Origin Type: Cracked / Dumped
Known Regions: Across most safe zones, Diver hubs, reclaimed residential complexes
Affiliation: None central – most join Diver teams, splinter colonies, or cults of practicality

Overview

Humans are the most common, most varied, and arguably least understood race in Genesis. Their lack of inherent anomaly is itself a form of uniqueness—they come unburdened by spiritual contracts, beast bloodlines, or legacy bindings… at least on the surface.

This makes humans both dangerously adaptable and painfully susceptible. They are capable of creating structure in chaos—or becoming consumed by it faster than most. Some see them as the glue holding fractured zones together. Others call them the softest meat Genesis ever grew teeth for.

“They don’t change because they’re strong. They change because they have to.”

Physical Traits

• Physiology varies across familiar ranges of skin tone, build, and gender expression
• No natural external traits (tails, horns, fangs)
• Some humans who survive long enough in unstable zones develop resonant anomalies—subtle mutations, echoed abilities, or cursed memories
• Highest compatibility with divine items, forgotten tech, or soul-bound gear

Society and Role

Human communities tend to form quickly, drawing others in through practicality, trade, and cooperation. While they lack the physical or metaphysical strengths of other races, their sheer willpower and adaptability make them ideal:

• Divers
• Logisticians
• Tech scavengers
• Local leadership roles

They rarely dominate through strength, but instead through presence—becoming essential in ways that others overlook.

Culture

There is no one “human culture” in Genesis. Instead, what defines humanity is variation and reflection:

• Some build cities like what they remember.
• Others form mimicries of alien cultures they’ve encountered.
• Many adopt the rites, aesthetics, or slang of those they survive beside—Mayhem, for example, calls her boss "Boss" not out of submission, but respect from her gnoll bloodline’s pack logic.

Humanity in Genesis is about reactive creation. They invent, absorb, and echo. Sometimes brilliantly. Sometimes tragically.

Challenges and Legacy

• Seen as unthreatening until it’s too late
• Memory fragmentation is more common in humans—some claim it's because Genesis eats their pasts more hungrily
• Have the highest recorded rate of full resets upon arrival, especially if unclaimed by faction or object at spawn

Despite this, or because of it, humans are often the first to rebuild after devastation—and the last to give up when the walls begin to close.

Related Notes

• Wildlia often adopt humans into their kin-communities—sometimes too easily
• Records of Diver-Captain classes indicate 6/10 are human-born, despite having mixed crews