Setting
- Various unspecified locations in space in which the Alien has constructed his dioramas of Earth history. Simulations visited include:
- Sittanavasal, India, near Trichy in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is best known as the site of an ancient Jain monastery.
- London, England, Pall Mall. The club that Valérian enters is the Athenæum Club at 107, Pall Mall. It's rather surprising that Valérian finds Gladstone there – as a member of the Liberal Party, he would more likely be found in either the Reform Club or the National Liberal Club.
- San Francisco, California, USA, Chinatown, 1895.
- Paris, France during the Belle Epoque of the late nineteenth century.
- World War I, an unspecified battle involving trench warfare.
- We also see various other simulations created by the alien including: the Vatican City, the Forum, the Sphinx, the Pyramids, the Blue Mosque and the statues at Easter Island.
- In addition, the Alien tells Jadna that he has constructed some ancient cities near Denebola in the Constellation of Leo and a Chinese period near Zuben-Al-Akrab which is in the Constellation of Libra.
- Earth, 1881, Maison Fournaise, Chatou, France where Laureline takes Valérian to recuperate after their ordeal.
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