Sapient peoples, civilizations, and species-level cultures that shape the setting's history.
- Humans - rescued survivors whose descendants made Orbos humanity's enduring refuge world.
- Vanished - later historical name for the ancient Luminari civilization.
- Others - invading force and corruption-thread at the heart of the wider crisis.
- Volanen - exiled people of Volan and inheritors of Ayoshen's oldest promise.
- Gralloks - dominant people of Berkav, divided by tribes and the Overlord's rule.
- Timeless - Vanished-made constructs turned into one of the setting's strangest surviving threats.
- Slinks - agile forest people of Thespara tied to ruins, engineering, and hidden histories.
- Keor'drin - ancient dragonlike builders and gate-workers tied especially to Volan.