The Dune Series · Atreides · Harkonnen · Corrino · Fremen · X̶a̶l̶i̶e̶l̶t̶u̶Tleilaxu
The Imperium as an orrery — gold planetary lines over a wine-dark sky, the crowned eagle banner, jewel-colored worlds strung on golden wire
the orrery of the imperium · AI-generated artwork

CORRINO

the golden lion throne

The story

Ten thousand years of gold

The house is named for Corrin, the battle that settled the throne, and ten thousand years of gold followed. The palette is the court at Kaitain: wine-porphyry darks, alabaster light, and accents that are jewels, literally: throneGold on every keyword, emerald strings, sapphire functions, ruby errors, and the Sisterhood's amethyst standing among them where it has always belonged… Or where it has kept itself?

One accent is not a jewel: coldIron. Grey steel on escapes and special characters is the older memory: the machine crusade, kept deliberately in view, cold and gleaming amongst the treasure. House Corrino will never forget what the throne cost. The throne simply prefers that you notice the gold first: constants wear it plainly, operators as hammered giltLeaf, and keywords land in bold gold. Search matches and selections are inset on a burnished background, dark gold for a court where light and dark alike thrive.

The palette

Strata

Foundations

The court

porphyryDeep#150E12
bg · dim panels

Imperial stone, quarried dark. The wine-black of the banner's sky.

kaitainDusk#1D1318
bg · editor

The main background: evening in the capital of the universe.

marbleShadow#2A1C22
popups · panels

Colonnade dark, where courtiers stand to whisper.

courtVeil#3A2730
selection · overlay

The curtain drawn when the real conversation begins.

alabaster#F2E2B8
foreground

Candlelit stone — the light every throne room is built to hold.

agedMarble#CFBC96
fg · secondary

Ten thousand years of footsteps across the same floor.

courtier#9A8781
comments · muted

Present at every proceeding. Rarely the point of one.

Accents

The jewels

throneGold#EFB63B
keywords · constants

The metal of the lion throne. Structure is sovereignty.

gilt#D4A63F
numbers · warnings

The ledgers beneath the splendor, counted in gold.

giltLeaf#B99441
operators · punctuation

Gold beaten thin enough to write with — leaf on the punctuation, the seams of every sentence.

emerald#53A874
strings

A jewel for every spoken thing: the court speaks in green.

sapphire#7290D9
functions

The working stone, cut for precision, set where things get done.

sisterhoodViolet#A188CC
types · classes

The series constant: at Kaitain it passes for amethyst, and stands beside the throne.

ruby#CE5B6B
errors

The crimson of the nebula and the cost of ambition. Attend to it.

coldIron#87A0AD
escapes · special

Not a jewel. Iron from the machine crusade, kept in view, rare and cold.

burnish#5A4526
search glow · folds · selection

Gold that fell into shadow. The room is gilded even where the light isn't.

laurel#99A75E
diff added · success

The wreath for victories the throne permits you to have.

In use

Audience with the Throne

  succession.ts 
// Law is the ultimate science — inscribed over the Emperor's door.
interface Throne {
  occupant: string;
  heirs: string[];
  endure(): this;
}

const IMPERIAL_YEAR = 10191;

function succeed(court: Throne): Throne {
  if (court.heirs.length === 0) {
    throw new Error("a throne without heirs\ninvites the knife");
  }
  return { occupant: court.heirs[0], heirs: court.heirs.slice(1) }; // the wheel turns
}

succeed({ occupant: "Shaddam IV", heirs: [], kanly: "declared" });