Goblin-earth: a brief dossier on Diz's home timeline.
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:37 am
META alternate timeline dossier.
**The following is Classified *SECRET*. Possession of this document without clearance is a class-2 offence.**
Official designation: Goblin Earth
Dimensional Coordinates: Unknown
Known Links to earth-prime: Magical doorway in NYC. Unstable, collapsed after less than 5 minutes.
Point of Divergance: At least 500,000 BC, perhaps earlier.
Diverging point: A civilization known as the "Old ones" thrived around 500,000 BC. This civilization possessed advanced magic and technology. They created a massive subterranean civilization as well as engineered a number of slave races to serve them. They disappeared around 250,000 BC.
Description of current differences: Major surface geography remains unchanged, biosphere is also very similar. The primary difference is that spanning the entire planet are a series of artificial caverns, supported by massive columns and arches comprised of advanced and magically charged materials. Tectonic activity have shifted and closed some of these half-million year old tunnels however recent excavation by several of the more civilized inhabitants have repaired these closures and have in some cases opened new caverns. The surface of the planet is covered with agricultural colonies. The vast majority of sentient population lives underground. The largest group of these sentient populations is the "Great Goblin Empire" consisting of a population of Goblins (small green humanoids) and controlling both the surface and undercavern of all of north and south america. Other groups include Orkish Warbands (Various pockets all across the surface), The Human-Dwarven Alliance (Southeast asia), The Elven Northern Court (Northern Europe), the Elven Southern Court (Primarily south africa, exclaves across the middle east and central europe) and the Demonic Horde (Northern africa, most of the middle east). Smaller pockets of lesser human, elven, and dwarven civilizations exist as well.
Threat comparison: Magic use is widespread, although according to our one representative of the dimension (a traveller called Diz) magic carries inherent risks to the user there. In addition technological progress has been halted due to the complete lack of petroleum. The so-called Demonic-Horde may indeed cause some problems, but as a whole prospects for allying with the Goblin Empire against them if such a case arises is very good. Overall threat assessment is class-2.
**The following is Classified *SECRET*. Possession of this document without clearance is a class-2 offence.**
Official designation: Goblin Earth
Dimensional Coordinates: Unknown
Known Links to earth-prime: Magical doorway in NYC. Unstable, collapsed after less than 5 minutes.
Point of Divergance: At least 500,000 BC, perhaps earlier.
Diverging point: A civilization known as the "Old ones" thrived around 500,000 BC. This civilization possessed advanced magic and technology. They created a massive subterranean civilization as well as engineered a number of slave races to serve them. They disappeared around 250,000 BC.
Description of current differences: Major surface geography remains unchanged, biosphere is also very similar. The primary difference is that spanning the entire planet are a series of artificial caverns, supported by massive columns and arches comprised of advanced and magically charged materials. Tectonic activity have shifted and closed some of these half-million year old tunnels however recent excavation by several of the more civilized inhabitants have repaired these closures and have in some cases opened new caverns. The surface of the planet is covered with agricultural colonies. The vast majority of sentient population lives underground. The largest group of these sentient populations is the "Great Goblin Empire" consisting of a population of Goblins (small green humanoids) and controlling both the surface and undercavern of all of north and south america. Other groups include Orkish Warbands (Various pockets all across the surface), The Human-Dwarven Alliance (Southeast asia), The Elven Northern Court (Northern Europe), the Elven Southern Court (Primarily south africa, exclaves across the middle east and central europe) and the Demonic Horde (Northern africa, most of the middle east). Smaller pockets of lesser human, elven, and dwarven civilizations exist as well.
Threat comparison: Magic use is widespread, although according to our one representative of the dimension (a traveller called Diz) magic carries inherent risks to the user there. In addition technological progress has been halted due to the complete lack of petroleum. The so-called Demonic-Horde may indeed cause some problems, but as a whole prospects for allying with the Goblin Empire against them if such a case arises is very good. Overall threat assessment is class-2.