Dystopia

**Dystopia** is an island located somewhere in the Pacific Ocean that is ridden with obscure conditions. It's cruel environments and lands are what earned it the name "Dystopia". There have been many people who have attempted to journey and conquer Dystopia, but those journeys usually result in gruesome ends. Even whole countries have attempted to invade the island, but the military forces weren't enough to take on the unearthly island.

The island is known for being nearly uninhabitable, as thousands of colonies have been settled, and wiped out since it's discovery. In the present, only a handful of small settlements have managed to remain intact. The only reason they continue is due to the fact that the settlements are populated by humans who are superior to a normal human.

Dystopia is also infamous, and feared for it's unusual fauna, flora, and anything else residing on the island.

## History

Dystopia consists of many biomes, they range from swamps filled with static-electricity charged fogs, seas filled with pitch black water, volcanos filled with molten metals, caves filled with bio-luminescent forests, and more. Each biome has vicious animals, ranging from mammals, to reptiles, to fish, and birds. Even the herbivores are deadly.

### 1898

German Explorer Hanz Wundermann first ventured into the island, he managed to survive for 60 years, before dying from old age and an unknown disease. The disease was one of the Great Plagues found on Dystopia, which was named "The Black Hole."

### 1955

Russia attempted to invade and overwhelm the habitats of Dystopia with sheer force, but it failed miserably due to many errors and deaths. They managed to last seven days. The army Russia sent in was 10,000 strong. On the first day, there were over 200+ deaths, on the second, 1,500+, on the third 5,000, on the fourth day there were less than 30 troops remaining. On the fifth day, the ship that was over 500,000 pounds suddenly vanished, on the 6th day. all communications were shut down. What happened on the 7th day is still a mystery.

After this occurrence, the United Nations banned anyone from venturing into Dystopia completely. Anyone who would do so would be punished under inter-continental law.

### 1990

Logan Trent was shipped out to Dystopia to test his abilities by the MIA, he was unable to handle the environment which sparked a feral instinct inside Logan. Logan was locked into this state of mind for 5 years, until he had finally overcome it, and Dystopia as well. After finally calming and also conquering Dystopia, he built a very well made raft and set sail to the United States of America.

### 1994

Silas Burke was sent to Dystopia to search and destroy/capture Logan, but again, like Logan, it was too much for Silas to handle. Unlike Logan's incident, though, Silas was not sent into a feral frenzy, but instead his mind snapped and he went into an insane state-of-mind. He stayed here for 2 years until he finally picked up Logan's "essence trail", and set sail after him.

## Geography

Dystopia's overall terrain and geography have been classified as anomalous by nature by nearly every world government, organization, and group. The island seems to shift from different parts of the vast Pacific Ocean, making it near-impossible to find during any given voyage. The island itself is also deceptively large. Despite appearing as simply a large island, comparable to Japan, the terrain seems to continue endlessly, feeling more like an entire continent then an island.

### Biomes

#### Outer Territories

Dystopia is littered with several different kinds of biospheres, ranging from snow-capped mountains, to deserts, swamps, jungles, plains, and so forth. The majority of these areas appear to be rather normal, however like a lot of things on Dystopia, this isn't the case. These areas are filled with different forms of life that are extremely dangerous and lethal. Even something as simple as a flower can prove catastrophic.

#### Dystopian Badlands

However, the most infamous area of Dystopia is in the middle of the island, known as the Badlands. The Badlands are made up volcanic rock terrain, the terrain itself at risk of being changed, as lava geysers blast apart the Earth, and tectonic plates seemingly in constant movement beneath the ground itself. It is here where many of the island's most dangerous beings exist, in an eternal battle of strife, and attempt to do the impossible. Claim the throne of Dystopia.

#### The Shores

The safest area of the island, and where all of the human settlements are located, are the shores and beaches outlining the rest of the island.

### Weather

The weather is extremely volatile on Dystopia, and is prone to change in an instant. It might be sunny one day, and within the next couple of minutes, a thunderstorm will be raging violently. It's been predicted that Dystopia is sat on top of a magnetic field that causes the weather patterns to be in constant, and impossible flux.

