For those who might happen upon this from Snowysaur’s post, I highly recommend reading the [Introduction] first to fill you in with some of the terms I use here. It’s fairly short compared to my other posts. I tend to use more and more terms with the more posts I write, so my recommendation (if you’re interested in reading more) would be to read the posts in the order I created them.
(This is a long post, so I’ve opted to use a read-more thingy to keep it neat. And plan to add it to some other posts now that I know how to make it!)
(And to address the long period of time since the last post, I’ve been hard at work with Full Burn, the next book in the Dragon Drive series. SO MUCH STUFF GOES ON AND I’M EXCITED.)
Since I already covered Floxes to a point in my [Monsters] post, I’ll be leading off with that. I will make a note of when I stop for those who just came from there, so you can simply scroll past to the new content.
{Floxes are a very common, intelligent Monster that resemble bipedal dragons with fur instead of scales. A preference to fly rather than walk leads to the false assumption all Floxes waddle; ground-bound Floxes can walk and run as steadily as any other bipedal species. They can range from a mere foot in length, to close to six feet tall. Capable of human speech, and in fact have their own language, society, and culture, but a close proximity to humans over time added some human customs and familiarity. Personalities among them vary widely, but they tend to be very family-oriented, going as far as to forgo last names so marriages only bring groups together. A very social species, and have no misgivings with invading the personal space of someone they trust, and vice versa. As such, some elect to keep some as pets. There are debates on the derogatory nature of such an act, but the Floxes themselves don’t complain so long as they’re treated kindly.
The ability for a Flox to use Ux is at a baseline greater than a human’s, as every Flox, including Sereph Floxes, can use Air Ux with their wings to aid in flight, as well as “float” by expelling it from their wings. In addition to this innate Type, Floxes also have the potential to use other Types, two more being the most common. Floxes still can only have use of Air Ux, but such cases leave the Flox in particular with extreme flight capabilities. Floxes also have their own Pseudo Type, tied to their flight ability. While exceedingly weak on its own, Floxes with increased Air capabilities still have the potential to induce Changing in humans they encounter.}
[NEW CONTENT]
In this new section, I’ll be diving more into the differences between the genders of Flox and trends in appearance, their customs, and significant anecdotes.
(Shoutout to @snowysaur for doing the refs for me! Lots of cute stuff over there!)
This is an example of a male Flox. They have less muscle mass and density than their female counterparts, but are more agile fliers and shed/grow a “winter coat” when local temperatures reach sufficient lows. This coat is thicker than a female’s all-around coat, but the female’s coat is a better insulator. Thanks to a male’s capacity to better manifest their Ux outside their bodies, they tend to have more options in combat versus just raw strength.
This is a female Flox; note the wider hips and thick chest fur. These two factors are key in identifying gender and makes mistaking gender difficult. She is more muscular than a male Flox and is pound-for-pound stronger, and is capable of lifting one and a half times that of a male at matching weight. The key to this strength is utilizing Ux in her muscles, rather than the wings where male Flox have specialized it for speedy flight. A female Flox is purpose-built for caring for her young, the fur on her chest allowing them to nurse even in the harsh cold where the species originated.
Floxes give birth to live young, with one child being the norm, but twins and “litters” are still fairly common thanks to high fertility compared to other species, increasing with the size of the Flox. A Flox child reaches full development rapidly, starting off very small and growing larger the longer it is carried, ultimately leading to larger Floxes when they reach an adult stage. This is what leads to the large variation between sizes, and their fertility ultimately being the limiter on how large or small that range is. Small Floxes rarely have more than one child at a time, and large Floxes frequently have multiple unless environmental factors limit that capacity.
A well-known way for a Flox to increase fertility despite their size is to consume dragon fruit, the unique scent and flavor eliciting an immediate sexual stimulation and leading to it inevitably becoming a controlled substance where large Flox populations exist due to abuse of the fruit from Flox and humans alike.
The two genders still share a number of aspects that influence their appearance, despite the numerous differences genetics offers them. Fur markings range from nothing to extremely complex designs, with no clear indication as to what influences them. These markings follow the same trends their fur, mane, webbing, and eyes follow: an indication of the Ux Types of the individual in question.
