The Children of Earth and Sky

A thousand generations before the time of the great flood, a race of travelers from the stars found a new home on a small planet at the edge of their galaxy. They called themselves the Nepa Alma and to the natives of this planet, they seemed an immortal race as there seemed to be no weapons that would harm these strange beings. The Nepa Alma were quite tall with light skin and hair. Their eyes seemed to glisten in the sunlight and glow in the dark.

The natives of this new world were much smaller in stature than the Nepa Alma, yet more robust in their appearance. They came to be called the Nuel Grae, which in the Nepa language meant “heavy faced.” They were dark skinned creatures, more animal than humanoid, but they were highly intelligent and had the ability to adapt to any situation. The males of this species were mighty hunters, seemingly unafraid of the great beasts that roamed this new world.

However, it was the Nuel Grae females that captured the attention of the new arrivals. Though their own females stood out for their beauty, the Nuel females were as hearty and steadfast as their males. A single Nuel female could easily take on four or five Nepa males in hand-to-hand combat. But that was never going to happen as the Nepa were technologically superior to the natives. While the Nuel Grae still lived in caves, the Nepa Alma developed an entire city out of the stones from around where they had landed, in only a few days.

When they first arrived, there were a total of about 400 Nepa Alma aboard a single craft. Of those, most were male. On their home planet, a female could force the males to fight to the death for a chance to be with her for a single night of unbridled passion. Nepa females enjoyed the act of mating and learned from an early age how to lure a male into her lair. A Nepa female had to achieve a heightened level of passion in order to become impregnated. Though this helped to control the population, it soon became a problem as their numbers declined.

On this new planet, the female population was nearly ten times that of their home world. It didn’t take long for the Nepa males to realize it would be easier to mate with the Nuel females. Though they weren’t exactly willing partners, many of the Nepa males took Nuel females as their mates. These females quickly realized that life with these males was much easier than they had ever known. Though they were treated little better than pets, they were warm, well fed, and quickly became pregnant.

The Nepa females soon found themselves without males. Though they found the Nuel males hideous, they realized that they were more than willing to fight for a chance to mate with one of the beautiful females. It was the fight itself that brought the Nepa females to their passionate frenzy. Nepa males would always fight in a civilized manner, whereas Nuel males had a more animalistic style. It was this sheer raw behavior that brought the females to their fullest passions. Before long, they too became pregnant. While both species were of humanoid origins, it soon became clear that their biologies were quite different.

When the first of the hybrid children were born, most were either horribly deformed or died shortly after birth. Many of the Nuel females found it difficult to bring these much larger babies into the world. The Nepa females had an easier time giving birth, but their offspring seemed to have insatiable appetites. However, a few of the children survived to become the first of their kind. They were strong and brave like the Nuel Grae, yet tall and beautiful like the Nepa Alma. They became known as the Titino Gianos, meaning “children of Earth and sky.” And they came to inherit the Earth.