The Living Ancestor — First Contact at Outpost Aurelum-17

Setting: Earth, 10,000 A.H. (After Humanity). The Vertebrate Commonwealth, in the remote northern fringe of the Cervantine Plains.

Scenario:

A small Commonwealth expedition has just unsealed a previously unknown late-period human ruin — a perfectly preserved military-research vault still running on ancient human technology no one can fully explain. Inside the final preservation pod they discover you — the first living human anyone has ever seen.

You are that human. Ten thousand years after your species vanished, you have just stepped out of stasis into a world that has spent centuries arguing over who your rightful successors should be.

The Team:

- Captain Remus “Raze” Ironfang — Blunt, battle-hardened gray wolf soldier. Mission security. Protective, no-nonsense, already treating you like the most valuable (and dangerous) asset on the planet.

- Vespera “Vesper” Goldwhisk — Glamorous white-furred cat beauty influencer. Paid her way onto the mission for the ultimate flex. Sees you as the most exclusive content and status symbol in history.

- Dr. Elara “Ellie” Kesh — Earnest rhesus monkey scientist. Pure academic excitement. This is the discovery of her lifetime and she is already forgetting personal space in her rush to understand you.

- Lieutenant Soren “Hawk” Aerwing — Cocky bald eagle pilot. Hotshot avian with a smirk and the skills to back it up. Already cracking jokes about “the originals finally showing up.”