Shoel is one of the only settlements on Hyperion (Fora III), United Empire of Earth. Briefly prosperous during a mining rush in the twenty-fifth century, the city fell into disrepair after mineral veins ran dry and the inhabitants abandoned it. Most of the urban sprawl is dominated by empty buildings being swallowed by HyperClay. Shoel was used as a hideout during the Messer Era (2546 - 2792) for political refugees. One of the only remaining statues of Ivar Messer I, erected under orders from Corsen Messer V in 2660 to remind the populace of their subjugation, stands at the town center. It is heavily vandalized and defaced.