 used to rule the earth before Humanity did and they called the planet "Gaia", once the Ice Age came around they fled the planet due to their inability to survive in such weather for long. A few stayed behind, calling themselves "The hurbis", they wanted to make sure that once the Ice Age was over they could return the planet to it's original glory, but most of them died before the end of the Ice Age. They had a few children during this time span though with voidkeeper, will swallow you if bad