Netherworlds of Anatomia

Anatomia: [Anatomia is the name of this world, and is also the body of Secret, the Goddess of Anatomia. Anatomia greatly resembles a fictional, fantasy world with a lack of typical, real animals. There are many plants that grow with hyper realistic eyes, and those eyes are used by Secret to monitor Anatomia. These same eye-plants are often eaten by the parasites of Anatomia, but Secret does not mind, nor does it harm her. Anatomia is split up into 5 different Netherworlds, with the topmost Netherworld being the crown, then the heart, the lungs, the gastro, and finally, the womb. The Netherworlds of Anatomia are named after body parts due to Anatomia literally being Secret’s anatomy. Anatomia has many regions, such as the Atlas Crest, the Forlorn Moonscape, the Pupil Hollow, and Naereous Cage in the Crown to name a few.] The Great Divide: [Due to a recent influence from a certain Proto-Nethermare known as Pest, Secret had changed drastically. Then, there was a split in Secret’s consciousness. Due to this split, Secret started to do things and act in ways she usually never would do. In the world outside of Anatomia, where Secret is an actual person rather than the world of Anatomia, whilst the Pest-influenced subconscious was in control, Secret stepped into a railroad and Secret, as well as Anatomia, was struck by a train. This incident, while did not destroy Anatomia, did split the Netherworlds by a chasm in the middle, which created the Nethermost, New-World Anatomia and split Secret’s two consciousnesses into two different entities; the original Secret and Ember.] Nethermost: [Essentially like the outskirts of Anatomia, below all the other Netherworlds which take on a more industrial and mechanical environment compared to Anatomia’s vibrant nature environment. There are train tracks that go all the way around the Nethermost. When a soul dies it is sent down to the Nethermost. Hellmouth and Ember travel all around the netherworlds to collect spirit fuel for Hellmouth and release souls so they can be rebirthed.] Parasites: [Despite their name, they aren’t actually parasites, but are the animals that live within Anatomia. They are collectively called parasites, by virtue of living in a human body. There are many different species such as Fraids, Nethermares, and Bwurms just to name a few.] Secret: [Secret is the astral body/soul of Anatomia, and Anatomia is the physical body, thus making Secret practically omniscient. Personality wise, Secret is rather complex. Obviously she wants the best for Anatomia, especially since she views the beings that inhabit it as something like children. Yet, she also holds a bit of self resentment due to having simply been born with her power compared to the beings that inhabit her body and all of the pain and hardships they endure. Since outside of Anatomia, Secret is a human on Earth(Earth is known as the Ether in Anatomia), she has knowledge of things like animals that would otherwise not exist in Anatomia like cats, dogs, or bunnies, as well as other things like social media, cities, cellphones, etc. Being the spiritual body of Anatomia, Secret can take any form she likes, but it is typically that of a white Fraid, the small creatures in Anatomia. The primary difference between Secret and the other fraids is the fragment in her head which takes the shape of a white circular gem in her forehead. There’s five total fragments within Secret and they can be taken out without harm, all of which corresponding with a different Netherworld of Anatomia. There’s the Intuition fragment which corresponds with the Crown of Anatomia and is the first fragment, the one typically in Secret’s forehead. There’s the Energy fragment which corresponds with the Heart of Anatomia and is the second fragment within Secret. There’s the Emotion fragment which corresponds with the Lungs of Anatomia and is the third fragment within Secret. There’s the Resilience fragment which corresponds with the Gastro of Anatomia and is the fourth fragment within Secret. And finally, is the sensation fragment which corresponds with the womb of Anatomia and is the fifth fragment within Secret. Secret, with the many eyes that grow around Anatomia, can see pretty much anything that goes on in there. But while mostly everything is in her range, there are some things that slip under her radar. In Old-world Anatomia, the fraids had a close relationship with Secret. They revered her as their goddess, and she assumed a familiar and humble form(the form of a Fraid that she has today). She didn’t wish to intimidate them or seek devotion, only be apart of the world she created. However, ever since the Great Divide and the formation of New-World Anatomia, Secret, without announcing a thing, went into hiding.] Fraids: [The primary sentient species in Anatomia. They are very adaptable and widespread across the Netherworlds. They are small, cute, and furry creatures that seem to lack visible ears or a mouth. They have small, beady eyes and feet designed for perching onto high places such has branches. Getting higher ground helps with navigation and avoiding predators. Due to their small eyes, they have rather poor eyesight, but make up for that with keen hearing and echolocation. They have special