cruel, or those to whom becoming a
werewolf would be especially
horrific and traumatic.
Mish
Type D  Earth Body
Dread swamps and stinking
marshes broken by ugly, craggy
mountains dominate Mish. This
world is part of Vastdarken and
home to many undead,
werewolves, and will o’wisps.
Goblinhaven (town): A dark, grim
fortress, Goblinshaven is a place of
unspeakable horror. The great
goblin Ilgor is mustering army to
march upon the worlds of Upgood.
Of note, the goblins have been
harvesting timber and mining for
iron, and the skeletal framework of
vessels have been seen rising from
the wasteland surrounding
Goblinshaven.
Fenwing’s Lair: An ancient black
dragon has transformed this fetid
swamp into a maze of tangling
vines, traps, and quicksand.
Fenwing recently came into
possession of a spelljamming helm,
and has become interested in
exploring other worlds and spheres.
The monster has dispatched his
goblin and troll servants on a quest
to find out more about
spelljamming.
Further Reading: SJA3 Crystal
Spheres © 1990 by J. Paul
LaFountain
Greatspace
One of the largest of the Known Arcane, who sold many helms to
Spheres, Greatspace is roughly the House Shambrath.
same size as Greyspace. It is a
moderately warm sphere, cold in its Greatspace is fairly typical of
outermost reaches out beyond spheres, with vast stretches of
Boran, and hot when closer to its wildspace free of natural hazards. It
primary, Lanth, than Skora. The does have a fair share of unusual
majority of the sphere’s wildspace and outright magical hazards. For a
is neither too hot nor too cold. time the Thesalysa navy kept
Special clothing to handle extreme scavvers and krajen in check, but
GREATSPACE – following recent events, attacks
heat or cold is not necessary.
Wildspace from SJA3 from those monsters is on the rise.
Crystal Spheres There are twelve permanent portals At least one of the rare type of
along the primary orbital inclination scavver, commonly called the deep
Lanth of the sphere. The portals are very void scavvers, has been spotted in
Type H  Fire wide, over a thousand feet across the outermost portions of the
Karrington and wide enough for multiple ships sphere, attacking tradesmen,
Type D  Inert Fire
to pass through at the same time. wasps, and squidships it
Skora
The portals cannot be dispelled or encounters.
Type D  Earth
Thesalys closed by any means short of
artifact level magic. For a time the The whole sphere is considered to
Type E  Earth
Lagor’s World portals were closely monitored by be run by a single empire, with the
Type D  Earth Thesalysan warships, and later third planet, Thesalysa, considered
Longpoint blockaded by T’Laan’s henchmen. the throne world. The empire has
Type F  Earth, Following T’Laan’s fall, the portals many warships at its command.
four are no longer being monitored. The exact number is a state secret
moons but surpasses one hundred
The Gray Belt While Greatspace is an ancient hammerships and four times that
+
Type A + Earth sphere, the natives adopted number in smaller warships. Due to
Hecht
spelljamming only recently. It was the machinations of the vampire
Type D  Earth
Boran visited only sporadically for T’Laan, the navy of Greatspace
Type E  Earth, one millennia by lone ships and suffered greatly, with many
moon explorers, which did not stay long competent officers purged so
and left few traces of their passing. T’Laan could install his cronies.
Not long after Thesalysa unified After T’Laan was defeated, his
under House Shambrath, the cronies fled, taking many
people of that world turned their Greatspace warships with them.
attention skyward, and invested Many of these came together as
heavily in astronomy. The famed the Dark Sons pirate band.
astronomer Lagor discovered the
planet that bears his name, the first The people of Greatspace are
not visible to the naked eye from referred to as citizens. They believe
Thesalysa. His discoveries would themselves an intellectual lot,
inspire research into magic allowing holding science in a higher regard
travel to other worlds, such that the than magic. Citizens greatly revere
first crude spacecraft would enter the Olympian pantheon, believing
wildspace a century later. The Zeus created Greatspace long ago
activity attracted the attention of the after tiring of the petty strife of
mortals in another sphere. Only
nobles may become priests of
Zeus. Due to the citizens’
reverence of science, priests of
Zeus must be well educated and
have a scientific mindset. The rest
of the Olympian pantheon is held in
high regard as well. Despite many
attempts, other pantheons have
been unable to gain more than a
tiny foothold in the sphere.
The sphere-wide government
headed by House Shambrath,
which ruled uninterrupted for eight
and a half centuries, was recently
disrupted by an evil monster known
as T’Laan. This creature unleashed
a reign of terror that lasted but a
few short years. In that brief time,
thousands were slain, evil cults
took root, and the whole sphere
was thrown into chaos. Life in the
sphere is slowly returning to
normal, yet the seeds of evil T’Laan
planted took root and are very
difficult to destroy.
Primary: Lanth
Type H  Fire Body
The primary of Greatspace is the
hot and enormous fire body Lanth.
It is a bright, hot sun that is
somewhat larger than the suns of
Realmspace and Greyspace. It has
a strong, yellow hue. Despite the
light and heat, ships can approach
fairly close without risk. Closer than
this “safe” distance, a saving throw
vs normal fire is required. A failure
indicates a small fire breaks out
causing a hull point of damage.
In recent memory, Lanth was
subject to magical dimming by a
powerful artifact created by the
vampire T’Laan. Heroes countered
the effects by use of Sun Seeds
obtained from Faeriespace, and the
magical darkness was defeated.
Although the effects were defeated,
there are some lingering dark
patches on Lanth resembling sun
spots. These dark patches,
completely lost in the glare from the
surrounding sunlight, are several
thousand miles across. The overall
shape of these patches is not
stable, but the number of thirteen
never changes. The darkness only
blocks light, not heat, so they are
dangerous to approach. They are
not visible from further away than
Karrington, and have no effect on
the overall amount of sunlight Lanth
produces. Some scholars and
priests claim that T’Laan, or some
of his henchmen, have a great
citadel of evil hidden somewhere in
the dark patches.
Lanth is dotted with a handful of
strongholds of creatures from the
fire-loving creatures such as efreeti
and salamanders. These were
unaffected by the actions of T’Laan
and are unconcerned with events
beyond the walls of their own
citadels.
Karrington
Type D  Inert Fire
Body
Innermost of Greatspace’s planets,
Karrington is a blasted wasteland.
The surface is a furnace, with
temperatures nearly hot enough to
melt lead. Eons of being blasted by
heat from Lanth has worn away
surface features, reducing the
surface to vast plains broken only
by rolling hills, all that remains of
ancient mountains. Karrington lacks
water, and barely holds onto a thin,
deadly atmosphere. No known
creature, living or unloving, survives
on Karrington. The interior of this
planet is unexplored.
Pit of Night: A rare feature on
Karrington’s surface, the Pit of Nigh
is located near the northern pole
and sits between several hills so
that the pit is cast in eternal
shadow. When T’Laan needed a
corpse to vanish, he deposited the
body in this miles deep shaft. The
immense heat would ensure the
corpse’s rapid destruction. Rarely,
the soul of the murdered individual
would carry on, and the shaft is
haunted by dozens of wraiths,
ghosts, and other non-corporeal
undead.
Skora
Type D  Earth Body
Skora is the second planet from
Lanth. It is cloaked in a poisonous
methane atmosphere and wracked
by violent storms. The thick
atmosphere creates a fog that
completely obscures Skora’s
surface from orbit. Despite high
winds, visibility on the surface is
limited to a mere twenty feet during
the day, and at night darkness is
complete. Surface temperatures
are more tolerable than on
Karrington, with highs at a “mere”
150 degrees Fahrenheit. Creatures
that live on Skora are adapted to
the deadly methane atmosphere
and include many oozes, puddings,
and similar creatures. The
creatures are unintelligent and
merely eternally wander the surface
in search of food.
A wizard known as Kieman is said
to reside on Skora. His residence is
magically warded against the
hostile environment and wandering
monsters. It is unknown if Kieman
really exists or if he makes Skora
his home. If rumors are true,
Kieman desires privacy above all
else, and chose the most Skora to
discourage visitors. If Kieman really
exists, he is a very powerful wizard
th
(at least 18 level) or possibly a
lich.
Blightbreath Caverns: These
dripping, muddy caverns are under
a small mountain that occasionally
spews steam and toxic gases. The
dungeon-like complex is home to
the hag Iux’ri, a monster with the
form of an annis hag and the
th
magical abilities of a 20 level
witch. Iux’ri is ancient. She is at
least a thousand years old, and has
spent much of that time observing
the people of the sphere through
her crystal ball. She has many
servants at her disposal, and has
subtly influenced the sphere to her
liking through her charms and astral
projection. Iux’ri knows a great deal
about Greatspace, but parts with
her knowledge only reluctantly and
always expects a sacrifice or trade.
She cannot be threatened or
bullied, and may in fact be
immortal.
Thesalys
Type E  Earth Body
The world of Thesalys is the throne
world of the Greatspace
government, with House
Shambrath at the head. Governor
of Greatspace,
the head of House Shambrath is a
mere figurehead in many aspects.
Most of the power is in the hands of
the hundreds of noble houses who
hold land across the sphere or
command great fleets of merchant
ships. On Thesalys, there are five
separate governments ruling under
the authority of House Shambrath,
the most dominant of the five.
Thesalys is similar to Toril or Oerth,
with broad oceans separating
continents, with arctic conditions at
the poles, tropical weather at the
equator, and temperate climates in
between. Such landscapes give
rise to many different cultures and
peoples, from hardy desert dwellers
to woodsmen to city folk.
As the center of the Greatspace
government, Thesalys is home to
more spelljammer ports than the
rest of the sphere combined. There
are more than twenty ports
dedicated to the building, repairing,
and servicing spelljammers.
Civilians favor cogs, caravels,
galleons, and other waterborne
craft, while the military makes
heavy use of hammerships and
squidships. The halflings of
Thesalys are especially skilled
shipwrights and run many of the
drydocks. Recent losses have
prompted the military to purchase
several galleons as well until new
larger warships can be built.
Recently the shipyards of Thesalys
have been exploring bird-like
designs, giving rise to the
hummingbird and the shrikeship.
Skyview Castle: The seat of
House Shambrath, Skyview Castle
was built in a time of peace and
prosperity. It is a magnificent
structure built to inspire wonder
rather than as a defensive
structure. Scientists from across
Greatspace dream of being invited
to study at the castle, as its library
and laboratory facilities are
excellent. The castle is adjacent to
a university complex where many
young students are taught in
chemistry, mathematics, geology,
and many other scientific and even
magical courses.
Trune (metropolis): The largest
shipyard on Thesalys is famed
across the entire sphere. It has dry
docks to build traditional naval
vessels such as caravels and
galleons, as well as tradesmen,
squidships, and hammerships. At
newly built dry dock, shrikeships
can be built. This facility is also
where the hummingbird was
constructed. As many as ten
shrikeships are in various stages of
construction, a process that takes
several months to complete. It can
handle only one hummingbird at a
time, which takes twice as long as a
shrikeship and requires the service
of several highly specialized
craftsmen. Trune is a bustling port
with many markets that welcome
goods from other spheres.
Zeumpus (large city): Occupying
the top of a low, rocky mountain,
Zeumpus is the temple-city of Zeus.
From the commanding heights of
the mountain peak, the priests have
constructed a city of rare splendor
and wealth. The city is famed for its
scientific pursuits and sprawling
universities where the next
generation of priests learns from
aged teachers. Darker arts were
recently introduced by T’Laan, and
schools of necromancy and
reanimation were opened in secret.
Although now forbidden, many still
study the darker side of science
and the arcane under the very
noses of the priests of Zeus.
Lagor’s World
Type D  Earth Body
Small, distant and dim, Lagor’s
World was discovered after
Longpoint, roughly eight and a half
centuries ago. It is named for the
famed astronomer Lagor who
invented the telescope. It would not
be visited until spelljammers came
to Greatspace, and it was
discovered Lagor’s World was
inhabited.
Lagor’s World is very similar to
Thesalys with high mountains, wide
plains, deep forests, and broad
seas. The planet is only somewhat
smaller than Thesalys, but has
more arable land due to having
smaller seas than Thesalys. The
land of this planet is very
productive, supporting a very large
population. The climate is slightly
colder, with larger arctic regions
and a smaller tropical zone.
Lagor’s World is densely populated.
There are over fifty distinct human
cultures on the planet, with a
smattering of gnome and halfling
enclaves as well. Dwarves and
elves dwell in tiny, isolated
communities. The many individual
realms constantly compete with one
another in petty squabbles that
rarely boil over into actual violence.
Due to scarcer resources and a
higher population, the people of
Lagor’s World are not as well off as
those on Thesalys.
Arens (large city): Long ago Arens
was devoted to the Olympian god
of war, Ares. As war became a
memory, Ares developed an
explorer role, and Arens became a
spelljamming port. Ships are
commissioned to head out into the
Known Spheres to bring back
charts and logs of the myriad
spheres and peoples. The city’s
Mariner’s Academy has a huge
attached library where records are
kept. The Temple of Ares is the
largest in the sphere. The grand
complex includes priest dormitories,
barracks for the city guard, and an
enormous museum. The Ares
Museum has wings devoted to
paintings, sculptures, music, and
even displays of the fossilized or
stuffed remains of monsters. The
largest wing contains curiosities
brought back from distant worlds.
The museum is open for all
citizens.
Sorrowshire: A mere two decades
ago this remote town was home to
many halflings, gnomes, and some
humans. Then one night, an
unknown monstrosity appeared,
terrorizing the citizens for several
months. Every night, several dozen
citizens vanished, their mangled
corpses discovered the next
morning. Whole families were slain
in this manner. Worse still, some
arose the next night as undead
abominations. After a mere week of
this carnage, the survivors fled.
Sorrowshire is now a haunted area,
where monsters roam.
Longpoint
Type F  Earth Body,
4 moons
Discovered nearly nine centuries
ago by the famed astronomer
Lagor, Longpoint was considered at
the time the furthest planet from the
sun. Longspoint has a dark
atmosphere that reflects little light.
This, combined with Longpoint’s
distance from the primary, made
the planet invisible to the naked eye
when viewed from Thesalys. Thus,
the world remained unknown to the
natives of Thesalys until Lagor
invented the telescope, and would
not be visited by spelljammers until
well after Lagor’s passing.
Longpoint is a giant planet wracked
by violent volcanoes and powerful
earthquakes. The atmosphere is
choked by poisonous volcanic
gases, while ground water is laced
with acid that can quickly devour
any ship foolish enough to land in
any body of water. Thick clouds
obscure the sun, casting much of
the planet in eternal night. The
endless volcanic activity makes
Longpoint very hot, unsuitable for
normal living creatures.
Longpoint is far from uninhabited. A
number of fire-loving monsters,
including hell hounds and red
dragons, inhabit the surface. A race
of savage fire giants dwell on
Longpoint, nomads who constantly
wander as the landscape shifts and
changes under their feet. Other
monsters dwell in the boiling
magma.
Rebels’ Grave: During T’Laan’s
reign of terror, six galleons loaded
with fleeing refugees were cornered
over this broad ash plain, and
butchered to the last. Nearly nine
hundred souls were condemned
here, their remains dumped
overboard in a mass grave. Many
arose as undead, and haunt the
region until their remains can be
laid to rest with a proper burial.
Some seek vengeance against
those that slew them and will
possess anyone who investigates
the area to carry out their revenge.
Hanlaar’s Stake: Located in a
seismically “stable” portion of
Longpoint, Hanlaar’s stake was a
mine that operated briefly a decade
ago. Hanlaar was a prospector who
believed Longpoint to be rich in
mineral wealth, and attempted to
exploit it. The mine operated less
than three months before it was
abandoned, finding no wealth and
costing the lives of fifty miners.
The Gray Belt
Type A +
+  Earth Body
The Gray Belt is Greatspace’s sole
asteroid belt. There are many
hundreds of thousands of asteroids,
but the great distances between
each asteroid makes the Gray Belt
quite sparse. Asteroids are fairly
small, ranging from ship-sized to a
few miles across. There is a gap in
the Grey Belt, called the Buckle, is
roughly 15% of the Gray Belt’s
orbital path. This gap is completely
free of asteroids. Merchants familiar
with Greatspace will head towards
the Buckle to avoid passing too
close to an asteroid and possible
ambush.
The Gray Belt is home to a large
band of pirates known as the Grey
Sword. These uncivilized humans
are thought to be descended from
savages exiled from Hecht, and
have taken up piracy as a way of
life. There are a handful of pirate
groups, including one that helped
defeat T’Laan. The Gray Swords
prey on traveling merchant vessels,
looking for plunder and supplies to
continue their way of life. The
pirates bow to no lord and prefer
their life of freedom and
debauchery.
The asteroids of the Grey Belt are
fairly poor in mineral wealth. Many
asteroids have promising signs of a
“motherlode”, only to have veins of
silver, gold, and gems play out after
only a few dozen feet. Prospecting
dwarves and gnomes are
occasionally encountered; some
driven mad trying to strike it rich
only to be disappointed over and
over again.
A final group that inhabits the Gray
Belt is the neogi. The monsters
have recently established a secret
lair in a large asteroid so they can
prey on the planets of Greatspace.
The neogi are steadily increasing in
power and numbers, and may
become a dangerous challenge for
the sphere’s inhabitants in the near
future.
The Pyrite Prince: This semi-
abandoned dwarven citadel drifts
powerless in the Grey Belt. It is
inhabited by a paltry fifty dwarves
and gnomes, the last hold-outs of
the once proud Bronzehelm clan.
The clan took to spelljamming a
century ago from their homeworld
of Lagor’s World, convinced their
fortunes lay in wildspace. At first
their fortunes were high, but
decades of picking through the
Grey Belt demoralized the clan.
May argued for returning to Lagor’s
World, abandoning the foolish
quest for wealth in the obviously
mineral poor Grey Belt. Others
advocated seeking out another
sphere with richer pickings. The
young prince refused both, having
been driven quite mad by trying to
fulfill his father’s dream of striking it
rich. His madness apparent, the
clan began to abandon their prince,
and the clan rapidly dwindled. All
that remain are dwarves driven
insane by the search for gold.
Dark Clutch: A newly founded
neogi stronghold, Dark Clutch is
bored into a large asteroid. It
houses dozens of neogi, their
umber hulk lordslaves, and pens
housing hundreds of slaves. The
stronghold serves as a base for
several neogi ships, including
deathspiders and mindspiders. The
neogi are very careful not to
disclose the location of Dark Clutch
until they have sufficiently built up
the stronghold to challenge the
military strength of Greatspace
head-on. Until then, they are
content to raid Hecht, Lagor’s
World, and Thesalys for slaves.
The ruling neogi is Nehiss Hkan, a
toxic monster dripping venom from
his needle-sharp teeth and a
tactical genius. Nehiss has several
umber hulks as personal slaves as
well as neogi mind slaves.
Hecht

Type D Earth Body
The “Crown Jewel” of Greatspace,
Hecht is a world of great beauty.
Much of Hecht is a wilderness of
snowcapped mountains surrounded
by conifer forests and small seas of
salt water. Dotting the forests are
small towns and villages; Hecht is
the sparsest populated of
Greatspace’s inhabitable planets.
The citizens of Hecht are humans
and elves with a smattering of half-
elves. The people are renowned for
their unearthly beauty. Despite their
beauty, the people are not known
for vanity, for their measure of
beauty differs from citizens of other
worlds. Hechtians who travel from
their home do so in disguise,
finding the attention they attract
uncomfortable. Druids and rangers
are held in high esteem on Hecht.
Hechtians revere several deities.
They hold Athena in highest regard
after Zeus. Long ago Hecht was
dominated by a great many warring
tribes, constantly battling over petty
disputes. Elves retreated into their
forest domains, slaying all who
dared trespass. After generations of
this bloodshed, priests of Athena
began preaching a new way of life,
encouraging peace and an end to
the petty grudges. Over the course
of many generations, the priests
won more and more converts, until
their followers achieved dominance
over the whole of Hecht. The few
malcontents would eventually
depart Hecht to settle the Grey Belt,
becoming known as the pirates of
the Grey Sword. Other deities
revered by the Hechtians include
Airtimes, Hermes, and Demeter.
Crystal Cascades Mountains:
This range of mountains famed for
their beautiful cascades waterfalls.
Not long after T’Laan came to
power, a large tribe of hideous
goblins appeared in the mountains,
attacking the locals and despoiling
the land. Several rangers sent to
deal with the problem were found,
murdered. Druids fear some greater
power is directing the goblins, as
their presence remains even after
T’Laan’s fall.
Highstar Grove (small city): This
large port in Hecht’s southern
hemisphere is home to a small
naval base of the Greatspace Navy.
Dry docks can handle up to six
warships, and there is space for as
many as thirty ships in total to dock.
Highstar Grove is a busy port, one
of the largest on the planet. The
lord mayor is half-elven, having
inherited the post from her late
father. For a time, T’Laan’s goons
all but ran the port, the lord mayor a
mere ceremonial position with no
power. Once it was clear T’Laan no
longer was in command of
Greatspace, rangers swiftly
dispatched the goons. The citizens
have become leery of outsiders
since, and tend to be very guarded
when around off-worlders.
Minervan (small city): Located
deep in the mountains, Minervan is
the principal temple-city of Athena’s
clergy. Fully half the population is
priests and initiates, with the rest
being laborers and servants of the
temple. The high priestess of
Athena keeps her residence here, a
magnificent gardened estate. From
here, the high priestess dispenses
wisdom and guidance to her
followers. A nearby lake offers a
place for ships up to galleon size to
land. Most commonly
representatives of House
Shambrath are sent to consult with
the high priestess on important
matters, giving her an important
voice in the governing of
Greatspace. Recently she was
subjected to numerous
assassination attempts, all thwarted
by the diligence of her under-
priests.
Boran
Type E  Earth Body,
1 moon
Furthest from Lanth is frigid Boran.
Great glacial ice sheets, jagged icy
mountains, and blizzard-swept
plains cover Boran’s surface. Arctic
storms shroud the planet year-
round. Boran is a barren world, with
little surviving on the surface. The
storms are so fierce that white-out
conditions are ever-present,
blinding non-native creatures that
lack special preparation. Prowling
Boran are white dragons, yeti,
arctic trolls, and winter wolves.
Boran is volcanically active, with
some underground hot springs,
each an oasis in the deadly cold
environment.
Somewhere on Boran’s surface is a
castle or stronghold of frost giants
in possession of at least two
spelljamming helms, which they
use to power their enormous
longboats. This clan makes
infrequent raids on Greatspace
shipping, making off with treasure
and crewmen to devour later. The
treasure hold of the jarl is said to be
vast indeed, with many coins,
jewels, gemstones, and magic, all
guarded by a mated pair of white
dragons she keeps as pets. Jarl
Vinana is said to hail originally from
Oerth, and her clan securing a
spelljammer during the Greyhawk
Wars.
Coldblood Citadel: Built at the
time T’Laan had overthrown the
royal house, Coldblood Citadel is
the lair of one of T’Laan’s servants,
Sir Termenius Grimsworn, a death
knight. Coldblood Citadel was
intended as a prison, where T’Laan
could store prisoners he needed to
keep alive, but as far from public
view as possible. The prison was
only partially complete when T’Laan
was overthrown. Even in its partially
complete state, it housed well over
one hundred political prisoners.
When shipments of food and
supplies for the prisoners ceased,
Sir Grimsworn granted merciful
deaths for the prisoners before
raising them as undead to resume
work. Coldblood Citadel is a little
over half completed, with work
continuing around the clock. Sir
Grimsworn is unaware of T’Laan’s
defeat and awaits orders from his
master. The prison is safely in a
fog-shrouded mountain valley.
Den’Mass: A legendary lost city,
Den’Mass is said to have been a
thriving metropolis at some point in
Boran’s distant past when the world
was warmer and more hospitable.
The inhabitants of Den’Mass were
incredibly powerful and ancient,
their society thriving at a time when
the humans and elves of
Greatspace dwelt in caves and had
not yet mastered fire. When Boran
cooled, the ancient ones retreated
to Den’Mass to survive for centuries
more, until that city too, succumbed
to the rapidly declining
temperatures. If the ancient ones
survived, they must have retreated
further still into subsurface oceans
or caverns. Den’Mass’ location is
unknown but is said to be at top of
a high plateau or hanging valley.
Many monsters, escaped pets and
experiments of the ancient ones,
roam the ice-choked streets.
Chone (small city): Orbiting high
above Boran is the city of Chone.
The city was built on a quarter-mile
wide stone platform constructed by
magic. Chone was built as a way
station to service ships bound for
the sphere wall. The city is ringed
by docks and an outer curtain wall.
Beyond the wall, warehouses,
taverns, inns, and shops are all
tightly packed together, utilizing all
available space. The city is cold but
not freezing, warm enough that
rooftops are flat and support
gardens of small herbal plants and
vegetables, both to sustain the air
envelope and to provide
supplementary food. A portion of
Chone is given over to a military
barracks that houses one hundred
men-at-arms and two
hammerships. A fountain at the
center of town supplies endless
water, which is sold to passing
ships along with permission to
renew the atmosphere.
Further Reading: SJA2 Crystal
Spheres © 1990 by J. Paul
LaFountain.
Grommspace
A young, hot sphere, Grommspace
is well-known although only
traveled to infrequently. It has been
marked on sphere charts for at
least fifteen centuries, if not longer.
Elves first explored the sphere and
found it to contain only a few
worlds, scattered asteroids, and
native simian species. For the most
part the simians were friendly and
intelligent, although not
spelljammer-aware at the time.
Some charts refer to Grommspace
as “Apespace”, owed to the number
of simian races who originated from
the sphere, including Grommam
and Hadozee.
Grommspace is a very warm
sphere. Light garments are
recommended, as any heavier ware
runs the risk of heat stroke. The
sphere has several nearly invisible
clouds of water vapor. Ships easily
blunder into these nebulas, which
take 1d4x10 rounds to exit from.
During the time a ship is trapped in
a nebula, it will be pelted by rain
which at times can be heavy. A
benefit is that the air envelope is
renewed upon contact with the
nebula, and these sudden rains are
considered a good omen for ships
running low on fresh air.
Due to Grommspace’s size, larger
ships are favored when travelling
the sphere. Galleons, squidships,
hammerships, and tradesmen are
most common. Elven ships thrive in
Grommspace, with some vessels
growing larger than normal.
Conversely, metal-hulled ships
suffer from unusually high rates of
rusting while in sphere and such
ships avoid the sphere.
The stars of Grommspace are
titanic fireflies wandering the
surface of the sphere. The tails of
these creatures glow with the
brightness and intensity of a star in
any other sphere. These starbeasts
move very slowly, to the point that
they appear motionless. Only by GROMMSPACE –
observing them over the course of Wildspace from the
many years and even lifetimes Jammers Play-By-Email
does one realize that the starbeasts Campaign
to move. Thousand year old star
charts remain reasonably good Ntwadumela
enough to navigate by. Type F  Fire
Umbala
Grommspace has roughly 10,000 Type C  Air
stars divided into 100 or so Gaya
constellations. Along Gaya’s orbital Type F  Earth
plane, there is a zodiac of twelve Sawai
constellations, each with a Type C  Water
permanent portal to the Phlogiston
located somewhere in its
boundaries. The zodiac includes
the constellations of the
Rhinoceros, Elephant, Velociraptor,
Hippopotamus, Parrot, Giraffe,
Lion, Leopard, Snake, Crocodile,
and Brontosaurus.
Primary: Ntwadumela
Type F  Fire Body
The primary of Grommspace is a
fire body that burns with an intense
orange-yellow light. Like many
suns, it has dark red splotches
visible on its surface, moving and
changing by the hour. Dark mauve
streaks are visible across its
surface. Otherwise it appears
indistinguishable from dozens of
other suns across the Known
Spheres.
