skyfortress—The largest class of skyship created by the Chosen Empire. Only eight of these massive vessels were ever built. During the Plague War, they were used to deliver the most devastating of the Chosen’s weapons against the ghouls. Of the eight, three were lost over the sea in a last-ditch attempt by the Chosen to find land outside their continent-wide empire, in the hopes of escaping the Plague. The other five were either grounded and eventually destroyed, or crashed due to mishap or ghoul attack. One, the skyfortress Grace in Execution, overhangs the city of Grace and was the original reason for its settlement.

Skyreach—The capital of the Dawn Republic, and former capital of the Chosen Empire. The heart of Republic wealth and power, and the home of its Senate and ruling class. The huge Chosen buildings that form the heart of Skyreach would be impossible to inhabit without a continuous supply of sunsplinters charged with deiat to power their elevators, ventilation, water, and so on, and so only here, with the cooperation of the Twilight Order, is something like the Chosen’s old standard of living maintained. Living in such a tower is a mark of extremely high status, only available to the hugely wealthy and powerful.

skyship—Any of the wide variety of flying vessels used by the Chosen. These ranged from small one-man skiffs to the massive skyfortresses, generally taking the form of flattened teardrops, with the pointed end being the bow. They were some of the most advanced and complex arcana the Chosen created. Many were destroyed in the Plague War, and while the Twilight Order maintained a few during the first few decades of its existence, they quickly broke down beyond human capacity to repair. No operational skyships are currently known to exist, though there are always rumors among scavengers.

Splinter Kingdoms—portions of the former Chosen Empire that have broken away from the Dawn Republic. After the Plague War, the Republic asserted authority over the entirety of the old Chosen Empire, but maintaining control over such a vast area proved impossible in the face of rebellions and plaguespawn attacks. Some regions were abandoned as the Legions retreated to a perimeter they could keep clear of plaguespawn, while other cities declared themselves independent under local rulers or ambitious warlords. The Republic crushed some of these rebellions, but strained resources meant that others had to be accepted.