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2022 Gallery

Gallery | Jun 14, 2026

From a daydream to a world, a collection of everything drawn for Solaris in 2022

Artisan

Profession | May 1, 2026

Artisans are the talented craftspeople behind much of the beauty of the world. The vast majority of objects in the Sol System are handcrafted. Clothing, furniture, toiletries and more are all specially commissioned or made to order.

Catamite Wars

Military Conflict | Dec 9, 2025

The Catamite Wars were a series of conflicts over lunar independence in the Jovian system, encompassing the uprisings and rebellions on Jupiter's moons triggered by the Io miners' strike, as well as the war between Ganymede separationists and Jupiter.

Crystal Technology

Technology / Science | Apr 27, 2026

It started with a bang and continued as a chime. Millenia later it rejoiced to be unearthed. To us it sang, "Let us carry you further than you could ever dream. Let us be the bedrock for your wonder. Let us, let us."

Deep Space Leviathan

Species | Nov 30, 2025

In deep space the gentle giants known as leviathans drift through the void. The first Great Migration of the late spacefaring age revealed that not only are the leviathans not extinct — they aren't alone.

Dragonfly Carrier

Spacecraft | Apr 11, 2026

In the company of nothing but distant stars, the Dragonfly Carriers set out on years-long journeys between the planets. Part of the invisible infrastructure that delivers Mercurian ore for processing in Saturn's orbit.

Dumplings in Space

Tradition / Ritual | Jul 12, 2026

The whole world was in that very mouthful. The thin padi film burst against my the roof of my mouth, numbingly it rolled in sweet, then sour, then a sharp floral singing all the way up my sinuses.

Fall

Building / Landmark | Apr 27, 2026

The first cities of Neptune were build on and around the gargantuan corpses of the Kraken-Whales. The largest Falls, known as metropoles, sprawl out into vast submarine mega-cities that barely resemble their origin.

Floating Islands

Geographic Location | Apr 10, 2026

Floating islands are giant rocks carried by the whirling winds of the Aer. Despite their ephemeral existence the islands form the bedrock of Uranian life.

Iron Spires

Building / Landmark | Dec 9, 2025

Once they were Sunscrapers; luxurious arcologies that symbolized the wealth and prosperity of Mercury. Today the Iron Spires stand like jagged memorials of all that was lost.

Kelpland Medusae

Species | Apr 10, 2026

The Kelpland Medusae, the living kelp forests, are simple invertebrates found on Neptune. They provide stability for nesting, protection for prey, and great hunt for predators.

Keystone

Rank/Title | Jun 1, 2026

Each generation every planet chooses one mortal to embody them. A young girl is granted immense power: the very potential of the planet itself, and from that point on she is known as a Keystone

Keystone of Mercury

Rank/Title | Jun 28, 2026

The last Keystone of Mercury sacrificed herself to chain the Sun and contain the Invasion. With the majority of the population seeking asylum all across the solar system finding her successor may prove to be quite the challenge.

Labyrinthe

Settlement | Sep 5, 2025

Labyrinthe is the capital of the Comiterranean. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and has been inhabited for millennium. The city has continually built on top of itself.

Luna

Geographic Location | Apr 3, 2026

Luna and Tellus dance across the sky, the forbidden paradise and the barren rock. A thin silvery atmosphere protects the moon from space, and the pale lunar lands contrast with deep dark seas.

Mars Homefleet

Organization | Apr 13, 2026

There is an academic pride in the halls of Homefleet. Everyone believes in their ideas, and each idea gets a fair shot. Those which prove themselves are given the full backing of Homefleet. Those which fail perhaps need only be refined.

Mot

Species | Sep 5, 2025

The mot is a small domestic keras native to Mercury. Mots are soft and furry, and have six legs with two claws on each paw. They are ferocious hunters of small prey, and are welcome companions for their ability to keep food safe from pests.

Nomads of Mercury

Ethnicity | Dec 3, 2025

In the harsh extremes of Mercury, the nomadic peoples of the planet live on the edge. Their traditional migration patterns have made the terminator nomads uniquely suited to life after the Scorching of Mercury, but it is by no means an easy life.

Oasis

Building / Landmark | Jan 4, 2026

As Penumbra settles her people gather around Oasis for liquour and company. The gentle melodies of the hydraulophone spill out from the fountain and, for a while, it feels like the world isn't on fire.

Oort Cloud

Geographic Location | Jun 19, 2026

Far beyond our borders it lies; the offcuts of our creation. A vast matrix of the same material that made us, stretching thousands of times wider than our own system. In the dead silence of space, it whispers.

Operation War Dove

Military Conflict | Apr 27, 2026

Ganymedes was the loveliest born of the moons, and therefore when it rebelled, Jupiter caught its heart away, to be their wine-pourer for the sake of admonishing those who might consider themselves equal. This was their retaliation.

Salvage

Tradition / Ritual | May 1, 2026

Between the rings of Saturn, history is dismantled. Ancient and terrible artifacts resurface as the heart-engine of a new suit of power armour; art is torn limb from limb, and out of the detritus rises a lazarus of industry.

Scorching of Mercury

Military Conflict | Dec 3, 2025

The Scorching of Mercury, also known as the First Solar Invasion, was an invasion by the angelic armies known today as the Scourge. The invasion destroyed most of Mercurian civilization and radically changed the planet's biosphere across four years.

Scourge

Species | Apr 10, 2026

Fear the spawn of the Chained Sun: those angelic abominations. Once, they guided and protected us, today they seek the radiant annihilation of us all.

Sol System

Geographic Location | Jul 11, 2026

Between a resentful sun and a hostile galaxy, life persists. Orbiting around the nuclear heart known as Sol are eight planets, each rich in history and culture.

Strobed Men

Generic article | Dec 9, 2025

There are rumours from the Mercurian enclaves of strange creatures in the guise of man. Who are they, and what are they looking for?

Titania

Character | Jun 6, 2026

Titania became the Eternal Godqueen of Venus centuries ago. She appeared to be eternally young and nigh immortal, until the truth was exposed by teen magazine Beaux.

Universal New Years Eve

Tradition / Ritual | Dec 9, 2025

As the party wraps up in Mithras, they begin in New Commerce. The festivities sprawl across Sol in a triumphant frenzy of fireworks, ringing in the New Universal Year.

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