The Splinterzone is the result of a massive dimensional anomaly on Mars that has brought together multiple versions of red planet from parallel realities, changing the environment radically from that which the CAN encountered when they founded their colonies. A strange pandimensional ecosystem has emerged (see Life on Mars) and various races and histories have been thrown together into a freakish blend of possibilities.

Known deities and religions:
Apep
Ares
Church of Ares
Jupiter
Night Brethren
Red Cadre
Romulus
Sons of Romulus
Temple of Issus
The Dark Mother
The Striders

Known factions:
Black Hill Army
Black Reavers
Draka
Olympus
Scales of Fate
The Pilgrims

Known locations:
Clark Hills
Copernicus
Galle
High Arch
Low Fan
Newtown
Noden
Olympus
Redwall
Tharsis Montes
Various sites of CAN facilities

Known major races:
apeboy
bug
dogboy
Hrossa
human
reptilian
Sil’ess – extinct, unless Acher really is one of The Returned
Trigg