Unlike other primary fire bodies,
Ntwadumela’s surface more closely
resembles an earth body. The heat
and light is generated by vast,
planet-wide savannas that eternally
burn. The grass is not consumed by
the fires, nor is smoke generated.
In fact, Ntwadumela’s atmosphere
is perfectly breathable, were it not
so hot as to scorch lungs upon
contact. The heat and light of the
eternal brush-fires are magnified
many times over by strange
reactions in the upper atmosphere,
resulting in Ntwadumela burning as
brightly as any sun despite its small
size and unusual source of energy.
Sunspots are vast herds of
migrating hoofed animals, all
immune to heat and fire. The
animals consume vast quantities of
the burning grasses as they
migrate, leaving deserts in their
wake. The grasses grow so quickly
that within hours no trace of the
herd’s passage remains. Fire-loving
creatures thrive on Ntwadumela,
including fire snakes, lava worms,
and helians.
Ntwadumela is home to a handful
of Efreet tribes and the
argomangani, a breed of apes who
are immune to fire. These residents
are few in number and rarely
interact with one another or visitors
from other worlds.
Umbala
Type C 0 Air Body
Umbala is a small elliptical air
world. It is a bright shade of aqua
intermixed with swirls of royal blue
clouds. Umbala is uninhabited,
save for a few air elementals. The
whole world is a tempest, wracked
by gale-force winds, lightning
strikes, and tornadoes, making
even brief visits to replenish air
envelopes dangerous.
Unlike many other air worlds,
Umbala lacks floating islands or
any sort of solid surface. The world
is named for the Ape storm god,
Umbala.
Gaya
Type F  Earth Body
The world of Gaya is the primary
world of Grommspace. It is
completely covered by thick jungles
and marshes broken only by
winding rivers and the tallest of
mountains. Shallow polar seas are
thickly mist-shrouded, to the point
that the existence of these seas
has never been confirmed.
Gaya is home to numerous ape
races. Grommams are most
numerous, followed closely by
hadozee. Almost every other known
simian race is found somewhere on
Gaya, including su-monsters,
shadowfolk, dakons, veanera, and
carnivorous apes.
Grommam dwell in villages of
several hundred individuals.
Villages are clustered into a
“House”, with each house ruled by
a demi-god descendant of their
creator god, Kong. At least thirty
demi-gods are known to exist.
Hadozee, on the other hand, are
nomads, never settling down for
very long.
Pandhul-Pele (small city): The
city of Pandhul-Pele is the largest
trade village on the Thunderdeep
Ringer, in the shadow of the Skull
Mountains. Spelljammers regularly
stop at the city to acquire valuable
resources gathered from the nearby
jungles.
Holy City of Jowchit (large city):
A major religious center for the
Grommam, Jowchit is the location
of the Great Temple of Kong Rex.
The city is built at the base of a
large cliff, with the temple built at
the top. Jowchit is the largest city in
Grommspace and a major port for
visiting spelljammers.
Riemiste (town): The primary
elven outpost in Grommspace. The
town is built from seven archaic
Man-O-Wars grown together into a
crown station. Riemiste is elvish for
“Crown of Rain”. Due to
Grommspace’s nature, the station
is twice the normal size of a crown
station, and the ships can no longer
be unrooted and moved. The town
is a trading port and shipyard for
creating new elven ships.
Sawai
Type C  Water Body
Sawai is a small, tropical water
world. The entire world is an
unbroken freshwater lake. The
surface is very smooth with no tides
and gentle winds. Storms are
unknown of Sawai.
Sawai (town): Shipwrecked and
marooned individuals came
together and built a floating city
named Sawai. The city is built from
the hulls of shipwrecks. Over many
generations, the ramshackle port
has grown into a large town and is
now a port-of-call for ships visiting
Grommspace.
Further Reading: Grommspace by
Paul Westermeyer, Paul
Westermeyer’s Grommspace by
Adam Miller (forthcoming).
Heartspace
Heartspace is an average sized to flow into Heartspace for unknown
sphere. The outermost planet of reasons. Each portal is ringed by
Loom is 1,500 million miles from crystalline ramparts, made of the
the primary, the Heart, making same indestructible materials as
Heartspace slightly smaller than the crystal shell, on both sides of
Realmspace. It takes roughly thirty the sphere wall. Aside from the
days for a spelljammer to travel sixteen portal-stars, Heartspace’s
from the sphere wall to the primary. stars appear to be enormous, hemi-
sphere-shaped embers embedded
Heartspace is a sphere many in the crystal shell. These embers
sailors have heard of, but few glow brightly and are too hot to
actually visit or know the location approach. They seem to be made HEARTSPACE –
of. It sits at the end of one of the of an indestructible substance
swiftest rivers through the Wildspace from the
similar to the material crystal shells
Phlogiston known, connecting are made of.
novel Broken Spheres
Krynnspace to Heartspace. There
is a slower river that links the The Heart, the fire body primary of The Heart
Type I  Fire
sphere to Winterspace as well. Heartspace, is dim for such an
Kiln Stones
There are other, slower rivers object. It can easily be viewed +
Type B +  Earth
linking to more distant spheres, and without optical protection by even Omicron
rumors of swift rivers leading to mildly photophobic creatures Type F  Water,
strange, exotic spheres. Despite without harm, and only mildly two moons
this, Heartspace is considered a hinders strongly photophobic Thesta
backwater, due to the lack of a creatures. For this reason, even in Type C  Earth
major trade world such as Krynn, full daylight, lighting conditions are Cinder Cloud
Oerth, or Toril. Most ships come to considered “twilight”. Despite how Type D ❉ Air
Heartspace for the Great Archive, dim the Heart is, Heartspace is Crescent
located on the world Crescent. comfortably warm throughout the Type E ⯎ Earth
entire sphere. Starfall
There are sixteen known Type D ◗ Earth
permanent portals which allow easy Heartspace is an ancient sphere, Loom
passage between wildspace to the one of the oldest in the Known Type G 0 Air
Phlogiston. These portals are very Spheres. The sphere is riddled with

large and nearly impossible to close the ruins of long extinct races and
even temporally. A close portal civilizations. Many have been 
spell will not work on these portals; picked clean by explorers, while
only a limited wish or greater spell others remain remarkably
can close one of these portals, and unexplored. From time to time
only for the number of rounds equal some ancient and forgotten
to the level of the spellcaster. A treasure will be unearthed,
wish spell and similar magic can prompting a wave of treasure
close a portal for a number of turns seekers to delve into long buried
equal to the level of the spellcaster. ruins. A common theme or marker
found in the most ancient ruins is
The portals are enormous, each a that of a three-pointed star.
mile across and appear as stars
from further in the sphere. The Perhaps due to Heartspace’s
portals do not allow the Phlogiston unfathomable age, there are many
deities worshipped by the natives.
The Ancient and Pharaonic
pantheons are well=represented,
with Anu, Ishtar, Anubus, Ptah,
Bast, Anhur, Enlil, and Ki all having
major temples in the sphere. There
are a number of unique deities as
well – Crescent is a theocracy
devoted to Marruk, Master of All
Knowledge.
Primary: The Heart
Type I  Fire Body
One of the largest primaries in the
Known Spheres, the Heart is a
bloated, brick red fire body over 10
million miles in diameter. It slowly
expands and contracts over a
period of several hours on a regular
interval, giving the fire body its
name. The Heart is cooler than
standard fire bodies, allowing
vessels to approach much closer
than typical, yet the sphere is
comfortably warm. It is dim enough
to be gazed upon without any sort
of optical protection without
damaging all but the most sensitive
eyes. Creatures normally affected
by bright light are not hampered by
the Heart. Even illithids are not
hindered in any way by light from
the Heart.
Compared to other similar fire
bodies, the Heart is lacking in
portals to the plane of Elemental
Fire. Portals tend to be transitory in
nature, only lasting a few days or
hours. The Heart has no
civilizations of fire-loving creatures,
only a few abandoned ruins
haunted by fire elementals, cinder
undead, guardian deamons, hell
hounds, and the like. The ruins are
difficult to find and explore.
Adventurers who have delved these
ruins report the architecture does
not match that which is common for
efreet, azer, fire giants,
salamanders, or any other known
intelligent race from the Plane of
Elemental Fire. No corpse or
representation of the builders has
ever been found. What built the
ruins, and for what purpose, is a
mystery. Most of the ruins levitate
half a million miles above the Heart.
Sages claim that in the past the
Heart was similar to the fire body
primaries of other spheres, such as
the one in Realmspace. The Heart
is ancient, and is reaching the end
of its life and in doing so, swelled to
ten times its original size. In
another “few million years”, it is
expected to perish, either in a great
explosion that will destroy the
sphere, or dwindle down to a cinder
no larger than a small moon.
The Scarlet Eye: When the Heart
expanded, it devoured its closest
planet, engulfing it in fire and
reducing it to a cinder. The nature
of the planet is unknown – it was
either originally a water or air body.
What remains of this world is a
“magma storm” two million miles in
diameter found on the equator. This
storm is a bright red spot on the
Heart’s surface and known locally
as the Scarlet Eye.
The Kiln Stones
Type B +
Earth Body
+
In the far distant past, a vast earth
body orbited the Heart here. When
the Heart expanded in size, that
world was ripped apart by tidal and
magical forces that wracked the
entire sphere. All that survived was
the millions of asteroids that now
make up the Kiln Stones.
The asteroids bake under the light
of the Heart. Many asteroids are so
hot that entering their thin
atmospheres causes 1d8 hit points
of heat damage per round. Contact
with these asteroids causes 2d6
points damage of heat damage per
round of contact. The majority of
these asteroids are barren of all life,
although some are inhabited by
earth and fire elementals,
salamanders, and small tribes of
fire newts.
The asteroids vary from half a mile
to seventy miles in diameter, and all
are irregular in shape. The majority
of the asteroids are type A, only a
mile or two across, with about
fifteen hundred being ten miles
across or larger. The belt is over
twenty five million miles wide.
There are many ruins found
throughout the Kiln Stones, most
picked clean by explorers, raiders,
and the like. Abandoned Azer
citadels, built in a similar fashion to
standard dwarven citadels, lay
scattered throughout the asteroid
belt. Small clans of Azer mine the
largest asteroids for mineral wealth,
which they trade for food, magic,
and other goods they cannot obtain
on the plane of elemental fire.
Further from the Heart, at the far
edges of the asteroid belt, the
Stones become more tolerable.
Dwarves, humans, grav, and other
parties mine these asteroids for the
mineral wealth they can gain. Here,
the largest asteroids can sustain
life, each an oasis in the otherwise
barren Kiln Stones.
Garden of Ki: As asteroid fifty
miles across, the Garden of Ki is
dominated by a savannah, with
seasonal lakes and jungle-covered
valleys. Prides of enormous lions
wander the Garden. These
monsters have twice normal hit dice
and cause twice normal damage
with their claw attacks. They hunt
six-legged antelope and horned
razorbacks. There is many ruins on
the asteroid, guarded by Sphinxes
and magic-using wemics, some
th
with the abilities of 12 level
wizards. These long-lost ruins hold
many monsters.
Nurgal’s Furnace (small city):
The asteroid that this city is located
in is about twelve miles in diameter.
The city is built in the asteroid,
rather than on its surface, as
temperatures there are unbearable.
Inside the asteroid, conditions
become more bearable, but still hot
and humid. Access is by means of
wide tunnels bored into the night
side of the tidally locked asteroid.
The city is a trade port with forges
to transform raw ore into ingots of
gold, silver, iron, and copper. More
than half of the population is slaves,
owned by one party or another.
Death is frequent for these poor
souls, requiring regular shipments
of fresh slaves. The Chainmen
have a permanent stockade in the
city. The city’s catacombs are
extensive and haunted.
Omicron
Type F  Water Body,
2 moons
Ancient texts list Omicron as the
third planet in Heartspace, when
the Heart was a much smaller fire
body. The innermost world was
consumed by the Heart eons ago
and the second world destroyed,
leaving Omicron as the innermost
surviving planet.
Omicron is a dark blue world
streaked with stripes of dark purple.
Due to cloud cover, lighting
conditions on the surface ranges
from starlight to pitch black, even
during midday. The planet is a
water world; the only land mass is
found at Omicron’s core. The core
is a sphere of countless sea shells,
crushed by gravity and pressure
into a 1,000-mike wide sphere.
The surface of Omicron is an
unbroken sea, with no land masses
or islands. Drifting on the calm,
eerily still ocean are vast cities built
of floating coral and sea shells,
inhabited by creatures more
commonly associated with the deep
earth. Mind flayers, aboleth, and
kuo-Toa all inhabit bizarre and alien
structures. Nautiloids frequent
these cities for nefarious reasons.
The deep world ocean of Omicron
is the domain of enormous kraken.
These beasts are twice the size of
standard kraken and have unusual
abilities. These monsters rarely
travel to the surface, preferring to
lurk in the deepest waters.
Both of Omicron’s moons are
airless void worlds. Cetius is olive
green in color, while Cephei is
mauve. Both are size D and
uninhabited.
Thesta
Type C  Earth Body
Thesta is an ancient cluster linked
by a common atmosphere. Most of
the planetoids within the Thestan
cluster are a few hundred miles
across. All of the asteroids are
covered with craters and jagged
mountains.
The asteroids that make up Thesta
are honeycombed with old mines,
passages, and galleries. For eons
dwarves mined the asteroids, until
they were invaded by evil
humanoids prior to the First
Unhuman War. The humanoid
vessels were destroyed by the
elves, leaving the forces at Thesta
vulnerable to an invasion by
beholders. Most recently neogi
invaded several asteroids, wresting
control away from the beholders. In
the chaos, dwarves and humanoids
have rebelled against both sides.
Thesta is a war-zone. The main
antagonists are the beholders and
neogi, fighting a brutal territorial war
for control over the whole cluster.
Dwarves and some humanoids,
predominantly kobolds, gnolls, and
hobgoblins, have managed to
overthrow their masters. Only the
threat of retaliation keeps them
from slaying one another. The
situation at Thesta is volatile and
changes daily. All sides are eager
to acquire spelljammers and allies.
Shattershackle (town): The center
of dwarven and humanoid
resistance against beholder and
neogi rule, this town is located near
the edge of the cluster. It occupies
an old played out mine, with distinct
dwarven, gnoll, and goblin
enclaves. The nominal overall
leader is Grimmershaw, a dwarf
with the appearance of a derro. The
rebels have a ramshackle fleet of
ten ancient, battered vessels
crewed equally by the various
races, with few trusting one another
(grudges run long and deep).
Cinder Shroud
Type D ❉ Air Body
Surrounding the entire inner
Heartspace system is the Cinder
Shroud. Made up of millions of
colorful clouds of various sizes and
shapes that englobe the Heart, the
Cinder Shroud is beautiful and
dangerous.
The Shroud is vast, sprawling a
200-milling mile wide shell
surrounding the Heart. It is
comprised of countless thin,
ephemeral clouds and asteroids of
ash, dust, and cinders. Clouds have
a 75% chance of being poisonous.
Those who inhale gas from these
clouds need to make a successful
saving throw vs. poison or fall into a
deep slumber for 3d6 hours.
Continual exposure to the gas
results in death in 2d4 days. The
rest of the clouds are breathable
and can be used to renew air
envelopes. It is impossible to
determine poisonous from
breathable clouds without magic
such as detect poison.
The ashen asteroids are almost
universally barren and devoid of
life. A few hold hidden springs of
water or even small plants. Very
rarely visitors find the wreckage of
a spelljammer, an abandoned base,
or even ruins to some ancient
civilization half buried in the ash.
Crescent
Type E ⯎ Earth Body
The most populous planet of
Heartspace is named for its
crescent shape. It appears as a
crescent moon or a spherical planet
with an enormous bite taken from it.
It has a breathable atmosphere and
a gravity plane along the line of the
crescent. The outer portion of the
crescent is a crater-riddled
moonscape of jagged, needle-
sharp mountains and devoid of any
signs of life. The inside of the
crescent by contrast is very
habitable. Mountain ranges have
been worn into high rolling hills,
surrounded by plains, forests, and
farms in a fashion similar to
agricultural heartlands on worlds
such as Toril and Krynn.
Crescent is a theocracy, devoted to
the Master of Knowledge, Marruk.
The followers of Marruk believe in
the “Way of the Plain”, a belief that
nobody should stand out. People
wear drab gray clothes and avoid
expressions of any sort, under the
enforcement of the law. They prize
knowledge and despise ignorance.
The more zealous of Marruk’s
faithful are known for assaulting off-
worlders who stand out and not
adhere strictly to their laws.
The Crescent Peace Force, a
spelljammer navy of dozens if not
hundreds of spelljammers defend
the planet. Wasps are used as
patrol ships to intercept any ship
approaching Crescent. First-time
visitors are directed to the city of
Compact. Ships that land
elsewhere without a merchant’s
license (available at Compact) is
evidence of intent to smuggle by
the Peace Force. Captains of the
Peace Force have charts available
for sale showing the location of
Compact.
Compact (metropolis): First-time
visitors to Crescent are required to
land at Compact, on the shores of a
deep azure lake. The city is the
primary trade port of the planet,
with facilities to repair or even
purchase spelljammers. Compact is
the location of the Great Archive.
The Great Archive: One of the
largest centers of knowledge in the
Known Spheres, the Great Archive
is an enormous library. The main
structure covers two city blocks,
with extensive vaults under the
main building and dozens of
annexes throughout the city. For a
fee, visitors can request information
on almost any topic imaginable.
Visitors may copy information from
archives, but cannot remove
anything owned by the Great
Archive from private reading rooms.
Scribes provide assistance to
visitors and ensure the safety of the
volumes they are caretakers for.
Starfall
Type D ◗ Earth Body
Starfall is a flat, circular planet that
orbits “face side” towards the Heart.
The planet spins on an axis as it
orbits, giving Starfall a day and
night cycle.
The surface of Starfall is
pockmarked with hundreds of
craters still visible from orbit,
despite centuries of erosion. Starfall
has a breathable atmosphere,
thanks to extensive tundra and
boreal forests that cover most of
the planet.
There are numerous spelljamming
ports and waystations of various
races, mostly along the edge of
disk. The interior is largely
wilderness, unclaimed by any race.
There is at least one outpost of the
Imperial Elven Fleet and an illithid
base, along with dwarven, gnomish,
beholder, and halfling settlements.
Several merchant houses have
trading posts at Tungka. There are
rumors of a neogi base hidden
somewhere on Starfall but its
location has not been found.
Heartwatch: The Imperial Elven
Navy has little interest in
Heartspace, as there are no
exclusively elven nations or planets
in the sphere. It does maintain a
small outpost, Heartwatch, to
monitor the sphere for the activities
of pirates, neogi, humanoids, and
other dangerous races. Heartwatch
is crude by elven naval standards
but is home to roughly one hundred
elves and their families. Two elven
Man-O-Wars are stationed at
Heartwatch as well.
Tungka (large city): largest of
Starfall’s settlements, Tungka is an
open city where all races, save truly
hostile races such as neogi, are
welcomed. It is located at the
center of a large crater, created
centuries ago when a comet
exploded over Starfall’s forest and
creating a huge clearing as well as
a clear water lake.
Loom
Type G 0 Air Body, 3
moons
Loom is a typical air world,
appearing as a mammoth yellow-
white ovoid in the void. It is the final
world in Heartspace, the planet
furthest from the Heart. The
atmosphere of Loom is deadly,
comprised of chlorine, sulfur,
methane, and other noxious gases.
The interior is unexplored due to
how dangerous the atmosphere is.
Mephits, aerial servants, and a few
invisible stalkers are known to
inhabit Loom. The planet has three
major moons.
Myra: Smallest yet the most
habitable of Loom’s moons, Myra is
largely tundra and boreal forests.
The handful of small ports and
waystations cater to travelers who
are entering or leaving Heartspace.
Supplies tend to be expensive.
Pullox: Oceans of lava cover this
moon. The atmosphere is toxic to
breathe. Solid land exists at the
poles, with the southern pole
having the largest, most stable land
mass. A nation of fire newts inhabit
the southern pole, who are hostile
to all trespassers on their territory.
Iato: The surface of Iato is a single
world-glacier. Iato retains a
breathable atmosphere. Volcanic
vents create spots on Iato’s surface
where hot springs can be found,
which teem with crustaceans,
including giant varieties. Many of
the hot springs are claimed by one
power or another, who set up
waystations at these sites.
Further Reading: The Broken
Sphere © 1993 by Nigel Findley.
 Herospace
Sitting at an important juncture in sphere, and will dispatch a
the Phlogiston between squadron of ten vessels to
Faeriespace, Greatspace, intercept interlopers, either to
Greyspace, and Realmspace, direct them to the Order’s base at
Herospace sees surprisingly little in Borden, turn them back, or
merchant traffic. This is due to the outright destroy them, as they did
nature of Herospace – the sphere is in the case of a fleet of four
reserved for those who have nautiloids.
distinguished themselves in such a
way to be remembered for their The planets of Herospace are
deeds. Herospace is a place for fairly uniform in their size and
HEROSPACE – such heroes, no matter their shape. Each world represents an
Wildspace from SJA3 alignment, can rest and retire from alignment, and those that dwell
public life in peace and safety. upon those worlds have the same
Crystal Spheres
alignment, with rare exceptions.
The Nine Suns Herospace is a small sphere. A Ships cannot simply land on any
Type E  Fire vessel can sail from one end to given world; access is granted by
Gondorin the other in a mere four days. This crystal shards provided by the
Type D  Earth makes Herospace on of the Rational Order. A crystal grants
Hearthguard smallest spheres in the Known access to a single world, with a
Type D  Earth Spheres, alongside Faeriespace, crystal’s color matching the hue of
Darkseed Refuge, and Winterspace. Despite the world’s sun. Should a vessel
Type D  Earth
this small size, the sphere is attempt to land on a world without
Cumberland
surprisingly dark, with all of the a crystal, it will be repelled by an
Type D  Earth
Ge’Neva suns being no brighter than bright unseen magical force. Magic such
Type D  Earth stars when viewed from a distance as teleportation, dimension door,
Borden greater than 15 million miles. The astral projection, and plane shift
Type C  Earth stars of Herospace are orbs, do not bypass this restriction. Only
Morgan’s World roughly the size of a crystal ball, a carefully worded wish will
Type D  Earth embedded in the sphere wall. The temporarily bypass this restriction.
Woodhaven stars are bright enough to be seen Sages who have studied the
Type D  Earth from anywhere in the sphere. sphere believe the planets of
Asylum
Herospace share properties
Type D  Earth The sphere is the property of the similar to the outer plane that
Chaostromme Rational Order of Magistrates.
Type D  Earth matches its alignment, and
This order is ruled by a council of extraplanar travel between the two
 twenty members, who appear to is easier than normal.
be immortal. They command a
 vast staff of workers, ranging from Anyone who enters Herospace
servants to the powerful navy at can petition the Rational Order of
their command. The servants Magistrates to live on the world
attend to the needs of the heroes most representative of their
residing on the various worlds. A alignment. They must submit their
fleet of 30 or more vessels is petition to the Order at Borden.
stationed on every planet, with They will be asked to provide
twice that number at the Order’s proof of deeds worthy of note so
base on Borden. The Order can that the Order may judge their
detect any ship that enters the worthiness. There are times when
a hero’s reputation precedes
them, as in the case with Tenser
when his ship was blown off
course and ended up in
Herospace. Upon arrival, he was
offered a large estate on
Gondorin.
All heroes who decide to settle in
Herospace are granted a crystal
shard coded to their new home
world. They can use it to
communicate with the Order at
any time and request emissaries
to resolve any disputes. Crystals
are enchanted so that only its
owner may touch it. Should
another try to touch a hero’s
shard, it will immediately teleport
to the hero’s location. If the hero
who possess the shard die, the
shard will teleport to Borden.
The Nine Suns
Type E  Fire Body
Herospace has nine suns, each
far smaller and dimmer than
typical fire bodies. Each sun has a
single planet orbiting it at a
distance of about 10 million miles.
The light from the sun is as bright
as standard daylight up to a
distance of a mere 15 million
miles; further away, the light
quickly dims until it is no brighter
than a somewhat bright star in the
night sky. Thus only a single sun
is visible during the day on any
given world. Each sun has a
distinctive color. The colors of the
suns for each planet is as follows:
Gondorin: white; Hearthguard:
yellow; Darkseed: blood red;
Cumberland: light orange;
Ge’Neva: light blue; Morgan’s
World: dark blue; Woodhaven:
light purple; Asylum: gray;
Chaostromme: dark green.
All of the suns are roughly the
same size and temperature. All
are dangerous to approach
without the standard magical
protections from heat and fire. No
intelligent creatures inhabit these
fire bodies – only creatures of
animal intelligence (int 1) or lower
are encountered. No known
portals to other planes exist.
Gondorin
Type D  Earth Body
Gondorin is the world reserved for
lawful good heroes. Seasons are
predictable, with warm and balmy
weather in the summer and cold
winds and chilly temperatures in
the winter. The geography is
symmetrical. There are a handful
of cities on this planet. The
Company of the Chalice has a
headquarters on Gondorin, where
several retired Grand Knights
dwell. The Grand Knights form a
council that guides and influences
the Company’s actions, using
crystal balls and messengers to
carry their orders to other Grand
Knights scattered throughout the
Known Spheres. Tenser of
Greyhawk has a tower on
Gondorin as well.
Gondorin is aligned with the outer
plane of Mount Celestia. The
people of Gondorin, those who are
not heroes or their relatives,
resemble aasamar.. They are
beautiful with an inner radiance.
These are servants for the
resident heroes and serve aboard
vessels stationed at Gondorin.
Hearthguard
Type D  Earth Body
Least populated of Herospace’s
worlds, Hearthguard is a largely
rocky, desert world with a hot
climate. It is the planet of lawful
neutral heroes. People who settle
here dwell in orderly yet remote
towns, each an oasis in the desert.
The people get along well enough
and have their own systems set up
to handle internal disputes. The
Order does not have to step in to
settle problems.
Hearthguard is closely aligned
with the outer plane of Mechanus.
The servants and the soldiers
found at the Order’s military base
appear to be living mechanical
devices, somewhat like humanoid
modrons.
Darkseed
Type D  Earth Body
Darkseed is a gloomy world,
barely illuminated by its blood red
sun. At times, it is cast in darkness
that can last for days. The surface
of Darkseed is flat and featureless,
with few landmarks. Many become
lost when venturing out of sight of
their own home. A cool, steady
wind persists year-round.
Darkseed is the world of lawful evil
heroes. Conflicts are common as
they scheme against one another,
and the Order frequently has to
step in. The leader, or leaders, of
the Tenth Pit are thought to live on
Darkseed, using magical means to
enforce their will on the rest of the
Known Spheres.
The Nine Hells is aligned with
Darkseed. Servants of the heroes
dwelling here have gargoyle-like
features, with horns, fangs, and
stony skin. The Order’s base on
Darkseed is especially heavily
guarded to prevent theft or
sabotage.
Cumberland
Type D  Earth Body
The world of neutral-good heroes
most closely resembles the
countryside of worlds like Krynn,
Oerth, or Toril. The poles are cold
while the equator is warm and
tropical. The climate varies from
sub-arctic mountains to temperate
hills to warm deserts. The
residents are fond of taverns and
inns, with many retired heroes
running one. The heroes of
Cumberland are quite sociable
and enjoy hearing tales and
stories from the wider Known
Spheres.
Cumberland is closely aligned with
the outer plane of Elysium. The
agents of the Order here have
animal-like traits such as having
animal ears, eyes, paws, or tail.
