Earth (The Future's Eye)

**Earth**, alternatively known as **Terra**, **Dommus**, and a multitude of other names, is the native planet of the Human Race. In the Future's Eye timeline, many thousands of years in the future, it is a ravaged planet with only pockets of civilisation, focused around what was once called the Black Sea. Westwards is filled with 'Unpeople', the descendants of humans corrupted by nuclear radiation, and the north is largely uninhabited.

## Inhabitants

### Humans

Humans are concentrated in the city-states of Ibsengrad and Myrongrad, along with several smaller pockets of settlements, They are descended from the least-mutated survivors from the eons of conflict, but recovered little more than rumours from their past. Khanards theorise practically all humans are descended from several small groups of orphaned babies from the last war who managed to survive with the help of an older adult who died when they were relatively young, but nobody knows for sure. They are believed to have endured some form of mutations from original humans, though the extent of that is unknown, nor have there been any experiments in determining their similarity with non-Earth Humans in the wider Galaxy.

### Non-Human

#### The Unpeople

The Unpeople is a broad term for the inhabitants of what were once the Balkans and western Europe. Mutated by generations of nuclear war, they are believed to be the descendants of much of old Europe's population. But, gone is their civility, language, and dignity. They are formed in several large tribes, and have on several times attempted to capture Ibsengrad, suggesting they have some form of intellect. But, due to the extent of their mutations, they can no longer be considered human (N.B. Khanard experiments proved they are incompatible with humans for reproduction).

#### The Oracle

The Oracle resides in a large, underground structure north of civilisation, known only to the Khanards, but rumoured by several other groups. A complex series of damaged computer circuits, the Oracle provides wisdom from time to time to Jezran... when it doesn't wish to harm him.

#### Jezran

Jezran is leader of the Khanards and, while once being human, can no longer be considered such due to the multitude of procedures he has endured to prolong his life. He refers to himself as a 'human echo', though, and does currently wear the bones of his original, human body.

#### Cass

Cass is an immortal former-human from Jezran's own time, and resides on Earth, having landed there very recently. She had previously lived throughout the Galaxy, notably Kiriscante, where she came into contact with the Khanards.

#### Hosses

Hosses are a large animal believed to be descended from horses, and are frequently used for transport.

## Human Settlements

### Ibsengrad and Myrongrad

True, or civilised, human settlements are concentrated in the states of Ibsengrad and Myrongrad, each with several hundred thousand inhabitants. Also, along their coasts, they have several additional settlements of people who claim allegiance to either state. Being the only two organised nation-states, the two have a cooperative relationship.

### Saharia

In the unorganised territory of Saharia - once north Africa - several dozen tribal groups have been documented, mostly by Khanard explorers. Most of these people are reported as Shamans and practice a vulgar form of Trinitism, so are believed to be descendants from very early settlers from Ibsengrad, though this is unknown for sure.

### Scion

Scion is a rumoured, technologically advanced city in the far east. Khanards have not yet found it, suggesting it is merely a myth.

### Khanard Outposts

Several Khanard outposts stretch further than the traditional pale of settlement, where several small communities have developed.