Creatures of Geba

The fauna, flora, and peoples recorded across the planet, grouped by ecology. Choose a category and an entry, or search.

Fauna Flora Humanoids

Legendary Fauna

Crystalhorn Behemoth Deep ocean serpent Redback Titanbird Uncharted reptilian flier Blackwing Titanbird Northern Thazvaar coastal giant Terraveth Behemoth Inland Thazvaar bipedal predator Thaloryn Wanderer Geban folklore The Red Raptor Legendary

Terrestrial Megafauna

Boretheris Titan Kela plateau herbivore Boughstrider Saethera canopy predator Darkroot Subterranean burrower Duststalker Inland Thazvaar desert predator Emberjaw Sentinel Manalheim volcanic giant Gelivox Stalker Kela ice feline Ghyralis Charger Berinu plains herbivore Lichengrazer Inland Thazvaar herd animal Palmstrider Saethera canopy omnivore

Mammalian Predators

Ngorrhal Ice Bear Ngorrhal glacial predator Yuvaar Kelek Yuvaar lowland feline

Pack Hunters

Greater Smilohound Northern canid-line predator Lesser Smilohound Geba canid guardian Sentinelhound Lesser Smilohound Variant Plains Smilohound Inland Thazvaar pack predator Field Howler Semi-domesticated smilohound breed

Volant Fauna

Hollowwing Bat Kela nocturnal predator Swiftwing Geban Sea raptor Whitewing Ngorrhal peak raptor Goldenwing Yuvaar aerial predator Jadenraptor Uncharted high-altitude raptor Violetraptor Polar jet stream raptor

Aquatic Predators

Softbelly Blackclaw Deep trench ambush predator Northern Sea Phantom Northern coastal ambush predator Reefmarcher Jeyrha reef fish Thazvaari Jungle Viper Inland Thazvaar giant serpent Venomveil Serpent Inland Thazvaar jungle snake Edgerammer Kela coastal sea creature Mirehook Berinu marsh predator

Arthropods

Imperial Striking Wasp Geba stinging insect Hedgethorn Berinu swarming insect

Sessile Marine Life

Trenchcrown Geban Sea trench coral

Trees & Woody Flora

Aquarex Elm Geba woodland tree Berinu Rainwood Berinu wetland tree Lavaridge Palm Manalheim volcanic palm Manalheim Megatree Manalheim geothermal giant Myrith Oak Coastal hardwood Ngorrhal Cliffspire Ngorrhal cliff plant Saethera Bridgewood Saethera bridging tree Saethera Veilwood Saethera parasitic shell Stormbread Tree Inland Thazvaar desert giant Trailpalm Grove Warm-coast palm Ukhaal Ruinwood Ukhaalstaag ruin trees Saethera Skypillar Saethera giant tree

Shrubs

Ashpalm Inland Thazvaar desert palm Emberbriar Thazvaari bio-engineered plant Thazvaar Dustblade Inland Thazvaar razor shrub Thazvaar Heatthorn Inland Thazvaar desert succulent

Ferns & Reeds

Edgeweed Geba toxic wetland plant Ngorrhal Passreed Ngorrhal stimulant reed Ngorrhal Windbrace Ngorrhal antidote shrub Ngorrhal Root Calming root grown planet-wide Pitstraw Lethal mimic grass Stonefern Calming fern Reedglass Berinu wetland plant

Epiphytes & Lianas

Barkmilk Vine Saethera canopy vine Glassbloom Saethera predatory plant Ropevine Yuvaar and Thazvaar vine Veilvine Coastal Thazvaar climbing vine

Herbs & Forbs

Berinu Stormgrass Berinu salt grass Brineth Herb Coastal salt herb Bluecup Berinu dye flower Bluecrust Berinu dye flower Bogfloss Berinu bog sedge Chalkbell Berinu delta flower Geban Grain Geba staple crop Icecup Northern frost flower Lowcandle Saethera glowing groundplant Mirebell Berinu marsh flower Moorbloom Rare moorland flower Saethera Shadegrass Saethera groundcover

Mosses & Lichens

Glowmat Southern Jeyrha coastal grass Lamplichen Subterranean glowing lichen Rockjaw Mat Volcanic rock mat Softmoss Planet-wide moss

