Earth (Earth-1140)

**Earth**, also known as **Arda** and **Midgard**, was the home world of humanity, located in the Milky Way galaxy. It was a rocky planet that orbited Sol, and the twin planet of Mondas and Counter-Earth, which were separated from Earth when Luna was created.

It was home to several sentient species, including humanity, mutants, Atlanteans, the Sea-Devils, and the Silurians. Earth became a melting pot of species throughout its history, welcoming extraterrestrial peoples such as Kryptonians, gems, vortigaunts, and countless others.

Earth was known to be a hot-spot of magical, anomalous, and cosmic activity, attracting visitors from other worlds, universes, and dimensions on a regular basis.

## History

### Prehistory

#### Creation

Earth first began to form in 4,540,000,000 B.C. There were many mythological accounts of the Earth's origin. For instance, some religions and cultures believed that it was created by a supreme being, such as Yahweh. One account suggested that Earth was created by Eru Ilúvata and shaped by the Valar, and was once flat rather than spherical.

The myth involving the Valar was more likely to be the true origin of Earth, at least in a prior iteration of the timeline, before the "anchoring of the thread" when the Time Lords rewrote the history of the universe to exclude the existence of magic, in favor of science being the dominant force of reality. When the Time Lords were destroyed, their "rational" view of the universe began to fade, and this origin became true once more with the return of magic and "irrationality" to the universe.

However, as the universe slowly became a synthesis of both rationality and irrationality, the origin changed from its original form in the timeline. For instance, Earth was always round and was never truly flat, the planet formed naturally rather than being created by a higher being, the Sun existed before the Earth rather than being a fruit from the Two Trees, etc. These elements persisted as legend by the time of Middle-Earth.

In its infancy, the Earth coexisted with two twin planets, later known as Mondas and Counter-Earth, who curiously developed in sync with the Earth. However, the protoplanet Theia eventually collided with Earth, creating a moon from the resulting space debris.

The moon's sudden arrival caused the Earth's gravitational fields to become unbalanced, and the Earth's twins escaped from its orbit to drift into their current spots in the Solar System.

#### The Reptilian Age

   As of the Mesozoic era, the first intelligent life on Earth emerged in the form of the Silurians, a race of bipedal reptiles who ruled over the Earth and created a great civilization in the prehistoric continent of Shuggon, alongside their amphibious cousins known as the Sea Devils.

During the height of their civilization, Silurian and Sea Devil scientists predicted that a massive asteroid would soon smash into the Earth and ruin the planet's atmosphere. While some dismissed it as simple fearmongering, the Silurians and the Sea Devils nonetheless prepared for such an event, creating underground shelters and hibernation pods in the event that evacuation was needed.

Their prediction came true when a gigantic asteroid smashed into Shuggon, shattering the continent and ending all Silurian civilization left on the surface. Most of the Silurians managed to evacuate underground, as did the Sea Devils, ensuring their kind would survive into the future. While widely thought to have gone extinct in this event, the dinosaurs also managed to survive on the Savage Land, a prehistoric continent and a nature preserve created by the Silurians.

However, a small pocket of Silurians never managed to evacuate, leaving them abandoned on the poisoned surface, where they degenerated into the dreaded Serpent-Men.

Eventually, the surviving pockets of dinosaurs in the Savage Land produced the Voth, who evolved from the Hadrosaurids and became a spacefaring race thanks to their discovery of Silurian technology left behind in the evacuations. They left Earth and settled in the Delta Quadrant.

#### Middle-Earth

Arda was a magical world home to beings such as elves, orcs, hobbits, and dwarves, living alongside humans.

#### Hyborian Age

The Hyborian Age dominated Earth from 33,200 B.C. to 25,000 B.C.

#### Gem Rebellion

In the 6th millennium BC, an extragalactic empire originating from the Gem Homeworld began to colonize Earth during their conquest of the solar system, creating Kindergartens that drained the planet's resources in order to create more gems.

Pink Diamond, enthralled by the beauty of the Earth, discovered it had intelligent life and begged her fellow Diamonds to cease the colonization of the planet. They refused her pleas, merely creating a zoo for the local organic life, forcing Pink Diamond to assume the identity of "Rose Quartz" and begin a rebellion to repel Homeworld from the planet.

The colonization and fighting went on for a thousand years, forever changing course of human history in the process. However, a renegade Time Lord known as Father participated in this conflict, despite its status as a fixed point in time, helping the Crystal Gems defend humanity from Homeworld and preventing some of the more egregious changes to Earth's geography.

### Modern History

#### Later History

By the Mid-21st century, Earth established a T-Mat system.

## Characteristics

### Technology

Earth's tech level varied highly depending on the time period and civilization. In Earth's prehistory, the Silurians and Sea-Devils created a highly advanced and sophisticated civilization, including wonders such as organic airships and other vessels, suspended animation chambers, and even starships, before they were forced underground with the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs.

The human nations of Australia and Wakanda were incredibly advanced compared to other countries at the time, thanks to their abundance of australium and vibranium, respectively.

Despite the Hindenburg Disaster in 1937, rigid airships continued to be used for commercial and military purposes. Nazi Germany began to weaponize zeppelins, including the *Odin*, a double-hulled military vessel captained by Magnus Völler in 1939, as did the Allies. HYDRA made use of combat zeppelins in 1944. In the 21st century, the zeppelin industry still thrived, especially in Gotham City and Metropolis.

## Points of Interest

### Countries

* Australia: Thanks to the discovery of australium in the 1800s, Australia had an incredibly advanced civilization, with sprawling utopian cities and cutting-edge technologies. Cloaking gadgets, teleportation devices, and the "entire spectrum of moustache sciences" were all developed as a result of this discovery. It developed at a rapid rate compared to other countries, as they rarely shared the australium with anyone outside their own country.
* Madripoor: An island in Southeast Asia, home to the city of Madripoor, divided between the wealthy Hightown and the poor, impoverished Lowtown. It was considered a safe haven for criminals, as Madripoor did not extradite.

### Lost Lands and Hidden Civilizations

* Atlantis (Greece)
* Atlantis (Atlantic Ocean)
* Rapture
* Far Far Away: A mystical kingdom located far, far away from of the rest of the world, kept hidden through magical means.
* San Lorenzo: A legendary, magical town built by the wizard Sino, as a safe haven for orphans around the world. It was highly sought after by archaeologists and treasure hunters like Indiana Jones, though the town was kept hidden from the outside world with a magical enchantment.

## Sentient Species

### Byeahs

**Byeahs** (**homo byeahicus**) were a hominid species who developed alongside modern humans, likely having evolved from the dwarves of Middle-Earth.

### Ogres

*"Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. Onions have layers. You get it? We both have layers."*
―Shrek on his species
**Ogres** were unsightly, green-skinned humanoids who might've descended from the ogres of Middle-earth.

### Dwarves

**Dwarves** were a stocky, bearded people said to have been created by the god Aulë.

Dwarves continued to exist into the Hyborian Age, with one dwarven city, Buryat, existing in the country of Shem. They likely evolved into the modern day byeah.