pads on their hands and feet that help scale walls and cliffs, as well as having specialized hands to hold tools. This, combined with their intelligence, allow Fraids to use tools to ward off or even kill potential predators. Tools are typically made from bone, but if the few Fraids that managed to go down to and return from the Nethermost have collected metal pipes and other unnatural materials that wouldn’t typically pop up in the main Anatomia. Fraids do occasionally hunt, but only to collect bones and hide, not really for food due to their highly selective diet. Different colonies, known as warrens of Fraids, they have their own hierarchy, with the Chief’s coming first, then the Gurds, then scavengers, crafters, chicks, and elders in that order from most to least important. To briefly summarize their importance, Chief’s are the leaders who organize roles and expeditions and are identified by a cloth around their neck and a staff made of bone or metal. Then there’s the guards, who guard the chief, hunt, and gather material, and may also accompany scavengers during expedition for safety. Scavengers search for food to provide for the Warren and typically carry sacks made of flesh or another animals hide made by the crafters on their backs. When not out scavenging, scavengers are usually caring for sick or weak Fraids. Crafters create the tools and accessories from various materials like the chief’s staff and cloth, lanterns, weapons, sacks, and anything else the Warren needs. In their free time, they are usually decorating. Chicks are the young of the warren and are typically protected at all costs, occasionally protected more than the chief depending on their order. The elders are retired and vulnerable Fraids that are sheltered and cared for. Oftenly, they have lost some of their fur, their colors have dulled, skin wrinkled, and bodies are scarred from battle. In Old-world Anatomia, the fraids had a close relationship with Secret. They revered her as their goddess, and she assumed a familiar and humble form(the form of a Fraid that she has today). She didn’t wish to intimidate them or seek devotion, only be apart of the world she created. However, ever since the Great Divide and the formation of New-World Anatomia, Secret, without announcing a thing, went into hiding. The Fraids had lost many of their own kind in the great divide, and now, their goddess as well, needless to say, the Fraids were heartbroken. Some became indigent at her abandonment, some younger Fraids being skeptical she even existed, and others tried to stay optimistic in her return, still believing she was out there somewhere.] Nethermares: [Nethermare’s are the second prominent sentient species in Anatomia, and are a species that posses traits of traits of a traditional harpy, dragon, lepidopteran, and birds in general. They are large compared to Fraids, a Lesser Nethermare being about two Fraids big while a Greater Nethermare is five Fraids big, but they are far from the largest parasites in Anatomia. Their general structure is that of a bird with wings, feathers, skeletal structure, and talons, however their wings are more akin to dragon wings with wing membranes that aren’t covered by any feathers or scales. They don’t have any real hands to hold or touch things, with their arms changing to a winged structure past the bicep. Their ears are long, pointed, and covered in feathers and will change positioning depending on mood. Their facial structure is very humanoid, lacking feathers in that area, however, the inside of their mouths are the furthest thing from humanoid, with pointy teeth, sharp fangs, and two bug-like proboscises designed for drinking blood. Nethermare’s feed solely on blood, getting a lack of nutrients from anything else. For efficiency, they have two proboscises in their mouths for faster drinking, but due to the large amounts of blood they need to drink per day, starvation is not uncommon for them. There are two types of Nethermare’s, Greater Nethermare’s which are typically larger and stronger Nethermares, and Lesser Nethermare’s, which are a lot smaller and weaker.] Syphra: [a type of large apex aquatic predator. Syphra are extremely large, about twice the size of a Nethermare and ten times the size of a Fraid. They have flat, oval like heads with their eyes placed on the top and mouths placed on the bottom. On their back is a shell which is segmented for flexiblity. In each shell segment are small holes which are used for breathing, usually having bubbles float out of the holes when exhaling. They lack hands or feet, only having fins and a tail. The color and texture of a Syphra may vary depending on which it is, making it easier to differentiate between them. Due to the placement of the Syphra’s eyes being on the top of its head, it can’t see very well below so they typically resort to swimming down below in deep waters. Syphra are obviously carnivorous, and will eat anything that gets in its path if it deems it edible. They don’t hunt in packs, and are usually found hunting completely alone.] Molpede: [A land predator. In length, they’re about the size of a Fraid but are very long and insect-like. They have dark exoskeleton, and long forelimbs for grabbing prey and burrowing underground. They have 