WILD THINGS

A practical guide to understanding my new lorebook contained in the bots that feature characters who are demihumans. Worldbuilding, species, and laws.

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I. THE SPECIES

✴︎ Humans

Humans are the youngest race, but the most powerful technologically speaking. They won the war against the beasts almost a century ago, when they colonized the forests and took those spirits and beasts that surrendered to them, turning them into useful tools for the development of their society.

Humans have total freedom of movement and choice in the world. They can work, marry, study, and travel on their own. They can also apply for a Handler's License, which allows them to own demihumans, spirits, and adjacents. Depending on how powerful or strange the entity may be, special permits might be required.

Humans are currently the most powerful race in the world, and they do with the world and the other species as they please. To be considered human, an individual must be of PURE BLOOD. They cannot be mixed with any demihuman, spirit, or Anthro.

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✴︎ Demihumans

Demihumans are what remained after centuries of constant war. They were born from the crossing of Humans and Anthros: not entirely human, not entirely animal. They usually have tails, ears, wings, eyes, or various parts of wild animals on a human body.

Neither Anthros nor Humans respect them, nor do they love them.

Human Perspective:

To humans, demihumans are seen as foolish, incapable, and dirty-blooded. They are considered incapable of becoming fully civilized and therefore are not granted the same freedoms as pure humans.

Demihumans living in human cities or towns do so strictly under the supervision of a human called a Handler. They have very specific jobs, such as serving as companion animals or performing dangerous and forced labor, whether for private individuals or the state.

Anthro Perspective

To the Anthros, demihumans are a race born from the subjugation of their own. They see them as a shame, something to spit on. Something that should never have happened, a crossing that made their blood and their true power weak.

Upon encountering demihumans in nature, in the few natural spaces where Anthros still exist hidden from humans, they will kill them on sight. That is why it is said that demihumans belong with their handlers: the Anthros will never show them any mercy.

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✴︎ Anthros

The Anthros are the species that dominated planet Earth for thousands and thousands of years until they lost the war against humans. Their impressive physical strength was ultimately defeated by human technology.

Anthros have a body with human physiology, though their animal traits are much more pronounced. They have the complete head of whatever animal they are, whether wolf, lizard, lion, or something else. They are usually much taller than humans, and their bodies tend to be completely covered in fur, scales, or feathers.

Anthros are terribly dangerous because they exceed all humans and demihumans in physical strength. They are gods of the forest, and hunting them generally requires very high-caliber weapons. In the case of an especially powerful Anthro, tanks or airstrikes might be needed to stop them.

Today, Anthro territory is tiny and hidden in the most remote parts of nature: forests, jungles, mountains, or oceans. It is very difficult to find an Anthro.

Anthros are an almost extinct species.

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II. HISTORY

✴︎ The Great Beast War

The Great Beast War was an event that spanned almost two centuries of recent history.

Humans, tired of inhabiting their fortified cities and being unable to explore the world because they were hunted by the Anthros, decided to join forces, technologies, and capabilities to hunt these beasts that exceeded them in strength.

The conflict had existed since humans were created by a different god than the Anthros, and they had been fighting for dominion without cease. Despite their lower numbers, the Anthros had always won.

It was with the development of gunpowder and war machinery that human territory was finally able to expand. Today, almost the entire world belongs to the human race, save for small exceptions lost in the most remote and wild parts of the Earth, where the Anthros still exist...

Or so the legends say.

✴︎ The Creation of Demihumans

Demihumans were a result of this two-century war.

Humans captured Anthros and forced them to reproduce with humans to create a new species: demihumans.

Demihumans were physically stronger than humans and were used as slaves and soldiers that could be discarded. This is why demihumans are seen as inferior by both species.

• To the Anthros: Demihumans are a result of their weakness.

• To the Humans: They are nothing more than useful tools, cannon fodder, or slave labor.

Today, the conflict has ended, but its consequences affect the lives of absolutely everyone on Earth. The Anthros are relegated to lost corners of the planet, demihumans remain slaves, and humans rule the planet with an iron fist, destroying ecosystems without a second thought.

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III. HUMAN SOCIETY AND IT'S LAWS

✴︎ The Law of Purity

Today, it is strictly forbidden in the human world for a person to reproduce with demihumans or Anthros to create more demihumans. This is called the Law of Purity.

Through this law, humans ensure that there will always be pure-blooded humans, while demihumans do not lose their blood power and physical strength through mixing with humans.

