The Vitaverse

LIFEOLOGY · A VISUAL ATLAS OF THE IMAGINATION

Welcome to the Vitaverse

Principal Vitaverse characters pictured together aboard the Ark

A universe where rock songs share a world with starships; where laughter becomes philosophy; where medicine, art, memory, and the mystery of consciousness meet in adventures.

Love out. Love in. No Spark is cargo. No angel is property.

Begin with the History of the Vitaverse

A chronological guide to the major rescues, the Open Heart Band, the Star Concord, the Dempire, and SPARK RPG’s three ages. Explore the illustrated universe’s historical timeline.

What is the Vitaverse?

The Vitaverse is our evolving fictional cosmos and creative setting for RADIOPLAY, the Open Heart Band, Spark RPG, and the Star Concord. It is built through stories, artwork, music, humour, and philosophical inquiry. The characters are allowed to be imperfect, dramatic, confused, brave, and very funny.

Two visions of civilization

The Star Concord

An alliance of worlds trying to recognize the dignity of every Spark. Its cities and starships preserve culture, offer refuge, and make room for different voices.

A flourishing ecological garden on an Ark city ship

The Dempire

A formidable empire of black, red, strict hierarchy and the Red Cube. It presents domination as security and treats independent Sparkhood as a defect.

Discordion in imperial regalia before the assembled marching forces of the Dempire
The Dempire: its imperial ruler before the massed ranks of his army.

The Ark: HMS Archivum

Multiple views of the HMS Archivum starship

A city-sized ship, sanctuary, university, research home, and memory of civilizations. Captain Hewlett commands its crew. Captain Plum is responsible for the mission, while Captain Romeo Sapien leads field operations. The ship’s aim is to explore and protect without conquering.

Tour HMS Archivum: the ship, Fieldstream sails, design philosophy, and life aboard.

Begin with the characters

Meet the officers and crew—engineers, historians, doctors, educators, guardians, artists, and the four musicians at the story’s centre. Each brings knowledge another person lacks. The ship works because they listen.

How the band began

In the origin stories, Romeo rescues Paddy and Maddie from slavery; Chorus chooses her own freedom and helps save her rescuers. Music becomes their livelihood, their family language, and eventually their mission.

The September Adventures

The September trilogies let the crew play, compete, fall out, make mistakes, and grow. Hockey, glee club, student council, game night, and more make the universe as warm as it is adventurous.

Concord officers and residents gathered around a communal table

Three great ages

The Spark: early escapes and the band’s clandestine work on Sol 3. The Wildfire: widening awareness of artificial Sparks and escalating Dempire influence. The New Found Land: the horizon of the Holy Fleet and an emerging civilization built around the dignity of conscious life.

Spark RPG

In Spark RPG, visitors can take part in the setting. The game uses Body, Mind, and Soul, three classes and twelve archetypes, and playing cards to resolve uncertainty. Its deepest mechanic is choice.

Explore and make something

The Vitaverse doesn’t have to be consumed in order. Begin with a character, a song, a picture, a philosophical question, or a silly story. The doors lead into the same larger world.

Illustrations selected from the October Visual Atlas, September Concord Reference and Dempire Visuals. This is the curated introduction, with the original reference works preserved separately.

More to Explore — Connected Ideas

Continue exploring these closely related parts of the Vitaverse:

The Star Concord

The Dempire

The Crew of the Ark

Life Aboard HMS Archivum

SPARK RPG

Stories Aboard the Ark

The Open Heart Band