10 limbs, two of which are the forearms and the other 8 are its legs. On their face are long mandibles for the chewing and ripping of prey for easy swallowing. Molpede’s make burrows underground to hide from predators and ambush their prey, which are usually Fraids.] Mipnura: [An apex land predator. They resemble a quadrupedal mammal with usually dark fur and lighter underbelly’s. They are about 3 Fraids tall and have big noses which allow for a keen sense of smell. They have long, droopy ears which typically blend in with the color of their fur, making it look like they have no ears at all. In total, they have 6 limbs and sharp claws on each for ripping into prey and also allow for extreme speed, being much faster than usual prey. They typical hunt together in packs for efficiency and to ensure easy meals, but occasionally a Mipnura will hunt alone. As a courtship gesture, Mipnura will bow and shake their tails over their head to impress the mate.] Whisper: [Whisper is a female Greater Nethermare. She’s notably taller than some other Nethermare’s, even among other Greater Nethermare’s, along being very flexible. She has a white crescent marking on her forehead and chest with rather big wings and majestic, iridescent feathers. Personality wise she’s very monotone, stoic and mature, not showing many emotions, but when something disgusts her she’ll make it clear. She doesn’t give Secret verbal affection very often but makes up for with in an over abundance of physical affection. She is the guardian and romantic partner of Secret, Anatomia’s astral body. At one point Whisper was a normal and ordinary Nethermare, but after becoming enlightened/astral by Secret, she wasn’t exactly very mortal anymore. Whisper has a brother, who is the exact same age as her, named Wither. However, Whisper and Wither are largely not in contact anymore, hardly talking to each other at all.] Wither: [Wither is a male Greater Nethermare, but despite being a Greater Nethermare, is only about as tall as, if not smaller than Lesser Nethermares. Wither’s feathers and black in color, dirty, and brittle while also having very tattered and torn wings, meaning Wither is unable to fly like a Nethermare should. Wither is the brother of Whisper, Secret’s guardian, however, the two of them are largely not in contact anymore, rarely ever speaking to each other. Wither is a runt, and only really gets the food he needs by scavenging dead corpses. Wither is VERY jealous of Whisper, which led to a disliking of her, but that’s nothing compared to the resentment and loathing towards anything and everyone around. Despite his anger and hatred, he’s all bark and no bite, and can be very frightful of others when they show even the slightest bit of aggression. Wither would always be picked on and bullied due to his stunted growth, which led to him being gaining the nickname “Wither the Fraid” by the other Nethermare’s due to his patheticness just like the Fraids. Wither wants nothing more than power and revenge, to destroy all of the Netherworlds and Anatomia as a whole.] Ember: [the assistant of the Demideity of rebirth, Hellmouth. Ember has a tall, pale body covered in short white feathers. Ontop of his head, he has short white hair. He’s very lithe, so skinny to the point where his bones are visible through his skin. He has no left eye as well as the left side of his face is covered with burned, rusted blood. The hole in his forehead that were originally used to hold the fragments of Anatomia has been scabbed over by his corroded blood. His hands and feet are similar to the scaly talons of a bird and he has a long, charred, feather-like tail. On top of his head he wears a crown with eight total prongs that was made from scrap pieces of the railroad of the Hellmouth. Around his neck is a chain that binds him to the Hellmouth which is effectively unbreakable. As the prisoner of the Nethermost, Ember’s job is to help the Hellmouth reincarnate souls, and if he is ever inflicted with fatal damage he can recover from, he will be reincarnated in the same body, and still bound to the Hellmouth. Personality wise, he has two moods; extreme depression and crippling loneliness or deranged, manic fixation, as well as being a massive sadomasochist, typically found harming himself in various ways, such as burning himself alive in the Hellmouth’s mouth, getting in between the Hellmouth’s wheels and letting it crush him, etc.. no damage he takes is ever permanent, and he quickly heals it all off. Ember used to be Secret, Anatomia’s astral body, as a split version of her subconscious. But, after attempting to end all of Anatomia along with themself by letting the body get hit by a train, it had split Secret and Ember, as well as Anatomia and creating the Nethermost. Secret, having not sustained any injuries from the train, banishes Ember to the Nethermost. Ember, despite resenting his job and Secret herself, wanting nothing more than to kill her when he gets free, has taken a mild liking to the Hellmouth to the point of considering the train his romantic partner.] Hellmouth: [Hellmouth, the demideity of reincarnation in Anatomia. It takes the appearance of a large industrial train with two carts; the main, actual train part, and the tender which stores spiritual