# Heretic World

A dead twelve-kilometer machine-planet holds the third engine at its north pole. Ignition awakens cities, gimbal rings and heart sites.

Place · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `apostate-heretic-world` · Revision 2 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Apostate Engines](/field-guide/collections/apostate/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/apostate-heretic-world/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/apostate-heretic-world/record.json)

## Appearances

- [The engine is the planet. The planet is the engine.](/gamelab/apostate-engine-3.html) (context: [Apostate Engines](/field-guide/collections/apostate/))

- [GameLab](/gamelab/): Named in this published page.

- [Apostate Engine III Heretic World](/gamelab/projects/apostate-engine-3/): Named in this published page.

- [Gamelab: Apostate Engine III](/gamelab/projects/apostate-engine-3/gamelab-apostate-engine-iii.html): Named in this published page.

- [Lumen Reach hands you the sun.](/islandlab/island-v5.html): Named in this published page.

## Sources

- [The engine is the planet. The planet is the engine.](/gamelab/apostate-engine-3.html) (revision sha256:109490dc892f05c12ae1f3d010ae2726d544a20b903979ab961a1c98e6c8a30a)

## Reference library

### Source reference

![Heretic World seen from orbit.](/field-guide/assets/references/apostate-heretic-world/01-orbit-v1-1200.webp)

Heretic World seen from orbit.

[Download full-size image](/field-guide/assets/references/apostate-heretic-world/01-orbit-v1.webp) · [Original project image](/gamelab/apostate-engine-3.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `38a1203f2fddcb4d6ec52141351b5f09833665aff09c29ee83154b6d1ae69483`

### Source reference

![A glowing trench lined with windows and bridges.](/field-guide/assets/references/apostate-heretic-world/02-trench-v1-1200.webp)

A glowing trench lined with windows and bridges.

[Download full-size image](/field-guide/assets/references/apostate-heretic-world/02-trench-v1.webp) · [Original project image](/gamelab/apostate-engine-3.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `7526289c9840e2025412e89a19fc47d047f2631108c04674e25849351bde26ac`

### Source reference

![Radial shutters surround the engine beam at the pole.](/field-guide/assets/references/apostate-heretic-world/03-pole-v1-1200.webp)

Radial shutters surround the engine beam at the pole.

[Download full-size image](/field-guide/assets/references/apostate-heretic-world/03-pole-v1.webp) · [Original project image](/gamelab/apostate-engine-3.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `1633541ea0173ef14b782bd681965ec9e366e082117260365c5191a4fab7e8f7`

### Source reference

![The crown of petals and gimbal rings above the pit.](/field-guide/assets/references/apostate-heretic-world/04-crown-v1-1200.webp)

The crown of petals and gimbal rings above the pit.

[Download full-size image](/field-guide/assets/references/apostate-heretic-world/04-crown-v1.webp) · [Original project image](/gamelab/apostate-engine-3.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `e0cd8be508b3b2c8f2a743b4a10e1f4a281d358c3982872d254357912d934069`