Human

Humans (Homo sapiens) are a sapient species which resides in Dimentiara.

Origins

Humans are not native to the world of Dimentiara. They arrived as a group of refugees who survived the destruction of their homeworld by escaping through a one-way interdimensional portal. They have no way of returning and the people they left behind are all long dead and gone. The descendants of this original group of refugees are known as Direct-Liners.

During the Refugee Wars, humans were grown en-masse and used as soldiers by both the Zartex Coalition and the Kiisaktos Empire. Descendants of these bioengineered humans, known as Offshoots, now form about 75% of the human population.

Characteristics

The original group of refugees who escaped from Terra were culturally and ethnically diverse. As such, they retain the same genetic diversity and physical attributes as their ancestors. However, as a side effect of the cloning process used to create them, the first batch of mass produced humans sometimes developed strange eye colours and/or a glittery metallic eye sheen which they passed on to their children. This condition, known as spectralopia, has been inherited by the Offshoots descended from this original batch. Later batches would iron out the weird eye colours but the metallic sheen still had a 1 in 50 chance of emerging. Most Offshoots lack spectralopia and are indistinguishable from Direct-Liners.