### Resources

Dystopia is home to a great many forms of valuable resources, both known to man, and yet to be discovered. It's believed that Dystopia has several gold veins, and diamond mines waiting to be harvested, along with dozens of other invaluable assets. However, it is basically impossible for them to ever be claimed, or actually acquired by any group or individual. A few attempts have been made in the past by several wealthy individuals, with all of them ending in catastrophic failure. One individual even resorted to using nuclear warheads to attempt to clear possible areas of interest, however it appeared to have little to no effect whatsoever on the indigenous lifeforms.

## Biodiversity

### Fauna

Several forms of life exist on the island, and all of them are threats that could wipe out humanity if they ever managed to access any other continents. Due to the sporadic, and chaotic nature of Dystopia, the life here has had no choice but continuously evolve to survive. Due to this biological arms race of life, the organisms of Dystopia all were transformed into incomprehensibly terrifying creatures, once thought only possible in the realm of science fiction, or more suitably, the minds of the insane. It is because of these organisms that colonization, exploration, or any form of surveying of the island is, and seemingly always will be, impossible.

### Caligo

The Caligo, are one of the few organisms that have been somewhat observed and studied. They appear to be gaseous lifeforms. They appear to slightly resemble a humanoid form, with arms, and legs, however the rest of their body appear to be a dark, gaseous blob.

#### Auceps

The Auceps are beasts that haven't visually been seen, as they hide out beneath rocks, and mountainous terrain so that it can lure it's victims. The only part of it's body that has been observed is a prehensile, tendril-like limb that slithers through grass, and out from crevices between the rocks and terrain in which the Auceps hides. It appears to be several meters long, but most disturbingly, at the end of the tendril is connected a human, that has been mummified, seemingly due to the fact that their bodies have been drained, liquified, and consumed by the hidden Auceps as nutrients. It can manipulate the mummified corpse however, to appear alive. It can use the mummified corpse to talk, walk, move around, and basically anything else a human might do.

Auceps have been seen using other creatures as it's lures, however they appear to favor luring, capturing, consuming, and keeping humans for their lure.

#### Twin Snake

The Twin Snake has only been observed in the Dystopian swamps. It appears like a regular snake one might recognize from their own homes, however it has two identical tails. Along it's neck rests a large, black, lump resembling a bell. The skin of it's neck up from the bell-like lump, from which the tails originate, looks like it's twisted, or mangled. It's been noted that the snake appears to infect it's prey with intense, homicidal desire.

#### Anhkorra

The Anhkorra are apex predators of Dystopia, not due to their sheer power, or size, or skill, but for an evolutionary trait they developed. Anhkorra are born with the natural ability to absorb visible light radiation. As such, while under visible light (such as the sun, and the moon which reflects the sun's light), they will appear as being completely invisible. The only way they can be seen as under Ultraviolet Light, in which they appear as a combination of wildly vivid colors, ranging from cyan to pink, and many others.

#### Immortality Disease

The Immortality Disease, although not a regular organism, is instead a microscopic parasite. Not much is known about the Disease expect for one instance of a group in the early 1900's encountering it, in which only 1 out of 362 members survived and returned. The sole survivor appeared to be able to live entirely self-sufficiently, without the need for sustenance of any kind, either food or water. However, this is not the case. Instead, the infected is driven to self-cannibalize themselves, feeding on one's own flesh constantly. It also appears as though the disease causes tissue regeneration to be increased dramatically. The skin color of an infected individual also becomes dark in color. The only survivor is still alive, and continues to consume his flesh, over a hundred years later. There is no known cure, or how this disease is contracted.

**Alphas**

Massive, gargantuan organisms known as Alphas roam the island. They are titanic beasts, comparable to mountain ranges. Alphas appear to have incredibly long gestation periods, ranging into thousands of years. It's as such that only a handful of Alphas of the same species are alive at any given time.

### Flora

#### Botans

The Botans, are an enigma, in that it consists of an enormous sphere of cotton-like material, on the top of a human body. The sphere sits in place where a head might normally be. These Botans show no signs of life whatsoever, not appearing to have a pulse, or blood, or any internal organs. They are completely motionless, with their feet usually buried in dirt. However, once it senses life nearby, within a 50 feet radius to be exact, the sphere violently explodes and spreads a massive cloud of what appear to be tiny petals. Any lifeform close enough to inhale these petals, will then undergo a metamorphasis, with their head becoming the same sphere. Even if the organism that inhales the petals aren't originally human, it's body will change into that of a humans.

