hand drawn map of dark back ward -“A dark cosmic region orbiting a massive black hole. No sunlight. A dead solar system with twisted planets and moons circling in silence. Monde Noir looms in the foreground — a cracked, obsidian planet with no atmosphere. Its moon, Oblieth, floats nearby, scarred and pitted, with faint green lights glowing from within cave openings. Stars are distorted and streaked by gravitational lensing. The entire scene is heavy, quiet, and surreal.”illustration