Pact Worlds

Previously known as the Golarion System, the Pact Worlds now form the cultural centre for most of the Material Plane. Much of this is due to the ability of the Starstone, which acts as a beacon to draw Drift Engines in from all over the Plane.

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  The Pact Worlds

  A system of planets that have all signed the Absalom Pact, uniting them under one banner.

Alternative Name(s)

Golarion system

Type

Solar System

Location under

Material Plane

Included Locations

• Aballon
• Absalom Station
• Akiton
• Apostae
• Bretheda
• Castrovel
• Eox
• Mataras
• Triaxus
• Verces

Included Organizations

• AbadarCorp
• Pact Council

Owning Organization

Pact Council

Contested By

• Azlanti Star Empire
• Corpse Fleet
• Veskarium

Related Historical Events

• 217 AG
  Ancient cities discovered on the sun's surface
• 7 AG
  Magefire Assault

Lost Golarion

The solar system today called the Pact Worlds has been inhabited for millennia, stretching back tens of thousands of years even before the Gap. While all of the planets in the system could make an argument for their own significance, most outside observers agree that the system's most important planet was the third from the sun, called Golarion.

The presumed birthplace of Humans, Dwarves, Halflings, and numerous other races still found in the system, Golarion was most notable not for its vast civilizations, but its theological significance: in addition to caging a dark god of destruction called Rovagug in its core, Golarion was also home to a magical object called the Starstone, which allowed mortals to ascend to godhood. At some point during the Gap, however, that world vanished. High priests and divine servants petitioned their gods for answers, and all received the same information: Golarion still exists, as do the descendants of those people on it when it vanished, safe in a seclusion unreachable by magic or science. Beyond that, gods and demons all maintain the same firm policy that no further information will be forthcoming - if indeed they even know it.

The existence of Absalom Station in Golarion's former orbit raises even more questions. Was it built as a lifeboat? Was it simply a Golarion-made space platform left behind after the disappearance? Or was the station itself somehow responsible for the planet's disappearance? Regardless, the mystery of Golarion leads many both within and without the Pact Worlds to still refer to the solar system as “the Golarion System.”