Bloodstained Stars contains expanded source material for waging war and combatting the Vaylen threat in Christopher Moeller's INVALID OBJECT ID=1906, type=family universe. It is also a setting book for the Burning Empires roleplaying game (but contains no mechanics). Formally entitled "An Old Warrior’s Meditations on the Art of Killing in the Iron Empires, Addressed to My Most Warlike Prince", Bloodstained Stars is written in the same style as Machiavelli's "The Prince". It also features over 100 pieces of artwork, including a number of full colour paintings, by Christopher Moeller.