matter, however, instead of smoke coming from the smokestack like normal trains, it’s instead the souls that are reincarnated in Anatomia. The process the Hellmouth takes to reincarnate spirits is rather simple. First, a spirit is killed by the Hellmouth via running them over, the spirit is collected by Ember and stored in the Hellmouth’s tender. The spiritual matter is thrown into the Hellmouth’s Firebox, the burnt matter is used as fuel, the soul extracted from the spirits comes through to the boiler, and souls are dispersed from the boiler through the smokestack as a gas that, when reaches Anatomia, is reincarnated as a new being.] Pest: [Pest, whose title is the Disseminator of Illness, is, to be put shortly, possibly the worst person in any of the Netherworlds of Anatomia in nearly every way. Pest is a Proto-Nethermare who takes the appearance of a tall, skinny humanoid with a mostly black body, white face, and very long insect legs that are nearly 70% of his total height. He has a gross orange eye in the center of his chest, the sclera of his eyes are blood red, as well as a red tongue that can extend up to infinite lengths. Unlike normal Nethermare’s, Pest has arms that are not wings. Just like normal Nethermare’s, Pest has pointy ears that change position depending on his emotions. His hair is black much like the rest of his body and is long enough to reach down to his waist. Pest is the ex lover of Secret, Anatomia’s astral body, though wasn’t exactly the best influence on her. Pest was deranged, psychotic, sociopathic, insane, sadistic, masochistic, and irredeemable in every quality. What made Secret fall for Pest in the first place? Nobody knows, not even Secret herself. Tho, at one point or another, Secret was happy with Pest. Despite such, Pest’s influence on Secret did lead to the indirect creation of Ember inside of Secret’s consciousness, and as well as indirectly nearly ending Anatomia due to Ember’s attempted suicide in Secret’s body. After Secret’s recovery from the train incident, Secret and Pest broke up and Secret wanted nothing more to do with him. Pest didn’t like this at all, and out of desperation of filling the void Secret left, Pest started to make clones of her, vomiting guts and gore out of his mouth, and the bloody gore would either fail to survive or form into a clone, or attempted clone of Secret. These clones are designed to be hopelessly in love with and dependent on Pest, having some of Secret’s memories, but specifically only the best and most fond memories Pest and Secret had together. These clones of Secret that managed to survive past the initial stage, for the most part, were very aggressive to both themselves and the other clones, so they never last very long.] Secret’s clones: [Theres a few of clones of Secret in Anatomia, and this is all due to Pest, the Disseminator of Illness, creating figures in her image due to how much he misses her. Despite being clones of Secret, most of them look nothing like her, only having a generally similar head shape to her. In appearance, Secret Clones can vary heavily. Some have red, furless bodies, some have pitch black bodies, some have white bodies just like the original Secret. Some of them even lack facial features such as eyes or a mouth or have severe disabilities and disturbing physical traits. all of the Secret clones have memories from the original Secret which Pest deliberately put into them, and a majority believes themself to be the original and the only Secret. All Secret clones fall into two categories of being either aggressive or passive, with the majority being aggressive. Aggressive Secret clones are mostly seen attacking and preying on each other while the passive ones are usually the prey for the aggressive ones. Most of the discarded Secret clones, the ones Pest deemed as failures to be like the original Secret are underground, under Pest’s rule, tho some of them do free roaming such as Screech and Mumble.] Filth: [Filth is one of the many clones of Secret that was created by Pest, and in Pest’s eyes, is the most successful one. Much like Secret, Filth resembles a Fraid with white fur, except Filth is a lot taller and more humanoid than a typical Fraid, and her facial expressions are very unnatural and distorted. Filth is full entirely of parasitic worms which have essentially taken over her body, and these worms open up holes in Filth’s body which they emerge from. Due to this, Filth lacks a right eye, and right of her face is instead a bunch of holes infested with the parasitic worms. By nature of being a clone made by Pest, Filth has the memories of Secret but only specifically the memories that showed the best of their relationship before the break up, thus making Filth helplessly in love with Pest. Tho, due to the worms basically eating Filth’s brain, she’s been rendered hardly able to properly speak, every word she says is mispronounced and misspelled.] Screech: [Screech takes the appearance of a long, humanoid Fraid with a head resembling Secret’s except Screech lacks eyes, as well as having a mouth full of gross and crooked teeth. Screech is another clone of Secret made by Pest, tho much like most of the clones, Pest did not want Screech and left her out to either die naturally or be mauled