Succulents & Xerophytes

Coasthorn Coastal Thazvaar desert shrub Dusthorn Coastal Thazvaar thorn shrub Nightspout Inland Thazvaar desert succulent Frosthorn Kela parasitic icevine Berinu Riverhold Berinu wetland plant Raincatcher Berinu wetland plant

Aquatic & Wetland Flora

Tidelash Berinu tidal algae Trenchribbon Geban Sea deep algae

Natural-Born Peoples

Geban People of the Geba continent Jeyrhan People of Jeyrha Berinese People of Berinu Thazvaari People of Thazvaar Yuvaari People of Yuvaar Ngorrhali People of the Mountain Passes Kelan People of Kela

The Engineered

The Engineered Era of Late Conquest to Modern Geba Assault-Class Engineered The most common Engineered class Tactician-Class Engineered Strategic Command Variant Scout-Class Engineered Sensory Dominance Variant Destroyer-Class Engineered Cataclysmic War Variant Hybrid Engineered Engineered and natural-born descent

Other Lineages

Rupturan Rupture Born, Warborn Progenitors Neron Devolved Humanoid Ukhaal Walkers Devolved Humanoid Vessels Merged Humanoids
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Berinese

People of Berinu

Alias
None
Origin
Berinu (coastal deltas, marshes, port cities)

Physiology

Berinese women average approximately 6'1" in height and are known for being tall and voluptuous. Berinese men are slightly shorter, averaging between 5'8" and 5'10". Both sexes carry wavy dark hair and brown or dark brown eyes. Skin tone spans the full spectrum from pale to very dark, the product of generations of mixing between native Berinese, Jeyrhan migrants, and Thazvaari migrants who have flowed through the continent's ports since before the Empire arrived.

Women

Berinese women are universally regarded as the most beautiful women on the planet by every population except the Thazvaari, who will never admit it. They are also the single most effective demographic in sustaining the polygamous family structures that the planetary gender crisis demands. Their cultural traits, shaped by centuries of maritime heritage, make them industrious, adaptable, cooperative, and warm in interpersonal relations. They raise large families while maintaining animals, fields, and markets at the same time. Husbands across the planet seek Berinese women because they are confident their children will be raised well within stable, productive households. This has made them a target. Men from Inland Thazvaar and every other continent travel to Berinu seeking partners, and the steady outflow of Berinese women into other populations has fueled the Maiden's War, an ethnic conflict between Berinese and Thazvaari women that began during the Era of Late Conquest and has never formally ended.

Men

The Berinese are the most skilled sailors on Geba. They operate the planet's largest ports and fleets, specialize in tidal navigation, and have driven steady advances in naval technology since their assimilation into the Geban Empire through the Berinese Naval Engineering Guild. In the capital of Binol and across its waters and ports, Berinese men prize the pursuit of men over women, seeing it as the more worthy and masculine act. The value is an old cultural inheritance from a population that has always been overwhelmingly female, where the pursuit of another man has been the rarer, harder, and more valued achievement since before the Empire arrived. The men build ships, sail, and perfect naval technologies. As a result, Berinese women are functionally available to the men of every other continent, and Berinese men have made this arrangement permanent through their absence. On a planet where the gender ratio stands at 25:1, every male who removes himself from reproductive availability represents a measurable loss to the species, which makes the choice a public matter.

History

When Thazvaari criminal networks infiltrated and destabilized Berinu's governance using technology as false aid, the Berinese sought intervention from the Geban Empire. The liberation was swift, and Berinu willingly assimilated to eliminate corruption and retain autonomy. The Berinu Islands became the Empire's largest naval base, dramatically shifting the direction of the Geban-Thazvaari War. A legacy of piracy and global smuggling networks persists from pre-imperial times.

Northern Border

The northern border region of Berinu adjoining Inland Thazvaar is the worst place on the planet for human trafficking. Twenty-seven billion people live on one side, approximately 24 billion of them women. Nearly ten billion live on the other at a ratio exceeding 40:1. The mountains between them have no relay coverage and no imperial law. The Maiden's War produces abductions, armed skirmishes, and organized violence in these border regions that most of the planet will never hear about. The volume of human traffic moving through ungoverned routes here is higher than anywhere else on Geba, and the infrastructure that processes what comes out the other end has had generations to become efficient.