Aloft in the cosmos, lies the planet Astraea, under three silver moons. It is a world of sprawling empires and a thousand cities, of torch lit temples and statues of shadowy gods. Princesses gaze from towers glinting with quartz against the sunrise. Pirates guide their ships through the watery ways by lodestars above, and elfish robed merchants jingle their gold coins with glee. Prophets clamor on about mad gods and demons. Archers send their steel-tipped...