Ge’Neva
Type D  Earth Body,
1 moon
The world of neutral heroes is
Ge’Neva. It is home to many
druids, who often withdraw
completely from the affairs of
mortals once they reach sufficient
power and stature. Many go on
pilgrimages through wildspace,
ending at Ge’Neva where they
retire. Perhaps due to the
influences of so many druids,
Ge’Neva is almost entirely
forested. Non-druid neutral heroes
find settling on Ge’Neva unusually
arduous, as the Order’s standards
are higher and they generally must
live in isolated manors. The
Starguide Society, which helps
facilitate druid pilgrimages to
Ge’Neva, is headquartered on this
planet.
The outer plane of the Outlands is
aligned with Ge’Neva. The Order’s
agents most closely resemble
humans with a metallic sheen, not
unlike rilmani. The servants,
however, are not reilmani and
have none of their abilities.
Borden
Type C  Earth Body
Orbiting Ge’Neva is Herospace’s
only moon is Borden, The surface
is barren and lifeless save for
several structures that serve as
offices and bases for the Rational
Order of Magistrates. There is a
vast network of subterranean
tunnels and chambers, utilized in a
number of ways by the Order and
their allies, the Arcane. This
includes enormous enclosed
docks for the Order’s impressive
fleet, quarters for servants and
their military forces, luxurious
apartments for the Arcane, and
reputedly prisons to hold trouble-
makers. Like the planets of
Herospace, Borden will repel ships
that attempt to approach it. Only
when a ship is granted permission
by the Order can it land at one of
the designated “visitor’s docks.”
Borden is not aligned with any
outer or inner plane. Creatures of
any alignment may land, if given
permission. The Order’s servants
on Borden appear to be simple
humans, demi-humans, and
humanoids, as one might find on
any number of worlds throughout
the Known Spheres.
Morgan’s World
Type D  Earth Body
Home to neutral evil heroes,
Morgan’s World is described as
disturbing, dismal, and
depressing. The forests are
comprised of ugly and misshapen
trees, while the mountains are
garish and gruesome. Harsh rain
falls from the darkly overcast sky;
only rarely does the dark blue sun
shine through the clouds.
Creatures that survive here are
pitiful and deformed. The planet
was named for Morgan Darkdawn
of Greyspace, the first inhabitant
and reputedly one who escaped
from the demiplane of dread,
Ravenloft.
The atmosphere of Morgan’s
World is very unusual. At night or
during stormy days, it induces
euphoric trances with the
residents, causing them to wander
in a world of their own fantasy. In
their mind, their every wish is
granted. In this way they can be
controlled and pacified.
Morgan’s World is aligned with the
outer plane of the Gray Waste.
The servants and warriors of the
Order appear human, but with an
ashen, almost shadow-like
appearance. The Order’s base is
protected by a dome that
neutralizes the euphoric nature of
the planet’s atmosphere.
Woodhaven
Type D  Earth Body
Considered the most beautiful of
the planets of Herospace,
Woodhaven’s surface is covered
by rolling, grassy hills and vast
forests. An unusual phenomenon
is that Woodhaven’s sun rises and
asets at the same time
everywhere on the planet,
regardless of its position in relation
to the planet. The climate is a
uniformly spring-like, warm and
pleasant. Most of the heroes
dwelling here are elves, many
former captains and admirals of
the Elven Fleet. Both the former
Grand Admiral Leafbower and
Admiral Sindiath have estates on
Woodhaven. Both have the means
to summon a Man-O-War in 1-4
weeks if they need to travel off-
world. Alustriel of Silverymoon is
also known to have an estate on
Woodhaven that she visits from
time to time.
Woodhaven is closely aligned with
Arborea. The servants who work
on this world appear to be elves,
including the sailors and marines
that serve the ships based at
Woodhaven.
Asylum
Type D  Earth Body
Asylum is covered by a planet-
spanning city ruin. Within the few
remaining intact structures are the
luxurious homes of chaotic neutral
heroes. These individuals live in
comfort and luxury, without want
or need. They will discover great
treasures in their homes and in the
ruins. Beyond the boundaries of
their gilded palaces, the ruins are
the domain of a strange, human-
like race that appears to be non-
intelligent and completely insane.
Great hordes of these creatures
wander the ruins, wearing little
more than filthy rags and gibbering
incoherently. Their origins are
unknown. They are frequently
enslaved and preyed upon by the
heroes of Asylum.
The treasures acquired by heroes
on Asylum are transitory. Should
such wealth be taken off world, it
quickly degrades to dust once it
leaves Asylum’s atmosphere.
Many believe Asylum’s heroes are
affected by a planet-wide illusion
or psionic ability that makes them
think that dirt stone are gold and
gemstones.
Asylum is closely aligned with the
outer plane of Limbo. The Order’s
agents on Asylum appear to be
non-descript humans wearing pain
white uniforms.
Chaostromme
Type D  Earth Body
Much like Cumerland,
Chaostromme resembles more
traditional planets such as Krynn
and Toril, with colder poles and
warmer at the equator. The world
of chaotic evil heroes is even
considered beautiful, as much of it
is untamed wilderness. The
chaotic evil heroes who settle here
desire peace and quiet, and
frequently live alone in simple
estates. The wilderness is haunted
by violent and dangerous
monsters gifted with unusual
ferocity. The heroes prevail
against these foes without fail, yet
gain nothing from the experience
aside from the pleasure of killing.
No experience points will be
gained by killing the monsters of
Chaostromme. This may be due to
use of illusions or polymorphed
animals to create these monsters,
which never put the heroes in any
true risk.
Chasostromme is aligned with the
outer plane the Abyss. The
servants and the Order’s armies
appear to be tieflings.
Further Reading: SJA3 Crystal
Spheres © 1990 by J. Paul
LaFountain
 Mirrorspace
For nearly five centuries
Mirrorspace was cut off from the
rest of the Known Spheres. Flow
storms surrounded the sphere
following the fall of the Shining
Empire, creating a vortex of
twisted phlogiston rivers making
the area around the sphere
unnavigable. Likewise, mystical
forces cut the sphere off from
planar access as well for four and
MIRRORSPACE – a half centuries. Recent decades
Wildspace from the have seen a calming of the
Eternal. Within Nyx, the Mother of
Darkness rules with absolute
authority.
Mirrorspace has a vast and
robust pantheon of deities the
natives worshipped. The
Olympian pantheon, in particular,
rose to prominence thanks to
their patronage of the City of
Mirror. Apollo in particular enjoys
widespread worship as the patron
of psionics.

Spelljammer Mailing List phlogiston as well as the

Pirates have always been a
dissipation of the barriers to
problem in Mirrorspace, both
Apollo planar travel. Stable routes are
during the height of the Reflective
Type H  Fire jealously guarded, and lingering
Empire and after its fall. So-called
Something flow storms make them
Type B  Fire “Gate Raiders” are thought to
surprisingly dangerous to travel.
Something have access to some sort of
Type E  Earth The sphere takes its name from device that allowed them to
Mirror Prime the Reflective Empire and its appear out of nowhere and
Type A  Earth capital, the City of Mirror. Now disappear without a trace. The
Melodya four and half centuries dead, it deprivations of these raiders
Type E  Earth wained for a few centuries after
once spanned the entire sphere.
Tarragon Mirror’s fall, but in recent years
 Stretching from the asteroid belt
Type E Earth, one merchant ships have vanished
moon Mirror Prime, the Reflective
Empire was a force to given even without a trace, and the legend of
Something
Type B +
Earth the Elven Fleet pause. It fell at the Gate Raiders is whispered of
+

Wartorn the claws of an unlikely alliance again.

Type F  Earth of humanoids, neogi, beholders,
The Backwaters
and a radiant dragon, all pawns
Type A  Earth
to the machinations of a mind
flayer cabal. The Reflective
 population, one of the highest in
Empire’s fall caused
 reverberations felt across all of
Mirrorspace.
The system’s primary is Apollo, a
fire body that radiates a hard,
cold, white light upon the eight
planets of the sphere. Above the
orbital plane of the planets is
known as Uranos. It is a maze of
enormous ice crystals, many as
large as worlds. Opposite of this
ice maze is the dark and
shadowy realm of Nyx, the Night
The people of Mirrorspace have a
high rate of psionic beings, up to
a quarter of the overall
all of the Known Spheres. The
nature of the sphere amplifies
psionic powers, making psionic
powers easier to use and with
greater effects. Psionics grow
more potent near the primary. It
is of little surprise that the sun
deity Apollo is also the God of
Psionics. The reason for this
phenomenon is unknown but
subject to much debate.
During the Fall of Mirror, some
manner of planar magic was
unleashed that brought forth an
unending tide of vegetation.
Unlike natural plants, these were
quite deadly, comprised of almost
every plant-based monster
imaginable and many that were
never before seen. Mirror
became englobed by deadly
plants, and thanks to the many
portals, the deadly vegetation
spread to other worlds and into
wildspace. To this day there are
many dormant plants drifting in
wildspace, becoming upon
contact with an air envelope.
Many spelljammers have fallen
prey to these deadly plants.
Mirrorspace has several natural
portals to the Phlogiston.
Unfortunately for most travelers,
these portals are quite small,
allowing passage of ships a mere
20’ or so across. These portals
are highly sensitive to psionics,
however. If a psionic creature
concentrates, the portal can be
widened by one foot for every
PSP expended. The psionist
must be within 100’ of the portal
to affect the portal in this fashion,
and the portal will remain in this
altered state for 1 round per level
of the psion. Multiple psioncists
can contribute to the effort, with
the time the portal remains open
being determined by the highest
level pison of the group. Open
and close portal spells operate
normally in Mirrorspace.
Primary: Apollo
Type H  Fire Body
Apollo is a blazing white fire body
at the sphere’s heart. It radiates a
cold white light that is hard to
gaze upon, even from worlds as
distant as Wartorn. Apollo shines
even brighter to psionically from the solar winds and psionic
sensitive creatures. The primary research. The temple city is
is seen as the source of all protected from heat and fire, a
psionic power in Mirrorspace. blessing from Apollo.
As with most fire bodies, Access to the temple is granted
creatures from the elemental only after a sphere-wide
plane of Fire make Apollo their pilgrimage is undertaken. Such
home. Fire elementals, efreet, pilgrimages begin in the
azer, salamanders, fire giants, Backwaters and are concluded at
brass and gold dragons, magmin, the Apollo’s Crown. Along the
and mephitis have all been way the pilgrim visits sites holy to
encountered. Some are Apollo. Pilgrims receive Apollo’s
numerous and organized enough blessing at each site, which take
to found vast nations. There are many forms. Particularly worthy
many natural portals to the pilgrims are granted the greatest
elemental plane of fire open and of boons, a wish, upon
close on Apollo. Stable portals completion of special quests.
are controlled by powerful
inhabitants. Fire World
Type H  Fire Body
There are also many portals to
the quasi-elemental plane of
Radiance and the Positive
Energy plane, and Apollo has
become a neutral ground by
creatures native to those planes.
Without adequate magical
protection against light and heat,
travelling to Apollo is suicidal.
There is very little contact
between the natives and the Desert World
greater wildspace communities.
(lizardmen)
The natives are largely unaware
Type F  Earth Body
of the universe beyond Apollo,
aside from a few with psionic
abilities powerful enough for them
to communicate across the vast
reaches of wildspace.
Apollo’s Crown (small city):
Floating high above the sun on Mirror Prime
an island of black, cold rock, Type A  Earth Body
Apollo’s Crown is the holy center
of the god’s worship in the A cluster-world of asteroids
sphere. A small congregation of surrounded by a single, thick
priests and acolytes dedicate atmosphere, Mirror Prime
themselves to praising the appears as an amorphous mass
Sunfather, deducing prophecies of brightly colored greens
intermixed with mauve, lavender,
reds, olive, and a host of
disturbing colors.
In its heyday, Mirror Prime was a
large cluster world, with the City
of Mirror at its heart. The outer
asteroids were mined or used as
farming asteroids, producing a
bountiful crop to feed the City of
Mirror. The city itself spread
across dozens of asteroids, with
travel between individual
asteroids facilitated by magical
bridges or demi-powered
smallcraft.
Four and a half centuries ago, in
the early days of the First
Unhuman War, the city was
besieged by a vast alliance of
humanoids and other monsters,
joined by a mind flayer
conspiracy. The city responded
by building a fleet of octopuses
and twenty cuttle command
warships. Working alongside
them was a creed of mind flayers
who also suffered under the
deprivations of the humanoids.
They were all betrayed, and part
of the fleet was stolen. In the end,
Mirror fell when one side or
another unleashed planar magic
that summoned forth an unending
wave of hellish vegetation that
flooded the city. Monstrous plants
choked the city, slaying all in their
path.
Mirror Prime today is a maze of
ordinary and monstrous plants
and trees, with baatazu acting as
gardeners and caretakers of their
fiendish garden. The intentions of
the baatazu are unknown. The
ruins are overrun with monsters
of all types, including even the
baatazu’s hated foes, Tanar’ri.
Great treasures are known to
remain in the city, although few
return from expeditions to this
most dangerous of dungeons.
Melodya
Type E  Earth Body
Melodya is a mid-sized rocky
planet and one of the most
populated worlds in the sphere.
Melodya is blessed with a mild
climate and geography that
heavily favors farming over
herding or hunting. Extreme
climates such as arctic ice caps,
towering mountains, parched
deserts, or foreboding forests are
small the point of almost
insignificance compared to the
sweeping farmland and pastoral
orchards.
The people of Melodya are
famous for their love of music.
Bards are highly regarded, and
on Melodya the most powerful
spell-casters are bards rather
than wizards. Every city has at
least one bardic college. Some
cities are built entirely around
their bardic colleges.
Below the surface is an extensive
Underdark network dominated by
mind flayers and other deep earth
monsters. Adventurers often
venture into the Underdark in
search of treasure, fame, and
inspiration. Many never return.
Bluffside (large city): Founded
by descendants of refugees from
Mirror, Bluffside was built at the
edge of an impact crater to mine
adamantine ore that was
deposited there eons prior.
Bluffside is a spelljammer port,
with facilities to build and repair
vessels.
Tarragon
Type E  Earth Body,
1 moon
Tarragon is a world with one
continent surrounded by vast,
planet-spanning ocean. Many
island chains spread across
Tarragon. The land and seas are
choked by hell-spawned jungles,
haunted by monsters, baatazu,
hordlings, and other monsters of
the lower planes. Tarragon was
once a very different world, but
was dramatically changed by the
events that lead to the fall of the
City of Mirror.
Centuries ago, the continent was
a vast desert, with forests and
vegetation only along the coastal
areas. Under the waves of the
ocean were empires of sea elves,
mermen, tritons, sahuagin, kuo-
toa, and other aquatic races. The
various empires warred with one
another until the Truce of
Tamrgon, which saw peace
finally achieved between the two
largest empires of sea elves and
sahuagin. Following the truce,
trade flourished between the
empires and spelljammer
societies, with the few islands
and archipelagos considered
much-coveted treasures.
Tarragon has a sinister reputation
with spacefarers. A handful of
settlements survive, but well-
hidden and defended. Attempts
to contact these refuges or
replenish water supplies with ice
from the poles are often foiled by
lashing vines, carnivorous trees,
or attacks by other monsters.
In orbit around Tarragon is a
number of ship-sized, green
moonlets. These are all that
remain of vessels that escaped
the deadly vegetation on the
surface, only to be overrun by
rapidly growing monstrous plants
as they reached orbit. Although
the ships may contain treasure,
they are overrun by deadly
plants.
Clockwork: Famed across the
Known Spheres as the Celestial
Clock, Tarragon’s sole major
moon is Clockwork. The entire
moon is one gigantic clock, with
“faces” measuring minutes and
hours, days and months, years
and decades, and centuries and
millennium. Clockwork is used as
a universal clock for the Known
Spheres. The moon is home to
the Clockmakers, a race of
mechanical humanoids of
considerable power and a hatred
of clockwork horrors.
Dead World
Type F  Earth Body
Wartorn
Type F  Earth Body
Wartorn is, as its name implies, a
world where war is
commonplace. It is a large planet
with several broad continents
divided by oceans of deep blues
and greens. It is the most
populous of Mirrorspace’s planets
with robust populations of
humanoids, demi-humans,
humans, and many other races.
The large population of such
disparate races competing over
resources is thought to be the
cause of so many of the wars that
rage across the planet.
Despite a state of nearly constant
warfare between the different
races, the civilizations on Wartorn
are advanced and sophisticated.
Many are aware of spelljammers
and even make use of the
vessels, in war, trade, and
exploration. Competition has
driven many to develop new
spells and devices to defend their
lands and to take lands away
from others.
As warfare frequently destroys
villages, cities, and whole
kingdoms, much of Wartorn’s
history has been lost. Many of the
best records of the planet’s past
were kept in libraries at the City
of Mirror, now lost along with the
city.
Owing to the warlike nature of the
inhabitants, Wartorn has one of
the most extensive pantheons of
war deities in the Known
Spheres. Temples to deities of
war are found in every town and
village of the sphere.
Unlike many of the worlds of
Mirrorspace, Wartorn took little
notice of the fall of the Reflective
Empire. The wars upon the
planet continued unabaded,
aside from the loss of a number
of spelljammers to the fighting at
Mirror Prime.
Azantia (metropolis): Situated in
the heart of a dragon-ruled
empire and named for its
legendary founder, Azantia is a
surprisingly good spelljammer
port despite the dragons’
apparent disinterest in wildspace
travel. The residents often have
draconic features, either a result
of experiments by dragon rulers,
or taking human form and
procreating with the locals.
The Backwaters
Type A  Earth Body
The Backwaters is a “cloud” of
many tens of thousands of
asteroids, which comprise the
outermost “planet” of
Mirrorspace. The cloud is vast,
spanning millions of miles along
the Backwater’s orbital plane.
The exact boundaries of the
Backwaters are unknown as
many individual rocks stray far
from the main cluster.
The Backwaters is a dark,
shadowy place, so far from the
primary and light obstructed by
other rocks. Within its depths lurk
many small tribes of humanoids,
descendants of the goblins who
sacked Mirror. They have only a
few spelljammers, ancient
vessels that were missed by the
Great Hunt that followed the First
Unhuman War.
Aside from the humanoids, many
monsters dwell in the
Backwaters. Scavvvers are
common, as are krajen. Vrious
types of bats, capable of
travelling the void between
asteroids, have also been
encountered.
In the past, dwarves mined the
asteroids of the Backwater for
gold, iron, and other riches, only
to be slaughtered by goblins and
worse. Their ancient holds are
now goblin strongholds, all but
unassailable fortresses from an
earlier age.
Tyranthome (small city):
Located at the eye of a
maelstrom of asteroids that spin
around Tyranthome, this small
trading post is operated by a clan
of relatively friendly beholders.
The beholders know of a secret
route through the surrounding
maelstrom, and can be hired as
guides. The beholders trade in
antiques and other treasures
recovered from the ruins of
Mirror.
Further Reading: Mirrorspace
topics at thePiazza.org.uk,
Bluffside: City on the Edge ©
2013 by Govreau, James;
Bennett, Curtis; Troman, Andrew;
Quinn, Jeff; Bailey, Warren; et al.
Mystrylspace
The sphere known as that sell potions, scrolls,
Mystrylspaee is a bit larger than spellbooks, and even magic
Realmspace, with a diameter of weapons and armor. The sphere
roughly five billion miles. has an unusually high number of
Mystrylspace is considered a spellcasters in comparison to
medium-sized sphere and recently other spheres.
discovered routes through the
Phlogiston has dramatically Mystryl’s Harbor orbits the
increased its connectivity to the crescent world also named MYSTRYLSPACE –
Known Spheres in the past two Mystryl. Both were named for the Wildspace from the
centuries. The sphere’s main port- goddess Mystryl, from Piazza
of-call, Mystryl’s Harbor, is famed Realmspace. Long ago, during
for its excellent magical ancient Netheril’s Age of Armauroa
universities. Many helmsmen now Discovery, the then unnamed Type H  Fire
working in the Known Spheres sphere was discovered by Dragoneye
explorers from Netheril. The Type E ◗ Water
received training at one of these
sphere was largely deserted then, Modarii
fine institutions of magical Type E  Earth,
learning. with worlds unclaimed by any
rings
intelligent races. Soon after,
Mystrii
Mystrylspace is a young, cold Netheril abandoned spelljamming Type F ◗ Earth, two
sphere. When travelling in as too expensive, but not before moons
wildspace anywhere in the outer founding a large enclave on Tyche’s Dicebag
system, heavy clothes and winter Mystryl. As Mystrylspace was far Type B  Earth
ware is recommended. The inner from any known phlogiston routes, The Ramparts
+
system is warmer, allowing for part of the reason for the Type C + Earth
somewhat lighter attire. The stars Netherese abandonment of Soleum
Type D  Earth
of this sphere are glowing runes spelljamming was to protect the
Thann
on the spherewall, each unique in budding colony, choosing instead
Type B  Earth
shape, color, and brightness. The to use portals to maintain contact, Kozah
runes are said to hold the secrets trade, and settlement of Type F  Air, nine
to magic, and those that decipher immigrants into the newly opened moons
the runes can unlock potent lands. The colony flourished Eyes of Shar
magic. The number of stars is during Netheril’s Shadowed Age, Type E  Water
easily in the tens of thousands or until contact was finally lost when
more. No one has ever Netheril fell. With their mother
successfully cataloged them all. empire gone, the colonies
returned to spelljamming to build
As Mystrylspace has become anew.
increasingly connected to the rest
of the Known Spheres, more and Since Nethril’s fall, Mystrylspace
more spelljammers visit the sphere became known to various magical
on a regular basis. The sphere societies elsewhere in the Known
has become very popular in the Spheres, including the Suel
past century for the abundance of Imperium, the Empire of Istar,
helmsmen available for hire and Nithia on Mystara, and many
for minor magic items and trinkets more. These empires established
the locals produce for sale. Many their own colonies in
ports in Mystrylspace have shops Mystrylspace, and when they fell
one by one, refugees fled to the
sphere for safety. Over the
centuries, the colonies grew into
their own kingdoms, founding new
colonies of their own, and created
a patchwork of wizardly
civilizations. Magical ability is more
highly valued than bloodline purity
in the sphere.
The pantheon of Mystrylspace is
believed to be the descendants of
the Netherese deities with
influences from numerous peoples
who have settled in the sphere.
The pantheon has grown and has
many members. Recently the
Asgardian, Olympian, and
Pharaonic pantheons have gained
followers in the sphere, as has
Celestian, although all of these
have but a few followers and are
still very weak in the sphere. Of
the various foreign deities, Thoth,
Hecate, Odin, Oghma, and Math
Mathonwy are most popular.
Primary: Amauroa
Type H  Fire Body
Amauroa is a fairly typical fire
body with a slight orange tint. Like
many other fire bodies, Amauroa
is dangerous to approach due to
the intense heat it radiates. The
atmosphere is poisonous to living
creatures, fit only for creatures
from the elemental planes. The
surface is dotted with many portals
to the elemental planes of fire,
radiance, and positive energy,
through which monsters pass
through. When these monsters
meet, they often clash over
territory.
Salazin (metropolis): This city of
crystal and light is a powerful city-
state of salamanders. The rulers
are potent wizards in their own
right. The city is vast, stretching for
miles in every direction around the
central palace. The royal house
dispatches agents to capture
monsters for the blood sport
enjoyed by the salamanders.
Dragoneye
Type E ◗ Water Body
Orbiting close to the primary,
Dragoneye, is a hot, steaming
water world. Dragoneye is a flat
planet with edges that are lost in
mist and steam. Many islands dot
the surface, piercing an
unfathomably deep world ocean. A
single continent, long and narrow
and piercing both sides and runs
from one end of the planet to the
other. Due to Dragoneye being a
flat world, it appears to “wink” daily
as it flips end-over-end.
Dragons are the dominant
species, ruling over vassal
kingdoms of lizardmen, dracons,
aarakocra, humans, and
humanoids, with degenerate
bullywugs and sahaugin in the
hinterlands. The dragons are very
powerful and magically gifted, with
their subjects building cities of
splendor in their honor.
The dragons are spelljamming
aware, with many city-states being
welcoming ports of call. Several
build vessels such as wasps,
turtleships, squidships, and
hammerships. Some dragons
have even mastered the ability to
shift their form into some similar to
that of radiant dragons, allowing
them to spelljam without aid of a
vessel. The dragons’ power gives
pause to even the mightiest
archmages of Mystryl’s Harbor.
Caustil (metropolis): A grim, dark
city of gray basalt walls, Caustil is
ruled by a terrible and ancient red
dragon nicknamed Flamumbra
and his many servants.
Flamumbra is a powerful magic-
user and a schemer, always
seeking to increase his wealth and
power. The city has one of the
strongest militaries in the sphere.
Emberkeep (large city): Built
from the eroded remains of an
extinct volcano, Emberkeep is a
bustling mercantile city. A clan of
brass dragons, nicknamed the
Sundivers, runs the city. They
have mastered travelling through
wildspace. At any given time, a
third of the clan is visiting other
worlds or even other spheres.
Mondarii
Type E  Earth Body,
2 rings
This fetid world is considered a
backwater. Forests of giant
mushrooms, mold-covered prairie,
and seas of slime cover the planet
from pole to pole. The atmosphere
is breathable, yet choked with
deadly fungi spores.
Mondarii is a warm, wet planet.
Dark clouds obscure the sky, and
a steady rainfall is constant.
Lightning illuminate a bleak,
dreary landscape.
The planet is a haven for
monstrous molds and slimes.
Russet mold fills a large basin,
appearing to be a sea from above.
Rivers of green slime slowly flow
from highlands, draining into putrid
lakes of the deadly substance.
Monstrous puddings wander the
prairies.
Native myconid and vegepygmy
tribes inhabit the fungal forests.
They have built their colony
homes around the wreckage of
crashed spelljammers. The
spelljammer helm, if present, is
often the chief’s throne.
Several liches dwell on Mondarii.
The deadly atmosphere is a
natural defense, allowing them to
experiment and research without
interference from the living. Their
servants are fungal-covered
undead.
Rings: Mondarii has two rings of
fist-sized rocks. A trio of asteroids,
none larger than a mile, also orbit
Mondarii. There is little of interest
in any of these bodies.
Mystrii
Type F ◗ Earth Body,
2 moons
Mystrii is an enormous crescent
world, twelve thousand miles
along its major axis and six
thousand miles at its widest. The
edges are rounded such that
travel between the two sides is
fairly easy. There are several
small seas on both sides. The
inner surface is dominated by rich
prairies, mountains, and forests,
while the outer surface is drier with
deserts and savannahs.
Mystrii is the most populous planet
of the sphere. It is the home for
many powerful individuals. The
many kingdoms and nations are
descended from powerful magical
empires of the Known Spheres’
past, and retain their ancestors’
love of magic.
The planet was first settled by
colonists from Netheril, on Toril.
After that empire fell, the colonists
welcomed citizens of other
magical empires, including those
from Istar, the Suel Imperium, the
Bakluni Empire, Nithians from
Mystara, and more. The many
kingdoms of Mystrii claim the
heritage of those magical empires.
The ability to use magic is
important to the people of Mystrii.
Mystril Harbor (metropolis): The
largest city in the sphere, Mystril
Harbor appears from a distance to
be a wizard’s tower rising from a
large and barren asteroid. The
tower is very large, a marvel of
magic. It is home to several
magical universities, making it a
center of learning renowned
across the Known Spheres. It is
also one of the busiest
spelljamming ports outside of
Refuge.
Myune: The larger of Mystrii’s two
moons is an aquamarine orb
known as Myune. It has several
small, deep blue, almost dark
violet seas, with continents
covered by strange jungles or
wide barrens. Numerous
theocratic cities are found here.
Cynii: The smaller of Mystrii’s
moons is the amethyst-tinted
Cynii. Jagged mountains, deep
valleys, and cold lakes dominate
the surface. It is divided between
gray elves, who inhabit the
forested valleys, dwarves that
dwell under the mountains, and
giants who build great palaces on
the peaks or even upon solid
clouds.
