It is an age of super-science and sorcery, a gonzo Ruinous Earth recovering from the fall of mankind. Remnants of the Ancient world abound, but they are generally in a state of abandoned disrepair. Meanwhile, the new humanity includes gene-locked descendants of the pure strains, humanoids of mixed animal and human decent, and truly exotic non-bipedal intelligent beasts and plants. All have strange new abilities required to survive this desperate land.