Humans

Humans

Humans are the most numerous intelligent life form in Terra, a world which they share with angels and monsters. Human civilization has reached to every corner of the world and is composed of various cultures, beliefs and religions. Humanity was created by the combined powers of Ilias and Alipheese, born from the world itself when their energies washed over Terra. By nature, humans are different from angels and monsters in that they can be both good and bad, often in between, and their nature is what makes them so endearing to both races.

Humans are known for being intelligent, resourceful and strong, especially when united against a common threat. These traits have allowed them to survive and evolve for thousands of years. However, their tendency to fight amongst themselves when divided represents a serious weakness.

Adaptive and inventive, humans initially come from a civilization founded in Axum, and branched out to Orience and spread to Europa and Australinea respectively. Groups of humans also found themselves settling in America and Azteca, where they formed their own communities with monsters in isolation from the rest of the world. Humanity is divided by various differences, mainly culture, location, beliefs and practices, though one thing they share is their devotion to their creator, Ilias.

For thousands of years, humans and monsters have been in conflict with each other. Monsters try to rape humans for reproduction while humans try to exterminate the monsters in the name of Ilias. The overwhelming majority of humans follow the Order, a religion which is temperate and peaceful except in its vituperative persecution of monsters.

Despite conflicts between the two races, this does not mean coexistence is impossible. There are a number of human/monster settlements in the world, especially in the island nation of Nippon, where humans and monsters have achieved a relatively peaceful coexistence with each other. While the Order dominates most of Europa and some of America, relations between humans and monsters varies across the world. Some human nations condemn monsters, others welcome them, few are neutral, and it depends on a variety of factors, but doesn’t define an individual’s feelings.

By and large, humans are much weaker than monsters, but they make up for their lack of natural weapons through innovation, science and their ability to adapt to their environment. This adaptability has allowed mankind to populate almost every part of Terra, and led to great achievements in science and technology, which they use to combat the monsters’ primarily magical abilities. Humans can also learn magic, but it takes years to master the various disciplines and even in that field they’re largely inferior to monsters.

Another notable trait of humans is their ability to mate and bear offspring with other races. For monsters, humans are their sole means of reproduction, being a monogendered race. When a human and monster mate, their child is always a monster, no matter the species. Angels mate with humans too, but as interactions between them are scarce, such offspring are few in number. The child of a human and angel is called a Nephilim, a hybrid who inherits their angel mother’s holy powers. Even Ilias and Alipheese mate with humans, bearing powerful demigod offspring; both demigod monsters and humans are more powerful than their respective races, bearing superhuman abilities and powerful magic.