Tyche’s Dicebag
Type B  Earth Body
This cluster of regularly-shaped
asteroids is colorfully referred to
as “Tyche’s Dicebag”. This is
because all of the asteroids have
a dice-like shape. There are
numerous “sets” of dice, each with
similar color and texture. A set
consists of a tetrahedron, three
cubes, an octahedron, two
trapezohedrons, a dodecahedron,
and an icosahedron. There are
scores of sets, sharing a common
atmosphere. There are also
numerous “loose” dice-shaped
asteroids that appear unrelated to
any other asteroid.
Many races inhabit the Dicebag,
each staking a claim to one or
more asteroids. Halflings are
especially well-represented.
New dice-shaped asteroids
appear in the Dicebag every so
often, increasing the overall
number of asteroids. These may
be single asteroids, or an entire
“set” of nine asteroids. The
common atmosphere is plenty
large to hold many more asteroids.
Snake Eyes: Never far apart, this
pair of cube-shaped asteroids has
a bad reputation. Dust storms
obscure the surfaces, which hide
bandit lairs.
Hell Dice: A large, red
icosahedron, Hell Dice is riddled
with ruins and dungeons. Volcanic
activity makes it uninhabitable.
The ruins are death traps, yet hide
great wealth.
Fortunii (large city): Magical
lanterns light up Fortunii, for this
city is cast in eternal shadow and
night. The enclave is a hotbed of
gambling halls, theaters, festhalls,
taverns, inns, and other places of
ill-repute.
Tyche’s Zoo (small city): Built on
an icosahedron, Tyche’s Zoo is a
marvel of the Known Spheres. The
entire asteroid is a park with well-
marked paths for visitors. It
features animals from the farthest
corners of the Known Spheres and
beyond, from domestic animals,
miniature and giant versions of
common animals, to dinosaurs,
prehistoric animals, and even a
few dragons.
The Ramparts
Type C +
+  Earth Body
The Ramparts is an asteroid belt
that divides the inner sphere from
the outer sphere. Individual
asteroids appear to be snow-
capped mountains, some up to
fifty miles high on both sides of its
gravity plane. These mountain-like
asteroids cluster together into
ranges of up to two hundred
mountains stretching for
thousands of miles.
The Ramparts is made up of tens
of thousands of ranges and
individual mountains. Dwarves
have settled in some mountains,
seeking gems and ores. The
Ramparts are surprisingly poor in
such things. Only rarely is a
motherlode found, although these
are quite valuable and vast. They
must content with many humanoid
and giant tribes.
Citadel Zanderhir (small city):
Capital city of a dwarven nation,
this city is one of the largest
dwarven settlements in the
sphere. It sits atop a great vein of
valuable ore, used to make some
of the finest weapons and armors
the sphere has to offer.
Longhorn (small city): Once
famed for its gladiatorial arenas,
the ruling wizards were
overthrown in a slave revolt led by
minotaur gladiators. The enclave
is a pirate haven, home to
scalawags of all races.
Prospect (town): A semi-nomadic
town, Prospect is relocated every
few months as the inhabitants
scour the Ramparts looking for
areas suitable for mining. Once an
area is exhausted of resources,
the people move on. The buildings
of Prospect are built to be moved
like ships.
Soleum
Type D  Earth Body
Soleum is a relatively
unremarkable minor world. The
surface ranges from cold desert to
frozen tundra, with mountains,
hills, and frozen lakes.
Soleum is poor in resources and
as such has seen little settlement.
It is not a place of commerce,
trade, farming, or mining. It is a
place to lay the dead to rest. The
mountains and hills are peppered
with tombs, graves, cairns, and
catacombs. The dead from
Mystrylspace are brought to
Soleum for proper burial. Those
buried on Soleum will not rise as
undead.
Although corpses do not
“naturally” rise as undead on
Soleum, the planet is home to a
fair number of undead. A few
liches inhabit tomb complexes
under the desert sands, seeking
solitude and privacy in the barren
landscape. A few ghouls and
ghasts have made their way to
Soleum to feast on the plentiful
corpses, although the residents of
the small enclaves hunt down and
destroy these monsters as soon
as they are discovered. Grave
robbers are a persistent problem,
and many tombs are spell-warded
to protect against such thieves.
The Grand Catacombs: The final
resting place for many
commoners, the Grand
Catacombs is a vast, multi-level
complex stretching for miles under
a basalt plateau.
Mortuary (small city): This
enclave is home to priests and
tomb builders who care for the
Grand Catacombs. There are two
ports, one for daily traffic and a
second for ships carrying corpses
for interment.
Crematiir (small city): Built near
a volcanic vent, Crematiir is the
destination for unclaimed corpses.
After a brief ceremony, such
corpses are sent down a slide into
the molten rock below.
Thann
Type B  Earth Body
The asteroids of this cluster are all
illuminated by a miniature sun, a
mere two hundred feet in
diameter, located at the heart of
the cluster. Many scores of
asteroids twirl around the central
sun, which was created by a cabal
of powerful wizards and priests
centuries ago.
The asteroids of Thann are
devoted to farming. Due to the
eternal growing season and magic
items used to replenish the soil
and water reserves, Thann is a
breadbasket. Plants grow rapidly
and healthy, yielding bountiful
crops year-round.
Several families of wizards,
descendants of those who
originally created the suns, divide
Thann into a series of baronies.
These families are wealthy and
own ships used to transport their
produce to markets swiftly. The
families highly value magic and
compete in highly elaborate
games to outdo one another in
displays of magical talent and
ability.
The Green Dwarf: An abandoned
dwarven citadel, the Green Dwarf
is an unusual sight. Ill-suited for
agriculture, a forest grew on its
every surface. The grim dwarven
visage at the prow is overgrown
with flowering vines. It is overrun
with monstrous plants.
Bounty (large city): Overgrown
with plants, Bounty may appear
ruined from a distance, but it is a
thriving city. Grains are milled, fruit
is dried, meat is salted, all to
prepare it for shipment to hungry
markets elsewhere in the sphere.
The docks are always busy with
ships loading goods for shipment.
Kozah
Type F  Air Body, 9
moons
King of the Mystrylspace planets,
Kozah is the largest planetary
body in the sphere aside from the
primary. It is a crimson red sphere
stripped with broad bands of
ochre, russet, indigo, malachite,
and mauve. Enormous storms
swirl across the surface. The dark
side of the planet is illuminated
with the flashes of lightning.
Floating above and below the
clouds are several continents.
These landmasses range from
lush jungles to barren landscapes.
The storms are dangerous to the
unprepared, made all the more
worse by magic dead zones that
fly around the atmosphere
randomly. This fact keeps
unwanted visitors from exploring
Kozah. Illithids, beholders, and
even neogi are rumored to have
whole cities hidden in the floating
continents, which are unaffected
by the magic dead zones. These
creatures can detect and avoid the
magic dead zones and can
operate with impunity from the
secure strongholds.
Kozah’s moons are all earth or
water type bodies of sizes B
through D. They have all been
explored and mapped, with many
sporting cities and even kingdoms
in their own right. Few are
completely self-sufficient and
require trade for their survival.
Piracy is rampant due to many
petty disputes between the various
powers. Outright warfare,
however, is discouraged as
wasteful.
The Hounds of Kozah: Leading
Kozah in its orbit by sixty degrees
is this cluster of asteroids. The
exact number of these “Hounds”:
is unknown but numbers well into
the thousands. Most are fairly
small, with a few hundred ranging
as large as size C. The Hounds
are home to the insular dwarven
nation of Thrinlode. Torn asunder
by civil war instigated by an evil
archmage, Thrinlode sealed its
doors long ago. Attempts to
contact the dwarves are met with
open hostility.
The Handmaidens: Trailing
Kozah in its orbit, much like the
Hounds, the Handmaidens is a
vast cluster of thousands of
asteroids. Scavvers, krajen, and
worse stalk the Handmaidens,
thwarting all efforts to explore the
asteroid field. Ghost vessels
captained by spectres and liches
have been encountered as well.
Eyes of Shar
Type E  Water Body
A rare double planet of nearly
identical water worlds, the Eyes of
Shar are both shades of deep blue
and purple, streaked with white
clouds. At times storms create
great swirling hurricanes, which
can give the worlds the
appearance of a pair of malevolent
eyes.
The Eyes are large world-oceans
wracked by constant storms,
broken only by jagged islands and
deadly reefs that pierce the
turbulent waters. Cloud-cover is
complete, casting the surface of
both worlds in eternal gloom.
Many strange monsters inhabit the
Eyes. Monstrous sharks, squids,
and rays stalk the oceans, and the
skies are filled with winged
monsters that can survive the gale
winds. Giant, ocean dwelling
centipedes, flying arachnids,
floating jellyfish-like monsters, and
humanoid megalodons are but
some of the horrors reported.
People marooned on one of the
Eyes rarely last long. The constant
storms and dangerous predators
more often than not kill them in a
few days. Those that do survive
often find refuge in the citadels of
powerful wizards, who come to the
Eyes to scheme and experiment
away from the prying eyes of their
more moral colleagues.
Broken Skull Islands: This chain
of islands is surrounded by
dangerous reefs and jagged cliffs.
Under the barren rocks is a small
city of illithids and their mind
broken slaves. The city is a trade
market of sorts for creatures who
traffic with illithids, including devils,
neogi, and evil Underdark races.
Many evil schemes are hatched in
the bowels of this foul city.
The Locker (small city): A colony
of Mystryl’s Harbor, the Locker is a
fantastic city. It is an underwater
city of a dozen glass domes linked
by air locks. Many water
elementalists call the city home.
The city is protected from the
storm-tossed waves above. The
residents are developing
underwater-faring spelljammers to
explore the seas of the Eyes. The
city may be reached by means of
a magical diving bell that connects
to a platform on the surface. The
platform is magically shielded
against the storms and waves.
Further Reading: Mystrylspace
Sphere Guide by Adam Miller
(forethcoming).
Pathspace
Pathspace is a medium-sized its origins, and a common tradition
sphere, roughly the same size as is to recite a prayer before using a
Krynnspace. It has few major portal located within its boundaries.
worlds but a large number of minor Failure to do so is thought to lead to
planets, moons, and asteroid disaster.
clusters. The outermost planet is
Devis which is 20 days travel from The sphere has few major worlds
the primary and the sphere is a and numerous minor worlds,
moons, and asteroid clusters, many PATHSPACE –
further 20 days beyond that.
of which are uncharted. City-states Wildspace from the
It sits at a juncture in the and duchies dominate the sphere, comic Spelljammer #10
Phlogiston, giving rise to its name many of which are ancient, founded
as a reference the sphere being “a thousands of years ago. Humans Illumos
pathway to somewhere else”. are most common, with enclaves of Type H  Fire
Rivers through the Phlogiston link it almost every race in wildspace Dantay
Type E  Earth
to Bralspace, Krynnspace, found in the sphere. The duchies
Caldronic
Primeespace, Winterspace, and have been unified at one time or
Type D  Water
Refuge. Rumors abound of smaller, another by a number of empires Turisia
harder to find rivers that lead to that have risen and fallen over the Type C ◗ Earth
even more fantastic spheres. centuries. Thanks to centuries of Aeros
Pathspace’s shell is dotted with marriages, successions, wars, and Type E  Air, four
permanent portals. These are well- financial transactions, the planets of moons
like structures made of the same Pathspace are a patchwork of fiefs Astrylon
material as the crystal shell, and overlapping baronies with Type C  Earth,
indestructible, and each about four dubious loyalties, with duchies one moon
Barrara
hundred feet wide and appear to be spanning across many worlds.
Type C  Earth,
filled with a swirling liquid. Ships one moon
can pass through these wells with Owing to the small size of
Via Divinos
ease. There are hundreds of these Pathspace’s worlds, trade and +
Type B + Earth
portals scattered across commerce is paramount for Aaven
Pathspace’s shell. survival. Continual contact with Type F  Air, two
spelljamming communities both in moons
Inside the sphere wall are Pathspace and the greater Known Via Astartii
+
thousands of pools that glow Spheres has ensured most of the Type A +  Earth
brightly, which appear as stars from sphere is considered to be Lotalonn
a distance of greater than one Renaissance or at the very least Type C  Earth,
one moon
million miles. These are organized High Middle Ages. Pathspace has a
Devis
into roughly fifty constellations, high level of spelljamming activity 
Type A Earth
each consisting of 6-12 major and with spelljammers being known and
dozens of lesser stars. Most accepted as normal by the wider
prominent of these include the populous. Piracy and
Emperor, Draconis Major and swashbuckling is commonplace, as
Minor, the halfling, Cethar the Ape, various competing duchies and city-
the Beetle, and the Sphinx. Due to states seek to undermine one
the arrangement of the another through attacks on their
constellations and planets, there is rivals’ trade routes. Alliances are
no definitive “zodiac”. Each short-lived and easily broken. Small
constellation has a myth regarding wars are commonplace and often
fought over to settle grudges or
even slights of honor.
A quirk of Pathspace’s civilizations
is their development and favoritism
of groundling vessels over
traditional spelljammer vessels.
Cogs and galleons are more
common than tradesmen and
hammerships. The advanced
shipyards of Pathspace can even
build galleons of up to 100 tons,
and their ships are just as capable
in maneuvering as traditional
spelljammers.
Pathspace has its share of dangers.
Besides the aforementioned
rampant piracy, the sphere
experiences some of the worst “void
storms” in the Known Spheres.
Every year, the sphere’s primary,
Illumos, erupts and sends flares into
the sphere. These flares cool as
they head away from the primary,
changing from fire to air and water.
These space typhoons are
harmless to objects of planetary
Size B and larger, but have the
effects of hurricanes to smaller
planets and spelljammers. They are
impossible to detect from further
than 100,000 miles away, and can
catch ships unawares. These
storms dissipate once they move
out past a billion miles from Illumos.
They can grow quite large, with the
largest storm ever recorded
stretching just over 50,000 miles
across and 1,000 miles wide.
Primary: Illumos
Type H  Fire Body
The fire body known as Illumos is
the primary and sun of Pathspace.
It is typical of such objects, a bit
smaller than the suns of
Realmspace or Greyspace and
slightly dimmer but sheds sufficient
light and heat to provide for the
entire sphere. Portals to the
elemental plane of fire, quasi-
elemental plane of radiance, and
the positive energy plane are
present although not numerous or
large. Fire elementals, mephitis,
and creatures born of pure
elemental fire and radiance are
common. Efreet, azer,
salamanders, and xag-ya visit only
rarely, and never for very long.
Castle Vulilos: Lost somewhere in
the glare of Illumos’ light is Castle
Vulilos, home to the dreaded Sun
Witch Kistella. The castle has a
base of black crystals, which
support crystalline white towers.
Kistella’s many servants include
monsters as well as charmed
humans and humanoids. A pair of
efreet serves as her bodyguards.
The castle is difficult to locate and
visited only rarely by Barrara pirates
who are in Kistella’s thrall.
Dangerous to approach, Kistella
serves her own interests alone.
Dantay
Type E  Earth Body
Innermost of Pathspace’s numerous
planets is Dantay. Shrouded by an
omnibus layer of dark clouds,
pierced in spots by the glow of
oceans of lava, Dantay is a vision
straight out of hell. About a quarter
of the planet is covered by oceans
of lava, the rest by rugged,
mountainous continents. The
atmosphere, although noxious, is
breathable. Overhead, several large
islands drift in the skies, held aloft
by unknown means. Overall Dantay
is an extremely unpleasant world for
humans and their ilk to visit.
Dantay is home to a race of
humanoids known as nefians, who
are often mistaken for gargoyles or
even devils. Nefians are not related
to any fiendish race but are treated
as such by the people of Pathspace
and greatly feared. They share
many traits with fiends, such as
innate magical abilities and
resistances to fire, poison, and acid,
yet cannot be turned, banished, or
held at bay by protection from evil
and like magic. Nefians cannot be
mistaken for human, as all possess
large, bat-like wings, scaly tails, and
horns at least. Many have more a
more fiendish or animalistic
appearance. Nefian castles and
cities dot Dantay’s surface as well
as below it. They are prone to
violence and frequently war with
one another over petty matters.
The nefians are spelljammer aware
and even possess a few vessels of
their own. Landing on Dantay is
dangerous, as nefian lords will seek
any pretense to seize the vessel for
their own benefit, and are not above
piracy or simply confiscating the
ship on a whim. Even Barraran
vessels, the only local power
friendly with Dantay, prefer to dock
at Hellsport.
Hellsport (small city): Orbit above
Dantay is this artificial moon, a
relatively flat disc of basalt about
half a mile in diameter and crowned
by a hideous black castle. There
are facilities enough for as many as
thirty vessels to dock. At any given
time, half of Hellsport’s piers are
available. The city is heavily
patrolled by plate-clad guards
armed with swords and pikes.
Arriving ships are thoroughly
inspected, simply to assign hefty
tariffs on imported goods. The ruler
of Hellsport is Beelzen, a grossly
fat, greedy nefian who serves a
greater power, who had installed
him to power a decade ago.
Beelzen is said to have a great
fortune stashed away somewhere,
given how much gold he has
swindled from merchants and
skimmed from the coffers of
Hellsport.
Caldronic
Type D  Water Body
Caldronic is a hot water body, tidally
locked so one side always faces
Illumos. At the center of the sun
side, where temperatures are the
highest, water reaches boiling
temperatures creating great clouds
of billowing steam that rises and
escapes into space and trail
Caldronic for a million miles. The
water is replenished by some
unknown means, as the sea level of
the planet never declines.
Temperatures rapidly diminish the
further one travels from the center
of the sun side, reaching tolerable
levels roughly a thousand miles
from the center and drop to tropical
levels at the twilight transition zone.
Night side temperatures are warm
temperate, and at the center it
drops to cold temperate. Cold fogs
are common on the night side.
There are many islands dotting
Caldronic and most are inhabited.
On the sun side, where
temperatures make the islands too
hot for humans to inhabit, so-called
steam giants rule. These monsters
are similar to fire giants, save that
they can swim and breathe
underwater. They raid tropical
islands for food and treasure.
Humans, elves, halflings, dracons,
loxo, minotaurs, lizardmen, and giff
inhabit the rest of Caldronic. All are
advanced seafarers, capable of
building cogs, caravels, galleons,
and other like vessels. So ingrained
is seafaring life to the natives of
Caldronic that some never set foot
on land, living their whole lives
aboard ship. Under the waves,
there are whole civilizations of
intelligent sea creatures, including
merfolk, tako, locathah, and
ixitxachitl.
Boilpoint (large city): Located
directly under the sun side center,
Boilpoint rests at a depth of one
hundred fathoms. Here,
temperatures are tropical yet not
boiling hot. Boilpoint is a trade city,
free of racial infighting frequent in
other parts of Caldronic. Air
breathing races are welcomed as
well, if they have the means to
breathe underwater. Sea Lord and
Commander of the Boiling Legions,
Tideon the Marid is the master of
the city. Tideon is young for a
marid, and became lord of the city
after liberating it from the clutches
of a kuo-toan despot with fellow
adventurers from the Elemental
Plane of Water. He keeps a steam
mephit named Zistwater as his
vizier.
Temeste (metropolis): Largest city
of Caldronic, Temesta is built on
seven rocky islands and joined by
great arching bridges. Temeste was
once a premiere city in the sphere,
holding dozens of colonies across
the sphere through force of its great
navy and legions of warriors.
Temeste is today a shadow of its
former glory, with parts of the city
laying in ruin or given over to vast
slums. The city has extensive dry
docks, where caravels and galleons
are built by the merchant families
that now run the city. The merchant-
princes all claim liniage with the
ancient, now defunct imperial
family. Temeste is located on the
sun side, near the twilight transition
zone.
Turisia
Type C ◗ Earth Body
Turisia is a circular disc that spins
along it line of its rotation, giving the
planet a regular day and night
cycle. Turisia has an atmosphere
with warm days and cool nights.
The planet is mostly mountainous
with a handful of deep lakes and
some grassland plateaus. The
tallest mountains are along the
edges of the disc and are snow-
capped year-round. Swift, cold
rivers descend from the mountains
to empty into the lakes near the
center of the disc.
The whole planet is unified under
the Grand Duchy of Turisia. It is
home to many dwarves, gnomes,
halflings, humans, ogres, and some
goblins. The ruling family is the
dwarven House of Furric-Chattee,
which has ruled for the past two
hundred years. Below them are
innumerable counts and baron
houses, all squabbling and feuding.
Turisians find dueling an abhorrent
waste of resources since ancient
times, and instead compete through
the sponsorship of the arts.
Architecture, painting, poetry,
literature, and sculpting are the
battlefields of Turisia nobility. Many
painters and sculptors come to
Turisia in search of a patron. Those
that can create art that impress both
their patron and the masses
become famous and wealthy.
Those that fail face ruin and
imprisonment.
Naturally, a great deal of art can be
found on Turisia. Many pieces are
displayed in galleries across the
planet, while others are stored in
great warehouses. Lesser works
often are sold abroad for great
sums of money to finance new
projects. The people of Selune, in
Realmspace, are big purchasers of
Turisian art, when it goes on the
market.
Aeros
Type E  Air Body, 4
moons
Aeros is a gas world no larger than
Oerth or Toril with a number of
large islands float in its atmosphere.
There are two layers of floating
islands. Those in the upper
atmosphere all float at relatively the
same altitude, where the
atmosphere is comfortable and the
islands are habitable. Clusters and
chains of these islands float
together, never drifting far from their
fellow islands and never colliding.
The second layer surrounds the
planetary core. Below several cloud
layers, these islands are more
mysterious, as they are so tightly
packed in overlapping layers that
they grind into one another
constantly. The planetary core is an
ever-shifting maze of islands
crashing into one another, making
travel here hazardous. At the very
heart of Aeros is a tiny Type A fire
body that warms the otherwise
chilly core.
The natives of the upper islands are
human and demi-human, intelligent
and scientifically-minded. They are
fascinated with clockwork
inventions that are a mix of science
and magic. Aeros flying craft, with
wings of paper and cloth, along with
dirigibles and other flying
contraptions are a particular
favorite. An on-going quest is to
build a contraption to explore the
planetary core safely and return
with valuable crystals found there.
The mindset of the Aerosian
inventor is compatible with that of
tinker gnomes, many of whom have
made Aeros home.
Aeros has four major moons, all of
which are size C. It has a number of
captured asteroids of size A, many
of which are used for waystations,
castles, and even cities. Many
nobles own property on several
moons, won and lost through
marriage, war, or financial
transactions.
Siana Lona: This moon has seas of
dark purple and rugged islands. The
Duchy of Siana Lona is ancient and
famed for its colorful textiles. The
duke is advised by a Diet of the
People, a body of elders elected by
recognized merchant houses. The
ships of Siana Lona are crewed by
skilled sailors, protected by expert
crossbowmen.
Hylan: A prosperous moon, the
Duchy of Hylan suffered from poor
leadership. The Duke of Hylan is
little more than a meaningless title
with little power. Most of Hylan is
controlled by various merchant
families, many from other planets in
Pathspace. The orchards and fields
of Hylan are productive, much of
which is exported.
Rhonno: The Duchy of Rhonno
was not blessed with rich
resources. The moon is largely
barren with only a few forests
around deep lakes, with volcanic
wastes in between. The Duchy is
famed for its system of banking and
insurance, which has bankrolled
hundreds of merchant houses. The
Duchy exerts influence far beyond
means.
Monuzza: This wealthy moon is a
theocracy devoted to Zeus and the
Olympic pantheon. The former
Duke of Monuzza retired as a
warrior and became a cleric of
Zeus, and rose through the ranks to
high priest. Many nobles joined the
clergy to avoid forfeiture of their
lands. Monuzza’s temples are
magnificent.
Di’Calu: An asteroid city little over a
mile across, Di’Calu is a neutral
port. It has been the site where
peace treaties are signed and host
to many political weddings. It is a
busy dock with a usually high level
of security, including a full company
of giff mercenaries hired on a
decades-long contract. The lord of
Di’Calu holds the title of Duke and
is considered an equal to many of
the Dukes of Pathspace.
Astrylon
Type C  Earth Body, 1
moon
Astrylon is a small pastoral world of
farms, mountains, and open seas. It
has a thick atmosphere that allows
it to sustain a thriving civilization.
Astroylon is a rare “double planet”
with its sister planet, Barrara. The
pair spin around a central point
between the two planets, with that
point orbiting around Illumos.
Astrylon once was an independent
world, home to humans and demi-
humans with monsters being driven
almost to extinction. It was
conquered by an alliance of planets
led by Barrara in a betrayal
organized by the witch Nimone.
With the Astroylonian armada
destroyed, the Doge dead, the
Knights of the White Plume
scattered, and the Diet of Elders
electing a mewing weakling as the
new Doge, Barrara had little trouble
sacking the planet and setting up
their own puppet Doge.
Astrolyon is a conquered world, its
people slaves to its hated enemy,
Barrara. Control over Astrolyon is
not absolute. Revolts against
Barraran occupation occur
regularly, threatening to boil into a
full-scale rebellion. Barrara has to
send more troops and ships to
control an increasingly volatile
situation. Recently Barrara has
turned to unleashing monsters into
the countryside in hopes of flushing
out rebels and agents of the Knights
of the White Plume, who they blame
for recent troubles.
Astrolyon has a single, airless
moon. At one time the Knights of
the White Plume had a castle there
but it was abandoned after
Astrylon’s fall and not claimed by
the invaders.
Barrara
Type C  Earth Body, 1
moon
The “sister” planet to Astrylon,
Barrara is a pastoral world that is a
bit more mountainous and forested
than Astrylon. Like Astrylon, Barrara
is home to many humans, some
demi-humans, and has a large
humanoid population including
goblins, hobgoblins, gnolls, and
even trolls. Bararra’s wilderness is
home to many monsters, more than
normal, which are routinely rounded
up by Bararran bravos to send to
blood sport arenas or used as
weapons of terror on Astrylon.
Bararra is a known haven for
pirates. The King of Bararra actively
sponsors pirate vessels that range
across the Known Spheres,
pillaging and enslaving people from
many worlds. Bararra has dealings
with the Tenth Pit and the
Chainmen in addition to its own
fleet of smugglers and black market
merchants. Treachery is very
common in Bararran politics. The
heads of noble houses change
frequently.
Bararra has a single moon. It is
airless and uninhabited. It is riddled
with dungeons, including
abandoned prisons, merchant
warehouses, and noble safe
houses. After the conquest of
Astrylon, the moon was largely
abandoned as manpower was
needed elsewhere. The dungeons
are overrun with monsters.
Via Divinos
Type B +
+  Earth Body
The first asteroid belt of Pathspace
is Via Divinos, the Divine Road.
Comprised of millions of asteroids
spread along a relatively narrow
band, the Via Divinos has many
small colonies and asteroid
settlements. There are no records
of the Via Divinos being a planet; it
has always been an asteroid belt.
Ships can avoid the Via Divinos by
simply sailing above or below it,
although many stop at one of the
many ports found within.
The Via Divinos has numerous
cities, baronies, and remote
colonies. The sheer size of the
asteroid belt with the relatively small
population means the Via Divinos is
largely unclaimed and even
unexplored, despite centuries of
continual inhabitation. Almost any
race can be found here, including
outposts of such monsters as neogi,
illithids, beholders, dark dwarves,
and marauding dragons.
Barony of Sarvo: Sprawling over a
cluster of twenty asteroids that
never move more than 500 miles
apart, the Barony is a halfling
domain. Rich farms and well-
managed forests cover all of the
asteroids. The Barony is
well=defended by a fleet of galleons
designed to be operated by
halflings. The Baron of Sarvo
openly welcomes merchants while
secretly funds bands of privateers
to hunt down and destroy his
enemies.
