Hydrus Dominion

The Hydrus Dominion is where Mir is located and Miranda is one of the planets orbiting it.

The Hydrus Dominion is a Barred Spiral Galaxy. It has a super-massive black hole at its core and contains about 50 billion stars. It is around 80,000 ly in diameter and 300 ly thick. The Mir Solar System, upon which the game is played, is located about 15,000 ly from the Galactic Center.

The Hydrus Dominion is the prison of Hydrus, one of the great Celestial Dragons who sought to consume all things. From her great maw came untold numbers of Empyrean Dragons to kill the Titans and their newest creations, the gods. Each star in the galaxy is a prison for one of Hydrus' children whom the gods defeated. the planets and moons were created by the gods who watched the prison for any sign that it was weakening. The Empyrean Dragon around which Miranda rotates is called Mir.

The edge of the galaxy is also the end of the Shadow Realms that formed around Hydrus. Woven through, but never intermingling with, the Shadow Realms are the [lore:[Divine Realms]], Infernal Realms, and Elemental Realms.