Humanity
Masters of the southern cities.
Humanity survived the collapse by retreating into vast desert cities, building walls around scarcity and discipline around fear. Now ruled by the Council of Cities, they seek to reclaim fertile lands from the animal nations, using modern weapons, camel cavalry, enslaved Vulpes soldiers and armoured Dragon Hounds to extend their power northward.
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Mass armies
Who They Are
The humans are the surviving power of the South. Their civilisation is urban, militarised and built around control. Behind their enormous walls, the Council of Cities commands armies, resources and slave forces while preparing to push beyond the desert and reclaim the green lands they lost after the collapse.
The System
Council Cities
Military Profile
Human armies combine modern infantry weapons with desert logistics, camel mounted movement, slave shock troops and disciplined mass formations. They have no machines, but they do have scale, ammunition, supply wagons and the will to grind down weaker enemies.
Council Authority
The Council of Cities turns scarcity into law and fear into policy. It rules through hierarchy, military pressure, religious authority and the belief that the South must rise again whatever the cost.
Camel Cavalry
Fast, resilient and suited to the desert. Camel mounted troops scout, screen and strike across terrain that breaks ordinary supply lines.
Vulpes Shock Troops
Born in captivity and trained for war, the Vulpes are used for infiltration, assassination and terror operations under human command.
Dragon Hounds
Huge hounds armoured in forged scale plates. They are living battlefield shock weapons, not beasts of legend.
Supply Wagons
The human war machine moves on discipline, camel trains and heavy wooden wagons. Without logistics, conquest dies in the sand.
Relations And Threats
To the Meles and Ursus, humanity is the returning enemy. To the Vulpes, humanity is captor and master. The Council’s greatest weakness is the same system it depends upon: the enslaved soldiers it has turned into weapons may not remain obedient forever.
“We do not ask for loyalty. We demand it.”
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