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A fox spirit, the inhabitants of Jinju

Jinju is the barely-terraformed home planet of Min and a setting in the Dragon Pearl. It is rife with poverty, discrimination, and corrupt patrol guards.

Description

Outside of hydroponics domes, plants struggled to grow on the dusty planet, the only thriving survivors were purple-tinged shrubs and low trees.[1]

The city of Hongok was several hours away from Min's house. There were domes of various sizes which protected their inhabitants from dust and fickle weather. Some of them glistened like jewels, others had cracks patched with ugly but functional globs of sealant. The city was built on a darker ruddy plateau with a glitter-mass of silver and gold rising. At the West Gate flanked by two statues of Haetae.

Directories were thick rectangular columns, each face had a screen used to search for shops or addresses. The Market District, with its bright colors, mixture of smells and gossip, has the best vegetable fritters in the Outer Rim.[2] Neon signs advertised bars and restaurants, there were also tables with nineteen-by-nineteen grids for playing baduk.

Dragon Pearl

One morning Kim Min wakes to find her mother talking to an investigater about Kim Jun’s supposed desertion of the Thousand Worlds Space Forces. After she knocks the investigator out, she sets out to get off world to find her brother. Two months later she returns home to Jinju.

Trivia

  • Jinju is the Korean word for pearl.
    • Jinju is also the name of a city in South Korea, and is possibly the namesake of the planet in and out of universe.
  • Hongok means ruby.
  • According to Yoon Ha Lee, Jinju suffered poverty to give Min a motivation to think of something bigger than herself.[3]

References

Locations (RRP)
Cities and Towns: Albuquerque | Atlanta | Beverly Hills | Cabo San Lucas | Chicago | Jackson | Los Angeles | Loves Park | Merdel | Miami | Memphis | New Orleans | New York City | Rock Creek | Raisin Valley | San Diego | San Miguel de Allende | Santa Monica | Silver Springs | Vicksburg | Yuma
Administrative Divisions: Alabama | Arizona | Baja California Sur | California | Chiapas | Chihuahua | Colorado | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Guanajuato | Illinois | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maryland | Mississippi | Montana | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | Oregon | Quintana Roo | Tennessee | Wisconsin
Landmarks and other Buildings: Alvarado Transportation Center | Beverly Hills Hotel | Georgia Aquarium | Mississippi Civil Rights Museum | Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture | United Nations Headquarters
Countries: France | Mexico | United States of America (Confederate States of America)
Continents: Europe | North America
Pandava Quintet: Amaravati | Court of the Sky | Department of Many Voices | Kingdom of Death | Lanka | Little India | Naga Realm | Night Bazaar | Ocean of Milk | Otherworld
Storm Runner Trilogy/Shadow Bruja Duology: Aztlán | Baja California Peninsula | The Beast | Caribbean Sea | Cave of the Crystals | Ceiba World Tree | The Empty | Hell's Kitchen | Holy Ghost | Isla Holbox | Jazz's Surf Shop | Mexica Empire | Old World | Pacific Ocean | Palenque National Park | Sea of Cortez | Shaman Institute of Higher-Order Magic | Tomb of the Red Queen | Venice Beach | Xib'alb'a
Thousand Worlds series: Black Locust Station | Daeriseok | Fourth Colony | Ghost Sector | Gray Institute | Hongok | Hongok Spaceport | Jinju | Kim Dome | Outer Rim | Pale Lightning | Red Azalea | Thousand Worlds | Yonggi
Sal & Gabi Duology: Calamity Island | Coral Castle | Culeco Academy of the Arts | Little Havana | Multiverse | Reál House | Unnamed Miami Hospital | Vidón University
Tristan Strong Trilogy: Alke | Anansi's Palace | Artillery Park | Burning Sea | Drowned Forest | Golden Crescent | Granny Z's Skatepark | Grasslands | Isihlangu | Lady Night's Juke Joint | Lake Michigan | Louisiana State Penitentiary | Louis Armstrong Park | New Orleans Pharmacy Museum | MidPass | Mississippi River | Nyame's Palace | Ridge | Strong Apartment | Strong family farm | Thicket
Race to the Sun: Begay House | Chuska Mountains | Canyon de Chelly | Dibé Nitsaa | Glittering World | House of the Sun | Intertribal Community Charter School | Navajo Nation | Sisnaajiní | Shiprock | Spider Rock
Paola Santiago series: Camp of the Niños de la Luz | Gila River | Juan & Sons Auto Repair | Pizza Pete's | The Rift | Riverside Palace Apartments | Silver Springs Hospital | Silver Springs Police Department
City of the Plague God: Brooklyn | Central Park | Georiou's | Gilgamesh's Glass Ziggurat | Hudson Square | Kurnugi | Manhattan | Manhattan General Hospital | Mo's | Nineveh | Rock of Nisir | Queens | Sea of Tiamat | Washington Square Park
The Gifted Clans series: Byun Mansion | The Campus | Griffin Observatory | Noh Dojang | Oh House | Pacific Ocean Seoulful Tacos | Temple of the Gifted Community Los Angeles | Traditional Korean Medicine Clinic
Pahua Moua series: Bamboo Nursery | Crossroads | Merdel Elementary | Merdel Hospital | Moua Apartment | Six Realms (The Echo | Spirit Realm) | Thread and Needle | Tree of Souls
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