DreX - Behind the Dyson Sphere

"From an empire that spanned the stars, only a handful of the Exohumans made the journey to Zero Space, escaping the genocide of their species. But they had the technology to do more than just flee; they built a solar system, and a pair of dyson spheres to provide them with power and protection. For DreX, this was just the start.

Once alone in the stars, they now constructed life from their own fractured genetic template, and seeded DreX with two dozen species, guiding their evolution from the stars until they were deemed fit enough to inherit the technology of their master race. But there was one race they had no control over; themselves.

Diseased by the enemy they ran from, their race entered into a violent schism; those that attempted to cure themselves through technology, and those that perverted their souls using foul sorcery, the Nonmen. The resulting war between them consumed DreX. It only took a few years for both races to be decimated, and although the Exohumans eventually won, their victory came at a terrible cost.

The Nonmen unleashed a weapon of such magnitude that the Exohumans were nearly wiped out. Those that survived simply woke up, the morning after, their memories wiped clean. The final revenge of the Nonmen; The Atrocity.

4,000 have passed. The races have evolved. The Exohumans are relics of a past golden age, and the Nonmen are resigned to stories told to restless children and drunks."

DreX is the story that began as a roleplaying game played with friends on quiet Friday evenings, and grew into my own custom rulebook and narrative. As it grew over the years, I began to record more of it, expand on areas I liked and tweaked areas I didn't. Many of the short stories were write-ups "post session", including characters originally played by friends or influenced by their decisions. Some of these are outcomes to our games, some of them inspirations, many of them expanding upon a world my friends visited weekly. I hope you enjoy them.