Chartered in Royal Year 618, the Guild of Adventurers Upon Return, was intended as a guideline to deal with and control the increasing number of men and women who were taking up arms and pursuing a career in heroism and adventurism. The guild would police it's own, and function as an odd jobs mercenary corporation, subservient to the crown, and supportive of the clerics.

The research and development process is often a lengthy and arduous one. In the Cosmic Era, it is often just a matter of time and luck to see who breaks the next barrier in arcanotech.

Presented in the Person/Machine/Moment format

Biogenics, arcanotechnology, and post-genderism in the Cosmic Era

Where the rule of law is seen as being absent, weak, or too oppressive to want, and crime of all kinds flourishes, sooner or later people will take the law into their own hands and become vigilantes. Here are seven such gangs.

Love. Hate. Lust. Pride. Greed. Many are the emotions that can inflame the human heart, and of the brightest and strongest of all of these is born, Atarkhul Prince of Passion.

While not the largest, most profitable, or most cutting edge robotics corp, Trojan has the distinction of being one of the most influential.

'Save the Bait', and other horrors.

Goldenrod Autonics, formerly Host Cybernetics and Robotics, is a well known and respected boutique auton manufacturer in the Cosmic Era. Their high end machines are easily recognized for their metallic gold exteriors and stylized features.

The tradition of Sabanto-Meido arose in Nippon/Japan after the widescale adoption of robotics and automation. It is a cultural movement to embrace traditional values and to counter the subculture movement of the Ko girls.

'All matter is made of six elements. The seventh element, work, fulfills the potential of the other six' – Liang Huou, Grandmaster

'Eight legged, human body, magical and damnation. That's what they are'

The Floating World, the domain of the Hikikomori

Performance art in Refuge Beneath the Waves

A 100 word sub-culture/cult for Refuge Beneath the Waves

A 100ish word musical styling sub-culture in Refuge Beneath the Waves

'Machine is all

Machine is Mother

Machine is Father

Machine is God'

'Few left know these Secrets. And those who do must Be careful. Those in Power will Silence Us if They knew!'

First Keeper Solaron Calo

The Anunnaki are a secret society in the Cosmic Era

The dead rise up each night to honor the contract that gives them independence as they defend the shores of Oldport and the rest of Copslin Vale.