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The Rim

the Moon Lords · the Rim Dominion · the Outer Rim

The proud, independence-minded Gold lords of the outer moons, risen in the Second Moon Rebellion and courted by both Darrow and the Sovereign.

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The Rim is the confederation of Gold Moon Lords ruling the outer worlds—Jupiter's Galilean moons, Saturn, and Uranus—a colder, harder, more honor-bound breed who scorn the Core's decadence and hold themselves the truest heirs of the Iron Golds. Long the Sovereign's deepest fear (she nuked Saturn's moon Rhea sixty years ago to hold them), they rose again after Darrow's Triumph: the Moon Lords' hostage children escaped Luna with Mustang's spies, Revus au Raa's heirs seized the Calisto garrison fleet, and Io declared independence, igniting the Second Moon Rebellion. Romulus au Raa was elected Sovereign of the Rim, but Roque's Sword Armada has ground their under-supplied fleet down for a year.

Caught between the Sovereign's peace terms and Darrow's alliance, the Rim turns when the Sovereign's nuclear treachery is exposed—throwing its armada behind the Rising's bid to destroy the Sword Armada and win permanent independence.

Appearance

A far-flung dominion of shielded moon-cities and dockyards, its lithe low-gravity Golds in tan combat gear, colored scarves, insectile kryll masks, and skipper boots, bearing ivory-stocked railguns and razors.

Role

The independence-seeking Gold power of the outer worlds; the pivotal ally Darrow wins at Ilium in his war on the Society.

Relationships

Romulus au Raa — Its elected Sovereign, who allies it to the Rising after the Sovereign's nuke lie is exposed.
Darrow — The Reaper who wins its armada by exposing the Sovereign's nukes and sacrificing his Rim cells.
Sword Armada — The Sovereign's fleet grinding down the Rim's forces until Darrow turns the war.
Mustang — The Reformer whose spies freed its hostage children and who brokers its alliance with the Rising.
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Chapter 10
  • The outer-worlds alliance of Moon Lords, led by House Raa and allied to Mustang, waging the Second Moon Rebellion against the Sovereign.
Chapter 40
  • The proud, independence-minded Gold lords of the outer moons, risen in the Second Moon Rebellion and courted by both Darrow and the Sovereign.
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