Canaan

Reliable data on Anteverse 168 is currently limited, but it is believed to be an occupied, Earth-like world. A preliminary TransRecon expedition has been dispatched, led by Dr. Lenora Riggs. Her report is pending.

While data on areas of Anteverse 168 beyond the coastal settlement of Canaan remains limited, several things are now known about the location and its inhabitants. The remote area is occupied by a small gnostic cult, whose creed holds that material reality was created as a cage for their sublime, immortal souls. Worshipping a piece of xenotechnology known as the Lodestone, which they believe may be the key to releasing them from their physical bondage, they follow a puritanical regime of self-abasement, regarding all others as tools of 'the enemy', who created their fetters, i.e. matter. How this group came to settle in this remote region, whether it represents the past, present or future of this or some other Earth entirely, and how they came into possession of an artefact like the Lodestone is unknown.