To utilize the two above, let’s start with the male. His yellow and silver are indications of his ability to use Lighting and Metal, and while the webbing (and inner ears) are darker, it doesn’t remove from this. However, there are still instances like with the female, who appears to have three or even four different Types, but only the orange is indicative of her Types. (Nova, and the second is unknown.)
These five color aspects (webbing, mane/hair, fur, fur markings, and eyes) can vary widely, but a Flox always has one of their colors a mark of the Ux they can utilize, even if it’s very weak. But as with any species that has appearances based on Ux, there isn’t a strict standard of one color per Type. Red can indicate Fire, Sun, and Nova. This will be explored in more detail when I explain Ux Types in a more advanced light.
The original customs of Floxes have been diluted from a close relationship with humans, as mentioned above, but utilize human customs in a Floxish manner versus complete mimicry. “Floxish” is the name humans have given the Floxes’ language, which has a unique dialect between humans and Monsters due to different hearing ranges altering the syntax.
For a Flox, it’s normal to be more interactive with those in their community, including hugging strangers and other physical actions to indicate affection, or more violent ones to indicate distrust. Visiting communities where humans are rare can lead to being mobbed by curious children and adults alike, but they have implemented fragrances or sashes to indicate a discomfort with such actions to better accommodate visitor’s preferences.
A notable community that doesn’t follow these tenets of behavior; Yitkin. “Yitkin” is Floxish for “grey-haired” and was named after Tommori Felkin, who organized a starving Flox community into a mining and foundry city, despite his young age at the time. These Floxes were oftentimes at the largest end of the Floxes’ sizes, and boasted pitch black fur despite living in a desert wasteland. Due to Tommori’s close influence and that of humans as the city developed, the Floxish part of their culture faded to something more strictly inter-Flox.
As isolated populations rose after the incidents of the Great War and those surrounding the Dragon Drive, Flox culture flourished and could hold sharper distinction from human culture.
Another important note with Flox biology, to return to dragon fruit’s aphrodisiac-al effects, is that of other foods, particularly fragrant fruits, bringing about a specific reaction. This is due in part to a lack of sweet and fragrant foods in their original habitat and coincidences with their natural pheromones. While dragon fruit is the substance with the most apparent effect, other fruits have been known to cause serious harm and death due to Floxes’ unique metabolism. Some on the known list of poisons include many fruits that would normally allow a human to replenish and utilize more Ux than they previously could. Ux in the fruit itself also plays a significant part in these reactions, compounded in the more potent reactions.
A final note for this exceedingly large post is that Sereph Floxes share a lot of physiological traits with Floxes, as they are an evolutionary offshoot of Floxes created from a mutation related to the development of twins. As listing the specifics of these similarities would be pointless considering I plan to do an individual post on them, I’ll leave you with the knowledge that Flox/Sereph hybrids can exist, and can be fertile, but their appearance take after Floxes primarily, rather than a Sereph’s more human appearance.
Scientifically speaking, Monsters are defined as creatures with an inborn affinity for Ux. While some might not be much different from animals, that aspect allows for the separation. For some, this affinity arises as a unique kind of Ux: a Pseudo Type. So named because their Ux cannot create Krux.
As Monsters have a vast variety of appearances, abilities, and physiology, I’ll use a single Monster species to give an idea of what to expect; Floxes in particular.
Floxes are a very common, intelligent Monster that resemble bipedal dragons with fur instead of scales. A preference to fly rather than walk leads to the false assumption all Floxes waddle; ground-bound Floxes can walk and run as steadily as any other bipedal species. They can range from a mere foot in length, to close to six feet tall. Capable of human speech, and in fact have their own language, society, and culture, but a close proximity to humans over time added some human customs and familiarity. Personalities among them vary widely, but they tend to be very family-oriented, going as far as to forgo last names so marriages only bring groups together. A very social species, and have no misgivings with invading the personal space of someone they trust, and vice versa. As such, some elect to keep some as pets. There are debates on the derogatory nature of such an act, but the Floxes themselves don’t complain so long as they’re treated kindly.
The ability for a Flox to use Ux is at a baseline greater than a human’s, as every Flox, including Sereph Floxes, can use Air Ux with their wings to aid in flight, as well as “float” by expelling it from their wings. In addition to this innate Type, Floxes also have the potential to use other Types, two more being the most common. Floxes still can only have use of Air Ux, but such cases leave the Flox in particular with extreme flight capabilities. Floxes also have their own Pseudo Type, tied to their flight ability. While exceedingly weak on its own, Floxes with increased Air capabilities still have the potential to induce Changing in humans they encounter.
