The Anyth, the lower half of the Gates, is a remnant of the Terra-war. Descendants of the survivors from the NOA, the Nations of Anyon, live here. Together with Archeston, the Anyth forms what is collectively known as “the Gates”, a name derived from the cities’ proximity and shared architectural style. This is an Archeston termed name, the Anyth does not respect or refer to themselves as anything by the Anyth.
Unlike the towering heights of Archeston, the Anyth is overcrowded, decaying, and starved of resources. Its people live among unstable buildings, many of which are deteriorating, leaning into one another, or already collapsing. Built three kilometres above the planet’s surface, the Anyth was originally constructed as a refuge from the REDD. Now, however, it has become a place of confinement as much as protection.
The Heavens avoid direct involvement in the Anyth’s affairs. As a result, the district is locked in a constant struggle for survival. Resources are scarce, and none are more precious than vegetation, known simply as the Green. Cherished by every citizen, the Green is essential to daily life and has become a symbol of both survival and dignity.
Criminals within the Anyth are still required to stand trial, with imprisonment being the most severe punishment. However, the Anyth have a unique and strict method of carrying out imprisonment. Criminals are marched to the border between the Anyth and Archeston, where they are forced to cross into Archeston territory. Once they cross the border, they are immediately arrested on sight by the Gatekeepers.
Under the Heaven’s Law, crossing the border is considered a Category 3 offence of trespass. This results in temporary imprisonment within Archeston, as well as the implantation of a moon within the offender’s eyes. In this way, the Anythians imprison their criminals indirectly by sending them into Archeston, where they are placed in Archeston’s prisons.
One cultural practice sets the Anyth apart from Archeston: the burial of the dead. In Archeston, bodies are discarded without ceremony. In the Anyth, however, the dead are carefully transported down to the planet’s surface for formal burial. This process is difficult, costly, and resource-intensive, but it is regarded as a sacred act. To return the dead to the ground is to honour their lives, their suffering, and their connection to the planet itself.
A distinctive greeting used primarily within the Anyth is a firm handclasp with one hand facing upward and the other downward. Ordinary handshakes can still occur; this is a characteristic alternative.
The person offering the greeting extends a hand palm up, keeping their four fingers together. The other person reaches forward with a hand palm down. Each curls their fingers around the other person’s hand to form a firm, hooked clasp, resembling the grip used to help someone climb out or pull them up. Each person’s fingers remain grouped side by side: they do not weave between the other person’s fingers. The thumbs remain outside the clasp and do not touch one another. The hands retain their palm-up / palm-down orientation rather than rotating into a conventional handshake.
This is the director’s intended greeting design. Its exact visual execution remains to be explored; preserve the grouped fingers, separate thumbs and opposing palm directions in any depiction.
Daily life in the Anyth is defined by pressure, exhaustion, and resentment. Domestic and conversational moments between its people often feel fractured and strained. Characters vent constantly, circling back to the same injustices, shortages, and humiliations that dominate their lives. Survival demands relentless labour, and when they return home, their exhaustion turns into complaint, bitterness, and fatalistic reflection.
These exchanges rarely bring comfort. Instead, they intensify hostility. Shared frustration is redirected toward those closest to them, creating arguments, resentment, and infighting. Even attempts at connection become another arena of struggle. The emotional weight they carry spills into their relationships, reinforcing the instability they are trying to endure.
Yet beneath this tension lies the possibility of beauty and harmony. It begins when the people of the Anyth recognise the pattern for what it is. Their anger is not truly directed at one another. It comes from the system that traps them in cycles of scarcity, stress, and despair.
Once they understand that this chaos is being deliberately produced to divide them, they can begin to reframe their conflict. Their infighting is revealed as a symptom, not the cause. This realisation opens the possibility of unity. By acknowledging the true source of their suffering, the people of the Anyth can begin to cooperate, resist, and confront the forces that keep them living this way.
One responsibility of the Founders is to demolish buildings through the Anyth where their citizens live in order to maintain passage for sunlight into the Anyth for power and crops.
Anythian’s refer to months as ‘cycles’ or ‘moons’. Some of the iconic banner signature tribe colours of the initial Anyth at the start of the show are BLUE and GREEN - patriot colours, used only really for very Anyth based stuff.