Humans

The **Humans** were the mysterious, formerly dominant species of the world. They created the Morph before mysteriously disappearing, and the Morphs inherited the earth after them. The expression **Orbmakers** might directly or indirectly refer to the Humans.

The humans had developed technology like One Who Knows All, the Orbs, the Secret of Life, flight, the drones, telescopes, batteries and plastic. The humans used their DNA to give the Four Great Gifts to some animals: sapience, intelligence, speech and opposable thumbs. The humans loved the Morphs and taught them language, thinking, and manipulation with the Book of Hands. Morphs believe that humans had the Secret of Happiness but they disappeared before teaching it to them. The humans also gave a ring called talisman to the Morph leaders of a tribe, a token of authority.

The humans had installed several underground installations. From an underground base in the Sunrise Hills they operated drones who would hunt and pacify some rogue animals, or Morph, for experiments. They had a sunspot observatory at a dam, and a base in the North Island that was abandoned abruptly after some alert or malfunction.

Although the records of the Rat Tribe go as far back as the time of Humans, there is no record about what happened to them, whether they were extinct or left for some other place. Some of their installations were later taken over by the Morphs, such as the Dog Castle, and the observatory at the Forever Mountains. Relics of their advanced technology were used by them, even with their limited understanding and being unable to replicate them (like batteries or plastic).

The only Morph who had ever seen a Human accurately was Rif, who encountered a photography of a female Human model on a nude calendar, adorning the janitor's room of the Ancient Ruins. He failed to recognise it as a human however, thought it was a funny creature, possibly someone's pet.

Each tribe and each Morph had their own legends and views about the Humans.

* According to the Dog Tribe, they were the favorite companions of Humans.
* According to Rask, the humans taught the Wolves to be strong, and they could lead other Morph when time came.
* According to the vague records of the Rats, their ancestors were kept in cages during that time, and "helped" the humans in their scientific experiments, and were taught speech and writing. In the same time they suffered from fear and prejudice, and some fiercely hunted the rats. In response, they self-exiled in underground dwellings.

* Some cave drawings show that the Humans were threatened by some strange entity, from which they tried to flee.
* The Ancient Ruins of the North Island still had an alarm active about some event, and shows signs of sudden evacuation. The base in the Sunrise Hills also shows that it was abandoned.
* The mainstream view is that they retreated to the Land of the Clouds.
* According to Annabelle they were extinct.
* According to Dolores's mother, they left in order to let the Morphs develop, and would return someday.
* According to Tycho Northpaw, they left for the moon, and designed a face to show that they watch over the Morphs.
* Rif was sceptical since he was hearing those legends as a kit: he believed that the Morphs were there since always, but he could accept that some strange hairless beings existed long ago. But not the myths about flying machines or the Book of Hands. There was no logical explanation about why the humans did not return, or how a whole race would just vanish. However he seems to have changed his views since the Quest for the Orb, and sometimes he exclaims "By the Orbmakers!"