As you can tell, a Monster isn’t simply an animal with use of Ux. While most lack the capacity to speak human due to a very different vocal frequency, many still have their own language and intelligence at or greater than a human’s. Due to this intelligence, partnerships between humans and Monsters for Guild work and other activities are common. Humans who partake in such agreements are known as Beastmasters, even if a Monster is simply a pet to its owner.
As many early Beastmasters resent simple pet ownership classifying people as Beastmasters, they developed a ring system that allowed for greater connection between two Beastmasters, and a distinction from the common people. Any kind of jewelry can be used, but rings are the most common. A Beastmaster has a Monster condense its Ux Types in close contact with the ring and a clear coating on the ring quickly combines with the Ux to form a Krux. As these Krux are tied to the Monster via a means that hasn’t been fully explained, even far into Arkrux’s timeline, a Beastmaster can wordlessly communicate with their partner by manipulating the ring, commonly by twisting it on their finger to call them to their side if they wander.
Beastmasters also developed another tool to aid in their communication: a kind of electronic earring that translates the higher frequency languages of a Monster into something they can hear, which still requires learning the syntax and nuances of the language. In some cases, Monster species have a shared language, but only a scant few languages can be programmed in an earring at one time, leading to a tendency for multiple if the Beastmaster can afford them.
As a final topic, the husbandry of Monsters has been a common practice for humans and other Monsters alike, as they care for weaker or less intelligent species for mutual benefit as well as a sustainable food source. It’s rare for an intelligent Monster to be considered a part of this “Monster ranching”, rather as a partner to a Beastmaster due to moral and logistic issues. There are many who find conflict in any form of the practice, but they are a minority and the usefulness of the “livestock Monsters” is too great.
[Introduction]
A List of Monsters (Will be a masterpost.)
Floxes, Sereph Floxes, Monster Civilizations
Pseudo Types, Changing, [Ux Types]
The planet of Arkrux has extremes unseen on other planets that support life, due to both the Great Wars and the innate abundance of Ux that permeates the planet.
To start with the planet as a whole, Arkrux's crust has sustained the greatest damage from the Great Wars, with drastic changes in elevation and soil content. Some locations even expose the underlying mantle to the surface, leading to volcanic craters slowly turning into mountain ranges.
Due to the drastic changes in terrain and the introduction of extreme temperature variances, climates around the planet are just as extreme and prone to changing in merely a generation.
Arkrux’s mantle however, was largely unfazed by the ravaged surface. Molten rock and metal still flowed as it always had, with only a marginal increase in Ux circulation that was eventually balanced out by new deposits of Krux in volcanic rock.
The deepest center of Arkrux, the molten core, gained metallic Ux Elements in quantities enough to increase the strength of the planet’s magnetic field, and making it more observable from deeper in space by reflecting more Sun Ux.
As practically every mineral and metal on Arkrux is used in Kruxsetting and the craft of Krux, I’ll leave those details to the corresponding posts. It may leave this post a bit threadbare, but the posts in question would be far shorter without those details.
[Introduction]
[Great Wars]
Innate Elements, Ux Elements
[Krux and Kruxsetting (General)]
Krux Materials, Matrix Materials, [Ux Types]
Map of Arkrux’s Surface
The Great Wars were five centuries of constant war that ended with the Dragon’s Massacre, a brutal counter by the then Mythical Monsters when the wars spread to their domain. The Massacre was ruthless, wiping entire countries off the map and vaporizing capitals. In a span of three days, cities of millions were reduced to mere thousands. Humans and Monsters alike were forced to work together to survive on the little that remained. Through long-lived Monsters like Pendragons, word-of-mouth, and what documentation survived, the Great Wars and how they were fought could be accurately described.
First Great War
The First Great War had very little use of Ux and Krux. More often than not, wars were fought over to claim people who had the ability to manipulate Ux on their own, or the few Krux that had been created naturally. Loss of life was minimal compared to the other wars, and were usually between local powers.
World population estimated around 400 million, deaths approaching 10 million.