Piazza (large city): Completely
covering one size of a three-mile
wide asteroid, the Piazza is an open
port where merchants of almost
every race can dock and trade
goods, so long as they remain
peaceful and follow the few simple
laws. The Princess of the Piazza is
a shrewd politician navigating the
volatile feuds of the sphere.
Aaven
Type F  Air Body, 2
moons
The largest of Pathspace’s planets
is the air world of Aaven. The planet
is royal blue streaked with bands of
white clouds. Gray storm clouds
form seasonally. Conditions on
Aaven are normally considered
“clear”, with the worst weather
being thunderstorms. Below the
upper cloud level there are several
hundreds of floating continents, all a
vision out of paradise. Bountiful
rainforests and open plains cover
these floating landmasses, home to
rich and diverse fauna. The
atmosphere of Aaven is dangerous
for humans and demi-humans to
breathe. Every turn of exposure
requires a saving throw vs. poison,
failure indicates the victim enters a
state of lethargy that can only be
cured by application of a remove
poison spell.
The natives of Aaven are a race of
winged humanoids known as
aasions, who are often mistaken for
aasimons or other celestials from
the Upper Planes. Aasions are not
related to such races, although
treated as such by the people of
Pathspace. The aasions have
innate magical abilities and
resistances to cold, poison,
electrical and gas attacks. They are
native to the Prime Material Plane
and thus cannot be held at bay by
protection from good and like
magic. Aasions are largely good or
neutral aligned and shy, rarely
venturing from their hidden villages
and villas.
Aaven is also home to a few other
flying races, aligned with the
aasions, including avariels, slyphs,
and pegataurs. All of these races
are aware of spelljammers and
there are a few in their possession.
They have no ambitions beyond the
bounds of their homeworld, and
only a few of their most
adventurous members seek to
leave Aaven to explore the wider
universe.
Devan: Largest of Aaven’s moons
is Devan, which is also the name of
the duchy that rules it. The duchy
worships the aavions as angels.
Davan architecture incorporates
much angelic iconography. A rare
aavion has thought to be the chief
advisor and lover of the duchess.
Iopa: Lesser of Aaven’s moons,
Iopa is a water world. Iopa has rich
fisheries and is home to a great
variety of fish. Largest of Iopa’s
fauna are great zaratans that lazily
drift in the waters. Some reach 500’
in diameter. If attacked, these
creatures have an unusual
defensive mechanism – their shells
have a portal to the Para-Elemental
Plane of Magma, and the creatures
can unleash a volcanic-like attack
before sinking into the waters.
Via Astartii
Type A +
+  Earth Body
The second of Pathspace’s two
asteroid belts, Via Astartii is more
widely scattered than the Via
Divinos. It is no less populated, with
as many ports, baronies, and minor
colonies. As the settlements are
more scattered, the Via Astartii is
home to many more monster lairs
than the inner belt. The asteroids of
the Via Astarii are more numerous
but much smaller than those of the
Via Divinos.
The sheer scale of the Via Astarii in
terms of size and number of
asteroids means that most of the
asteroid belt is uncharted and
unexplored. Settled areas are
well=known and explored, with
settlements claiming many of the
asteroids in their vicinity. The ports
here handle a great deal of trade
and travelers from other spheres.
Citadel of the Keeper of the
Flame: A religious outpost, the
Citadel residents are pacifists who
have a mystic artifact to defend
their hope with an impenetrable
sphere of ice. It was recently
assaulted by the neogi, who gave
up their attack when the device was
activated and they could not
maintain a months’ long siege
waiting for the ice wall to disappear.
Spiderspite Citadel: The largest
base of the Cive clan of neogi, this
asteroid bristles with defenses. The
citadel is a place of great horror,
where slaves disappear into and
are never seen again. The
stronghold has been assaulted
twice before and the neogi have
repulsed the invaders with ease.
Lotalonn
Type C  Earth Body, 1
moon
Considered the jewel of Pathspace,
Lotalonn is a world of sylvan
forests, stark snowcapped
mountains, meadows, and deep
freshwater lakes. It is one of the
least populated planets of
Pathspace, home to a few elf clans,
fairies, and vegepymies. Humans,
dwarves, and other races may
settle here as well, although few
actively do so.
The whole planet is unified under
the Grand Duchy of Lotalann. Its
primary export is lumber, used for
shipbuilding in shipyards across the
sphere. The dominant house of
Sachavel is elven, yet it must
constantly fend off the politicking of
a dozen lesser houses, all seeking
to gain the title of Duke for
themselves.
In the past other nations have
attempted to establish colonies on
Lotalonn to harvest lumber, under-
cutting the elven middlemen. Such
efforts typically fail; camps simply
disappear without a trace, cities are
found empty of people. Elves are
tight-lipped regarding the fate of the
colonies, but sages speculate they
taken by fairies to their strange
realm and driven utterly mad by the
chaotic nature of said realm.
Sindaost (large city): Capital of
the Duchy, Sindaost is an elf city
with many non-elf visitors and
residents. It is a beautiful city with
many artists and artisans. The Gray
Palace is a magical place with
many hidden places and doors to
other worlds. Sindaost is famous for
its fanciful galleon.
Crown of Hearts: Lotalonn’s only
moon is the Crown of Hearts, an
elven crown citadel of seven
archaic man-o-wars. Operated by
the Imperial Elven Navy, the Crown
of Hearts is their primary
headquarters in the sphere. It
houses 250 elven warriors and a
small fleet of six elven vessels are
stationed here. The Admiral of the
Sphere is unsure which is a greater
threat – monsters such as illithids
and neogi, or the relentless cut-
throat politics of the sphere, elves
included.
Devis
Type A  Earth Body
Pathspace’s outmost planet is
Devis. The asteroid cluster is
comprised of two hundred tiny
asteroids, many of which are so
small they barely qualify as
planetary size A. Devis is properly
the name of the city at the heart of
the asteroid cluster, and the
cluster’s proper name is the Domain
of Devis.
The City of Devis occupies several
small asteroids that drift very close
to one another and share a
common gravity plane. Many are
anchored to one another and liked
by stone bridges. Devis position as
the outermost Pathspace planet
makes it a desirable port for
merchants from other spheres.
Devis has sizable enclaves of many
races, particularly gnomes. Roughly
a quarter of Devis’ population is
settlers from other spheres, with
settlers from Krynnspace being
most numerous. Devis is one of the
most successful mercantile powers
of the sphere, and has established
colonies throughout the sphere.
Further Reading: Into the Void ©
1991 by Nigel Findley; Spelljammer
#10 “Exile on Taladas” © 1991 by
Don Kraar (DC), Spelljammer #14 &
#15 “Nimone” and “Song of the
Einheriar” © 1991 by Don Kraar
(DC).
 Primespace
One of the larger members of the wait at these portals to ambush
Known Spheres, Primespace sits merchant vessels passing through
midway between Krynnspace and the more popular portals.
Greyspace in size. Interestingly, the
number of planets the sphere has Primespace has seen the rise and
seems to correlate to a prime fall of many ancient civilizations.
number. That is, it has two air For a time its worlds were occupied
worlds, three water worlds, and five by the Radiant Empire, who battled
earth worlds. It has one fire body, thri-kreen theocracies that
PRIMESPACE – the central primary. It takes 30 days proceeded it. For a time, the
to travel from the primary to the humans of Clusterspace extended
Wildspace from the
outermost planet, and 30 days their reach to Primespace, the
novel Broken Sphere Antilans in particular when their
more to reach the edge of the
sphere wall. ambitions could not be contained
Infyrnus
by a single sphere. When
Type H  Fire
Primespace is located where two Clusterspace was sealed off from
Dross
Type E  Earth rivers through the phlogiston meet. the rest of the Known Spheres,
Venarbor The first river runs from Pathspace some colonies dispersed while
Type E  Air to Vistaspace, and the second is a others became kingdoms in their
Paloyum minor river that runs from own right.
Type D 0 Earth, Clusterspace to Refuge. The
two second river sees less traffic, Primespace is not known for having
moons particularly the Clusterspace to particularly dangerous void
Oculun weather. Swarms of icefists are
Primespace portion of the river.
Type E  Water frequent in the outermost reaches
Stellar Reef The stars of Primespace are of the sphere. In the inner portions
+
Type A +  Earth
divided into 47 constellations. of the sphere are “light storms”, or
Noblos
 These include a 13 constellation sudden bursts of light at the fringes
Type G Air, rings
Rynth zodiac along the plane of orbit of of a ship’s atmosphere. These light
Type E  Earth the planets. The stars of the sphere storms have the same effects of
Geyle have a peculiar nature – they seem light spell. Any character on deck or
Type F  Water to be mirages on the sphere wall. working the ship’s sails must make
Atearu They shine quite brightly when a successful save vs. spell or be
Type F  Earth, viewed from afar, but when the blinded for 3d4 rounds. Light
two observer draws close to them, they storms last 2d12 turns. The effects
moons
always seem to retreat and exist can be countered by special
Thoarime
somewhere beyond the sphere goggles, sold by the Arcane.
Type D ◗ Water
wall. The mystery has baffled sages
for centuries. Primary: Infyrnus
Type H  Fire Body
Piercing Primespace’s crystalline
shell is 17 permanent portals The largest object in Primespace
leading into the phlogiston. These and its singular fire body is Infyrnus,
portals are just large enough for an the primary. It has a dull yellow-
elven Man-O-War or a galleon to orange hue that is slightly dimmer
pass through. Thus a portal can be than typical suns. At great distances
blockaded fairly easily by a single from Infyrnus, roughly 15 days travel,
ship. Pirates and raiders frequently sunlight no long hampers mildly
photophobic creatures. At 25 days Venarbor wiggles. The seas are haunted by
distant, light from Infyrnus no long Type E  Air Body salt wiggles, sahaugin, and
harms undead such as vampires and ixitxachitl, with the deepest reaches
is no brighter than a full moon. Many Considered small for an air body, home to particularly dangerous
portals to the elemental plane of fire Venarbor is a warm, humid planet. It krakens. In the past pirates and
fuel Infyrnus’ endless conflagration. is bright green and white when seen groups like the Tenth Pit and even
from space. Venarbor is famous for mind flayers tried to establish contact
Sun dragons rule Infyrnus. They with the natives of Palovum. All
its “continents” of floating intertwined
command vast swaths of territory either fled for their lives, or were
trees, held aloft by unknown magic.
across the surface, many served by served at the next tribal banquet as
The forests are home to many
“lesser” creatures of fire, such as the main course.
animals, monsters, and races. Green
helions, mephitis, fire elementals,
and black dragons are common with
and a handful of salamanders. The Lodestone & Ballast: The twin
some enormous wyrms ruling over
dragons lair in the many islands of moons of Palovum orbit the planet at
small kingdoms.
basalt that float in the sea of fire. the same distant and opposite one
The “cloud forests” are home to another. Palovum is tidally locked
Dross many races, including tabaxi, loxo, with both – one side faces
Type E  Earth Body giff, thri-kreen, xixchil, hurwaets, Lodestone, and the other Ballast.
wood elves, and lizardmen. Many Lodestone is strongly magnetic,
Innermost of Primespace’s worlds is are spelljammer aware, and some while Ballast has a surface gravity
Dross, a hot, barren, volcanic world. possess vessels of their own. twice standard gravity. Both are size
Its thick atmosphere traps heat, B earth bodies. Both are barren,
making the planet all but Castle Cloudburst (large city): A airless, and uninhabited.
uninhabitable. The continents are well-run, organized port, Castle
th
shallow, broken by narrow seas of Cloudburst is ruled by the 754 Giff Oculun
lava. Dross is home to several Battalion. It is a neutral port where Type E  Water Body
scores of fire newt tribes, ruled by ships can restock supplies, get
red dragon monarchs. At some point repairs, and trade with the natives of Oculun is tidally locked, with one
in the ancient past, the dragons’ mad Venarbor. The streets are well- side eternally facing the primary
experiments lead to some sort of patrolled by giff and loxo armed with Infyrnus. It is therefore considered
human-efreet breeding program, and firearms. Smokepowder is the an “eyeball” planet. The sun-side is a
a large population of fire genasi was primary export. vast ocean with a few islands. The
created. The genasi are little more skies above the center are
than slaves, forced to work deep Palovum completely clear, but darken into
mines to extract mineral wealth for Type D 0 Earth Body, 2 storms that wrack the “twilight” zone
their dragon masters. moons between the sun-side and the night-
side. The night-side is lit by volcanic
Quench (small city): Orbiting high Palovum is a small world that islands and rifts, and dominated by a
above Dross and cooled by magical vaguely resembles an egg spinning bitter cold, stormy sea.
means, Quench is a minor city where on its side. Despite its status as an
merchants can dock and trade for earth body, most of Palovum is Oculun is inhabited by humans,
goods from the world below. It is an covered by swamps, jungles, and dwarves, elves, goblins, and trolls.
ugly lump of rock in space covered warm shallow seas. No point on the All are seafaring, inhabiting remote
by squat buildings and a palace planet is more than half a mile above island villages and depending on the
where the city’s overlord, the Efreet sea level. sea for everything else. They favor
Haust dwells. Quench has a small warriors and barbarians, and shun
fleet of stone vessels capable of Palovum is a backwater, home to wizards. Tribes constantly raid one
landing on Dross. dangerous, man-eating creatures. another at the behest of their
The swamps are the domain of masters, the eye tyrants. A single
degenerate lizardmen and swamp tyrant rules each tribe; should the
tribe’s tyrant be slain, the tribe will go
on a years’ long raid out of respect.
Stellar Reef
+
Type A +  Earth Body
Sprawling across a broad stretch of
space, the Stellar Reef is a belt of
countless asteroids. The Stellar
Reef is comprised of clusters of 20-
200 size A asteroids. Roughly 1 in
10 will have some form of
vegetation, water, or stable
atmosphere. There are thousands
of clusters known, with new clusters
discovered every few years.
The Stellar Reef is sparsely
inhabited. Dwarven clans, elven
outposts, pirates, and human trade
cities are all found in the Reef,
sometimes sharing a particularly
abundant cluster. Practically every
other major race, from neogi and
beholders to mind flayers and
radiant dragons, have some
outpost in the Reef.
Port Goblin’s Gear (small city):
Hidden deep in one of the larger
clusters, Goblin’s Gear is a goblin-
kobold run city. Humanoids of all
types come to this port to acquire
salvaged and stolen equipment.
Pirates frequent the port as well.
Elves would pay dearly for the
location of the city.
Hamster’s Hope (small city): A
gnomish city, Hamster’s Hope is a
fantastical place of marvelous,
hamster-powered machines. A
minor power in its own right, it rules
over the cluster it is located. With a
combination of science and magic,
dead asteroids have been turned
into lush grasslands hosting
hamster ranches and in a few
cases, virgin forests home to rock
and forest gnome settlers.
Noblos
Type G  Air Body
The largest of Primspace’s planets,
this gas giant is dark green in color
as seen from space. Noblos is
wracked by violent storms,
including those of an elemental
nature. The air of Noblos is deadly
poisonous to creatures not native to
the planet.
The many floating islands of Noblos
are inhabited by elementals,
undead, and bizarre creatures
adapted to the poisonous
atmosphere. Aside from intelligent
undead, there are no sentient
creatures on Noblos.
Rings: Noblos has several thin
rings of ice, rock, and dust. The
rings are thin, only a mile thick,
comprised of rubble generally the
size of a vessel or smaller.
The Wrecking Field: Just beyond
the ring is a much dispersed shell
of thousands of Type A asteroids.
The majority of the asteroids are
airless but a few sustain thin
atmospheres.
Stonehammer Hall (small city):
The largest dwarven citadel in
Primespace, this city is built into an
asteroid. It lays claim to the entire
Wrecking Field and the wealth it
may contain. Stonehammer is a
prosperous city-state.
Rynth
Type E  Earth Body
A thin, barely breathable
atmosphere clings to Rythn’s
surface. It is considered “fouled” to
visitors. The surface is barren aside
from lichens and weeds clinging to
bare rock. Little else survives on
the surface. Below the surface is
another matter. Rynth is riddled
with countless interlinked caves
and caverns. Within these caverns,
life thrives.
Rynth is home to many creatures
common in the Underdark of
various worlds. Mind flayers, kuo-
toa, bugbears, troglodytes, ghouls,
deep gnomes, and deep dwarves
are most common. Of these, deep
gnomes have established
spelljamming ports in deep volcanic
craters, where the air is thick
enough to welcome visitors.
The mind flayers are the fewest in
number and have adopted a
mercantile role. They act as
intermediaries between the various
races. They too have a few small
ports and fleets of nautiloids to
trade with other worlds. They
control several major passages
used as trade routes between the
largest cities.
Deepvault (small city): Stronghold
of a powerful bugbear hetman, the
Deepvault is the name of a large
chamber of an extinct volcano. The
bugbear city is a famous den of
debauchery. The bugbears are
frequently at war to acquire new
slaves.
Rhombport (small city): This port
is found at the bottom of a miles-
deep volcanic crater. A deep lake at
the bottom allows water-landing
craft to pull into the city, which is
built into the walls of the crater.
Rhombport is a city of deep
gnomes, although tinker gnomes
are common as well.
Geyle
Type F  Water Body

Geyle is a large water body with
enormous, continent-sized icebergs
drifting it its storm-tossed seas.
Piercing the ocean are long, thin
archipelagos of volcanic islands,
storm-lashed, mostly barren slabs
of basalt and granite. Weather
conditions are always considered
“stormy” at least, with half the time
considered “gale”.
The icebergs are similar to cold
regions of other worlds and
inhabited by cold-loving creatures.
Many creatures only lair in the
icebergs, and hunt the oceans for
sustenance.
The volcanic, rocky islands are
mostly uninhabited save for small
clans of hardy dwarf miners.
Creatures from the elemental
planes of fire and earth haunt the
surface, making travel hazardous.
The oceans are populated by
undersea civilizations. Their cities
of coral and seashells float at
depths that make them safe from
the storms above. Many are
unaware of spelljammers.
Chytin: This ruined city orbits high
above Geyle. Gigantic seashells
tower over shattered streets,
haunted by ghosts and worse. The
builders of Ghytin are unknown,
with spelljamming marids being the
most likely candidates. Undead,
traps, curses, and lingering spell-
effects lure many treasure hunters
to an early grave. Tranquility: In stark contrast to
Gehennes is Tranquility, a peaceful
Atearu moon of small seas, forests, and
Type F  Earth Body, 2 meadows. Several temples to
moons deities of peace and nature are
found here. The natives are elves,
The atmosphere of Atearu is thick gnomes, halflings, and faeries.
and warm. The land is divided
between continent-sized high
plateaus, where conditions are
comparable to warm temperate
rainforests, and sprawling desert
lowlands. Oceans of dense clouds
with a consistency somewhere
between air and water drift between
the plateaus. These clouds are
breathable to both air and water
breathing creatures.
A large number of sophisticated
civilizations of various races
dominate the plateaus. They are
aware of spelljamming technology
and frequently trade with wildspace
nations. Cut-throat politics and
treachery abound, although open
warfare is rare.
The lowland deserts are very hot,
almost inhospitable. Many
monsters and fire-loving creatures
inhabit the lowlands. There are
many ruins and treasures lost in the
deserts, although expeditions are
difficult.
The cloud oceans are inhabited by
various types of flying fish, reptiles,
squids, and rays. Although
breathable and having the feel of
wet fog, creatures float as if they
were upon water.
Gehennes: A world in its own right,
the planet Gehennes is a hellish,
inhospitable place. The surface is
wracked by earthquakes and
volcanoes. The atmosphere is
poisonous.
Thoarime
Type D ◗ Water Body
Thoarime appears as an enormous,
misshapen ball of ice, as if a
gigantic comet were crushed
between a godly anvil and hammer.
It is thinnest along its edges, rising
into rugged ice mountains at the
center. Slushy, icy seas are found
along the edges. The interior is
warmed by unknown means, as
there are vast underground lakes
and small seas.
Thoarime has been settled by the
dohwar. Finding the world
dangerous, they hired several tall
berserker warriors as body-guards.
Dohwar cities will trade with
anyone, including the neogi. Streets
are patrolled by black-clad
berserker warriors.
The wilds are haunted by many
cold-loving monsters, including
winter wolves, polar bears, white
puddings, remorhaz, and giants.
The seas hold enormous penguins
that are more akin to great white
sharks and sea leopards the size of
killer whales.
Kog (small city): This small city
has grown in recent decades
thanks to its ship-building industry.
Dohwar uspos are built alongside
longboats and knarrs. Fierce
mercenaries keep kog vessels safe.
Naut (small city): Built from old
shipwrecks, Naut is a ramshackle
city that has survived for decades
despite attacks from monsters and
deadly cold weather. The dohwar
residents have collected a truly
impressive pile of junk and
salvaged goods at Naut. Practically
any mundane piece of equipment
can be purchased at Naut, for a
price.
The Outer Ports
In the cold void between Thoarime
and the sphere wall there exists a
number of minor city-states built on
frozen comets and asteroids. These
Outer Ports typically lay close to the
permanent portals, usually no more
than two or three days’ distance, to
take advantage of ships bound for
the phlogiston. These cities are all
extremely trade-minded and are
completely neutral. They will trade
with anyone, no questions asked.
Star’s Harbor (small city): The
creation of the eccentric wizard
Malroc Three Thunders, Star’s
Harbor occupies a half-mile wide
disc. The inner city is a maze of
warehouses and stockades owned
by various merchant houses.
The Last Rock (small city): A
former pirate haven that has “gone
legitimate”, the Last Rock is ruled
by a council of captains. Visitors
are warned that pirates still openly
walk its streets.
Winterstar Tower (small city):
This port began as the personal
domicile of the Ice Queen Rosetta
Winterstar, a ruthless merchant and
cunning wizard.
Further Reading: The Broken
Sphere © 1993 by Nigel Findley.
Refuge
Not far from Realmspace is the
tiny Refuge, an Arcane-ran
sphere. Along with Winterspace,
Refuge is one of the smallest
spheres in the Known Spheres.
The stars of the sphere are
portals allowing access to the
Phlogiston, negating the need for
Open Portal spells and devices
that mimic that magic. Due to
nature of Refuge’s position,
Refuge sits in a juncture of
Phlogiston Rivers linking it to
several spheres. Refuge sees a
great deal of traffic from other
spheres. It is considered one of
the most important ports of call in
all of the Known Spheres.
Refuge is a warm, comfortable
sphere. Only light garments are
necessary. Creatures acclimated
to cold climates will feel
uncomfortably warm. The
Arcane, of course, sell magic
rings at Refuge that allow the
wearer to feel comfortable, no
matter their preferred climate.
It is unknown if Refuge ever had
any “native” deities. All of the
major pantheons, that is, Ancient,
Asgardian, Olympic, Pharaonic,
Tir-Na-Og, Dwarven, Elven,
Gnomish, and Halfling, are
present. Priests of those
pantheons were encouraged by
the Arcane to set up temples at
Refuge. The Arcane play a
careful game of playing the
multitude of priesthoods against
one another to prevent one from
becoming dominant.
Squads of ships from Welcome
regularly patrol the sphere, as
does several Sarphardin. The
military patrols suppress piracy
and monsters, which are
attracted by the high traffic. There
are fewer scavvers and krajen
than typical, thanks to diligent
patrols of Arcane-backed
mercenaries. Sarphardin look to
meet travelers, and even offer to REFUGE – Wildspace
tow disabled ships to Refuge if from Dragon Magazine
they encounter such.
Blaze
And elvish fleet known as the Type H  Fire
Lords of Autumn is stationed in Below
Refuge to prevent goblin-kin, Type E  Earth
mind flayers, or neogi from Refuge
establishing a foothold in the Type B  Earth
sphere. They coordinate with the Debris Ring
Type A +
+  Earth
Arcane and are allowed to
Welcome
maintain their own base in the
Type A ⯎ Earth
sphere. The Arcane allow the
elves to operate as they see fit,
so long as they do not interfere
with the overall trade and traffic
of the sphere.
Primary: Blaze
Type H  Fire Body
The primary of the sphere, Blaze
is a fairly typical fire body with
nothing particularly special about
it. There are many portals to the
plane of elemental fire, created
and controlled by agents of the
Arcane to allow denizens to trade
at the Corona Oasis, a blast-
furnace hot asteroid city-state.
Corona Oasis is cool enough to
be visited by creatures not
immune to heat and fire, with
minimal heat and fire protections.
The Arcane control the port, of
course, through intermediaries
and agents. It is a common point
for people from the prime
material can obtain reagents from
the plane of elemental fire.
Below
Type E  Earth Body
The sole large world of Refuge is
named Below. The Arcane
discourage travelers from visiting
the planet, claiming the world is
very dangerous to land on. This
is to discourage unwanted
visitors, as the Arcane have a
sophisticated base hidden on the
surface. The base is located near
the equator, hidden under a
range of mountains and
surrounded by tropical
rainforests. Stretching for miles
underground, the base has cages
for all manner of animals and
monsters, barracks for handlers,
underground docks, and even
portals to far distant spheres and
worlds.
The Arcane host “safari” trips to
Below for wealthy clients. Such
safaris are negotiated and
planned extensively, with agreed
upon quotas on how many
monsters to be hunted, the
danger level of the prey, the
climate and terrain of the hunt,
and even the quality of trophies
to be taken. Once a price is
agreed upon and payment is
made, guides lead the hunters
down to one of several “hunting
lodges” on Below’s surface to
prepare. After that, the hunters
are led by guides to the hunting
grounds, where monsters are
released for the hunt. The Arcane
are not responsible for the safety
of the hunters, although they do
have rescue teams on-hand if
necessary. Should a rescue team
be required, the Arcane will add a
surcharge to their clients’ tab.
Any non-unique monster can be
hunted, including creatures from
other games and genres.
Despite the best efforts of the
Arcane, pirates have set up a
base on Below. They have at
least one hidden base, far away
from the areas where Arcane
normally operate. They use the
base to lay low between
waylaying visitors. They are
notorious for attacking hunters
after they slay their quarry, when
the hunters are wounded and
their resources are spent.
Hunters are then ransomed.
Hunters who cannot pay a
ransom are either slain or sold
into slavery, depending on their
value.
In orbit around Below is the
Salvage Ring. Fragments of
countless wrecks have been
lashed together into a loose ring
that orbits the planet. The Arcane
refurbish equipment salvaged
from this ring and sell it to
captains. Because of the sheer
number and variety of ships
found in the Salvage Ring, almost
any piece of equipment is
available for sale. Pirates,
raiders, and monsters haunt the
Ring, despite diligent patrols by
well-paid mercenaries.
Refuge
Type B  Earth Body
Considered by most captains as
the greatest wildspace port in the
Known Spheres, Refuge is the
sphere’s sole moon. It is covered
by an enormous city, broken up
by dozens of parks, lakes, and
even mountains. Due to how big
the city is, flitters and
mosquitoes, magically
empowered to fly but unable to
leave the atmosphere, are used
to fly paying customers from one
location to another.
Refuge is famous for its dry
docks, which can handle
repairing any common or
uncommon ship in wildspace.
Although repairs are expensive,
the quality is unmatched in the
Known Spheres. Heavily
damaged ships will limp their way
to Refuge for repairs, even if
other ports are closer. Ships may
wait for weeks for the opportunity
to pull into one of the hundred or
so dry docks. Work is fast,
efficient, and very good.
Beyond the dry docks, the
Arcane sell all manner of
equipment, from spelljamming
helms and splendid sails to ship
weapons, planetary locators, and
portal devices. Entire ships can
be purchased, both new and
refurbished, for fairly reasonable
prices.
The city is very dispersed, with
many garden estates covering
much of the moon. There are
numerous villas with cafes,
shops, and businesses.
Refuge is a very busy port, with
ships arriving and departing
constantly. Intermixed in the
various merchant vessels and
adventuring ships are the military
warships of mercenary
companies employed by the
Arcane. They deal with trouble-
makers to ensure the port
operates smoothly.
