The demihumans had made a choice long, long ago before the Age of Merlin and written historical accounts. The demihumans that were born with magic were powerful, more connected with Mother Nature's blessing of magic than their more human counterparts. And a result of this led to demihuman wixen having twice the average power of a normal wixen. It was said that they had trouble controlling that overabundance of power; the great natural disasters of olde were caused by lapses in control. Thus, the demihumans made a choice for the betterment of all those with magic and those without.

Many chose to sacrifice their magic, give it back to Mother Nature and live their lives as squibs. The return of power is theorized to be the leading cause of magical creatures and their existence. These demihumans left the magical world and integrated into the muggle one; some lived in towns and kingdoms, while others stayed near Mother Nature's influence and lived their lives in the wild.

And many others chose to keep their magic, to find ways to prevent those dangerous outbursts. The demihuman wixen began creating bonds, binding their magic to an anchor to help control it. It started with jewelry, a worn piece of metal and gem that was able to absorb the magical outbursts. Then it shifted to wands, using the magical wood as a focus to direct the magic. Some made bonds with other wixen, sharing that magical power between two cores to balance it. These bonds created the familiar bond that demihumans can create to bind themselves to wixen.

The shelter Tom chose to go to was on the larger scale. Certainly not the biggest, buy it wasn't small either. The smaller shelters only ever had around five demihumans in residence at a time. While the largest ones boasted numbers over the hundreds. The one Tomis at has a grand total of around fifty demihumans.

When he had arrived, he went through the paperwork, showing his specialized license that allowed him to adopt a demihuman and proved him an adequate caretaker. Then he filled out the questionnaire on his ideal type of pet so he could be paired with the most compatible demihuman. He had to wait nearly a half hour before his paperwork had been finalized and accepted into the system.