Second Great War
The Second Great war saw the rise of fully utilized Ux, from Ux users and the first artificial Krux. The more powerful Ux users rarely saw battle, instead being guarded and encouraged to seek out other powerful users. Technology exploded rapidly, the development of gunpowder and Krux powered firearms mark the “true” start of this era. Navies allowed for maritime battle and longer reaching campaigns. Death rate starts to climb rapidly.
World population estimated at 1,100 million, deaths topping out at over 100 million.
Third Great War
The Third Great War had a number of drastic changes from the previous era, including fully Ux-capable armies, semi-automatic and full-auto firearms, fully capable air forces including completely metallic airships, and Ux-powered artificial implants that helped cut down the rapidly growing death rate. By this time 80% of established civilizations were involved in the war, making treaties and betraying each other in short periods of time. Weapons that would otherwise be outdated such as swords and shields gain new ground with Ux powered variants, and prove more capable than the limited firepower of infantry firearms in the close-combat nature of the war. Government arranged partnerships and re-population demands are wide-spread occurrence to counteract the loss of life. Terrain begins to change from Ux bombardment.
World population estimated at 2,000 million, deaths just under 400 million.
Fourth Great War
The Fourth Great War left Sereph Floxes as the last Monster civilization, their massive floating fortresses proving more than worthy counters to human airships, and their superior firepower offering protection to their remaining populations. Technological advancement begins to slow as advancements require more and more resources. Human civilizations still rule most of the world, with a few large countries warring as smaller ones are absorbed or have long since died out. Development of Shield-piercing laser weaponry prevents drawn out fights against airships and the return of skyrocketing death rates in the increasingly bionic front-lines. Noncombatant Monsters are forced into enslavement or into the still untamed wilds at the edges of humankind’s knowledge.
World population estimated at 8 billion, deaths at a staggering 1.5 billion.
Fifth Great War
The Fifth and final Great War was the introduction of near-space travel and Ux cannons capable of wiping out entire cities. At this time a test fire of the first airship of this capability, Celestial Rim, was used against a Pendragon city, one of very few across the world. Following the annihilation of a large part of their population, Pendragons were scattered to the winds, the most powerful gathering to take it down. Shortly after, the Legendary Weapons, save Death’s Ring, were created and the Pendragon Hunts began, headed by Celestial Rim, Arkrux’s first Guild. They lasted for most of the Fifth Great War, the bloodiest of all so far as entire cities were burned and even the likes of the Serephs were pushed to the edge of survivability. With two opposing airships meeting at a thought uninhabited small continent, the trigger for the Dragon’s Massacre was pulled, grinding the world as it was to a startling halt.
World population estimated at over 12 billion, deaths from the war alone at a solid 3 billion, and the Dragon’s Massacre bringing the population to less than 100 million.
Axis, Myshcells, and the True Safeguard
Throughout the span of the Great Wars, a supposed neutral power known as Axis was a hub of most of the worlds technological advancement. Never giving out more than what they could defend themselves from, they developed into a city-state that held the largest and stablest territory, allowing for a upward climb in population despite the grotesque death and destruction surrounding them. What could be considered to be the “royal family” of Axis is the Myshcell family. Not only powerful Ux users but intelligent engineers and having an innate understanding of Ux and Krux, they were the most valuable chips to be bartered by Axis. Trained Myshcells would be sent with escorts to a warring power in exchange for resources. These Myshcells would proceed to develop more powerful tools for the power, as well as being prolific in creating the next generation of even more powerful Ux users, inadvertently giving specific regions a trend in Ux Types. The ultimate defense for Axis was the True Safeguard, a Safeguard that prevented both Possession and Changing, allowing for the use of essentially limitless power. It was crafted during the Third Great War, but due to its difficulty to replicate, only one existed up to the creation of the Dragon Drive. Axis’ True Safeguard was eventually put to use in Celestial Rim, before being destroyed by the Pendragons. They crafted the Legendary Weapons and carried on the name of the airship with the first Guild, proceeding to hunt Pendragons with great prejudice until an agreement was made, giving up the leader of the offense against Celestial Rim.
Axis survived the Dragon’s Massacre mostly intact, the creation of deep underground bunkers proving a wise investment. It was left uncontested and sought to regain the power that it lost, and eliminate the threat of dragons with another True Safeguard.
I know that this post introduces many concepts well before I have introduced them, but it’s difficult to be thorough in anything Arkrux related without doing so. All I can ask is for some patience as I share things in bits and pieces.