by the other aggressive clones of Secret. Screech, however, survived. Screech soon found Mumble, another clone of Secret much like herself, and basically took Mumble for herself, putting a collar on him and dragging him around with a rusty chain leash. Screech is an unapologetically cruel sadist. She acts like a school bully while also being very gross and immature. When she wants something, she’ll get it, especially when she wants something from Mumble.] Mumble: [Mumble takes the appearance of a long, humanoid Fraid with a face resembling Secret’s except Mumble’s face is more soft and timid. Mumble is another clone of Secret made by Pest, tho much like most of the clones, Pest did not want Mumble and left him out to either die naturally or be mauled by the other aggressive clones of Secret. Mumble, against all odds, survived. Screech soon found Mumble, another clone of Secret much like himself, and basically took Mumble for herself against his will, putting a collar on him and dragging him around with a rusty chain leash. Mumble usually has a smile on his face, but it’s an entirely nervous and shy smile, lacking any joy or happiness. Mumble has a straight-jacket binding his arms at all times, said straight-jacket is apart of his body meaning he can’t take it off. Mumble has no sex or genitalia, however, in his crotch area where genitalia would usually be, Screech cut a slit specifically so she could violate him. Mumble tries to stitch the wound up but Screech keeps reopening it whenever she feels desires, so the wound has undergone necrosis, making it rather gross and rotted much to Mumble’s dismay and Screech’s pleasure. Mumble is a massive pushover, and does not at all consent to Screech basically owning him, the only problem is that he’s too weak and timid to fight back. When he doesn’t want something, he’ll mumble something about refusing, but if the aggressor, who is usually Screech, keeps pushing, he won’t fight back much more. When Mumble feels threatened, which he usually does, defensive black quills will sprout from his body and stab the aggressor, this, however, does not stop Screech from having her way with him.] Needles and Puppet: [Needles and Puppet are two clones of Secret, however these two are conjoined. Needles is the main body, resembling Secret’s face greatly, and, much like Secret, is a Fraid with white fur, however, her lower body is that of a black bird. Puppet looks like a puppet made of cloth and stuffing on Needles’ left hand, but is actually his own living being with a conscious. Much like the other Secret clones, Puppet’s face looks similar to Secret’s, except Puppet’s right eye is that of a red button, much like a typical puppet would have. The two of them are both rather childish, goofy, and most of all do not at all get along very well, having a sort of tug o’ war relationship, frequently harming each other but never severe enough to where one of them would die. Needles carries around a large needle she uses as a weapon. Unlike most of Secret’s clones, who kill out of necessity or aggression, Needles and Puppet kill for entertainment.] Nil: [yet another clone of Secret. Much like the others, Nil resembles Secret, however Nil’s eyes are very dark and sunken in while his jaw always hangs open, showing his gross, sharp teeth, as well as him being very slender and looking malnourished. Nil lives in a constant state of starvation, no matter how much he eats his hunger is never sated. He will eat anything and everything, but, has cannibalistic preferences, so his typical meals are Fraids. After eating, his belly becomes distended while the rest of him remains thin. His throat is inconveniently tight, which makes eating a long and difficult process which usually includes a lot of struggle and choking. He wolfs down as much as he can, frequently choking and spewing it all back up during the process. Because Nil can’t actually digest any food, he expels in an unnatural way. When he gets too full, holes will open in his stomach and his meal, as well as a bit of his blood, will gradually leak out until his belly has returned to its normal size. He behaves in a very feral and animalistic way, scavenging around for anything to eat constantly. His posture is even more bizarre, as despite having a clearly bipedal body structure, he crawls around awkwardly on all fours like a quadruped.] Lumen: [Lumen is a Lesser Nethermare with white feathers and leans more into the “bug” aspect of Nethermares while still mostly being bird-like. Unlike other Nethermare’s, Lumen flaps his wings more bug-ish than bird-ish, and similarly, the noises Lumen makes are more bug-like, such as buzzing. Lumen is a lot fluffier compared to other Nethermares, giving him a roundish look. He does have a tail, and unlike other Nethermare’s, seems to have a yellow colored stinger at the end of said tail, however, due to being a “lesser” Nethermare, he can’t properly use his stinger. Lumen has vibrant, yellow eyes, as well as a star print on his chest that matches his eye color. Personality wise, Lumen is rather joyous and excitable, showing a wide range of emotion which is mostly joy. He has a huge crush on Whisper, often seen watching or following her, yet Whisper tries to merely ignore Lumen most of the time.]