Earth-1

Earth-1: a dimension most known for being where the **Great Cataclysm** occurred.

## History

On Earth-1, all of mankind came together and created a 12-month calendar system after existing for about 1.8 million years, starting on year 1 (now called 959 BGC). This was easy to do, because all of the planet was just a single large continent. Afterwards, technology began to develop at a very slow rate. Towns began to arise at during the second century and leaders were chosen based on merit. By the year 436 (523 BGC), they started exercising specified labor and trading and bartering for goods. By the eighth century (951 BGC), they had established interconnectedness with each town across the entire world, by creating dirt roads connecting each town and using mounted animals to make it from one location to the next. By the 959th year (1 AGC), the world was flourishing. Mankind had learnt to live alongside animal and plant life, they had created a council of people to represent a certain number of towns in order to make worldwide decisions, and everything seemed like it was going well.

On the 5th day of year 959, the Great Cataclysm occurred. It resulted in a massive explosion that shook the planet down to its core. The once singular land mass was then split into many different regions; each being forced to different parts of the globe by the explosion's shockwaves. Each of the five new land masses initially believed that the other continents were destroyed, so they took it upon themselves to continue living and developing for the sake of humanity. About two decades later, after being visited by certain divine beings, each continent named themselves after the forms that the divine beings used to interact with them; which led to the creation of the five continents: the **Kingdom of the Phoenix**, the **Mountains of the Cyclops**, the **Seas of the Leviathan**, the **Skies of the Griffin**, and the **Realm of the Dragon**. Each of these divine beings helped push each of the respective continents' people and technological advances to even greater heights. Additionally, as a side effect of divine beings dwelling among humans, people began to develop supernatural abilities.

During the next century, the five nations began to realize that the rest of humanity had not been eviscerated by the Great Cataclysm. Each of the nations, except the Realm of the Dragon, sent representatives together to reform the council they had created before the Great Cataclysm. They decided to make the year that the Cataclysm occurred year zero, now dictating any year before it as BGC (before the Great Cataclysm) and every following year AGC (after the Great Cataclysm). The four nations in attendance agreed with this new calendar system, but the Realm of the Dragon isolated itself from the rest of the world, and maintained the previous system.

## Power System(s)

There are many possible ways to obtain supernatural abilities in this universe.

### **Divine abilities**

* Abilities derived from the divine beings. There are many different ways to attain this kind of power
	+ **Divine Offspring**: Some divine beings would assume a mortal form and come have children with humans. These offspring take whatever title their parent had, with the prefix "demi-" in front of it (a mortal-god offspring would be known as a demigod). Divine offspring can utilize the same domain of abilities that their parent shares.
	+ **Divine Host**: Some divine beings would chose to add a portion of their **essence** into a mortal. Depending on how the divine being pursues hosting, it can affect the mortal host in different ways.
		- **Conduit**: A divine being allows a mortal to draw their power through them. The more powerful the body of the host, the more power that the host can safely draw from the divine being. While channeling this divine power, the host maintains control of their actions.
		- **Possession**: A divine being exerts their will over a mortal, and takes possession of their mind. The divine being can then allow their power to flow thorough that mortal. However, there are some caveats to how this works. Unlike the other forms of divine hosting, the mortal body still has their **Peak Mortal Limit** applied, so the possessed body would still need to train in order to gain greater depths of power. The host's **incremental growth** rate directly determines how much power the divine being can directly funnel into the mortal at any given time, and if the divine being uses power that exceeds the host's **limit line**, it will destroy the body and greatly damage the divine being.
		- **Union**: A divine being and a host enter into a life-binding contract. This allows their two minds to merge into one, allowing the host body to be filled with an influx of power. This gives the divine being free access to the earth realm, and it allows the host body more power than it could have ever imagined. However, there are a lot of requirements for this union to work. Both the divine being and the host must have the same alignment and intentions, and the host body must be strong enough to accept this new divine power.
			* **Temporary Union**: The requirements for a temporary union are the same as a regular union, with an extra quantifier. A regular person can make a contract with a divine being to temporarily loan them their power, for either a set time limit or until a specific task is completed. Additionally, this can be used by Conduit users, in order to temporarily exceed their own latent levels of power by allowing their channeled divine being to take over.
	+ **Divine Descendant**: Someone who inherits power from a godly ancestor. This can happen in many ways:
		- **Hemi-beings**: An offspring of a divine offspring does potentially have the ability to exert some of the powers that the original divine descendant (and, by extension, the original divine being) had. This does depend on genetics and can skip multiple generations. Additionally, most hemi-beings only gain a fraction of the powers that the original divine being has, usually only gaining one power or just a weaker form of it.
		- **Invocated Bloodlines**: Some people have been blessed or cursed by divine beings. These invocations can travel down the generational line, granting that blessing/curse to the descendants of the initial invocated individual. The presence of this curse can depend on genetics and can skip multiple generations before showing up again. If an invocation is dispelled in a person before they have children, it ends the affect on that person's lineage.
		- **Transformed Creatures**: Some people have been bestowed with divine power that transformed them from humans into something else. Once they have been changed, their offspring will permanently also be changed. This is how creatures such as the **kitsune**, **cyclopes**, and **mermen** came to exist on Earth-1.
	+ **Divine Objects**: Some divine beings have objects that are imbued with their godly power. If a mortal gets ahold of one of these objects, they can gain some godly power.