[Introduction]
Legendary Weapons, Death’s Ring, Dragon Drive, Ux Weapons
Monsters, Monster Civilizations
Humans, Human Civilizations, Airships, Myshcells
Dragon’s Massacre, Axis, True Safeguard, Celestial Rim (Guild) (Airship)
Pendragons, Pendragon Hunts, Sereph Floxes, Floxes
Guilds, Shields, Possession, Changing
Since I might as well link it, I do in fact have a book out. The ebook/PDF is the same as the print on there, but I can’t actually have the print one be free. It’s where Arkrux started, and got out of hand. Rapidly.
It’s primarily action, with actually less of the technobabble I’ve already shared here. I’ve since realized something of a comic or visual novel would better suit my style, but I already have 4 rough drafts out of 5, so why not finish that, eh?
It’s impossible to not have any kind of personal nitpicks with it, but I’m still proud and just want to share it where I can.
Note: It’s best to read the general on [Ux and Ux Types], first.
Krux are defined as crystallized Ux, created both naturally and artificially. And a Type of Ux is defined by its ability to form Krux, so naturally the two can’t be explained without mentioning the other. As it stands, the stability of a kind of Ux is what allows it to form a crystalline structure; if a kind of Ux is prone to decay into a number of Types, it won’t exist for long enough to be able to Condense.
Krux has the capacity to store a great deal of energy, as well as an array of specific properties, like Ux Absorption or a Safeguard. They are borderline advanced topics, but will be addressed briefly here later.
Now to segue into the next topic, the actual creation of a Krux. At any given place in the universe of Arkrux, Ux will pool like a liquid, unless an outside force acts on it. When left alone for a long period of time, Ux will start to Crystallize, centered around the least active “Point” of Ux. (As Ux has no known physical part, the smallest portion of a given area of Ux is called a Point.) The size and shape of these Krux are limited by where they are created, be it the bottom of a pond or the molten core of a planet.
Before moving on to artificial Krux, it’s important to note naturally created Krux is in a one-to-one ratio, and can merely deliver the same amount of power for a longer duration when compared to Ux itself. It lacks any kind of advanced properties unless there’s something more it was created with.
Artificial Krux are crafted with the use of Condensers alone, or ones paired with a Crystallizer. Modern quality standards require the use of the two machines, as a Condenser is free to pressurize collected Ux without damaging the more fragile equipment used to induce Crystallization, meaning greater purity and higher ratios.
To touch on the added properties of Krux will require the introduction of Ux Fields, Frequencies, Polarity, and its stability; how readily it’ll decay back into Ux.
An Ux Field is a specific spectrum of Ux a Krux readily interacts with. It’s this spectrum that allows the Krux to be used for a desired effect when given a load.Frequencies are the specific sections of an Ux Field, and are usually associated with a specific effect. An important thing to note when it comes to Frequencies is they can never be left “incomplete”; when crafting a Krux, added materials are the backbone of any desired effect, but a given material may have only parts of a Frequency, and if a Krux that doesn’t have all Frequencies complete is unstable. Here Stabilizers are added; chemicals with isolated Frequencies that can “cap off” the incomplete Frequencies without adding their property. Exactly how they work is best left to the advanced section.
Finally, Polarity is the direction in which Ux flows in and out of a Krux, and each Frequency has its own Polarity in a given Krux, which can be altered with its shape, color, and the what and how of its mounting in a Matrix.
I know I’ve already given you a fair bit to chew on, but Kruxsetting shouldn’t be much longer, as the basics are a simpler concept.
Its definition is straightforward: “the process of placing Krux into a Matrix in order to achieve a desired effect or to produce work.”
And a step further, a Matrix is defined as “the mechanical and electrical system in which a Krux is placed to produce work.”
So Kruxsetting is simply the actual physical process of getting a Krux to do what you want, which is a broad definition, but gets technical with the first step into explaining the process. And as not much more can be explained in general terms, I’ll be bringing this post to a close.
A hub for links to posts for each individual Ux Type. (Will be filled out in time.)
Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Sun, Moon, Death, Lightning, Metal, Light, Dark, Wood, Plasma, Vacuum, Nova, Ice, Crystal
The following is a general summary of Ux before the creation of the Dragon Drive and a second renaissance of technological development and understanding. The more complex subjects will be addressed in greater detail with a future post.
