The Mountain People

The Mountain People are a segment of the population that primarily live in the Rocky Mountains on Earth. The population is primarily made up of humans, though organic creatures from other planets and some organic (non-machine) sentient Earth-based entities can also be found among them. They do not typically interact positively with sentient machines or artificial intelligence.

Mountain People Overview
The Mountain People are segment of the population on Earth who are opposed to many forms of Technomancy and unbridled technological development. The majority of them are especially hostile towards artificial intelligence or machine capable of passing a Baseline Sentience Test. However, they do not completely shun the use of technology and have homes and lifestyles comparable to the majority of the Earth human population.

While they share several common beliefs, they are not a single united people. Mountain People is more of a catch-all term used by the rest of the population to describe several different groups of individuals within the area. They are also sometimes referred to as Neo-Vikings or Space Druids by outsiders, though these terms may be considered offensive by some.

Notable Mountain People
Kulten was one of the first crewmembers of the ASV Necro Construct and served as the ship's pilot. While the ship was heavily manned by Necro Bots, Kulten felt that the looming threat of the Old Ones and other eldritch threats were greater than that of the sentient machines and agreed to work alongside them, as well as tolerate Xanthus' Technomancy. Eventually Kulten would find that it was too difficult to breathe on many of the cities, planets, and space ports frequented by the crew and had to leave the crew and return to the mountains for health purposes.