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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Geban

People of the Geba continent

Alias
Imperial
Origin
Geba (continental heartland)

Physiology

The average Geban male stands at approximately 5'8". The average female at approximately 5'3". Hair ranges from light brown to dark brown. Skin ranges from copper to darker pale, with women notably lighter in complexion. Following the Era of Imperial Conquest, the average skin tone across the continent darkened as populations from conquered territories migrated inward and mixed with the existing population.

Physical variation among Gebans is wider than in any other single ethnic group on the planet. The five nations that existed before unification were genetically distinct populations absorbed into a single identity over thousands of years. The nations no longer exist and their names survive only as historical curiosities, but their bloodlines persist in every generation. A Geban who stands over seven feet tall and carries a frame built for sustained heavy labor is expressing Varenan ancestry. Varenan descendants can reach as tall as 7'7" for males and 6'8" for females, making them larger than the average members of most other populations on the planet despite being ethnically Geban. A Geban who is lean, muscular, and fights with an economy of movement is expressing Garnath or Beithon lineage. A Geban woman who is notably taller than every man in her district, with orange-brown hair and an obsessive interest in financial systems, is almost certainly carrying Thaloryn markers. A Geban who is pale with dark hair and grey eyes and moves between communities without forming lasting attachments is carrying Therik ancestry.

Psychology

Gebans are structuralists. They build systems and they enforce them. They believe in hierarchy because it produced results for six thousand years, and they cannot conceive of a world that does not require one. They speak in elevated, formal patterns regardless of class; a Geban laborer speaks with the same grammatical structure as a Geban politician. The pattern is cultural. The language itself was standardized during the formation of the Empire and has been reinforced through every generation since.

The defining psychological trait of the Geban population is extreme compartmentalization. Due to their history of conquest, loss, expansion, and the cultural expectation that function continues regardless of circumstance, Gebans developed the ability to fully inhabit one emotional state, seal it completely, enter another, and return to the first on a whim with no transition between them. A Geban can lose a loved one, attend a festival the same evening with genuine enjoyment, and return to grief afterward as if they had never left it. Both states are real and fully experienced, and the ability to move between them without one contaminating the other is what makes outsiders misread them. The most visible expression of this is their facial behavior: a stoic, serious, sometimes hostile appearance that shifts instantly into a full, warm smile and then shifts back just as abruptly. This is the same compartmentalization operating at the surface, and the transition is so sudden that other populations frequently interpret it as instability.

Views

Gebans view other populations through the lens of what those people do for the world the Gebans believe they own. They respect the Ngorrhali for their size, their history, and their role in the Empire's military foundations. They view the Yuvaari as fighters and athletes. They view the Thazvaari with a complicated mixture of historical resentment and economic dependence. They view the Jeyrhan as essential and brilliant, but they will never say it with the same weight they give their own accomplishments. They view the Berinese as loyal. They view the Kelan as useful. Their greatest strength and their greatest weakness is the same thing: they believe they are the center of everything. This belief drove them to unify a continent, conquer or assimilate every foreign population they encountered, build the relay network, standardize the language, establish the currency, and create the systems that 71 billion people depend on to survive. It also makes them incapable of seeing past themselves.

Modern Era

The Geba continent operates as a capitalist society with clear wealth classes. Over thirty percent of the population lives near the capital mega hub of Karesh. The gender ratio on the Geba continent specifically is approximately 5:1 to 8:1, significantly lower than the planetary ratio of 25:1. Males are more present on the origin continent than anywhere else on the planet, though they are still vastly outnumbered. Women dominate most professional and domestic functions. Polygamy is accepted but not encouraged. Most households function around the practical reality that there are not enough men to sustain monogamous structures at scale. There is no meaningful distinction between the terms Geban and Imperial. The political identity absorbed the ethnic one so completely over six thousand years that the two are synonymous.