Ux, at its simplest definition, is energy. In the universe of Arkrux, it is an aspect of Physics, Chemistry, and even Biology. Before the advancement of science and technology allowed for a more rational understanding, Ux was widely viewed as “magic” and something only Monsters or the rarely gifted could utilize. Due to the raw power Ux use gives a user, the further development and evolution of Ux usability in humans led to a massive boom in population, and closely following, five centuries of war. (Formally known as the Great Wars, and are numbered by each century.)
Pre-Dragon Drive, seventeen Types of Ux were common knowledge, with some unique Monsters being able to use Ux that isn’t definable within the known Types, but isn’t considered a new Type due to a lack of utilization outside of the Monster itself and therefor creation of Krux. (Known as “Pseudo Types”, and are named the Monster that can use it. Will be explained in greater detail in the advanced post.)
As mentioned above, each of the seventeen known Types can be condensed and crystallized into Krux. As this is just a complex subject as the Types themselves, it will have its own post.
Each Type has its given advantages and disadvantages against itself and other Types, including “feeding” a Type’s power and boosting the effects of an attack or defense depending on which side has more raw power.
Each Type is capable of manifesting as physical phenomena and matter, sometimes merely resembling their namesake rather than an exact atomic composition; matter made from Nova Ux very much behaves like matter at the surface of the sun, but analysis has shown the hydrogen and helium created is fundamentally different from the same “Innate Elements” that had already existed. Unlike Innate Elements, they and other “Ux Elements” created from other Types are more prone to reacting to each other, making the repetitive use of a Type in the same location more effective and easier.
In addition to the variation in elements, Plasma Ux is different from Nova Ux, despite both being made of ionized gases. Nova Ux tends to “stick” to itself, form spheres, and is primarily heat based, while Plasma Ux flows, “sparks”, and leans more towards electricity. Distinctions exist for Sun Ux as well, but I fear I may have poked too far out of the general explanation as is.
Now to address that large column of red in that chart; Death Ux. At the time frame I am drawing from, not much is known about this Type outside an immunity from all other kinds of Ux. The documented usages of the Type are limited, more so due to the extreme rarity of users, Monsters and Humans alike, than information lost during the Great Wars. The only well-known case was that of Death’s Ring, a Legendary Weapon that utilized Death Ux and was unstoppable save for non-Ux weaponry.
This is as far as I can go without having to further explain concepts or technical usages of Ux that are better fit to their own posts. If I come to realize I failed to share all the basic information on Ux here, I will edit it in below this paragraph, separated and dated, above the list of links at the bottom.
[Introduction]
Dragon Drive
[Great Wars], Legendary Weapons, Death’s Ring
Pseudo Types, Innate Elements, Ux Elements
[Ux Types]
As a whole, Arkrux is a planet much like Earth. (The name “Arkrux” refers to the planet foremost, but will be applied to the universe as well as a catch-all.)
It has animals, plants, fungi, and so on. There is, however, a significant difference in the universe itself that allows for more interesting flora and fauna.
Ux, a seemingly magical energy with many Types, is abundant and brought about a new classification of intelligent creatures known simply as Monsters. Humans, animals, and Monsters are separated into three groups based on the Monsters innate use of Ux, humans as the only animals known who can use Ux, and the mundane animals with no aptitude at all.
When Ux is concentrated enough, it can crystallize and form Krux, still maintaining its original properties depending on a range of variables from Type to density and even shape and color. It is in this form that humans first utilized Ux on their own in tools and primitive methods of direct use via Ux Alchemy until humans gained the capability to use Ux directly as Monsters did. Later iterations of use include weapons, vehicles, computers, and so on. The process of creating and maintaining said technology with Krux is known as Kruxsetting.
Now as this is merely meant as an introduction, there’s no need for me to delve too deep into any one subject. I’ll make a short list of what I’ve mentioned here and link to near-future posts when I go about writing those.
I welcome any and all questions, but do keep in mind some things are spoilers for what I’m working on now and plan to in the future, and/or will naturally be addressed in future posts.
Geology of Arkrux, Timeline of Significant Events (Spoiler heavy)
Ux, [Ux Types], [General] (Advanced?)
Krux, Kruxsetting [General] (Advanced??)
These will most likely have overlapping content:
[Monsters], Monster Civilizations
Humans, Human Civilizations
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