…a beacon of light, a fountain of knowledge, science and progress, they hoarded the wisdom of the Old Dominion in massive libraries, long before we relearned how to print.

— Tosquil de Gaalen Dopan, Troubadour, 643 P.R.

…crowded buildings covered in an unnatural mist and illuminated by actinic light, where blasphemers worshiping debased god are ruled by tyrants, demagogues and bureaucratic philosophers, all wrapped in mantles of self-importance.

— From “The Lands Beyond” by Heremius Bolero, 647 P.R.