Haqqislam, the New Islam, is a minor power, spread across a single planetary system, Bourak. Haqqislam has built a culture around a humanist, scholarly version of Islam that is in constant contact with Nature and rejects all fundamentalism. Biomedical science and terraforming are the two pillars of their development, and Haqqislam is home to the best academies of medicine and planetology in the Human Sphere.

ALEPH, the sole Artificial Intelligence that oversees the data network of the Human Sphere and most major international technological systems. ALEPH is the greatest ally of Humanity, and without it the interstellar sociopolitical and economic framework would crumble.

Having survived madness, possession, and countless dangers since she first picked up the cursed Witchfire, Alexia has proven herself to truly be a queen of the damned. The blade, said to have been created by the same Fellgoeth infernals worshipped by the Orgoth, has long since fallen silent under her dominion. Having reaved the immortal essence of the Nonokrion infernals during the Claiming, Alexia turned their power against the Witchfire, dominating the blade utterly. Now the sole master of the demon weapon, Alexia strikes back against the horrors of the world, seeking to defend life against the predations of denizens of the Outer Abyss.

Now known only by her designation as a convict since all record of her existence was lost during the recent troubles, 102822 was sentenced to serve the Khadoran Empire as a Doom Reaver for her transgressions committed while serving within the Winter Guard. Over time, 102822 began to manifest a rare degree of control over the fellblade that she bore, enabling her to slip from the arcane control her Greylord masters held over her. As a result, 102822 was able to flee from the front lines in Llael, where she was bound to die at the vanguard of some fruitless assault. Slipping over the border into Ios, she was captured by agents of the Retribution, who had use for the living weapon 102822 had become.