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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Tactician-Class Engineered

Strategic Command Variant

Creator
Prince Varethis'Daer Venar (observed, not designed)
Origin
Emerged from Assault-Class variance
Era
Era of Fracture (formalized) to Modern Geba
Height (Hybrid Range)
5'8" to 6'8"
Lifespan
100 to 170 years
Related
The Engineered · Assault-Class · Scout-Class · Destroyer-Class · Hybrid

Origin

The Tactician-Class emerged on their own, from variance within the Assault-Class. Prince Daer observed that some Assault-Class individuals were smaller than their siblings but mentally outpaced the template. He watched them from infancy through adolescence and documented the pattern in his journals: children who never stopped solving problems, never tired of questions, disassembled where others rested, arranged where others ate. Their bodies fell short of the Assault design and their minds exceeded it. He noted that they were not soldiers. They were formalized within the Assault-Class during the Era of Fracture, selected from candidates strong in strategy but less imposing physically, and given specialized training to refine their analytical abilities.

Physicality

The Tactician-Class is the smallest Engineered variant. Their hybrids range from as compact as 5'8" to as large as 6'8" depending on the natural-born parent, making them the class most capable of passing unnoticed in any population center on the planet. They appear ordinary at first glance, indistinguishable from natural-borns until they speak. Then the difference becomes immediately apparent, because they process information at speeds that make natural-born personnel seem slow, and they are openly dismissive of the gap. Nothing in their faces or frames is unusual; the difference lies entirely in the mind. Tactician children grow at the same rate as natural-born children, so a Tactician child reads as a child.

Temperament

They are direct, dry-witted, and driven by a restless intellect that demands constant engagement, which is both their greatest asset and their most significant vulnerability. Post-service, many suffer severe anxiety because their minds require purpose the way a body requires food, and without ongoing engagement, without a problem to solve or a structure to manage, some take their own lives. Their cognitive architecture cannot idle. Some find purpose in civilian commerce or politics. Some find it by simply keeping their Assault-Class companions out of trouble, which is a full-time occupation in itself.

Operational Role

Tactician-Class individuals dominate Tier 1 and Tier 4 Overseer positions in the Solarn Contractor Registry. They are in practical terms the operational minds behind most of the significant military and logistical activity on the planet. At Tier 4 they directly oversee engineers on relay details, run corridors, command ground operations, and manage syndicate engagements. At Tier 1 they operate through Imperia Research on objectives that cannot fail, deciding which corridors open, positioning pieces, selecting commanders, and ensuring outcomes on operations that the governed world will never know occurred.

They never operate alone. The Tactician provides the strategic processing, the battlefield awareness, and the command coordination. The Assault-Class provides the execution. This pairing is the foundation of modern Energy Wars operations and the reason that corridor deployments function as well as they do despite the chaos of contested territory.

Scout-Class Friction

Scout-Class individuals distrust Tactician-Class leadership because Tacticians prioritize logical deduction over direct sensory input, which is the opposite of how Scouts process reality. Scouts operate on what they perceive in real time. Tacticians operate on what they calculate from available data. When the two disagree about what is happening in a given environment, the Tactician believes their analysis and the Scout believes their senses, and neither will concede because both are usually correct from their own frame of reference. This friction is managed in the field but never resolved.