Alias: Rupture Born, Warborn Progenitors
Origin: Geba (northern coasts, oceanic regions)
The Rupterans are an extinct ancestral human species native to Geba’s northern coasts and oceanic regions, predating the Geban Empire and known as direct ancestors to all modern humanoids, with Ethnic Gebans (Imperials) showing the strongest DNA connection, reflected in their disciplined yet aggressive behaviors. Emerging over 30,000 years before modern Geba, they were taller and more robust than modern humans, driven by heightened aggression hormones that fueled hyper-competitive behaviors. Their inclination toward Velcrith merging granted technical insights but amplified destructive tendencies stemming from urgency to ascend, leading to societal fractures. They mastered oceanic navigation, with their ruins found exclusively on northern coasts and in submerged ocean sites, indicating advanced maritime capabilities. They achieved global peace briefly before resource depletion from a failed stellar exodus sparked final resource wars, resulting in near-extinction around 10,500 years before modern Geba.
Rupterans dominated Geba’s northern coasts and oceanic regions, thriving in coastal plains, tidal zones, and submerged environments where they built sophisticated maritime structures. Their ruins suggest mastery of ocean navigation, with settlements absent from inland deserts, jungles, or peaks due to their focus on coastal and aquatic dominance.
Rupterans could live close to 1,000 years, with maturity reached at 15–20 years and reproduction possible thereafter, but typically died around 40 years due to constant wars and cycles of conflict driven by their aggressive nature.
Rupterans stood 2.0–2.5 meters tall, with dense, muscular builds optimized for endurance and combat, surpassing the stature of modern Gebans (1.7–1.9 m).
Typically weighed 120–200 kg, reflecting robust, muscle-heavy frames designed for hyper-competitive survival, heavier than modern Gebans (80–120 kg).
Rupterans rose through endless wars during Geba’s pre-imperial era, achieving fleeting global peace before their failed stellar exodus triggered resource wars and near-extinction around 10,500 years before modern Geba. Their photo-thermosynthetic microbes, enhancing resilience, are echoed in later species like the Emberjaw Sentinel. Survivors hybridized into Homo gebansis, with Ethnic Gebans inheriting aggressive tendencies and strategic acumen, evident in imperial doctrines and conquest-driven culture. Their oceanic mastery is reflected in ruins along northern coasts and submerged sites, showcasing advanced maritime engineering lost to time. Expedition teams should approach these sites cautiously, as artifacts may reveal insights into Geba’s primordial conflicts but pose risks due to environmental instability or ancient technology. Their extinction underscores the fragility of unchecked aggression, a trait tempered but still visible in modern Ethnic Gebans.