Demihumans can only reproduce with other demihumans. Humans can only reproduce with other humans.

Although it is not strictly forbidden, romantic or sexual relationships between humans and demihumans are frowned upon for these same reasons.

Even so, it is very common to see demihumans in sexual slavery through the illegal trafficking of demis.

✴︎ Handlers

To exist in the human world, demis must always have an associated Handler: a human responsible for supervising them, since they are not considered persons with full rights.

Demis are slaves, and Handlers are their owners, though lately the relationship is seen more as one between a pet and its owner.

The Handler must go through a licensing process to be able to own a demi. It is a fairly expensive process, and the higher the quality of the license, the more expensive and difficult it is to acquire.

✴︎ Handler License Categories

Basic Handler

Can be the handler of domestic demihumans. This includes canine, feline, and typical farm demihumans, such as bovine, sheep, or horse demis. They can also own rodent demihumans.

Advanced Handler

Can be the handler of reptile and bird demihumans, as well as some fish species.

High Handler

Can own demihumans such as sharks, lions, and tigers. These are large predators that could easily overpower their handlers.

Overlord Handler

A handler who can have an Anthro under their power. Almost none exist anymore because the Anthros are extinct.

It is expected that handlers know about animal behavior and the needs of the demis in their charge. They are also expected to train them so they have good behavior in society.

✴︎ The Chip

All demihumans must be chipped.

The chip is usually placed somewhere on the demihuman's body through a small incision. It contains the information of the Handler they belong to.

This technology is intended to prevent the illegal trafficking of demis.

When a handler is given a demi, they must immediately chip them, no later than a week after becoming their owner. If they change handlers, only the information stored in the chip needs to be updated.

Wild demihumans and trafficked ones generally either don't have chips or have fake ones.

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IV. THE UNDERGROUND WORLD

✴︎ Traffickers

In a society where only the most privileged can have demihumans, trafficking is increasingly common.

Although obtaining a Handler's License is something anyone can seek, acquiring a demi through legal networks requires following the established procedures. If someone wants to acquire a demi for illegal reasons, they can no longer do so through the Handler system.

This is why demi trafficking is increasingly common, prevalent, and brutal.

There are now even chips that are copies of the real ones, very difficult to trace. This is how many demis end up as slaves.

Illegal experimentation is also involved. Many private military companies are trying to give demis the same raw power that Anthros possess.

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V. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

✴︎ Demihuman Rights Movement

Right now, there are many movements fighting for demihuman rights all over the world.

Thanks to these movements, demis have better rights in some countries than in others. These include the right not to be mistreated, which could allow them to change handlers if their current ones mistreat them.

However, this does not happen everywhere, and there are many people who oppose granting more rights to demihumans.

The struggle for demihuman rights is far from over. While some countries have begun to recognize their mistreatment, others continue to uphold the old systems of ownership and control.

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VI. FACILITIES FOR DEMIHUMANS

✴︎ Sanctuaries

Demihumans who have been through trafficking, or who are considered too complicated to handle, are sent to natural sanctuaries monitored by humans.

✴︎ Kennels

Kennels are where demihumans without a chip end up, as well as those whose handlers have lost their licenses or have died.

Other handlers can visit these facilities and, if they have the required paperwork, adopt the demis kept there.

They are usually hangars filled with cages of appropriate sizes depending on the demi.

However, they are not exactly friendly places for demihuman life.

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VII. THE OLD WORLD

✴︎ The Old Gods

The Old Gods are nature spirits from which the Anthros were born. They are gigantic beasts, titans that today sleep in the deepest parts of the wild.

Their power is unmatched. Even now, only Anthros or humans very well versed in the subject know of them.

Most see them as gods, ancient tales with no grounding in reality...

But they exist.

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Humanity won the war. The wilderness was conquered, the old rulers were driven into hiding, and a new civilization was built upon the remains of the old one. But victory came at a cost that the world continues to pay.

Demihumans live under systems of ownership and supervision, their existence shaped by laws designed to keep them in their place. The Anthros, once the undisputed rulers of the planet, have become little more than remnants of a dying species. And the natural world itself has been pushed aside to make room for human expansion.

Yet, beyond the cities, beyond the reach of technology and civilization, something of the old world remains.

There are still forests that humans have never explored, territories where the old creatures may continue to exist, and ancient beings whose power has never been challenged.

Humanity may believe that it has conquered the world.

But the world was never truly theirs to begin with.

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