Earth-87

### Technology Scale | Status

Industrialised; further advancement is impossible due to lack of natural resources

### Multiverse Codex Warning

Orange-- most travellers will be unable to survive the toxic atmosphere

**Earth-87** is a highly polluted and corrupted environment, best known for its immense amount of industrial production and smoggy, near uninhabitable atmosphere

Unlike most other Earths, Earth-87 experienced an industrial revolution hundreds of years before most; as a result, this Earth has been suffering under industrial pollution for hundreds of years longer than any others. 98% of Earth-87's inhabitants, supernatural or not, both work and live in giant 'mega factories', making fuel to power the planet's dying core. Humans and supernaturals are not differentiated, though the physical ability of some supernatural races may make them more efficient while working and thus more desirable to keep alive. Most races requiring natural surroundings to thrive have long gone extinct, leaving generally only Vampires (who do well in the unlit factory floors), Orcs (their raw strength is ideal for heavy lifting) and an offshoot of humanity unique to Earth-87 itself, Dustwalkers (or *Homo praefocabilis).* All water, trees and fresh air have been either destroyed, polluted beyond repair or used up entirely-- the only way the people of Earth-87 sustain themselves is through more industry and artificial substitutes. However, as more and more natural resources deplete, it seems that Earth-87 is likely doomed to destruction.

A small amount (estimated to be 100,000 at most) of *Homo Praefocabilis* have escaped the factories of Earth-87 and now wander the wastes alone in small tribal communities. These communities use scavenged technology and scrap metal to build caravans, protected from the acid rain and bolt-hails that are common on Earth-87. These humans are known as ‘the Plagued’ by those in the domes, under the incorrect belief that they carry an illness fatal to normal humans. Any caravans that wander too close to a dome are destroyed.

The other 2% of Earth-87’s population is made up of pureblood *Homo Sapiens*. These humans live in large, city-sized domes dotted across the Americas, worshipping an obscure faith known as the Clearbreath Church. Each dome is organised in a monetary hierarchy; unlike the rest of Earth-87, these domes are unpolluted and resemble traditional 21st century society— aside from their intense, fanatical and confusing faith. Those living in the domes are completely aware of their situation and the rest of Earth-87; dissenters are thrown out into the wastes where they will quickly perish. The Clearbreath Church is considered a highly dangerous cult anywhere outside of Earth-87; outside of Earth-87, the cult is well known for being the reason for Earth-87’s dying core. However, to the people of the domes, the God of Breath is the only thing keeping them alive; human sacrifices are demanded, lest the domes themselves topple. Interdimensional travellers are highly revered as prophets of the God of Breath, though most will die quickly due to Earth-87’s highly toxic air.

The God of Breath is seen as a highly dangerous interdimensional being. Where it came from is unknown— however, it is presumably outside of Earth-87’s universe entirely. Some theorise that the God of Breath may not be from *any* universe, but this is largely dismissed as fantasy. Either way, the God of Breath’s arrival is responsible for jumpstarting Earth-87’s industry in the early 1300s, taking the form of a revived Pharaoh preaching ancient, alien technologies ripe for the taking. The God of Breath’s arrival was directly responsible for damaging Earth-87’s core; its presence on any planet drains the heat of its centre. Whether or not the God of Breath remains active on the planet or has since moved on is currently unknown.