Floating through space, this water covered meteoroid contains 6 islands that surround the central motherboard that connects them through thick wires full of data. It's a post-apocalyptical setting roaming with cyborgs, remnants (cybernetic creatures), and augmented humanoids.
About
Shaped like a giant pool on top of an upside down pyramid, K.I.M. (the Kiston Isle Meteoroid) contains 6 islands in it's pool with a manmade mechanical island Motherboard built at the center, a hub for the network for that connects each of the islands through thick wires that anyone can connect to in order to send messages, retrieve data, and send information into the system. Despite each of the islands having their own leadership and development, they are all connected and in agreement and partake in the protection and upkeep of Motherboard, at least until the attack of the Sonrise Coalition, which crippled her during the events of the Sonrise.
The six islands are Caskin, Cof, Oakist, Ossuary, Pillbo and Sheil.
On the water between the islands are floating cities and skimmers, both of which are large mechanical vehicles that move over the water nomadically and are capable of traveling from each of the islands and connecting to the network for trade and commerce. The largest of these "cities" is the Library, a knowledge center, and the Resupply, a criminal center for getting jobs, information, and scrap.
At the time of the Sonrise, these islands have entered a state of disrepair. With only what was available on the meteoroid as of the time of the destruction of Quelmar, the whole of K.I.M. relies on scrapping what buildings, vehicles, and the remnants that roam there. Humanoids have evolved into augmented creatures, taking the technology around them and building it into their bodies to advance them.
History
What was once a group of islands that were surrounding the famed Island of Kiston, which sunk, they were left to deal with a giant whirlpool at it center that was gradually pulling the isles closer together. Then, the war to end all wars occurred and as the pieces of Quelmar itself were scattered across the universe, the pressure from the whirlpool held those islands together and K.I.M. was born.
While there were some drastic changes to what was formally the orbiting isles, they were thankful to have lost the whirlpool at their center and now instead were six islands sitting in a pool with a space at their center.
Scientists and develops from the advanced island of Cof felt that the best way to connect their islands in the stillness of their new pool was to put a hub owned by no one by itself there, that let them all communicate and interact without having to put anything into the space above them, finding that atmosphere surrounding their meteoroid wouldn't support the satellites that formally provided the Network. They built the Motherboard with what scrap they could find, emptying what was left of the ceiling of the underdark was left on the bottom of the meteoroid first.
Once Motherboard was built and the network built into her, they spread her wires out to each island on large spires, as well datawells for people to bring their information to share freely and for others to use to access the data.
The Islands
Caskin
Leader: Luxor, a Fungril
Dominant Ancestry: Fungril and Infernis
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Cof
Leader: Persepolis, an augmented elf
Dominant Ancestry: Drakona and Galapa
Formally well known for being the original home of the network and eventually the home of the creators of Motherboard, it is now overthrown by the terrorist group known as the Sonrise Coalition and they have restarted the ancient forge for creating clanks and hosts The Son, the second entity to host the network, which is giving sentience to the Clanks who were just empty shells with no personality, only following directives. When their former leader, Cairo, was killed, his protege, a technological wizard called Persepolis, stepped into his place.
Oakist
Leader: Susa, a muskin
Dominant Ancestry: Muskin (mouse folk) and Gnomes
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Ossuary
Leader: Aleppo, a Half-Remnant who resembles a Griffin, but has an elf top half, like a centuar.
Dominant Ancestry: Humans and Half-Remnants (Humanoids who have augmented remnants onto themselves as a rite of passage)
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Pillbo
Leader: Plovdiv, a tiger Katari
Dominant Ancestry: Katari
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Sheil
Leader: Byblos, a firbolg
Dominant Ancestry: Elf and Firbolg
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