Aurichall
Aurichall was the homeworld of the Cyberons, located in the Amazolian system. (PROSE: The V Cwejes [+]Loading...["The V Cwejes (short story)"])
Chris Cwej once guessed that the crystal slab suitable for housing a digital consciousness in which he had been uploaded had "surely [been] mined on the Superiors' now-forgotten colony in the Amazolian system", mentally comparing it to the technology used by the villain he'd battled during his first adventure as a companion of the Superior who'd changed his life", (PROSE: The V Cwejes [+]Loading...["The V Cwejes (short story)"]) Tobias Vaughn, a former ally of the Cybermen who had used their technology to upload his mind into circuitry. (PROSE: Original Sin [+]Loading...["Original Sin (novel)"])
In modern times, the planet was dominated by a nootropic volcano. Forced by the collision of rival noospheres to continuously erupt with flows of the Cyberon drug contained within, this volcano led to the creation of the Cyberons themselves, as well as the various pools and rivers which dotted the glass surface of the First City of Aurichall. (PROSE: The Blue Scream of Death [+]Loading...["The Blue Scream of Death (short story)","The Blue Scream of Death"])
Fred had some experience with the planet at a point in its history before the Cyber-War. There were multiple cultures with different languages at this point, with Lorelise being what the largest culture spoke. After the Cyberons made the planet more homogenous, Lorelise was the only language spoken and thus it also became known as "Aurichallian". (PROSE: Cyber-Hunt [+]Loading...["Cyber-Hunt (novelisation)","Cyber-Hunt"])
Humanity was aware of Aurichall during the Cyber-War, with Myna Nevaryn thinking of it as an "awful volcanic planet". (PROSE: Cybergeddon [+]Loading...["Cybergeddon (novelisation)","Cybergeddon"])
The "original Cyberon homeworld" was destroyed in 2989, along with the Cyberon King. When foreseeing these events in 2892, Box had theorised that Lauren Anderson would play a part, although she was uncertain. At any rate, the loss of the planet only slowed the Cyberons briefly (COMIC: Before the Storm [+]Loading...["Before the Storm (comic story)","Before the Storm"]) before they found themselves a new Cyberon Controller in the person of Dracula. (COMIC: Before the Storm [+]Loading...["Before the Storm (comic story)","Before the Storm"], AUDIO: Curse of the Cyberons [+]Loading...["Curse of the Cyberons (audio story)","Curse of the Cyberons"])