If there are lifeforms nearby, but aren't within the range of the petals dispersal, the headless body will go into motion, and begin to violently track down the organism, to force them into inhaling the petals. They are unimaginably powerful, with enough strength to punch through trees.

#### Elder Tree

Elder Trees are by far, the tallest, most titantic trees found on Earth. Dwarfing even Coast Redwoods. They are capable of growing several kilometers long, with their diameter being as long as 1k meters.

### Gold Rice

A species of rice found only in the Dystopian swamplands, that when consumed, appeared to greatly enhance longevity, and extend the consumers life.

### The Elixir Root

A type of root found only in the Dystopian mountain ranges. It is also known as the Alchemical Plant, and is renowned for it's unknown properties that has been confirmed to cure over 10,000 illnesses.

### Indigenous Sentients

#### Them

So far, there has only been one confirmed indigenous group of sentient species to have been recorded on the island. They are known simply as "Them" by locals. Only one of Them has ever been spotted. It appeared to be a tall, lanky humanoid, except that it was covered head-to-toe in metallic scales. It had hair, and no eyes. It only had holes where its ears might've been, and a large, gaping mouth. The creature appeared in front of a colony. All it did was stare at the colony from afar, for 24 hours straight. The colonists were terrified, and had no idea what to make of the situation, and instead pretended as if nothing happened and continued on with their lives.

The next day after the incident, a boy woke up. But he was not in his home. He was not even in his bed. He laid sleeping in the middle of nowhere. Confused, he attempted to orientate himself. However, he realized he was still in his colony. Everything was just gone. As if nothing had existed there to begin with. He waited until the next merchant arrived, and took him to the safety of a neighboring colony.

#### Maori Clan

The Maori appear to have been the very first human settlers of Dystopia. It's not known how this singular clan of Maori arrived on Dystopia, however it's speculated that this was accomplished when the island "moved" closer to Oceania sometime in the past. The Maori's own oral history say that the island was risen from the ground by Ruaumoko, the God of Volcanoes, after he was asked by his eldest brother, Tumatauenga, the God of War, to create a land unlike any other, one that was unforgiven and would kill you at any second if given the chance. Tumatauenga would then live on Dystopia, and use it as a way to prove the might of others worthy enough to challenge him. He then named the island **Whenua Hurorirori kau**, which translates roughly as Chaos State, or State of Chaos from the Maori language. It was stated the the trickster demi-god Maui was the first to travel to Dystopia, and challenged Tumatauenga. The battle lasted years, and ravaged the Earth, but eventually Maui won, and banished Tumatauenga.

The singular Maori clan then decided to honor Maui's courage, and do the same, and thus a small tribe of about 20 people left Polynesian islands, and voyaged the sea a Waka, a Maori migration canoe. The group was on the brink of death when they landed on Dystopia. The island was apparently good to them, and although the local fauna proved to be a problem, the Maori members supposedly met any challenge the island threw at them. The Maori were fiercely strong, and quickly carved a niche into the island's environment. The Maori themselves credit Maui for granting them strength, and protecting them from greater threats.

#### Colonists

Since the larger world was made aware of Dystopia, dozens of countries, companies, private entities, and just about everyone else with enough resources have attempted to colonize, or set up settlements on the island. 99.7% of these excursions have ended with catastrophic results, and as a result, the United Nations have banned any outsiders from setting foot on the anomalous island.

There are a handful of small human settlements sprinkled along Dystopia's coasts, however. The humans manage to survive as each of them appear to be at the same physical level as an average Olympian, plus they use their limited knowledge of the island to their own advantage, such as knowing when local fauna might be migrating, which areas are less likely to attract attention, how to blend into the environment, and other such forms of survival.

## Trivia

* The word "Dystopia" is an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.
* The Badlands of Dystopia seem to be a hotspot for an unknown, highly anomalous type of radiation that has been named "Omega Radiation". It's speculated Omega Radiation, which has existed before our current reality was formed, and will exist after it's form.