Behind the heavy gates and doors of Xelath Dum one could find technology that could best be described as ancient. Nevertheless it was this technology that held genetic samples of animals, plants and even humans - a technological arc so to speak. After the Great Wars of 25819 B.L. almost all life on Planet Earth had perished due to bombings with geophysical warheads loaded with Freon that would be shot into the atmosphere over the enemy. Once they had reached the ozone layer, those weapons would detonate causing the layer to tear. Every enemy that didn't change position by about 100km in a matter of 7 minutes would get heavy skin burns on a sunny day and the ultraviolet rays would cause cancer cells to grow rapidly. Agriculture was almost impossible in these areas after a Ozone Breaker - as they would call it later - had detonated. And so people, animals and plants, died a slow and painful death. Outfitted with - back then - state of the art technology a group of scientists called "The Keepers" were then sent on a mission to collect and archive the genetic code of every surviving being left on Planet Earth. - Many species however - were lost forever to the sun. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story, Characters, Idea - Copyright Noel Auer 2014 :) I had so much fun coming up with a back story for my upload "The Guardians of Xelath Dum a couple of weeks ago, that I decided to revisit the setting and show a little bit of the interior of Xelath Dum and give some more insight on the story. Maybe I'll write a book about this some day - who knows :D Poser ---> OctaneRender S/P: ~5.200 Render time: ~ 2 hrs. (GTX Titan Black + GTX 780) Light sources: HDRi + Mesh lights Shaders: RedSpec TGX 1.1 - available at www.redspec-sss.com Thanks for stopping by Take care Noel