Concepts

Cardinal Directions as Main Elements

Direction	Element	Color	Biome
East	Air	Yellow	Steppe
South	Fire	Red	Desert
West	Water	Blue	Marine
North	Earth	Green	Forest
Center	Spirit	Purple	Civilization

Combinations
Southeast = Savanna
Southwest = Rainforest
Northwest = Swamp
Northeast = Tundra

Places

Atlantis -Situated at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Atlantis is the capital of the Aquarian people. At this current age, however, the Atlantic Sea is much smaller than it was originally and few Aquarians actually live there. Many have found new homes in the Pacific Ocean.

Mauna Loa - a very large, active volcano where Hawaii once was. Draconic people reside here as well as in many of the active volcanoes found in the ring of fire.

Haven - a city orbiting Earth, Haven is home to a group of humans who left to start a new life above Earth a century after the Cleansing. This human relic is now mostly devoid of life as other worlds were colonized.

Everest - The tallest mountain in the world is now much taller. The avian-human population mostly lives here.

The Commons - In the center of the unified landmass lies a group of mini-cities in which all races converge to instill peace and harmony.

The Underground - a large series of tunnels that many different intelligent beings use to get away from the light of day

Wastelands - Now nuked land that is now a vast desert, only races hardy enough to survive live here. The most notable are the lizard people of the desert.

Races/Species

Humans
Most of the unchanged humans live in Japan. Some have developed mental powers (ESP), but they otherwise look the same as pre-cleansing. There are now few racial discrepancies between humans and all that live in Japan and Haven are of Asian descent somewhere down the line and speak Japanese. No mutated humans exist in Japan because they had long ago found a cure to undesired mutations.

Mutants
Those who cannot endure the sunlight retreated to The Underground with the rest of the light-sensitive beings. Most just look odd and disfigured, but some were lucky and the mutations improved their looks instead. All mutant DNA is constantly changing, but at different rates depending on age, metabolism, environment, and health. Scientists all over the world had secret projects starting from the 20th century until the day of cleansing. All of the experiments now are in Japan where there is advanced enough technology to mesh human DNA with that of animals.

Halfling
A stable mutation that had been occurring pre-Cleansing, all Halflings are half the normal height of humans. Most live in tunnels close to the surface and some live in The Commons. Most Halflings are afraid of heights and falling. Some humans mistakenly call them Hobbits.

Ogre
Basically humans that suffered the “hulk” mutation, Ogres are slow not just physically, but mentally as well. Like the Halflings this mutation is very stable, much like their mountain-like resistance to being moved. They also don’t seem to know about good hygiene either since you can smell one from miles away.

Orc
Like Ogres, Orcs suffer the “hulk” mutation. Unlike the Ogres, however, they are intelligent enough to bathe every now and then. They see Ogres as their slower cousins and take great pains to keep them out of trouble.

Hybrids
Prior to the cleansing, scientists had been working on creating animal/human hybrids. The hybrids that survived were, obviously, sexually compatible with humans and other hybrids. Otherwise they would have died out long ago. The successful hybrids include avian, reptilian, lycan, feline, and marine.

Elves
To date there are only five mutated elves. Only one of the five lives among the pure elves, as they are ashamed of their distorted appearances. Like human mutants, their DNA is constantly changing. However, the rate of change is much slower and they have a higher rate of gaining abilities.

Animals
It is quite rare to find a pre-cleansing animal so each one that is found is cherished and prized highly.