### **Scientific discovery**

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	+ **Forced Mutation**: Once humanity began to develop more, humans began to experiment on others to change parts of their DNA. This created scientific anomalies that have supernatural abilities, and can pass down some of these abilities through their bloodlines.
		- **Emanators**: The most common kind of mutation, these are mutation abilities that allow the wielder to release substances from their bodies. This includes individuals that can coat themselves in animal hides or substances, eject elements from their bodies, or even fully transform themselves into a certain substance. About 70% of mutants are emanators
		- **Immersers**: These are mutation abilities that allow the wielder to absorb substances into their body. This is often seen as merging with elements. About 25% of mutants are immersers.
		- **Distorters**: The rarest kind of mutation, these are mutation abilities that allow the wielder to manipulate pre-existing substances substances. Their altered genetic code gives them the ability to move, mold, or even deconstruct existing matter. Less than 5% of mutants are distorters.
	+ **Implantation**: Devices have been created that can be implanted into the bodies of humans that can either enhance their own natural abilities or give them entirely new ones.
	+ **Technological Proficiency**: Some individuals are born technologically proficient, giving them the ability to understand technology to such a degree that they can deconstruct and reconstruct technology with ease.

## Notable Characters

* **Azkahta**
* **Daniel Rogozin**
* **Dex Titterrus**
* **Diana Rogozin**
* **Gabriel**
* **Raymond Geert**
* **Seraphina**
* **Simon Dexter**
* **Tison Koloss**

## Divine Beings

### **Gods**

* Beings of "benevolence", gods are the worshipped and held in high regard for what they do for humanity. However, not all of them actually have humanity's best interest at heart.
	+ **Aquileo**
	+ **Balos**
	+ **Gajira**
	+ **Ignis**
	+ **Kidah**
	+ **Lexia**
	+ **Oculyo**
	+ **Pristisa**
	+ **Vis**
	+ **Zaru**
	+ **Zaj**
	+ **Zeke Midas**

### **Angels**

* Servants of the gods, angels do not have possess total control of their respective powers, they were granted them by god that they serve under.
	+ **Amarok**

### **Devils**

* In direct opposition to the gods, most devils do not inherently care for human endeavors. They despise the gods, so humans tend to either get caught in the crossfire, or become the targets to hurt the gods.
	+ **Alarum**
	+ **Amedula**
	+ **Coryza**
	+ **Excetra**
	+ **Inania**
	+ **Khimairon**
	+ **Lolligo**
	+ **Mutatura**
	+ **Neppa**
	+ **Occento**
	+ **Phasma**
	+ **Vesper**

### **Oni**

* The chosen subjugates of devils, oni help their respective devils to bring forth whatever objective they have planned.
	+ **Eidis**
	+ **Praeca**
	+ **Tari**

### **Spectres**

* Beings of balance, they maintain the peace between gods and devils.
	+ **Alatus**
	+ **Gravida**
	+ **Synipyes**
	+ **Tuus**
	+ **Vulpira**