City of the Saved

The City of the Saved was a metropolis the size of a spiral galaxy located between the end of the universe and the beginning of the next. The City itself was the timeship Compassion, who had lodged herself between universes. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)

The only entrance to the City was the Uptime Gate. (PROSE: The Book of the War) Iris Wildthyme once attempted to get into the City by ramming her Celestial Omnibus into the Uptime Gate. (PROSE: A Hundred Words from a Civil War)

It was inhabited by every single Australopithecine, human, near-human, and humanoid who was ever resurrected after death in an immortal, invulnerable body. Only human beings were resurrected and those that were partially human were treated as second class citizens known as "collaterals" who were also forbidden from holding public office.

Whenever history was rewritten by the War between the Great Houses and their enemy, the City's history was retroactively rewritten with it to include any new human beings or versions of them that were brought into existence by the change. This meant that the population of the City was much larger than anyone on the outside suspected.

Many believed the City itself was a goddess that they worshiped under the name Civitata; in reality, it was constructed by two mysterious "Secret Architects" (actually the Universal Machine and Compassion V).

The Rump Parliament was Faction Paradox's stronghold within the City. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)

All races but pure humans were marginalised in the city's society, Grandfather Halfling set up House Halfling to campaign for the rights of those who were not quite human. (PROSE: The Book of the War)