Orbiting Refuge is a ring of
specialized stone golems that
protect the port. These golems
operate like spelljammers, and
used to deal with neogi, pirates,
and other undesirables who
elude every other patrol in the
sphere.
Debris Ring
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Type A +  Earth Body
Not on most star charts of
Refuge, the Debris Ring is a
defuse ring of small asteroids.
There are hundreds, perhaps
thousands of asteroids in all, but
the vast distances between each
rock means most visitors might
only spot one or two rocks in their
entire lifetimes, never realizing
they are part of a larger asteroid
belt.
The asteroids of the Debris Ring
are generally small, most only
one to five miles across.
Welcome is thought to be the
largest asteroid of the Ring,
towed to its current position by
the Arcane centuries ago. The
Arcane have charted most of the
asteroids, although a few still
elude them. Some hide bases
where the Arcane store supplies.
These are kept safe for times
when shortages cause prices to
rise dramatically. During such
times, the Arcane move these
goods to Refuge, where they are
sold for huge profits.
Not every rock is claimed by the
Arcane, and more than a few
hide monsters. A former dwarven
citadel serves as the lair of a
radiant dragon. The monster is
content to avoid conflict with the
Arcane. A small group of Gith
pirates use another as a safe
house between forays against the
mind flayers. The Arcane tolerate
their presence as they do not
attack any ship in Refuge, even
nautiloids, and avoid being
spotted.
Welcome
Type A ⯎ Earth Body
The asteroid city of Welcome is
operated like a military outpost,
with facilities to support its
impressive fleet of fifty warships.
Although travelers can dock at
Welcome, they will find that the
facilities available to civilians to
be limited and crude. It is
encouraged for travelers to head
towards Refuge, the main port of
the sphere. The dry docks of
Welcome, at least the ones
available to travelers, can make
only rudimentary repairs so ships
can limp to the much more
extensive, and expensive,
facilities at Refuge.
Although Welcome resembles
other asteroid cities, it bristles
with hidden defenses. Rooftops
can be easily removed to reveal
hidden ballistae, catapults,
bombards, and many other types
of weapons. Cellars have
entrances to bunkers where
civilians can take refuge, and to
hidden armories with spare
ammunition for weapons. At least
six great bombards are
entrenched on Welcome,
mounted on enormous protective
turrets that resemble domed
temples from afar. The shattered
hulks of several neogi
deathspiders orbit Welcome, a
reminder to visitors to mind their
manners.
Below the surface, Welcome has
several large cavern-docks that
can hold fully half of its fleet. The
dry docks can fully repair any
ship, although they are not
available for general use. Access
to the cavern docks is barred by
enormous steel doors, operated
by iron golems. The crews are
well-paid and loyal to the Arcane.
Further Reading; Dragon Issue
#159: Rough Times in Refuge ©
1990 by Ed Greenwood
 Taur-utuspace
Tauruspace, Taur-Uto, Taur-
utuspace, this sphere is has many
names, depending on who one
speaks to. The sphere is fairly
young, “only” several millennium
old. It is not far from Krynnspace,
linked to that sphere by a swift but
difficult to find river through the
Phlogiston. It is fairly remote, as it
has few other connections. This
backwater nature spared the
Taur-utuspace – sphere of much of the turmoil and
Wildspace of the violence of the First Unhuman Wars
as well as the Second Unhuman
Jammers Play-By-
Wars centuries later.
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Taur-utuspace is a standard
Utu sphere, with a central, if small,
Type E  Fire
primary fire body that is orbited by a
Geb
small number of large planets. The
Type E  Earth,
one moon crystal shell has a number of
Ahto naturally occurring portals, allowing
Type G  Water easy passage between wildspace
Girru and the Phlogiston. Many open and
Type D  Earth close at random intervals, with a
fair number following a regular,
predictable pattern. Portals that
open with a regular pattern are
patrolled by the Tauran navy and
closely monitored for intruders.
The wildspace of Taur-utuspace is
not particularly warm or cold. Thick
furs are not necessary, nor does an
individual need to wear light
garments in order to remain cool
with working. Most get by with
garments suitable for temperate
climates. It is somewhat cooler near
the sphere wall, and warmer inside
the orbit of Geb.
Two types are stars are found in
Taur-utuspace. The most prominent
and brightest stars make up two
constellations, the Bull and the
Sword. These stars are so bright
they are sometimes visible at
daytime on the planets. The stars of
these constellations float freely in
space, roughly one million miles
from the sphere wall. Their position
is unchanging, eternally facing one
another across the sphere. Vast
magic-dead sargassos surround
these two constellations, preventing
spelljammers from exploring these
enigmatic objects. The other type of
star is far dimmer, but still bright
enough to be seen from across the
sphere. Said to number a billion in
all, these stars are fist-sized
crystals that glow as if under a
continual light spell. They float
within the sphere between the
crystal shell and the orbit of Girru.
None are found closer to Utu. Gem-
stars can be approached by
spelljammers, but the gem will
teleport away the instant any living
creature touches it. No known
means, magical or otherwise, can
prevent the gem-star teleportation,
including dispel magic and anti-
magic shell.
The sphere is dominated by the
Tauran Empire, centered on Geb.
The Tauran Empire is ruled by
minotaurs, with its origins going
back four centuries ago in
Krynnspace. A minotaur by the
name of Dargas Dar-Mithka led
escaped slaves from the Istaran
Empire, which was in its death
throes from the Cataclysm, on a
perilous overland journey. At some
point they met an Arcane, who sold
to them five vessels and the
knowledge of how to sail to the
stars. The Arcane guided them to
Taur-utuspace, where they founded
the Tauran Empire. In exchange,
the Arcane received immunity to all
taxes and trade restrictions for
perpetuity. Since then, the Tauran
Empire has grown from a few
hundred refugees into a mighty
empire of millions.
Primary: Utu
Type E  Fire Body
The primary of the sphere is a fairly
standard, if small, fire body. It burns
brightly and hotly, providing plenty
of light and heat for the rest of the
sphere. The primary is named for
the Ancient deity of the sun. It is
otherwise a hot fire body with no
definitive surface that has several
portals to the elemental plane of
fire. There is no indication of any
sort of civilizations of fire-loving
creatures found on Utu. Fire
elementals, salamanders, and
Efreet may be encountered as
singular creatures wandering the
surface for their own purposes.
Geb
Type E  Earth Body,
1 moon
The primary planet of the sphere is
Geb. An earth body similar to many
others, Geb has three continents,
Aldaron, Etkete, and Terthian, as
well as four large seas.
Geb is the home world of the
Tauran Empire. The capital of the
empire is located on the Terthian
continent. Founded four centuries
ago by refugees from Krynn, the
Empire absorbed local Geban
minotaurs into its ranks and
conquered much of the continent.
Humans, who were also native to
Geb, were subjugated. Some were
allowed to survive as Freemen,
while others became slaves to the
minotaurs. The human and
minotaur populations are nearly
equal.
The Tauran Empire is ruled by an
emperor, with the support of a
senate. Only minotaurs descended
from the original Krynnish migrants
may hold either of these political
offices.
The Tauran Empire commands
roughly thirty legions of five
hundred minotaurs, fifty cohorts of
one hundred human Freemen, and
a navy of thirty-five spelljammers.
The Empire also possesses a
groundling navy of vessels that are
not equipped with spelljammer
helms.
Geb is named for the Pharaonic
deity of the same name. Geb is
viewed by the natives as the leader
of their small pantheon, a neutral
arbiter who settles disputes
between the gods. Many Geban
minotaurs worship Geb.
Dargia (metropolis): Capital city of
the Empire, Dargia is named for the
leader of the Krynnish minotaurs
and founder of the Empire. The city
sprawls over several hills, with
temples and palaces occupying the
summits of every hill. The city is a
marvel of minotaur engineering.
Spelljammers may visit, but require
special license that can be obtained
at the trading port at Nanna-Sin.
Typically a large bribe is required to
obtain such a license.
Nanna-Sin: The only moon of Geb,
Nanna-Sin is a small, rocky sphere
devoid of water but possesses a
breathable atmosphere. The
Tauran Empire maintains a naval
base, an Imperial Army base, and a
trading outpost on Nanna-Sin. The
naval base has stone cradles that
can handle up to twenty vessels.
The army base is located nearby
and houses one Legion in reserve,
and a second Legion undergoing
training. The Trading port is
welcoming to many races, from
humans and dwarves to mind
flayers. Even elves are welcomed,
if reluctantly.
Ahto
Type G  Water Body
The single largest object in the
sphere, Ahto is a gigantic spherical
water body dotted with many
thousands of mountainous islands.
The islands and archipelagos are
the peaks of enormous submarine
mountains rising from deep seas.
The vast, deep oceans are home to
enormous whales, dolphins, and
sea turtles. The depths hide great
squids of titanic size. The creatures
can grow to unusually large sizes
but are otherwise mundane
animals.
The only race native to Ahto is
avariels, also known as winged
elves. They inhabit the rocky
islands in widely scattered tribes.
They swear fealty to a single
queen. Avariels are peaceful
people, rarely coming into conflict
with one another. Due to the vast
distances involved, avariel tribes
may go decades without contact
with one another.
The Elven Fleet maintains contact
with the avariels of Ahto. The Elven
Fleet keeps a permanent
ambassador at the royal palace.
Elven merchant houses make
infrequent stops at Ahto to trade
with the natives. Trade is friendly
and brisk, with the natives eager for
news of the wider Known Spheres.
Two centuries prior, the Tauran
Empire attempted to conquer Ahto.
The Empire’s aggression was
sharply checked by the Elven Fleet,
and concluded with the signing of
the Ahto Accords. The Elven Fleet
acknowledged the sovereignty of
the Tauran Empire over Taur-
utospace while the Tauran Empire
ceded all claims to Ahto. Despite
the outbreak of the Second
Unhuman Wars, the Tauran Empire
has not yet attempted to test the
strength of the elves again.
Imperial Palace (small city):
Home to the averial queen, the
Imperial Palace is almost a small
city rather than a palace. The city is
beautiful, a work of art crafted over
several generations of averials.
There is a small quarter of non-
averial elves, who maintain the
docks where elven spelljammers
may dock. The queen rules with a
light hand, and works closely with
the ambassador of the Elven Fleet
as a second invasion by the Tauran
Empire is her most pressing
concern.
Girru
Type D  Earth Body
The outermost planet in the sphere
is earthquake-wracked Girru.
Steaming hot springs, boiling mud,
and lava flows are common. Strong
earthquakes are hourly in some
regions of the planet. There are
many fire-loving creatures dwelling
on Girru, although no effort has
been made to catalog them all. The
surface is very rugged and barren,
with volcanic mountain ranges
stretching from one end of the
planet to the other. There are a few
bodies of water on Girru, although
landing in these is hazardous as
many are comprised of acid. A ship
landing in a lake of acid will suffer
1d4 hull points of damage per
round. Fog is also quite dangerous
on Girru, as many fogs are deadly.
Living creatures entering such fogs
will perish if a save versus poison
or die. A saving throw is required
every round the living creature is in
the fog.
The planet is named for the
sphere’s deity of Fire, Girru of the
Ancient pantheon. The planet is
seen by his clergy as a crucible and
occasionally make pilgrimages to
Girru for purification. The planet is
dotted with a few small shrines to
Girru, which need to be moved
frequently due to destructive
seismic forces.
The only semi-permanent
settlements on Girru are several
Tauran mining colonies. These are
placed in the most habitable
locations on Girru. Many of these
are penal colonies, where slaves
and convicts toil away to extract
mineral wealth from the earth.
Conditions in many of these mines
are inhumane at best. It is not
uncommon for prisoners to perish
from heat exhaustion, or be buried
by an untimely earthquake.
Everything is under the watchful
eye of whip-wielding minotaur
guards.
Further Reading: Tauruspace –
House of the Tauran Empire by
Paul Westermeyer, Taur-utu aka
Tauruspace – House of the Tauran
Empire by Paul Westermeyer
(forthcoming).
Vistaspace
Vistaspace is a modest-sized rapiers, muskets, and bombards
sphere, with a journey from the are all readily available in most
primary to the outermost planet, ports. Trade and commerce is
Garrash, taking twenty days, and common, and with it the piracy that
the spherewall being a further preys upon trade routes.
twenty days’ travel beyond that.
Thus Vistaspace is somewhat Many planets in Vistaspace are
larger than Realmspace. considered very beautiful to behold.
Considered remote by most Artists often travel months to
Vistaspace for the express purpose
travelers, few major rivers connect VISTASPACE –
to Vistaspace. The most known of capturing a particular world’s
beauty in a painting, sculpture, or
Wildspace from the
river joins Vistaspace to
Primespace, although a lesser song. Such artwork can be quite novel Broken Sphere
known river links it to Refuge as valuable in some ports, particularly
Selune in Realmspace, Vista
well. One can reach Clusterspace Type H  Fire
from Vistaspace as well, although it Greatspace, and Mystryl’s Harbor.
Albumis
is used by only a few elven vessels. A black market of stolen artwork out 
Type C Earth
of Vistaspace has arisen, with Annulorum
Two dozen permanent portals some prized pieces fiercely fought Type E  Earth,
pierce Vistaspace’s shell each over by agents of various buyers. two
about two hundred yards in moons
diameter. These portals are Void weather in Vistaspace is rare, Frontier
unaffected by any magic less than but dangerous. One particularly Type E  Earth
wish, which can close a portal for a treacherous form of void weather is Whyr’El
“becalming”, when spelljamming Type B  Earth
number of rounds equal to the level
magic of any sort fails to work in an Aelofalyn
of the spellcaster. A third of the 
Type F Air, two
sphere’s portals are evenly area of wildspace, up to one
moons
distributed along the planets’ hundred million miles across. The
Caeruloom
common plane of orbit, with the rest mechanism causing this Type F  Water,
split between being located above phenomenon is unknown, but two
and below the plane of orbit. Sages spelljammers can be stranded for moons
believe that many of the portals 4d6 days, after which helms, Tenumbra
Splendid Sails, and the like will Type D  Earth
once linked to rivers in the
resume functioning as if nothing Garrash
phlogiston that have long “dried up”
happened at all. Equally dangerous Type J  Fire
or have become extremely difficult
to locate. are “blackout nebula”, which are all
but invisible and when a ship
Vistaspace is a relatively young blunders into them, visibility
sphere and has seen waves of decreases to a mere 10’. Blackout
settlers over the past few millennia. nebula will cling to a ship for 3d8
A hodge-podge of colonies, days, rendering all navigation
kingdoms, and city-states has impossible and forcing ships to fly
arisen on the various worlds. Many blind. Every day a ship is trapped in
are built on the ruins of older, failed a blackout nebula requires a
civilizations. Many are very navigation check or the ship veers
sophisticated and are considered at off course. Many ships emerge
the Renaissance level of from these nebulas to discover
technology. Starwheel pistols, themselves far off course or on a
collision course with an asteroid or
moon! Entering a second gravity
plane or well, such as a planet or
even that of another spelljammer,
immediately disperses the blackout
nebula.
Vista
Type H  Fire Body
A dull orange colored fire body,
Vista can be viewed by the naked
eye with no risk to harm to normal
creatures. It is fairly typical for such
a fire body, simply a bit dimmer and
smaller than the sun of Greyspace.
The loops and leaping flames from
its surface move very slowly, taking
many hours to disperse and
disappear. Sunspots on Vista are
wells of scintillating colors and
thought to be portals to the quasi-
elemental plane of radiance.
Artist’s Loft: Orbiting close
enough to Vista so its surface is
clearly visible, yet distant enough to
as not be scorched by continual
sunlight, Artist’s Loft is a small
asteroid covered with a few stone
structures and a pair of piers. A
small community of painters
inhabits the asteroid, each trying to
capture Vista’s beauty on canvas.
The structures include an inn,
tavern, bunkhouse, and a small
market. The artists are noted for
their competitive nature, going so
far as to sabotage each other’s
work. Murder of rivals is not
unknown.
Albumis
Type C  Earth Body
Albumis is a small, warm world,
alternating between dense forests
and rocky highlands. The thick
atmosphere is prone to violent
thunderstorms that can envelope
the whole planet for days at a time.
The dominant race on Albumis is
the gnomes. Rock and forest
gnome clans claim the forests,
while tinker gnome colonies occupy
the few areas where storms are
infrequent. There are small
enclaves of halfling and dwarves,
and a smattering of other races as
well. The gnomes are notorious
suspicious of anyone taller than
four foot, considering them clumsy
giants with a frustrating habit of
breaking things.
The rocky hills of Albumis are
covered by fast growing grasses
that are the favorite food of giant
space hamsters. Owing to gnomish
escaped experiments, a number of
monstrous hamsters roam these
hills. The gnomes frequently make
use of the services of the Hamster
Wranglers as a result.
Annulorum
Type E  Earth Body,
2 moons
Considered on the most
spectacular worlds in Vistaspace,
Annulorum is a standard earth body
that sports an impressive set of
rings. The rings of ice and dust are
over one hundred thousand miles
wide and a hundred miles thick.
They cast an eternal shadow on
Annulorum, creating a region of
endless darkness along its equator.
Unlike most worlds, the equator of
Annulorum has a band of glaciers
under the shadow, which feed
rivers that flow through the
temperate climate to the polar seas
surrounded by marshlands.
The dominant races on Annulorum
include lizardmen, dracons,
aaracrokra, and giff, with smaller
enclaves of grommams, hurwaeti,
and xixchil. The dracons dominate
the temperate climates, while
lizardmen have constructed great
cities at the edges of the
marshlands. The Lizardmen are
descended of slaves who threw off
their shackles and escaped the
dominion of the illithids, eventually
settling upon this world.
Due in part to the warming rays of
Vista, the lizardmen are much more
intelligent than their kin, having an
intellect on par with humans. A
direct result of this is their
development of magical abilities,
with some lizardmen achieving up
th
to 9 level in spellcasting abilities.
Other races may learn at the
lizardmen’s schools of learning,
although they cannot achieve the
levels their tutors can.
Annulorum is a spelljammer aware
and active planet, with many ports
catering to such vessels and
kingdoms in possession of their
own fleets.
Shepherd (large city): Orbiting just
beyond the outer edge of
Annulorum’s rings, Shepherd is an
asteroid city. Every inch of the
surface has been transformed into
the city it now supports.
Juggle Moons: A cluster of nine
colorful size C earth bodies. The
Juggle Moons dance around one
another in a pattern that repeats
every nine days. The moons are
barren with thin atmospheres.
Frontier
Type E  Earth Body
A world-spanning ocean covers the
world of Frontier, pierced by
countless islands. Extensive ice
caps cover the poles with clear
ocean in-between. There are
dozens of large islands and long
archipelagos, although none are
large enough to be considered a
proper continent.
Climates across Frontier are typical
for a large earth world, with arctic
regions near the poles, tropics
along the equator, and temperate
climates between the two. Many
islands are unexplored, and there
are even islands not on any charts.
Ruins across the world indicate
previous civilizations that have
vanished. The ruins are inhabited
by warlike tribes of tasoli, goblins,
and ogres, although these
creatures were marooned on
Frontier during the First Unhuman
War and are not native to the
planet. The seas are haunted by a
particularly degenerate and vicious
race of sahaugin.
Frontier has recently been
colonized by an alliance of humans,
hadozee, plasmoids, and
rastipedes. This alliance, the United
Principalities Federation (UPF),
sprawls over 17 sizable islands and
encompasses 23 individual
principalities. The citizens of the
UPF arrived on Frontier only
recently, with the first settlers
arriving a mere two centuries ago.
Each race holds a number of
individual principalities, although
citizens can freely travel from
principality to principality. Every city
has a mix of races, most dwelling in
enclaves.
The United Principalities Federation
is melting pot of vastly different
cultures and races. The individual
principalities are allowed to attend
to their own affairs, so long as
taxes are paid and Federation
Rangers, a police force, is allowed
to enforce the laws and duties to
which they are assigned. The
Federation possesses a fleet of
thirty to fifty spelljammers to patrol
the space around Frontier.
Individual duchies have their own
tiny fleets as well.
The other major race on Frontier is
the syllix, which may or may not be
native to the planet. The syllix first
appeared a century prior,
plundering several ports in four
principalities. War would rage for
twenty years, until finally the syllix
threat was driven off. The monsters
retreated to distant islands to lick
their wounds. Through sabotage
and corrupting local officials, the
syllix continued their war.
Paleport (metropolis): Orbiting
high above Frontier is the city of
Paleport. Built from a miles-wide
disc of white limestone, Paleport is
the primary spelljammer port of the
United Principalities Federation. Its
docks can handle hundreds of
spelljammers. It is ruled by a
council comprised of
representatives of the guilds, the 23
princes, and the Federation’s own
agents. It is rife with corruption and
political back-stabbing.
Whyr’El
Type B  Earth Body
A cluster world enshrouded by a
common atmosphere, Whyr’El is a
vast whirlpool of rock and gas. It
lays spread across eighty thousand
miles from end to end, and is a
thousand miles thick. A small but
bright fire body illuminates its
center while thousands of asteroids
spin around the center in one of two
sweeping “arms”. The asteroids
appear as shimmering jewels
hanging in the sky. From a
distance, Whyr’El is spectacular.
Smaller asteroids tend to be barren
or sparsely covered by mosses,
lichens, and grasses. Larger
asteroids can support forests,
lakes, and even small seas. Most
are unclaimed although larger
asteroids have at least some
inhabitants.
Whyr’El is a center for spelljamming
civilizations in Vistaspace. A large
number of settlements are found on
the asteroids and include human
cities, dwarven kingdoms, neogi
outposts, elven waystations, and
more.
Quazaar (large city): Operated by
the Shining Forge dwarven clan,
Quazaar is an open port. The
dwarven quarter is a solid fortress
with most public buildings located
within, surrounded by the dwellings
and businesses of other races. The
docks are extensive and efficient.
Aerlofalyn
Type F  Air Body, 2
moons
Considered by many to be the
garden of Vistaspace, Aelofalyn is
an air world. Great islands and
continents drift in its winds like
leaves in a river. These support
great forests, bountiful farms, and
wide glens. Elves, faeries, and
centaurs are numerous, with
smaller populations of dwarves,
gnomes, humans, and halflings.
During the First Unhuman War,
waves of attacks by humanoids
steadily weakened the defenses of
the elven kingdoms, until they fell,
one by one. The humanoids
slaughtered the people of these
kingdoms, devouring all they
encountered. In the few years the
humanoids occupied Aelofalyn, fully
two thirds of the population was
slain and devoured by ravenous
humanoid hordes.
Aelofalyn is a world still healing
from the scars of the First
Unhuman War. Many continents
saw their populations all but
exterminated, and have become
wild, untamed, and dangerous
since. Elves from other worlds have
settled on Aelofalyn in hopes of
reclaiming what was lost. Humans
and other races have come to this
world as well, some invited by the
elves, others viewed as squatters
and grave robbers. Goblins, gnolls,
and worse still stalk the forests,
slaying and devouring the unwary.
Both of Aelofalyn’s moons are size
D earth worlds. They are historically
claimed by the elves, but lease the
land to other races to fund the
recovery of Aelofalyn.
Caeruloom
Type F  Water Body,
2 moons
Like a shining blue marble,
Caeruloom is an unbroken ocean,
devoid of islands. The skies are
streaked with colorful clouds, from
white and gray to red and orange to
green and purple. Cloud coloration
seem seasonal, although sages
speculate as to why.
The world ocean of Caeruloon is
extremely deep. It is unknown if
there is an ocean floor or if
Caeruloon is ocean all the way to
the core. There are undersea
continents, several floating roughly
a mile under the waves.
The poles of Caeruloon are
covered with ice caps that grow and
shrink with the seasons. At the
equator the temperatures become
tropical.
The waters of Caeruloon lack fish
and marine mammals. Instead
marine reptiles and worms
dominate. They fill the same roles
as fish and whales do on other
worlds, resulting in strange and wild
species of reptiles and worms. The
most impressive creature is a breed
of zaratan that is ten miles in
diameter, and aquatic purple worms
a mile long.
A danger on Caeruloon is the
swarms of toothed worms that
wander the ocean. These creatures
feed on wood, and can cause 1d2
hull points of damage per round a
vessel remains sailing in the ocean.
More than on spelljammer has
been sunk by these ravenous worm
swarms.
Both of Caeruloon’s moons are size
D earth bodies. They have thin
atmospheres and are marginally
habitable.
Tenumbra
Type D  Earth Body
Due to unknown reasons, Vista
shines only very dimly in Tenumbra’
sky, and appears no brighter than a
half-lit moon. Thus lighting
conditions on the surface is always
“night, no moon”. Despite a lack of
sunlight, strange vegetation and
fungi thrive on the surface.
It was once a world inhabited by
great kingdoms of humanoids.
During the First Unhuman War the
humanoids briefly conquered the
world of Aerlofalyn, slaughtering
elves and other races there in
brutal fashion. After Aerlofalyn was
liberated, the vengeful elves turned
their wrath towards the humanoids
of Tenumbra. The streets ran red
with the blood of humanoids, until
the survivors were driven into
hiding in the deepest of caves.
After the humanoids were driven to
near-extinction, Tenumbra was
subsequently settled by creatures
of the deep earth. Colonies of mind
flayers, beholders, dark dwarves,
kuo-toa, and others have all sprung
up on the surface. The garrison of
elves was too small to prevent the
settlement of these races and
instead use politics and intrigue to
maintain their power. Tenumbran
elves have been altered by their
stay on the world, with eyes more
sensitive to light and other unusual
abilities.
Garrash
Type J  Fire Body
Cool and dim, Garrash appears as
a gigantic, bloated dying ember
hanging in the void. It is one of the
largest fire bodies in the Known
Spheres and is considerably larger
than the primary of Vistaspace. It
rotates very slowly, with a day
taking roughly 200 standard hours.
A single sun spot, a gigantic
maelstrom of darkness known as
the Great Storm, drifts along its
equator. It is a dark circle over a
million miles in diameter. The Great
Storm is much cooler than the
surrounding surface, allowing
vessels to approach fairly close to
the surface of Garrash without
suffering fire and heat damage.
Surrounding Garrash is a ring of
liquid fire a million miles wide and
fifty miles thick. The ring is
dangerous for ships to approach, An azer outpost is located on the
as it will set alight combustibles and continent of Zaberie, located near
cause damage to exposed the Great Storm. Prince Aladair
individuals on deck. The ring is rules over a palace of basalt and
home to bizarre metallic creatures granite and overlooks a spectacular
known as zats. A big as a fair-sized city. The azer are too few to fully
spelljammer and possessing an control Zaberie, although their
alien intelligence that is almost numbers are steadily increasing as
incomprehensible to mortals, zats the conditions on Garrash are ideal
are curious, if dangerous, for the race. The azer are unfamiliar
creatures. with creatures which are not fire-
dwelling and are curious about
Countless continents of metal and such things. Unfortunately their
semi-molten rock float above curiosity leads to the dissection of
Garrash’s surface. Over one such creatures to learn how their
hundred have been cataloged thus biology works.
far, some as large as size E
planets. The islands are cooled by Legend holds that somewhere on
some unknown force to levels Garrash is a “Summer Palace” of
tolerable by humans and their ilk. Imix, Prince of Evil Fire Creatures.
Even the coolest continent, If true, this fantastical location is
however, is only marginally haunted by many salamanders, fire
survivable to the great elementals, and efreet. Few claim
temperatures present. The to have ever visited it, most being
continents teem with fire-resistant cultists of the vile prince and wicked
flora and fauna, from metallic trees wizards of fell power. Warships of
and shrubs to monsters from the brass and iron patrol the skies
elemental plane of fire. above the palace along with fiery
rocs to dissuade all but the most
persistent visitors.
