First Multiversal Duplication
'First Multiversal Duplication
The First Multiversal Duplication refers to the population of one of the three multiversal duplications of the survivors of the Lucidus mission who originally populated the continent of Illuminatia. The First Multiversal Duplication settled in primary settlement cities in the southeastern region of the continent, primarily along the cost of Randall Bay. This region of Illuminatia continues to be predominantly populated by descendants of the First Multiversal Duplication, though migration has blurred this distinction.
The First Multiversal Duplication can also be used to refer to the land occupied predominantly by descendants of the First Multiversal Duplication. These lands in southeast Illuminatia extend from the primary settlement cities to include regions around the secondary and tertiary settlement cities that were founded by the original settlers and their offspring.
The region occupied by the First Multiversal Duplication is bounded to the northeast by the Timmons Range, to the southwest by the Transilluminatian Range, and to the north and west by an ambiguous border traversing the land that separates the generally north-flowing River Marlene basin and the generally south-flowing Adamopolitan River basin. Explorers originating from the primary and secondary settlement cities of the First Multiversal Duplication lost their inertia as they reached the headwaters of the Adamopolitan River and stopped creating new settlements. Meanwhile, the explorers from the northern region of the Third Multiversal Duplication never reached further than the areas adjacent to the River Marlene before reducing their settlement activity, and therefore the regions remained relatively exclusive.
Adamopolis is the largest city within the First Multiversal Duplication. Other important metropolitan areas in the First Multiversal Duplication include Anthem, Overture, Julie Ann, and Melody. The Randall Bay Megalopolitan Complex resides completely within the bounds of the First Multiversal Duplication.
The city of Voston, while it is adjacent to both the interior lands of the First Multiversal Duplication and the Third Multiversal Duplication, is considered to be predominantly populated by neither group. Voston was chosen as the capital of Illuminatia and settled in its inland location intentionally to avoid placing the continent's governmental power center within the lands of any particular multiversal duplication in efforts of avoiding any real or perceived bias or favoritism toward any population.
Since all three multiversal duplications were copies of essentially the same original people who crewed the Lucidus ships, cultural differences between the populations are minimal. Any observable differences between the populations that can be generalized to the whole region occupied by the multiversal duplication at large and averaged between metropolitan populations can be attributed merely to geographic considerations such as climate and topography.
The region of the First Multiversal Duplication was home to the Eastern Commission on The Anomaly, an early governmental committee established exclusively to provide representation to the perspective of the population of the First Multiversal Duplication relating to The Anomaly in a vacuum of the other two multiversal duplications.
The protolucidian sub-language of Quasilucidian sees some of its most heavy usage within the region of the First Multiversal Duplication, specifically along the southwestern shore of Randall Bay, however Quasilucidian also sees extensive use within the Second Multiversal Duplication in the South Coast Megalopolitan Complex. The Protolucidian Major sub-language is also used within the First Multiversal Duplication region's northeast Randall Bay Short, particularly in the Anthem metropolitan region.