Elysium
Elysium | |
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Location of Elysium | |
Located in: | Mars |
Type: | city |
In Elysium |
Elysium is an old martian city on the Mars of the late 19th century.
Description[edit]
Elysium is located on the northern hemisphere at 20°N 114°E, where the canals do have an inflow from the northern polar cap. Long abandoned due to the Martians dying out at hand of a self-created plague, the city in the late 19th century got strange visitors taking up shelter within its walls.
History[edit]
Like all other cities, the inhabitants had to evacuate into the dreamscape when Raxachk released his deadly plague. When centuries later humans arrived on Mars, the inhabitants of Elysium egoistically took over their bodies while the humans visited the dreamscape, taking them to Elysium.
When finding them in Martian Dreams, the Avatar realized fast that the martians holding the human bodies hostage wanted no less than a solution to the body problem. However, re-growing martian bodies didn't work (as Prektesh had to experience the hard way), so with promises for robotronic bodies, the humans were finally returned to their bodies and the martians went to dreamscape until given their new bodies.
Lore[edit]
“ | The Elysium bulge rises 2.5 miles above the surface and features somewhat smaller volcanoes than Tharsis. Only three of the Elysium mountains are as much as 93 miles across. |
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“ | Elysium was most notable for the interesting characters we encountered there. These "people," when we first met them, wereactually Martians who had usurped human bodies. |
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Inhabitants[edit]
Martians[edit]
- Bikchiz: ambassador
- Cheshef: plant grower
- Chaktsaf: martian
- Fazek: healer
- Pashesh: Bikchiz' aide
- Sisik: martian
- Tekapesh: agrarian
- Xichak: scout
Humans[edit]
- Georges Méliès: filmmaker
- George Washington Carver: botanist
- H.G. Wells: author
- Louis Comfort Tiffany: glass artist
- Mark Twain: author
- Percival Lowell: astronomer
- Vladimir Lenin: communist
- Wyatt Earp: lawman
Trivia[edit]
- The name "Elysium" plays upon "Elysion", the Isle of afterlife for the heroic. The region on Mars is really named such in real life.
Locations on Mars | |
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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 |