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The Morlocks: character portrait from The Time Machine (H. G. Wells)

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The Morlocks

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells1895

A subterranean, predatory species that evolved from humans, acting as the dark counterpart to the surface-dwelling Eloi.

Also known as: the underground dwellers

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The Morlocks are a subterranean species descended from humanity, living beneath the future world visited by the Time Traveller. Predatory and hidden from view, they stand in stark contrast to the surface-dwelling Eloi, whose lives and society are shaped by the divide between above and below.

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