The Dra'Azon are a Sublimed civilisation who appear in Consider Phlebas. Like most Sublimed species, they take little interest in galactic affairs, but do maintain and guard the "Planets of the Dead", worlds that have suffered global catastrophe, and are preserved in their post-apocalyptic state. Why the Dra'Azon do this is not clear. In the book, the Dra'Azon allow access to Schar's World — one of the Planets of the Dead — at seeming whim, or at least without discernible motivation. A message from them ends with the enigmatic warning, "There is death here".
The fear that they will provoke the planet's guardians to react to their actions and intents on Schar's World leads the characters to ponder the powerful Dra'Azon's apparent disinterest in the events as they unfold.
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