Sunlight Foundation

The Sunlight Foundation is a group founded and led by the Immortals, with a singular goal of returning humanity to the surface of Aer. Over time, due to disagreements about the best paths to bring this about and several schisms, the organization has grown into a fragmented mix of different cliques pursuing different avenues and goals. The core executives of the group are titled 'Rivers', with the core sect of scientists who have found ways to prolong their lives titled the 'Immortals'.

Immortals
• Yangtze, is the Sovereign of the Sunlight Foundation, keeping herself alive by growing backup bodies and implanting her memories in them, in the same method in which Pelagis are grown.

• Euphrates, is an Immortal who is incapable of aging or dying due to a condition; it has kept her alive since the surface was habitable.

• Tigris, is an Immortal who imperfectly inherited Euphrates's immortality after an emergency spinal fluid transfer to keep her alive.

• Nile, an Immortal accidentally infected with a vast number of diseases that have perfectly preserved her body, but requires constant medical management to keep herself from becoming contagious.

• Hudson, an Immortal who earned her position through bio-mechanical replacements of her entire body.

• Potomac, an Immortal who grows and surgically replaces organs as a method of preserving and extending her life [[Cite|Meanwhile Potomac keeps herself eternally youthful and alive through her discoveries in pluripotent stem cell therapy and surgery. She grows and discards organs as needed.|11|7}}.

• Norn von Fueller, formerly the Immortal known as Cocytus. Associated with the Sunlight Foundation until Operation Deicide and the events following it caused her to abandon the organization, surrendering her title.

• Majida al-Khaybari, honorary Immortal due to her position as an Apostle.

• Maryam Karahailos, honorary Immortal.

• Daksha Kansal, formerly the Immortal known as Ganges.

• Selene Anahid, a former River.

• Neretva, a recently promoted River. Currently aboard the Antenora.