The World of Garenelle

This is now the thread where all world design will be taking place. This thread is not for commenting or critique, as it would become severally disorganized. Each post will define some part of the world and the society that exists within it. It will start globally, defining the planet and its ruling powers, and refine itself all the way down to the religious societies and economic structures of the people that inhibit the world's cities. To kick it off, lets start with the world.

Name: Garenelle

Geography: The planet has four main continental land masses, with several small island chains. The natural climatic zones of the planet are similar to that of Earth, ranging from deserts to frozen tundras. There are also areas that have formed due to natural phenomena. The planet is being orbited by two smaller moons; Everice and Himet. The planet itself is a small one, roughly a third the size of our Earth.

The Four Continents: The two largest continents have been colonized and inhabited by many of the planet's diverse sentient life forms; Caripola and Tamareth. The two continents are home to the main ruling government systems on the small planet, the United Republic of Nations and the Saadenith Empire, respectively. The third continent, known as The Menagerie, has evolved into a grand hub station for many of the worlds cultures, and is controlled by local powers within the region, mostly organized crime syndicates and vigilante justice systems. The fourth continent, Bathesna (know by many as The Outlands), remains unpopulated by society, due largely in the belief that is houses the core population of The Unkindness, and is thus, uninhabitable. There are however several nomadic tribal cultures that exist on the continent.

Planetary Reincarnation: The planet itself is in its 27th incarnation. The first began with Micael, the physicist who discovered access to pockets of limitless energy scattered throughout space-time. In doing so, he created the Harbinger, the Vessels, and Anchorites, and the Unkindness, created the cycle of planetary reincarnation. When he felt that the planet's peoples had grown too out of control, he destroyed the planet's core and 95% of the planet's populace. He then created the Anchorites, beings who pump energy into the planet to reincarnate it and bring about a new civilization of life.

The Unkindess

The Unkindess: A semi-sentient species of creature that has plagued the world since the earliest forms of documented history.

Appearance: They appear to be a bird like manifestation of some form of pure energy. They're black, and ravenous. They appear mostly in packs, hence the origin of their name, The Unkindness (def. A pack of ravens)

Behavior: They periodically attack several civilizations that have formed around The Anchorites. They move in large packs, and attack quickly and decisively, suggesting sentient if not semi-sentient intelligence, or the ability to strategize amongst each other. They're very prone to attacking humans, and should be avoided at all cost. There are rare encounters of them flocking towards to people and assisting them documented periodically throughout history, though the reasons remain unknown for such behavior.

Origin: Unknown to the world, The Unkindness were actually created by Micael during the first incarnation of the planet. They were created as guardians of the Anchorites, and guides to the various Vessels created by him. After a Successful Vessel reincarnates the planet and recreates the Anchorites, part of the energy is released into a self-perpetuating force that manifests itself in The Unkindess.

Aggression: The preconceived aggression towards society is actually a misconception. The Unkindess do not act aggressively to masses of people. They act as protectors of the Anchorites. However, once societies began to understand the effects of the Anchorites, societies began to spring up around them, and The Unkindess in turn became a very real threat.

The Anchorites

These beings of pure energy are manifested from the same energy that creates The Unkindness. They are sources of life energy that plug directly into the planet's core, and keep life sustained on Garenelle. Massive edifices have been erected to house them and keep them safe from the "Unkindness Threat".

Prima Radiation: The life energy the Anchorites release, known as Prima, sustains life on Garenelle. Massive concentrations of Prima radiation exist around The Anchorites themselves, and have resulted in rapid evolution of species and the formation of societies around them.

Manipulation of Prima: The manipulation of Prima energy has resulted several uses for it that are monopolized by civilizations around the world. These range from weapons development to agricultural advances to transportation technology.

Seals to the Harbinger: Created by Micael after the first reincarnation of Garenelle, The Anchorites serve dual roles. The first; they sustain the planet's core and create life on Garenelle. The second; they serve as seals preventing the Harbinger from being activated. While they exist, the Harbinger can't destroy the planet's prima core, and thus can't function properly. By destroying all of them, prima core becomes unstable, and is vulnerable to The Harbinger's destructive force. Only Vessels can destroy Anchorites, as they are also manifests of the same prima energy.

The Vessels and The Harbinger

The Vessels: Incarnations of the various sentient races on the planet, they serve as possible vessels for the Harbinger to reincarnate the planet. They are condensed forms of Prima Energy.

The Harbinger: A weapon created by Micael that plugs itself into pockets of unlimited Prima energy in space-time. In doing so, it can completely manipulate all forms of Prima energy. It has been used by Vessels to reincarnate the planet. All Vessels can potentially access the Harbinger by destroying the Anchorites. However, only one can fully be activated. Once a Vessel activates the Harbinger, all others are destroyed and assimilated into the main Prima core.

The United Republic of Nations

A collaboration of united city-states that functions as one large, democratic government system. It's comprised of six city-states, the most recent to join being the human capitol of Mechea. They are as follows;

Bourmea, Nebunell, Lamonte, Mechea, Saserene, and Caleme.