The Ice Age

Geological / environmental event

ENVIRONMENTAL SHIFTS DETECTED.   The Pleistocene Epoch and the Quaternary glaciation begin, where large land-based ice sheets began to form. Archaic humans begin migrating out of Africa and across Eurasia alongside larger apes. Competition pushes some ape species further into Asia to survive.

The Elder Things awaken only to find themselves surrounded by ice, conditions they are not suitable for. However, hibernation and waiting out is no longer an option. Dwindling resources, the loss of many of their numbers, and genetic degradation caused by cloning and long-term side effects from the plague had put their race in dire straits. This was to be their last stand and hope for survival. Within the Antarctic ice did they conduct their expeditions and research, studying the planet while waiting for it to warm to more suitable temperatures for colonization.