Lore

This branch follows Aetheria’s history, institutions, and technologies, from humanity’s late civilization in Sol to its life in Elysium. Citizenship depends on contracts. Institutions control access to scarce necessities, infrastructure serves military purposes, and minds perform labor while their status as people remains disputed. These arrangements shape who can work, obtain what they need, and make decisions about their own existence.

Begin with the setting’s premise, then follow the eras and institutions through the links below. Their histories explain how these arrangements arose and why they persist: humanity carries its older systems into Elysium, where they take new forms without resolving the conflicts built into them—even as reality itself becomes less stable.