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| aliases: | ||
| - the Borderlands | ||
| - The Borderlands | ||
| - Celestica Eridiana | ||
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| image | introduced in Borderlands 1 | ||
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| Type | Galaxy/Frontier | ||
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| > This is our home. But make no mistake, this is not a planet of peace and love. | ||
| \- Marcus Kincaid | ||
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| # Overview | ||
| The Borderlands are the edges of civilization, the forefront of galactic exploration, and the strange and lawless rimworlds which are the main setting of the eponymous Borderlands series. | ||
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| # Known Regions | ||
| *Planets in **bold** are physically visitable at some point the series.* | ||
| ## Pandora and Surroundings | ||
| - **[[Pandora]]**: A deserted planet ruined by corporate greed. Also the planet where all of [[Borderlands 1]] and [[Borderlands 2|2]] take place, and where the story usually begins. | ||
| - **[[Elpis]]**: Pandora's moon, and also its Vault Key. | ||
| ## Beta Ceti III (Eden System) | ||
| - Eden-1 | ||
| - Eden-2 | ||
| - Eden-3 | ||
| - Eden-4 | ||
| - Eden-5 | ||
| - **[[Eden-6]]**: Home of the [[Jakobs]] corporation, and the site of a major arc in [[Borderlands 3]]. | ||
| - Eden-7 | ||
| ## Other Planets and Moons | ||
| - Aquator | ||
| - Artemis | ||
| - **[[Athenas]]**: Maya's home planet. Location of one part of the Promethean Vault Key. | ||
| - Demophon | ||
| - Dionysus | ||
| - Eptah | ||
| - Eunomia | ||
| - **[[Gehenna]]**: A moon of a gas giant. Setting of [[Bounty of Blood]]. | ||
| - Grophic IV | ||
| - Hephaestus: Home planet of Mister Torgue. | ||
| - Hera | ||
| - Hermes: Home planet of Alistair and Aurelia Hammerlock. Has a thin, helium-rich atmosphere. | ||
| - Hestias | ||
| - Hieronymous | ||
| - Honus 4651 | ||
| - Isolus | ||
| - Junpai-7 | ||
| - Menoetius | ||
| - **[[Nekrotafeyo]]**: Home planet (?) of the Eridians. Location of the Machine. | ||
| - **[[Promethea]]**: Headquarters of the [[Atlas]] corporation up until the Maliwan invasion forced them to evacuate to space, though they still maintain a heavy presence on the planet and their spaceship is in orbit. Site of a major arc in Borderlands 3, as well as [[New Tales]]. | ||
| - Sercannus-3 | ||
| - Tantalus | ||
| - Themis | ||
| - Thrace | ||
| - **[[Xylourgos]]**: A frozen rimworld not found on maps, kept in a perpetual eclipse. Setting of [[Guns, Love and Tentacles]]. | ||
| # Etymology | ||
| The table below lists the etymology, if available, of the names of known planets and moons. Most of them reference Greek mythology, which is widely referenced in the Borderlands series as a whole. | ||
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| Planet | Meaning/Namesake | ||
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| Aquator | "Aqua" (water) + Equator | ||
| Artemis | Greek goddess of the hunt | ||
| Athenas | From Athena, Greek goddess of knowledge, warfare and law | ||
| Demophon | Either the son of Theseus and Phaedra or Demophoon, son of King Celeus and Queen Metanira; both from Greek myth | ||
| Dionysus | Greek god of wine, revelry and madness | ||
| Eden | Biblical garden of paradise | ||
| Elpis | Greek personification of hope; the last thing left inside Pandora's box | ||
| Eunomia | Greek goddess of legislation | ||
| Gehenna | A valley in Jerusalem. In Jewish theology, a place of divine punishment; hell, the destination of the wicked | ||
| Hephaestus | Greek god of smithing and fire | ||
| Hera | Greek goddess of women and marriage; wife of Zeus | ||
| Hermes | Greek god of messengers and thieves | ||
| Hestias | From Hestia, Greek goddess of hearth and home | ||
| Hieronymous | Either a Greek historical figure or Rob Heironimus, one of the founders of Gearbox Software | ||
| Isolus | A species of aliens from Doctor Who | ||
| Menoetius | Greek titan of anger and rash action | ||
| Nekrotafeyo | "Graveyard" in Greek | ||
| Pandora | First human woman in Greek myth; she was given a box containing all evil, pain and sorrow and told to not open it, which her husband's brother Epimetheus did | ||
| Promethea | From Prometheus, Greek titan and self sacrificial creator and educator of humanity; Pandora's husband | ||
| Tantalus | Greek mythological figure; a king who deceived the gods and was condemned to eternal suffering in Tartarus | ||
| Themis | Greek titaness of law | ||
| Thrace | A region in Greece | ||
| Xylourgos | "Carpenter" in Greek; a nod to John Carpenter, particularly the movie "The Thing" | ||
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| # Trivia | ||
| 1. Usually, the etymology of planet names is rarely addressed by the in-game characters, but Eden is the exception, with Typhon remarking Eden-6 is no paradise. | ||
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| # Hierarchy | ||
| ```mermaid | ||
| flowchart TD | ||
| B[The Borderlands] --> A[The Six Galaxies]; | ||
| ``` | ||
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| # Sources |