Hellas

Hellas
Location of Hellas
Located in:	Mars
Type:	city
Hellas greenhouse

Hellas is an old martian city on the Mars of the late 19th century.

Description

Hellas is located on the southern hemisphere to the east of Terra Tyrrhena at 27°S 77°E. The canal going from south to north bisects the city into a western and eastern part that are connected by a bridge. The city was a major gardening center of the Martians and still holds all the equipment form plant growth and care.

History

Hellas had once been known as the most beautiful city of Mars, but when Raxachk released the plague, everything fell apart, and the inhabitants fled to the dreamscape. The Avatar in Martian Dreams found a human hermit named Marcus Chaney in the ruins, and with his help, the Avatar managed to contact the inhabitants after repairing the Dream Machine. The martians had decided to not try and steal human bodies, as the martians of Elysium had done. Instead, they had a plan for re-growing martian bodies.

However, growing new bodies for them failed, as the plague had moved to the soil, leading to Prektesh's death. So in turn the Avatar created mechanical bodies, which the martians then used to re-locate to Earth.

Lore

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The city of Hellas was obviously a very beautiful place to live. The remains could be seen of carefully designed gardens, flowing fountains and glass-walled homes with natural lighting. This was the only city where we found a garden of berries, on the eastern edge of the settlement, suggesting that these Martians might also have been more comfortable with the spiritual, or mystic, aspect of their natures. – from The Lost Notebooks of Nellie Bly (Worlds of Ultima: Martian Dreams)

Inhabitants

Map of Hellas

Humans

• Marcus Chaney: human hermit

Martians

• Chsheket: ambassador
• Plashef: cultivator
• Prektesh: agrarian
• Pukchep: gatherer
• Xaktsesh: arborist
  

Trivia

• Hellas plays upon the Greek region Achaea Phthiotis. The name is used in real-life for the martian region as well.

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Locations on Mars
Cities	Argyre ☥ Elysium ☥ Hellas ☥ Olympus
Other Locations	Abandoned City ☥ Coprates Chasma ☥ Landing Sites ☥ Lens Towers ☥ Noctis Labyrinthus North Pole Lab ☥ Power Plant ☥ Pumping Station ☥ Syrtis Major ☥ Trading Post Face on Mars