Heroes Races

Here are a list of general races or empires that are important to the theme of the game. It helps you figure out who came originally from what universe, and how they do and can fit together within theme and potentially be used for plots.

Earth Races
Humans altered by the Celestials during their first visit to Earth during the dawn of man, they developed into three distinct races. The first are the commonly known and accepted as humans (and the developed mutants), and what became commonly known later as the cosmically powered Eternals and genetically unstable Deviants. Though, there are other races that came to be developed over the ages through natural evolution.

Deviants
These are the ones that developed the folklore into trolls, ogres or other monsters. They were exiled, their mutations extreme and radical, often chaotic and unpredictable. They typically had a trait that exceeded the human norm such as intelligence, strength, or lifespan, or even an entirely new ability. There was higher aggression and intolerance developed in them as well. The did manage to gain control of the world except for Atlantis, though when they attempted to take Atlantis they attacked a Celestial ship which caused their rule to end, and the Altanteans caused the Great Cataclysm which reshaped the Earth’s surface. With most Deviants dead, the worship of the Celestials died as well, though they began to worship the “Dream Celestial” whom they believed was being punished for creating them. Though briefly (circa 1,000 BCE to 1976) there was a truce with the Eternals to await the fourth host and to leave humans alone, it is now lifted. Still, Deviants are often busy with internal struggle (between the priesthood and the monarchy) and their fighting with the Eternals to bother humans too much.

Eternals
The brothers Kronos and Uranos ruled the city of Titanos, and while Kronos led the Eternals to building one of the most advanced civilizations in the history of Earth, Uranos demanded war and conquering. The two argued and civil war broke out. In the end, Uranos lost, and Kronos ushered in an era of peace, harmony, and enlightenment. However, while experimenting with cosmic energy, he became one with the universe and decimated the Eternals home. Thanks to that experiment though, they still survived and were granted near immortality and greater power than before, and the Uni-Mind. Zuras became leader, and A’Lars bowed to the people’s Uni-Mind will and left to go into space in self-imposed exile to maintain peace. They currently still protect the entrance to Olympus.

Titian Eternals
When Uranos lost the civil war, he and his follows were sent out into space. They discovered a Kree outpost on the planet Uranus and settled there after defeating the Kree Sentry #213. When they re-launched an attack back to Earth for revenge, they met with a Kree armada that blast their ship into pieces, leaving the Eternals floating in the void. The Kree then landed on the outpost and used the Eternals left behind in their experiment to create the Inhumans. The survivors of the broken spaceship finally landed on Titan, one of the moons of Saturn and settled there. However, war broke out again, and only Sui-San survived. Yet, when the self-exile A’Lars arrived, the pair married and revitalized the moon with the assistance of the super-computer ISAAC (including cloning and fertility technology). In time, the consciousness of Kronos came to reside on Titan as well and was seen as the Patriarch of the Eternals of Titan. The few survivors from the Kree on Uranus are still left undiscovered, trapped within the Kree outpost to avoid destruction by the Uranians.

Mutants (Homo-Superior)
Birthed from the Celestial genetic alterations, it was to put to test the versatility of human genes. While humans became the most dominate race than the Eternals or Deviants, the still had an X-Gene that could generate to chaotic results from minuscule to gold-like powers and abilities. The first recorded human mutant was Selene, then En Sabah Nur (Apocalypse), and finally Garbha-Hsien. Only a few emerged since then such as Nicodemus, Victor Creed, Raven Darkholme, James Howlett, and Jonas Graymalkin until the 20th century. A popular explanation for the excitement of the X-Gene is said to have been the proliferation of nuclear technologies in the modern era.

Atlanteans
There are many theories on the founding of the Atlanteans. One is that they were created the by the Deviants via experimentation modern around 6,500 BCE. Others believe them to actually be decent of the original Altanteans that lived on the island before it was sunk. Still, Atlanteans record their history having started about 2,000 years after the “Great Cataclysm” which was caused by Atlantis sinking. They were known as Homo-Mermani and scavenged the wreckage of the city. 500 years later, some left to then fond Lemuria which was also sunk during that time in the Pacific Ocean. Their leader Naga would gain exposure to the ancient mystical device called the Serpant Crown that would make him more snake-like, halted his aging, and permitted him to be controlled by Set. During the 20th Century, the homo-mermanus race began to develop contact with their human cousins, though mostly hostile and many aborted invasions. Though not all the contact was violent, as during the 1920s, a Homo-mermani female, Prince Fen of Atlantis also mated a human sea captain Leonard McKenzie, which lead to the birth of Namor. It was Namor that was finally able to break Naga’s rule over Lemuria and free it from Set. During the World War II, Namor and Atlantis also fought against the Axis Powers in alliance with the Allied Powers.

Inhumans
The Kree developed genetically cross-breed between Cro-Magnons and Eternals. They were expected to serve as soldiers, but were later abandoned. These test subjects created a society of their own. For a time, their city Attilan actually was located on the oxygen-bearing Blue Area of the Moon. Currently however it is located on a hidden island with a dome over it to protect it from pollution and detection.

Shi'ar
Lead by the Empress Lilandra Neramani, the Shi'ar Empire has quite a vast region that they have conqueror in the past and now rule. Though they have gotten rid of most of their slavery, not all is always well in the empire. Her sister known as Deathbird never seems to stop trying to undermine her rule, and has been defeated by the X-Men before with the support of the Starjammers as they aided Lilandra. There are more than the Shi’ar that reside within the Shi'ar Empire obviously, and different races have been known to serve on the Imperial Guards.

Kree
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Skrull
The Skrull are shapeshifters with wars with a number of races. Their empire can be far stretching, and their neighbors quite obviously hate them. They have no real allies in any other race and treat their conqueror planets (and any race at that matter) as second class citizens. Earth is a long disputed territory with the Kree as it would give them a good launching foothold against the others empire.

Majesdane
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Celestials
The Celestials are extremely powerful extra-terrestrial cosmic beings, a race that has influenced key events in human history for unknown reasons such as the genetic-offshoots of Eternals, Deviants, and Mutants. They are not exactly benign genetic manipulators, as experiments that fail their standards are purified. Because of this, they have gained the nickname Space Gods by many star-faring races.

Uranians
The Uranians are a highly intelligent non-humanoid life form that lives on the planet Uranus. They have the ability enter a hive form on the planet Uranus. They permit the few rogue Eternals there in an old Kree outpost there, but they are not permitted to leave and socialize with the Uranians. When some Earth humans crashed on the planet, they handed Matthew and Robert Grayson over to the Eternals to care for, which was unusually lenient for them. They do not like outsiders, and are quick to anger and to exterminate perceived threats to their hive mind.

Watchers
The Watchers are the oldest species in the universe, committed to observing the compiling knowledge on everything that is the universe. Obviously, they have been a little busy with the marriage of the worlds. They have a policy of non-interference, as in the past they have accidentally destroyed a race due to sharing knowledge. Watcher Uatu is an exception of this with his alliance with the Fantastic Four, suspect to have broken the code hundreds of times, and thus banished for it, though it is not likely to remain that way forever, nor will he likely resist interfering as he deems fit for the benefit of mankind.

Earth Races
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Atlanteans
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Homo-Magi
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Meta-Human
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Amazons
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Bana-Mighdall
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Martians
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