Taran: Garrash’s singular moon, it
orbits in a polar orbit that takes it
through the fire ring once every 25
standard days. Taran is size E
earth body, making it a proper
world in its own right. The regular
plunges into the liquid fire ring has
reduced Taran’s surface to a
wasteland of semi-molten rock.
Salamanders are thought to inhabit
Taran in great numbers. Rumors
abound of a hidden city of
salamanders lost somewhere on
Taran, where a salamander prince
of enormous size and power rules.
Further Reading: The Maelstrom’s
Eye © 1992 by Roger E. Moore,
The Broken Sphere © 1993 by
Nigel Findley, SJR 4 Practical
Planetology © 1991 by Nigel
Findley.
 Wayspace
Wayspace is a medium-sized
sphere with a young, hot sun. The
ambient temperature of
Wayspace is warm – summer
ware is recommended. The light
of Pharos can be unforgiving,
VISTASPACE – particularly in the inner portions of
Wildspace from the the sphere. Crewmen working the
novel Into the Void deck of a ship in space often seek
shade where they can, and drink
Pharos frequently.
Type H  Fire
Cymder Near the spherewall are hundreds
Type F  Air, nine of brightly colored nebulas.
moons Comprised of dust and sand,
Waypoint these nebulas are a natural
Type E  Earth,
hazard to ships entering the
two
moons sphere. Crewmen who have
Grave Stones experienced blundering into a
Type B  Earth nebula liken it to being in a
Aeryson blinding sandstorm without being
Type C  Earth half-buried by sand. A typical
Urisis nebula is several thousand miles
Type G  Air, three in diameter, but only a hundred or
moons so miles thick, oriented such that
The Great Archipelago
+ the widest axis is parallel to the
Type B + Earth
Grull spherewall. The nebulas drift
Type C  Earth slowly over time, some blocking
popular Phlogiston portals for
weeks at a time. Aside from
rendering the ship blind to a
distance beyond a hex, the
nebulas are harmless. Pirates
often use them to waylay ships
emerging from the Phlogiston.
Wayspace is similar in size to
Realmspace and has a higher
than average level of spelljammer
traffic. Pirates flock to the sphere,
looking for easy prey in a sphere
with little formal military presence
and rich prizes to be taken.
Wildspace wildlife, such as
scavvers, kindori, and scavvers,
are rare, but on average much
larger and more aggressive.
Predators are often twice as large
as normal, with twice the hit dice as
normal with attacks that cause
triple damage. Kindori can grow to
three times their normal length, up
to 240’ long, with 50 hit dice.
The sphere wall is highly polished;
it feels like glass when touched. It
is impossible to mar or smudge the
crystal. Stars appear to be
embedded or behind the glass.
Many are portals to the Phlogiston,
while others are portals to the
elemental planes of fire, radiance,
and positive energy. In certain
spots, under the right conditions,
portals open to one of the outer
planes, from the Abyss to Outlands
and Mount Celestia. These portals
are large enough for a ship to pass
through. Fortunately these portals
open only rarely and for but a few
days at a time. Attempts by fiends
to invade Wayspace through these
portals fail, for as soon as the
portal closes, the fiends are
banished to their home plane. It
does not stop them from trying.
Wayspace sits at an important
juncture between Pathspace,
Primespace, and Winterspace,
making it a common stopover for
ships.
Due to Wayspace’s position,
priests of many pantheons have
settled in the sphere. The influence
of various deities and pantheons
have waxed and waned over the
eons. At various times, the Ancient
pantheon (Sumar & Babylonian),
Pharaonic (Egyptian), Olympian
(Greek), and even Tir Na Og
(Celtic) held dominance, and even
today remain powerful in the
sphere. The non-human pantheons
of elves, dwarves, halflings, and
goblins are also well-represented.
In wildspace ports, Ptah remains
the single most popular deity, while
the rest of the Pharaonic pantheon
is ascending with common folk.
Priests of Celestian from
Greyspace, has recently
established a temple at Far
Beacon.
Primary: Pharos
Type H  Fire Body
Somewhat smaller than
Realmspace’s primary, Pharos
burns just as brightly. It has a slight
orange tint to its light that is hardly
noticeable to all but the most
sensitive eyes. Pharos is dotted
with thousands of portals to the
plane of elemental fire. These
portals allow free access to Pharos
by elemental fire creatures.
The upper atmosphere of Pharos is
patrolled by powerful hawks of fire
and flame known as Minions of
Horus. These birds are as large as
ships and have magical abilities.
Minions of Horus aggressively
attack ships that approach Pharos
closer than 5 million miles.
Cymder
Type F  Air Body, 9
moons
Cymder is classified as an air body,
although it has characteristics of a
fire body. Several continents and
thousands of islands float in its hot,
toxic atmosphere. All of these
landmasses are dotted with
volcanoes, many erupting
continually. Enormous lakes of
molten lava surround the
volcanoes, some with glowing
rivers pouring over the edges and
descending deep into the planet’s
dark core. The supply of magma is
endless.
The floating continents are
inhabited by great kingdoms of
azer, Efreet, salamanders, fire
giants, fire newts, and red dragons.
The patchwork of kingdoms,
duchies, baronies, and the like
constantly feud with one another,
although most conflicts are settled
by ritual combat and mock battles.
The rules of these games seem
archaic and outright insane to
outsiders.
Despite the seemingly barren
landscape, there are many large
cities occupying the continents.
These are inhabited by every race
and are famous on the elemental
plane of fire for their scholarly
pursuits and libraries. Wizards
equipped with appropriate
protections often visit these cities to
study things related to the
elemental plane of fire and all
matters regarding fire, magma,
suns, and the like.
Cymder has nine moons, of which
only one is of particular note.
Osh: Largest of Cymder’s moons,
Osh is a hot earth body known for
bubbling mud pots, boiling hot
springs, and the trade city of
Boilpot. Built around a vast, boiling
lake, Boilpot is a resort of sorts for
residents of Cymder. Humans and
humanoids can survive a Boilpot
for brief stays, long enough to
conclude business dealings and
conduct trade, before they must
depart for cooler environments.
Waypoint
Type E  Earth Body,
2 moons
Waypoint is the primary world of
the sphere, and the world
Wayspace is named for. The whole
planet is a vast desert, from
continent-sized sandy wastes to
salt flats, barren mountains to stony
badlands. The planet is not
completely lifeless; there are many
an oasis in the deserts, and
scraggly vegetation and cacti can
be found. Herds of hardy beasts
wander the wastes, able to survive
on the sparse vegetation. Stalking
the deserts are enormous
predators, including purple worms
of unprecedented size, bulettes
that can phase through solid rock,
and swift tyrannosaurus rexes that
can out-run even the fastest
horses.
Despite the hostile environment,
Waypoint has a sizable population.
The desert wastes are home to
nomadic tribes of humans, elves,
gnolls, giants, hobgoblins, kobolds,
lizardmen, and even saurials. At
the intersection of migration routes,
cities have arisen. Natural mineral
resources have brought settlers
from other worlds, looking to strike
it rich while in search of gold,
gems, and the ever-elusive
silversteel, an ore unique to
Waypoint.
Moot Citadel (large city): Many
migration routes converge at this
mountain, with its natural springs
and rich pastures. The city is built
atop a plateau and sprawls into the
lands below, with people constantly
coming and going. Ground-landing
craft may land on a second
plateau, linked to the first by a
stone archway. Every race native
to Waypoint is welcomed in the city,
so long as they do not violate any
of the city’s few laws.
Wormstone Tower (metropolis):
one of the more unusual cities of
Waypoint, Wormstone Tower is the
petrified remains of a titanic purple
worm. Its stony corpse rises 1,500’
into the sky, with the true bulk of its
body laying buried underground.
The interior is honeycombed with
passages and rooms, and
surrounded by a more conventional
city at its base. Wormstone is a
mining town, the worm’s buried
body acting as a short-cut to
valuable lodes of ore deep
underground.
Belmon: Largest of Waypoints two
moons, it has a purple tint to it can
range from light violet to dark
indigo, depending on lighting and
environmental conditions. Belmon’s
surface is barren and lifeless, with
an atmosphere so thin that it is
considered fouled. Under the
surface, Belmon has an extensive
cave network, thick with air and
water. Here can be found cities of
kuo-toa and illithids waging
ceaseless religious wars upon one
another.
Anumon: Bone white in
appearance, this moon has no
atmosphere. There are many dead
cities dotting its surface, with the
mummified remains of their former
inhabitants left where they died due
to some ancient catastrophe that
happened eons ago. The bodies
will animate and attack those that
dare trespass in their ruined cities.
Recently someone has been
erecting stone statues to Anubis to
watch over the ruins, and these will
animate into stone golems to drive
away intruders. Who is creating
these golems is unknown, be it an
extremely powerful wizard, a sect
of Anubis-worshipping priests, or
something else entirely.
Grave Stones
Type B  Earth Body
The Grave Stones is an enormous,
densely packed cluster of asteroids
ranging from 1 to 80 miles across.
The cluster is about one hundred
thousand miles across and one
thousand miles thick, giving it a
flattened appearance. Groups of
asteroids orbit the main body to a
distance of over two million miles.
The asteroids do no share a
common air envelope, but there are
numerous pockets of air thousands
of miles across that may hold
dozens or hundreds of asteroids.
The larger asteroids may have their
own air envelopes as well.
The Grave Stones have at various
times in the distant past been home
to several small kingdoms.
Territorial disputes turned into
destructive wars, often leaving
whole colonies stripped of their
atmosphere and leaving everyone
in the colony dead. Such tragedies
repeated over and over again, until
the “Verdant Stones” became
known as the “Grave Stones.” With
a reputation of being haunted and
stalked by the dead, most fled for
safer ports in other spheres.
As farmers, merchants, nobles, and
prospectors all fled the Grave
Stones, pirates and raiders moved
in. The pirate city of Plunderport
was built on the ruins of an earlier
city, a refuge for pirates from
across the Known Spheres. For
centuries the pirates of Plunderport
and other nearby pirate sanctuaries
raided shipping lanes, until ogres of
the Ironclub tribe and their goblin
flunkies descended upon their city,
sacking it and enslaving the
pirates. The ogres were in turn
driven off by the elves during the
First Unhuman War.
The Grave Stones is a dangerous
place. Undead, some as powerful
as liches, haunt the ruins or use
ancient vessels to attack the living.
Monsters such as scavvers, krajen,
dragons, and the like are
encountered in great numbers.
Pirates are numerous, too, having
returned and learned how to avoid
the cluster’s dangers while luring
any pursers into deadly traps.
There are even some goblins and
ogres as well, scrappy survivors
from the First Unhuman War
looking to return to their glorious
days of conquest and plunder.
New Plunderport (small city):
Deep in a grouping of large
asteroids is this small city. Built
over the ruins of some ancient city,
New Plunderport is the latest of a
string of such cities, each operated
by pirates for a few generations
before being abandoned and
relocated due to discovery by the
Elven Fleet, monster attacks, or
social collapse due to infighting.
New Plunderport is a haven of
lawlessness, with more than its
share of taverns, gambling halls, pit
fighting, brothels, and smugglers
seeking stolen wares to sell on the
black market. Facilities are crude,
little more than merchants setting
up shop by occupying ancient ruins
and doing minimal repairs to keep
the building from collapsing on
patrons. Ship repair involves
salvaging whatever one can from
the ruins and nailing it to the side of
a ship. Natural springs and groves
of fruit trees do provide steady
supplies of food and water for
those who take it; although springs
are guarded by gangs of bravos
who demand “taxes” to extract
water. Sanitation is non-existent;
the city is awash in filth and
disease.
Osseouport (metropolis): The
largest necropolis in the Grave
Stones is Osseouport. The port is
legendary and greatly feared, for it
is home to almost endless hordes
of undead. Intelligent undead
command a fleet of ghost ships,
stalking the Grave Stones for living
victims to drag back to Osseouport
to be devoured by hungry ghouls
and vampires, or sold to liches for
their insane experiments. The
streets echo with the death wails of
their victims, often long after death
has claimed them. No one is known
to have escaped from the horrors
of this city of the dead. The city,
and the asteroid it is built on, is
barren and devoid of life.
Aeryson
Type C  Earth Body
Classified in some charts as a
“liveworld”, Aeryson is covered
from pole to pole in rainforests.
Enormous trees support a canopy
rarely broken by a fallen tree or the
peak of some low mountain. Above
the forest are mists that drop slow
rainfall, parting on occasion to
bathe the trees below with
sunshine.
Aeryson was not always a jungle
world. According to ancient
records, Aeryson was once a
barren rock with a barely
breathable atmosphere. Tribes of
elves colonized it long ago, planting
trees and using magic to turn
deserts into plains, and then into
forests. Sometime in the distant
past the elves of Aeryson suffered
a terrible schism, and their cities
became monster haunted ruins.
The survivors would take centuries
to recover from the horrors they
endured. Aeryson has endured
more than its share of wars and
strife since, including a long-
running war with several goblin
tribes prior to the First Unhuman
War, when the goblin tribes were
finally destroyed after a failed
invasion.
The world today is home to several
elven merchant houses, which
trade Aeryson’s bounty to other
worlds in Wayspace. The demand
for Aeryson herbs, dried fruits, and
timber has made them very
wealthy. The major houses include
Hunterstar, Dawnshadow, Goldleaf,
and Crystalwater, each
commanding a fleet of a dozen or
so merchant vessels of various
sizes. They operate out of two
large elven cities, built into the
canopies of the forest. Lesser
merchant houses only manage one
or two ships. Birds and giant
insects roam the skies above the
forest, many tamed and used as
mounts by the elves.
Below the canopy, the forest is a
whole other world. The forest floor
is dotted with ancient, monster-
haunted ruins. About a score of
adult green and black dragons stalk
elves who venture away from the
safety of their cities. These
monsters hatched from eggs
smuggled in by goblins, an act of
pure spite. Some of those goblins
survived, their descendants now
degenerated to an animalistic state
due to backlash of a curse they
attempted to use on the elves.
Some of these goblins are now the
size of ogres or larger, with
enormous strength, strange innate
magic, and a taste for elf flesh.
Explorers brave these dangers in
search of ancient treasures buried
deep in the jungle ruins. Many
never return; those that do carry
with them golden idols and magical
trinkets from ages long lost.
Urisis
Type G  Air Body, 3
moons
Largest of Wayspace’s planets,
aside from the sphere’s sun Pharos
itself, Urisis is an ominous gray
green world. The upper-most
atmosphere, above the clouds, is
breathable and habitable. Below
the clouds is another story entirely.
Hundreds of miles below the clouds
are several floating continents with
volcanoes, rivers of lava, and
death. Urisis has been likened to a
vision of the lower planes. Many
undead and fiend-haunted ruins lay
half-buried under ancient lava
flows, suggesting that at one time
eons ago, the planet was very
different.
Despite the inhospitable interior,
life still exists on Urisis, mostly
above the clouds. A small number
of island-sized rocks, captured
asteroids from the appearance of
them, drift above the clouds, some
ever so slowly sinking into the
depths at a rate of a few inches a
year. Castaways and those seeking
privacy inhabit the islands, along
with a few daring adventurers
seeking to plunder the ruins of
Urisis’ depths.
Urisis has thirty moons, most
captured asteroids, and three major
moons.
Sinking Port (small city): The only
notable city on Urisis, Sinking Port
is the port-of-call for adventurers
between forays into the ruins below
the clouds. Much of the port’s
population is transitory, many
merchants looking to sell highly-
inflated healing potions and the like
in exchange for gold and rare
artifacts dug up from Urisis’ ruins.
Vex: Largest of Urisis’s moons and
nearly type E in size, Vex appears
to be a very inviting world with blue
seas, deep green islands, and
yellow deserts at the poles, Vex is
a dangerous world. Venomous
serpents infest every part of the
world, from the seas to the
equatorial jungles to the polar
deserts. Ruins are occupied by
yuan-ti and their many servants.
Anyone caught trespassing by the
serpent-folk can expect to be
tortured and sacrificed to their evil
gods.
Tellos’ Deep: A small Type D
water body, this moon is covered
by a great freshwater ocean dotted
with dozens of islands. The islands
are home to beholders and their
servants. The vast ocean is ruled
by Eyes of the Deep and their
charmed monsters. Spelljammers
that occasionally stop to replenish
water and air supplies risk being
attacked by beholders and their
minions. Beholders prefer to charm
the crews of spelljammers so they
can use their ships to seek out
conquests on other worlds.
Ysis: The jewel of Urisis’ moons,
Ysis was once a goblin-occupied
world. When the goblins were
finally defeated, victorious elves
and humans claimed Ysis as spoils
of war. Priests of Isis in particular
decided to heal the broken moon,
transforming it into a garden
paradise centuries later. The
inhabitants worship Isis exclusively,
and have a major temple at the
location of the last, cataclysmic
battle. Cedar trees are grown and
harvested in the highlands, used
for shipbuilding and repair. Many
visitors seek the healing services of
the Church of Isis. The High
Priestess of Isis in Wayspace
makes Ysis her home.
The Great Archipelago
Type B +
+ Earth Body
The second asteroid belt of
Wayspace, the Great Archipelago
is wide and sparse. It is over a
billion miles wide and holds tens of
billions of asteroids. There are no
records of the Great Archipelago
being the wreckage of a planet.
Sages believe the Archipelago has
always been what it is. Ships sail
above or below the Archipelago to
avoid it although some groups of
asteroids have orbits high above
and far below the main plane of
orbit, meaning even when flying
well away from main body of
asteroids, a ship may encounter a
previously unknown cluster of
rocks.
The Great Archipelago is home to
many spacefaring civilizations.
Abandoned dwarven citadels are
common, little more than hollow
shells used by monsters as lairs.
Rock hopper and grav clans are in
abundance. Almost every
spacefaring race has an enclave
somewhere in the Great
Archipelago.
Sweet Meadow (small city): The
asteroid is a dracon colony of a
dozen or so individual herds. Sweet
Meadow is the dracons’ trade moot
and capital. The city is well
equipped for spelljammers.
Dracons share their city with
lizardmen, and allow non-dracons
to use their facilities.
Ra’s Rising (large city): Deep in a
cluster of asteroids rich in
gemstones, Ra’s Rising is a
wealthy and fortified city of
humans, dwarves, halflings, and
gnomes. The city is famed for its
jewelers and a small order of
wizards who craft magical jewelry.
A company of giff is employed by
the city to supplement its defense.
Voidjack (large city): The asteroid
that this infamous city is located as
big as a small moon (600 miles in
diameter) and is tidally locked with
Pharos. Although it appears barren,
the asteroid has a thick, breathable
atmosphere and desert-like
vegetation. Voidjack is built on its
night side.
Despite being cast in eternal night,
the city is well light by colorful
continual light and other like spell
effects. The whole city glows with
dazzling lights that can be seen
from a million or miles away. The
city is known as a den of sin, for it
is awash in gambling halls, inns of
ill-repute, blood sport arenas, and
hookah dens. The city is ruled by
three beholder clans, who
constantly out-do one another with
flashy casinos and inns on the
surface, backstabbing and
underworld gang wars under the
surface. The city attracts guests
from across the sphere and
beyond, from miners who struck it
rich to wealthy nobles, all with coin
in need of being rescued from their
pockets, as the locals say.
Grull
Type C  Earth Body
Grull is a cluster of six very large
asteroids and hundreds of smaller
asteroids, all sharing a common
atmosphere. The asteroids are
barren, but the large asteroids are
honeycombed with caves and
caverns. Some caverns are ten
miles across, and hold vast forests
of giant fungus, mosses, and
lichens.
Long ago many goblins,
hobgoblins, bugbears, and kobolds
inhabit the asteroids of Grull.
Centuries past, prior to the First
Unhuman War, these tribe raided
and pillaged Wayspace and
beyond. During the First Unhuman
War the fleets were scattered and
destroyed. Few escaped the
executioner’s axe.
The cities of Grull lay abandoned
and ruined, the inhabitants having
long ago fled. Explorers should be
warned that monsters now run
rampant.
Far Beacon (small city): This
asteroid city is surrounded by
several farming asteroids and is a
minor power in its own right. It acts
as a stopover for ships arriving or
departing from Wayspace. There
are many taverns and inns, along
with dock yards and warehouses.
Some merchants use Far Beacon
to transfer goods from ships that
remain only in Wayspace to ships
better equipped for travel through
the Phlogiston. The city is ruled by
a princess who recently came of
age, and now has many suitors.
Most recently, the College of
Celestian built a small temple at
Far Beacon, formally introducing
the deity to Wayspace.
Deep Grull (small city): Not all
goblins fled Grull during the First
Unhuman War. Near the core of
the largest asteroid is Deep Grull,
where a small number of goblin-kin
survived. The goblins exist in a
state of paranoia, and maintain
absolute secrecy regarding their
refuge. The goblins have an
unusually high number of spell
casters in their ranks, especially
illusionists who keep their city
hidden from prying eyes.
Further Reading: Into the Void ©
1991 by Nigel Findley, SJR6
Greyspace © 1992 by Nigel Findley
 Winterspace
Winterspace is a tiny, cold sphere.
Aember sits at the center of the
sphere, its feeble light barely
heating the planets that orbit it. The
wildspace is very cold, giving
Winterspace its name. Furs and
heavy clothing are required; without
them, visitors without resistance to
cold can suffer hypothermia and
frostbite if they remain exposed for
more than a few minutes without
WINTERSPACE – protection. Ice and frost can
accumulate on ships that blunder
Wildspace from the
into icy nebula, necessitating ice-
novel Radiant Dragon
removal routines to keep ships
flying correctly.
Aember
Type H  Fire
Radole There are a number of natural
Type E  Earth hazards in Winterspace, including
Ryme so-called blizzard nebula and ice
Type F  Air, eight fists. Blizzard nebula are clouds
moons hundreds of miles across, almost
Bones of Glyse invisible until a ship blunders into
+
Type A + Earth them. Within these nebula blizzard
Armistice
conditions prevail, coating ships
Type F  Earth,
three with thick, heavy snow and ice.
moons Conditions can be so harsh that
Whyst some ships are left frozen solid, the
Type D  Earth crewmen frozen in place. Ice fists
are another hazard. These small
balls of ice are fast and difficult to
evade. A collision with a vessel can
cause 1d3 hull points of damage
unless the helmsman can make a
successful saving throw vs. breath
weapon.
Winterspace is a well-patrolled
sphere, discouraging pirates and
raiders. The Elven Imperial Fleet
maintains a blockade of Armistice
consisting of several Man-O-Wars,
Armadas, and many escorts. The
world of Radole maintains its own
defensive navy, protecting the
space around their home world.
These two navies make piracy
difficult although not impossible.
The stars of Winterspace appear
bright and close. This is due to the
relatively small size of the sphere,
as Winterspace is the smallest of
the Known Spheres detailed here.
The entire sphere can fit inside the
orbit of Zivilyn in Krynnspace, with
room to spare. One noteworthy
constellation is the Hourglass, with
a yellow star in one corner, and a
bright pink star at the center.
Despite Winterspace’s small size
and somewhat isolated position in
the Known Spheres, the world
Radole is home to seven major
merchant clans. Each clan
dominates one of Radole’s seven
major cities, and operates an
extensive fleet of spelljammers
from their home port. Ships of
these seven clans may be
encountered throughout
Winterspace and the Known
Spheres beyond. Most of their
vessels are of a common variety,
many purchased in other spheres,
with wasps, tradesmen, galleons,
and hammerships being well
represented.
Due to Winterspace’s small size,
most native vessels are small.
Dragonflies and wasps are most
common, with eelships and
lampreys almost as numerous.
Ships need only carry one or two
weeks of supplies, so smaller
vessels that can off-load and on-
load cargo and passengers are
preferred.
Winterspace is home to many pods
of kindori space whales. Some of
these pods are host to a whale-
riding people known as the
mochians. The mochian tribes
wander the farthest reaches of the
Known Spheres and beyond, but
Winterspace is a breeding ground
for kindori. The mochians are
related to humanity, although
adapted to continual life in
wildspace. Noteworthy adaptations
include their ability to tan very
quickly, tolerance for wildly variant
temperatures, and accelerated
healing.
Primary: Aember
Type H  Fire Body
The burning heart of Winterspace
is Aember. Although the largest
object in Winterspace, it is a small,
cold, and dim sun when compared
to the suns of Realmspace or
Greyspace. While it sheds enough
heat to warm nearby Radole, its
effects are negligible further out,
barely providing any light or heat to
Armistice or Whyst.
Like suns in other spheres, Aember
has many sunspots. In the case of
Aember, these sunspots are
charcoal-black floating islands,
hundreds of miles across and
covered in rocky, coral-like growths
and home to a hostile race known
as the sulghin. These bizarre
cousins of the sahaugin hate
strangers and will kill those they
capture.
Son of Aember: A clan of Azer,
the Sundivers, inhabits an asteroid
that resembles a dwarven citadel
with an elliptical orbit that takes it
very close to Aember. Within their
citadel they refine pure metals and
shape them into all manner of
tools, weapons, and armor. These
are taken to nearby ports and sold
for high profits. The Azer are a
hardworking yet cheerful lot.
Palace of Quenched Flame: Once
an Efreet outpost, the Palace of
Quenched Flame is now a ghost-
haunted ruin. It normally orbits
Aember too closely to be easily
accessible, but thermal updrafts
sometimes lifts the Palace to a
higher altitude where it can be
accessed by explorers and
adventurers. Monsters such as hell
hounds, pyrohydra, fire elementals,
and the ghosts of long-dead Efreet
haunt the ruins. The dead city has
not been picked clean, as survivors
report returning with fist-sized
gemstones, jewelry, and even
magic items.
Radole
Type E  Earth Body
Somewhat smaller than Toril,
Radole is tidally locked with
Aember. One side eternally faces
Aember and is continually
bombarded by light and heat,
creating a blasted desert hot
enough to melt lead at its heart.
The other side is cast in eternal
night, freezing the surface so cold
that even the air turns to a liquid.
In-between these two inhospitable
extremes is a thin strip of habitable
land, protected by a ring of
mountains from the deadly winds
from the Darkside. Roughly 200
miles wide, this region is locked in
eternal spring. Visitors liken it to the
closest the Known Spheres has to
paradise. Locals call it the Ribbon.
Radole maintains perhaps the
largest navy in Winterspace,
consisting of 30 to 40 warships
such as hammerships, and twice
that number is smaller escorts such
as dragonflies, damselflies, and
wasps. Ships approaching Radole
need a good reason to get
permission to land. Visitors are
escorted by members of Radole’s
Defense Force.
Radole is unified under a single
government, which rules very
lightly. There is very little internal
strife; even the military is
considered a necessary evil to
keep unsavory types from invading
their home world.
The mountains dividing the Ribbon
from the Darkside are artificial,
having been constructed long
before the start of Radole’s
recorded history. The mountains
are honeycombed with strange
dungeons and arcane machinery.
Tyme (metropolis): The premiere
port on Radole, Tyme is run by the
Hrull family. The Hrull family
maintains vast mansion and
employs hundreds of servants.
Massive sinkholes serve as the
city’s docks, with all of the facilities
a ship requires. The city specializes
in shipping and trade and is the
second largest on Radole. Tyme is
considered the most welcoming of
Radole’s cities. Tyme is a clean,
well-run city that presents the best
of Radole to visiting spelljammers.
Eskiir (metropolis): Largest of
Radole’s cities, Eskiir is host to the
largest magical academy on the
planet. The hill the city is built upon
is crowned by a palace of crystal
that bends the light of Aember to
illuminate the entire hillside. The
Nezzym family dominates the
politics of Eskiir.
Kettleton (metropolis): Built on
the shores of the Great Kettle Lake,
the largest lake on Radole,
Kettleton specializes in textiles.
Vast pastures around Kettleton are
devoted to sheep herds. The Nacle
family is the wealthiest of the many
noble houses of the city.
Dawn’s Gate (large city):
Surrounded by vast pastoral
estates, Dawn’s Gate has a rustic
feel despite its size. A network of
canals links the city with many
distant estates, used both for travel
and field irrigation. Boat travel is
more popular than by horseback.
The Eraage family facilitates trade
with other cities and worlds by
maintaining a large fleet of
merchant vessels. Much of the
surplus food finds its way to Refuge
and Wayspace.
Dugger (large city): Smallest of
Radole’s cities, Dugger is a cattle
town. Herds of cattle, as well as
more exotic herd creatures raised
by ranchers, graze the borderlands
with the Sunside, where
temperatures and lack of moisture
makes it unsuitable for farming.
Herds are brought to Dugger for
slaughter and the meat sold across
Radole and even off-world. Of the
cattle baron families, the Lat’Aan
are the wealthiest and most
influencial.
Zao (metropolis): Although third in
terms of population, Zao is a very
compact city with crowded, narrow
streets. When viewed from above,
one is reminded of a fortress. Long
ago Zao was an outpost of the
Radiant Empire, and the influences
from that dark time have not been
erased. Zao is run by the Ychar
family, who control the silk trade.
The city is famed for its silk
garments and woodcrafting. The
people are insular and
unwelcoming of strangers.
Ank’tin Ru: Least welcoming of
Radole’s cities, Ank’tin Ru is famed
for its jewelers and craftsmen.
Patrols of armed guards keep the
shops safe from thieves. In the
past, thieves from other worlds
have infiltrated and made off with
great wealth. The most famous
heist involved the theft of the Lady
of Winter, a necklace set with an
enormous red gemstone. The
Moorric family handles the
transport of jewelry to buyers in
other spheres. Moorric ships are
heavily armored and carry skilled
warriors and hired mages.
Ryme
Type F  Air Body, 8
moons
Ryme is Winterspace’s sole air
world. It is a deep blue-green
sphere streaked with white stripes.
Island-sized icebergs float in the
upper atmosphere. Ryme giants,
an off-shoot of frost giants, dwell on
these icebergs. This breed of
giants are magically gifted, often
specializing in illusion may rise to
th
levels as high as 12 . Og’eti, a
hybrid of ogre and yeti, are their
preferred servants.
Most natives on Ryme can fly, and
many have magical abilities.
Schools of flying pish are especially
common, such that pishermen from
other spheres try their hand at
netting a catch in Ryme.
Ryme has one major city and eight
moons. Each moon is a world in its
own right.
Thunri-Chul (small city): Capital
of the ryme giants, Thunri-Chul
occupies a long glacial rift. The
giants welcome off-world vessels,
but make few of their own.
Dangerous factions from across the
Known Spheres, such as the Red
Wizards of Thay, Scarlet
Brotherhood, and Black Robed
wizards of Krynn sometimes visit
and trade with the giants.
Cloudrift Tower (village): This
free-floating tower is the home of
Maggius of the Snowstaff. The
tower is vast, with a lower level
housing an entire village. Maggius
sometimes take apprentices into
her care. The Tower is a common
rest stop for visiting pishing vessels
and other visitors to Ryme.
Salvra: The first moon of Ryme is
unusually warm, attracting settlers
from Radole centuries ago. The flat
moon is covered by many farms
and cattle ranches.
Ekull: This flat world sports conical
volcanoes on both sides of its
gravity plane that continually spew
out ash and magma. It is thought
that sometime in ancient times, a
portal to the Plane of Magma was
opened in orbit around Ryme,
giving rise to the volcano-moon
Ekull. The volcanoes have
continually erupted ever since. Ash
clouds drift out of the poisonous air
envelope and fall into orbit around
Ryme, creating a ash ring. Fire-
loving monsters inhabit this moon.
Llyanna’s Snowflake: This moon
is the creation of the reigar
Llyanna. It has the appearance of a
moon-sized snowflake, one that
changes shape and size over the
course of an orbit around Ryme. It
continually changes, ranging from
five to ten miles across, and never
repeats shape. Llyanna created
this moon over four centuries ago
and has not been seen in the
sphere sense. Llyanna’s Snowflake
lacks a breathable atmosphere and
is uninhabitable.
Undiin: The surface of Undiin is an
unbroken glacier, stretching from
pole to pole and varying very little
in height, save for a few crevasses
that crisscross the landscape.
Domed cities, resembling gigantic
igloos, dot the ice, relics of a long
lost empire. Some are inhabited,
while others are abandoned and
lay in ruin. Many connect to the
sub-surface ocean that lay
thousands of feet under the ice.
The ocean is home to vast and
powerful kingdoms of aquatic
races, particularly merfolk, tritons,
locathah, sea elves, and water
genasi. Wars between various
dukes and barons attract off-world
mercenaries, as the pay is good
and methods to allow air-breathers
to survive underwater are
commonplace. The whole world is
in theory a single kingdom, but the
merman emperor is little more than
a figurehead with no actual power.
Ulalerin: Little more than a minor
moon sporting a few hunting lodges
in its thick forested rock a few
centuries ago, Ulalerin has become
the center of elven activity in the
sphere. It sports a small city that
caters to the elven ships
maintaining the blockade around
Armistice.
Hayl: A tiny air world, Hayl sports
several floating islands of ice and
rock. The islands are famed for
thermal hot springs with reputed
healing properties. The hot springs
are guarded by worshippers of
Diancecht, the Celtic god of
healing. A prominent monastery is
built near the largest hot spring.
Some springs are the homes of
nereids and nymphs who drown
trespassers in pools of boiling
water.
Greymoor: Most of this large moon
is covered by cold swamps, foggy
forests, and ice-capped mountains.
The gloomy folk who inhabit the
moon are exiles from Radole or
their descendants. The only city is
Gloomspire, a dwarven city in the
highlands. The dour people have
little to do with other people
Winterspace.
Lastmoon: The last of Ryme’s
moons, this once-barren rock is a
city-state in its own right. Built to
support the pishing industry, the
people found on Lastmoon are not
native to Winterspace. The port has
a reputation as a rough-and-tumble
outpost of barely civilized folk.
Bones of Glyse
+
Type A + Earth Body
Long ago, Glyse was a earth body,
but Ryme and Armistice tore it
asunder. All that remains is a band
of asteroids called the Bones of
Glyse. It is a dispersed torus of
planetary debris, icy comets, and
drifting nebulas. The many
thousands of asteroids are small,
ranging from one to eight miles
across. Most are airless void
bodies and uninhabitable. The few
asteroids that are habitable have
an environment likened to tundra,
supporting lichen, mosses, and
some grasses. The largest animal
is a type of miniature boar
introduced as a food supply by
dwarven clans.
The Bones are reportedly rich in
metal ore and semi-precious
stones. Dwarven prospectors
operate out of resident citadels,
making use of dragonflies and
wasps to ferry cargo and miners
from distant mines to their citadel
bases. Winter rubies, with their
particular shade of deep red, are
especially prized and sought after.
The Bones hide many lost ruins
and dungeons. Several wrecks are
lost in the deeper parts of the
Bones, holding treasure guarded
by wraiths and worse. Many ruins
are airless, necessitating the use of
magic to facilitate exploration of
these crumbling towers and holds.
Aside from dwarves, the only other
major group inhabiting the Bones is
a handful of pirate bands. The
Bones is a popular place for pirates
to “lay low” between raids in other
spheres. Only the most brazen
pirate would dare attack Radole or
ships flying the flag of one of
Radole’s merchant houses in
Winterspace.
Prattisp (small city): A dwarven
city and the heart of mining efforts
in the Bones. Prattisp welcomes
non-dwarves, with almost a third of
its population being gnomes,
humans, elves, and halflings. The
city is built on one of the largest
asteroids in the Bones. The three
largest dwarf clans in the Bones
jointly run the city, with power
shifting between them based on the
waxing and waning fortunes of
each clan. The city is guarded by
two hammerships. These stone
vessels are 100 tons each and
armed with four heavy catapults.
There are a number of other
vessels as well to help out in the
defense of the city, if needed.
Proxima (town): The Free City of
Proxima is a hub for pirate activity
in Winterspace. It is hidden deep
within the Bones, where asteroids
are so close to one another that
navigation is difficult at the best of
times.
The Pirate Queen Proximi II rules
over Proxima, built by and named
after her father. Proximi II has
retired from pirating, and instead
runs her city from her luxurious
tower. In the dungeons of the tower
lurk many of the misshapen
monstrosities and unfortunate
victims of the Proximi family’s dark
magic.
Proxima is a rough-and-tumble
pirate’s haven. Its associated
graveyard is filled with the victims
of the many clashes between
competing pirate bands. On
occasion, undead stalk its streets.
Armistice
Type F  Earth Body,
three moons
Armistice is an enormous earth
world, with a diameter well in
excess of three times that of Toril. It
is inhabitable by only the narrowest
margins – conditions from pole to
pole are considered “arctic”. The
atmosphere is breathable, if bitterly
cold. Volcanic activity and tidal
motion is all that keeps Armistice’s
oceans from freezing over, turning
the whole planet into one ice ball.
Armistice has three moons – Vesta,
Laceme, and Vardig. All three are
size E and orbit very close to
Armistice. They exert massive tidal
effects on Amistice, causing
unpredictable variations that of 100
feet or more. The moons are
reputed to be void worlds, although
it is also thought that the elves
maintain a large base on one or
more of the moons.
There are three major and two
minor continents. The major
continents are named Ugrek,
Taliak, and Grishnakh, while the
minor continents are named
Toborg and Rakhar. A fourth major
continent is said to have vanished
centuries ago beneath the waves of
the Landlost Ocean.
Elves patrol the space around
Armistice with a fleet of Man-O-
Wars and a few Armadas. Their
duty is to maintain a blockade
around Armistice. Ships that
approach will be turned away at
least, boarded or destroyed at
worse. Any ship departing
Armistice will be attacked and
destroyed. Captives will be taken
away for questioning and then
executed.
What the elves are guarding is the
fact that Armistice is a world of so-
called “unhumans” – goblins, orcs,
hobgoblins, gnolls, bugbears, and
the like. During the First Unhuman
War, the ancestors of Armistice’s
people fought the elves to a draw.
As other tribes were driven into
exile and Borka was destroyed, the
elves could devote more and more
forces to eradicating the tribes of
goblins and their kin. With both
sides nearing exhaustion, their
leaders hammered out a peace
treaty without the approval of their
respective underlings. The Council
of Admirals was outraged at Grand
Admiral Leafbower’s peace
proposal, to grant the tribes a world
of their own in exchange for the
surrender of the tribes’ ships and
helms, and demanded to decide
the world to be given. In an act of
pure spite, they sent the tribes to
the most inhospitable planet they
could find: Armistice. The tribes, as
well as Admiral Leafbower, were
outraged, but were powerless to
stop the resettlement of the goblin
people onto harsh Armistice.
Due to Armistice’s high gravity,
three times what is considered
normal, the natives are shorter and
stockier than their kin on other
worlds, with an almost dwarf-like
appearance. They are incredibly
strong, with a natural strength of
18. Armistice’s high gravity negates
their strength bonuses, but off-
world they gain all the benefits of
such high strength. The cold
weather has caused them to
develop a coat of thick fur, giving
them an animalistic appearance.
The tribes of Armistice are chaotic
and divided. All desperately want
off of the world, to return to
wildspace and find someplace
better to live. Their harsh home
world has make them ruthless and
merciless, and wish nothing more
than to return to wildspace and
become the conquering heroes of
their myths and legends.
Whyst
Type D  Earth Body
The last planet in the Winterspace
sphere is icy Whyst. Appearing as
a dirty snowball, Whyst is tidally
locked so one side eternally faces
Aember, while the other is cast in
eternal night. Much like Radole, the
dark side is cold enough to liquefy
the atmosphere. The dark side is
uninhabitable to all but a few
magical creatures. Unlike Radole,
the sun side is blistering cold, but
at least warm enough to be
habitable. The twilight region
between the two is continually
wracked by violent storms,
blizzards, and gale-force winds.
Conditions on the sun side range
from arctic at the edges to sub-
arctic near the center. Some parts
are warm enough to allow for some
farming, although reindeer herding
is more common. The people are a
mix of immigrants from Radole and
other worlds. There are several
small cities dotting the surface, of
which only one is dominant.
Unlike Radole, the people of Whyst
can be violent and dangerous. The
harsh environment forces them to
be rugged survivalists who do
everything they must in order to
survive. Violent clashes between
competing tribes are
commonplace, with the spark of
conflict being grazing rights for
reindeer herds. Tribesmen must
also be careful of the many
monsters that stalk the wilderness.
Remagi (large city): This trade
port is where most visitors come to
negotiate travel passes to Radole.
Other merchants will off-load cargo
here to be carried by local ships to
Radole. The city acts as a
middleman with the reclusive
Radole. All of the major merchant
houses maintain warehouse
complexes at Remagi. Due to the
amount of traffic from outside of
Winterspace that passes through
the city, Remagi is a good place to
gather information.
Ruling over the city is an order of
mages known as the Winter
Wizards. Numbering several dozen,
the Winter Wizards amuse
themselves by manipulating trade
deals to their advantage. They are
feared for their mastery of ice and
cold spells. A corpse blasted with
freezing spells and then shattered
is their trademark.
Further Reading; The Radiant
Dragon © 1992 by Elaine
Cunningham, The Broken Sphere
© 1993 by Nigel Findley, SJR4
Practical Planetology © 1991 by
Nigel Findley, Kraken’s Guide to
Winterspace by Adam Miller
(forethcoming)
Chapter 3: The Phlogiston
Beyond the boundaries of crystal
shells is the turbulent ocean of
ether known as the phlogiston.
Sometimes called the Rainbow
Ocean, the phlogiston is comprised
of a multicolored either that is not
any recognized element. It is
neither air or earth, fire or water. It
is the sea within which crystal
spheres bob, slowly drifting and
changing positions over the course
of centuries.
The phlogiston has no substance.
One cannot touch nor taste the
phlogiston. Passing through the
phlogiston presents no resistance.
Yet it is clearly visible to the
observer, like a rainbow-hued mist
that is just out of reach. It is
flammable, and whenever a spark
or flame is exposed to the
phlogiston, is explodes in a fireball
three times greater than the source.
The distance an object can be
spotted in the phlogiston varies
greatly on a number of factors,
including the size and distance of
the object, the density of
phlogiston, and how turbulent the
phlogiston is at that moment. At
spots where the phlogiston is calm
and very thin, that is, away from
any river, the pearly shells of crystal
spheres can be spotted. The bigger
and closer the sphere is, the easier
it is to spot. Such clarity is rare,
however. Consult The Spheres
Visible by Phlogiston Conditions
table below to determine how many
spheres are visible.
Spheres Visible by Phlogiston
Conditions
Condition Spheres
visible
Calm, thin 2d10
phlogiston
Turbulent, thin 2d8
phlogiston
Slow phlogiston 1d6
river
Swift phlogiston 1d4 -1
river
Flow storm 1d2 -1
Dense or turbulent phlogiston can
obscure vision. During voyages, a
common practice is to frequently fly
towards the thinner portions of the
river to take sightings for any
corrections necessary to course. Be
warned that almost all spheres
appear identical in the phlogiston,
and there is no way to gauge
distance. A tiny, close sphere can
appear much larger than an
enormous, distant sphere. There
are many legends of ships setting
course towards a sphere and never
reaching their destination due to
misjudging how far away the
sphere was. Becoming lost is very
easy without a good navigator.
Travel and Navigation
Phlogiston varies greatly
thickness, condensing into rapid
rivers that run between spheres.
These rivers allow for the
unimaginable distances between
spheres to be crossed in a matter
of months or, in some cases, mere
weeks. Unlike wind or water
currents, the ether of the phlogiston
presents no pressure or resistance.
It cannot be touched and ships
pass through it as if it were not
there at all. In contradiction to this,
the thicker the phlogiston, the faster
a ship will travel through it. In a few
rare spots, the phlogiston becomes
as dense as thick fog, obscuring all
vision beyond a few yards, forcing a
ship to ‘fly blind’. Yet in these spots
is where ships can cross vast
distances in the blink of an eye.
Navigation through the phlogiston is
a distinct skill from wildspace
navigation, the two requiring
different skillsets. The movements
of celestial bodies follows its own
distinct sets of laws and physics
based on the sphere, while the
phlogiston has its own sets of rules
and laws its follows. There are few
distinct landmarks in the phlogiston,
and instead a navigator needs to
read the flows and currents of the
phlogiston to guide a ship to its
destination. It is not uncommon for
a navigator to be skilled in both
disciplines, although such
navigators command a high price.
Many phlogiston rivers have a
predominant color scheme or
pattern that is distinctive from other
rivers. Long rivers join many
spheres into a chain. These rivers
change rarely and can be used as
reliable trade routes. Where rivers
in intersect, the colors do not intermix
and serve as rare “flowmarks” to
determine location within the
phlogiston. Most navigators will
follow rivers, travelling to two or
more intermediary spheres instead
of trying to fly through “wild”
phlogiston.
The time it takes to travel between
two spheres can vary greatly. To
calculate how long it takes to travel
from one sphere to another, use the
following formula. Consult the Base
Phlogiston Travel Time table for the
departure sphere below to
determine the base travel time in
days to the destination sphere.
Take that number, and divide it by
the movement rate of the ship Greyspace Base Phlogiston Destination Time
design from the Ship Movement Travel Time Bralspace 25
Rates table. For every 10 days of Destination Time Grommspace 30
Krynnspace 50 Mirrorspace 25
travel, roll a d12 and consult the
Whims of the Phlogiston table and Mirrorspace 25
Realmspace 50
apply any modifiers. Finally, for Pathspace Base Phlogiston
Wayspace 25
every 10 days of travel, navigator Travel Time
makes a navigation check and Destination Time
compares the results against the Grommspace Base Phlogiston Heartspace 45
Navigation Check table and apply Travel Time Krynnspace 45
any modifiers to travel time. Checks Destination Time Primespace 10
are made at the beginning of the 10 Bralspace 35 Refuge 25
day period. Mystrylspace 40
Primespace Base Phlogiston
Travel through “wild” phlogiston that
Heartspace Base Phlogiston Travel Time
is, flying directly to another sphere
Travel Time Destination Time
without using a river is long,
Destination Time Primespace 10
difficult, and dangerous. A course Vistaspace 10
Krynnspace 15
must be carefully calculated,
Pathspace 30
requiring a navigation check every Winterspace 20
5 days (instead of the standard 10) Realmspace Base Phlogiston
with a -2 penalty (in addition to any Travel Time
other penalties imposed by Herospace Base Phlogiston Destination Time
conditions in the phlogiston). Travel Travel Time Bralspace 40
time will be a random 10d10 days, Destination Time Greatspace 15
Faeriespace 10 Greyspace 50
adjusted by the Whims of the
Greatspace 10 Pathspace 35
Phlogiston. Refuge 10
Wayspace 20
Winterspace 40
Bralspace Base Phlogiston
Travel Time
Krynnspace Base Phlogiston
Destination Time Refuge Base Phlogiston Travel
Travel Time
Grommspace 30 Time
Mystrylspace 20 Destination Time
Clusterspace 50 Destination Time
Realmspace 40 Bralspace 30
Refuge 35 Heartspace 10
Pathspace 35 Pathspace 35
Realmspace 50 Realmspace 10
Faeriespace Base Phlogiston Taur-Utospace 20
Winterspace 15
Travel Time Taur-Utospace Base Phlogiston
Destination Time Travel Time
Greatspace 15 Mirrorspace Base Phlogiston Destination Time
Herospace 15 Krynnspace 15
Travel Time
Destination Time Wayspace 45
Greatspace Base Phlogiston Greyspace 25
Mystrylspace 25
Travel Time Vistaspace Base Phlogiston
Wayspace 30
Destination Time Travel Time
Faeriespace 15 Destination Time
Herospace 15 Mystrylspace Base Phlogiston Primespace 15
Realmspace 10
Travel Time
Wayspace Base Phlogiston storm, a navigation check must be the edge of its air envelope. These
Travel Time made. A success check results in sails can increase a ship’s
Destination Time the ship remaining on course and movement rate by a further +.15,
Greyspace 30 the travel time is reduced by 1d6 but reduce the maneuvering class
Herospace 15 days. A failed check results in the of the vessel by one rate. Thus a
Mirrorspace 25
spelljammer suffering a random ship with a maneuverability class of
Taur-Utospace 50
critical hit and becoming lost (see D becomes E. These sails can
below). often be “cut loose” quickly if
Winterspace Base Phlogiston necessary, and recovered later.
Travel Time Ships Movement Rates Phlogiston sails take an hour to
Destination Time Nor all ships move at the same rate deploy and half that time to haul
Heartspace 25 through the phlogiston. Some and stow away. Cutting loose
Krynnspace 15 designs are better suited to travel in phlogiston sails takes two rounds
Realmspace 50 the phlogiston than others. Sages and leaves the set of sails just at
are unsure of the mechanism, but the edge of the ship’s air envelope.
Navigation Check they believe that surface area
presented to the phlogiston is Ship Movement Rates
Check Result
somehow related. Surprisingly, Design Rate
Critical +1d6 days to
Aarakocra 1.25
Fallure travel time groundling vessels with large sails,
Beholder 1
Failed +1d3 days to such as cogs and galleons, are Dwarven 1
travel time unusually suited for rapid journeys Elven 1.5
Success No change in through the phlogiston. Elven Giff 1
travel time
vessels in particular are ideally Gnome 1
Success -1d4 days to travel
suited for swift phlogiston travel, Groundling, oars 1
by 10 or time
attributed to their large wing-sails Groundling, sailing 1.25
more
Halfling 1.25
and nature of being grown from
Human 1
space trees. Neogi and thri-kreen Humanoid 1
Whims of the Phlogiston (roll vessels also are well-suited for Illithid 1
d12) speedy phlogiston travel, as are the Lizardmen 1
Die Condition Result halfling avian-inspired designs. Neogi 1.25
1 Becalmed +2d4 days to Thri-kreen 1.25
travel time As a general rule of thumb ships
2-3 Thin +1d4 days to
with large sails, such as many
travel time Becoming Lost
4-8 Average No modifier to groundling vessels or elven
travel time vessels, have a bonus to their The currents of the phlogiston are
9-10 Thick -1d2 days to movement rate. Likewise, ships chaotic and difficult to understand.
travel time made from space plants like the Much as terrestrial storms can blow
11 Swift -1d4 days to starfly plant also have a bonus to a ship off-course, so too can the
current travel time their movement rate. Finally, bird- currents of the phlogiston can send
12 Flow See below a spelljammer off its intended
like designs with large wings also
storm
confer a bonus. Elven vessels are course. Should a navigator fail two
some of the fasted ships known consecutive navigation checks, the
Flow Storm: In rare instances, the when travelling in the phlogiston. spelljammer has been caught by
phlogiston becomes so dense it unknown currents and sent off-
becomes erratic and unpredictable. Ships that are “topped-out” gain a course. Likewise, a failed
These flow storms are very +.10 movement rate. Some ships, navigation check during a flow
dangerous to spelljammers. Should regardless of type, carry special storm results in the ship being
a spelljammer be caught in a flow “phlogiston sails”, which are blown off-course.
deployed ahead of a ship almost at
Spelljammers that have become such trade route, with ships able to of numerous dangerous monsters
lost will arrive at a random sphere travel from Krynnspace to adapted to the unique environment.
after 3d12 days. The destination Realmspace to Greyspace. Due to
can be picked by the turbulence in the phlogiston, travel Flowfiends: Packs of these
Dungeonmaster, or determined from Realmspace to Krynnspace, dangerous monsters prowl the
randomly by rolling a percentile and Krynnspace to Greyspace are phlogiston in search of chaotic and
dice and consulting the Random not possible; those routes are one- evil individuals to capture and
Destination table below. way. transform into further flowfiends.
These powerful monsters can
Random Destination Great River: Runs from overwhelm the crew of a
Die Destination Realmspace to Greatspace to spelljammer in their search for
01-10 Bralspace Herospace to Wayspace and victims.
11-12 Faeriespace ending at Greyspace. Color
13-17 Greatspace Flow Sirens: These mysterious
scheme: sky blue.
18-25 Greyspace creatures sometimes appear in the
26-27 Grommspace
Greyflow: Runs from Taur- far distance as hypnotic lights or
28-29 Heartspace
30-34 Herospace Utospace to Wayspace to rarely, a faint singing whose origins
35-39 Krynnspace Greyspace to Mirrorspace to cannot be determined. Those
40-44 Mirrorspace Mystrylspace to Bralspace. Color hypnotized by the light or singing
45-49 Mystrylspace scheme: steel gray. will cast themselves overboard, lost
50-59 Pathspace in the phlogiston and never seen
60-64 Primespace Krynnflow: A slower river that runs again.
65-71 Realmspace from Taur-Utospace to Krynnspace
72-81 Refuge to Pathspace to Refuge to Kindori Pods: The great space
82-83 Taur-Utospace
Bralspace. Color scheme: Red, whales sometimes migrate from
84-85 Vistaspace
86-90 Wayspace blue, green, black, and red. one sphere to another using the
91-95 Winterspace same flow rivers used by
96-97 Other The Path: A swift river that runs spelljammers. There are spacer
(Herdspace, from Krynnspace to Pathspace to legends of great migrations of these
Glowrings, etc) Primespace to Vistaspace. Color beasts, numbering hundreds if not
98-99 Randomly scheme: green and purple. thousands of individual whales. The
Generated
Sphere sheer size and numbers of the
The Way Line: A river running from
00 DM’s Choice creatures can be dangerous should
Taur-Utospace to Wayspace to
a ship blunder into them.
Mirrorspace. Color Scheme:
Due to strange and incredibly swift Orange and red. The Maelstrom: An eternal flow
currents, a lost spelljammer can storm that surrounds a cluster of
The Winter Way: A river running
wash up at the edge of a sphere spheres that carries the same
from Krynnspace to Winterspace to
far, far from their departure point. name. The Maelstrom is dangerous
Refuge to Bralspace. Color
to cross, although the spheres
scheme: white and blue.
Major Trade Routes within said to contain great trade
Countless rivers crisscross the and wealth.
Hazards
phlogiston. Some appear and
Aside from the dangers of Scylla & Charybdis: Said to be a
disappear almost at whim. Of these
becoming lost and flow storms, the pair of dark regions in the
rivers, a handful is commonly used
phlogiston is a hazardous place. phlogiston near Mystrylspace,
as major trade routes due to their
There are regions such as the Sea forcing all ships to fly through a
swiftness, stability, distance, and
of Shadows and the Weird where narrow gap between the two
the spheres they link to. The
the phlogiston itself is dangerous. hazards. Scylla is a great flow
Radiant Triangle is considered one
The phlogiston is also the domain
storm that causes two critical hits
upon a failed navigation roll, while
Charybdis is a region of dark red
phlogiston haunted by a type of
space-dwelling hydra of enormous
size and power.
Sea of Shadows: An infamous
magic-dead sargasso near
Krynnspace, the Sea of Shadows is
a region of swirling purple mists
studded with randomly pulsing red
radiances. It is haunted by
countless undead shadows. An
Arcane base is rumored to be
hidden somewhere in the Sea.
The Weird: Walling off the Vodoni
Empire, the Weird is a Dark Region
that appears as a titanic black cloud
in the phlogiston. It is comprised of
pure negative energy and causes 5
points of damage per round to any
living creatures caught in it, no
saving throw allowed.
Survivors: Those cast overboard
into the phlogiston will not die when
their air runs out. Instead, they will
enter a state of suspended
animation, allowing them to survive
hundreds or thousands of years.
When once again exposed to fresh
air, they will revert to normal, yet
changed by the phlogiston. They
will exert a mental dominance over
the crew until it can stage a mutiny
and seize control over the entire
ship. Survivors can enslave dozens
or even a hundred or more slaves
for their esoteric purposes.
Map of the Known Spheres