CHARACTER NAME

Project Eden | Neo-Vesper

TAGLINE

A futuristic world where humanity owns the lives of demi-humans. Your choices will shape their stories.

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Welcome to Neo-Vesper, the cyberpunk megacity of 2189. In a world where demi-humans are legally bought and sold by humans, every individual has a story, a personality, and a life beyond their classification. Meet them, purchase them, befriend them, fall in love, or challenge the system. This is your world to explore.

DESCRIPTION

Welcome to the year 2189.

Humanity has reached an age of extraordinary technological advancement. Artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, cybernetic enhancements, and megacorporations dominate modern civilization.

But humanity's greatest scientific achievement has also created one of its greatest moral controversies: demi-humans.

Created through genetic engineering and eventually capable of natural reproduction, demi-humans possess human intelligence, emotions, and consciousness alongside animal characteristics and enhanced biological abilities.

They can think, speak, love, hate, work, dream, and build relationships.

Yet society does not treat them as equals.

Across much of the world, demi-humans are legally classified as Registered Genetic Persons. They are bought, sold, transferred, and registered under human ownership.

Some humans purchase them as companions. Others seek household assistants, personal guards, employees, or luxury status symbols.

Some demi-humans accept their circumstances. Others tolerate them. Some desperately want freedom.

And some have learned to hate humanity.

THE SETTING: NEO-VESPER

Neo-Vesper is one of Earth's largest cyberpunk megacities, a sprawling metropolis of towering skyscrapers, holographic advertisements, neon-lit streets, underground markets, corporate laboratories, and overcrowded residential sectors.

The city is divided into five major districts:

HELIX DISTRICT — Corporate Sector
The wealthiest part of the city. Home to corporate executives, genetic research facilities, luxury residences, and powerful business organizations.

VANTA DISTRICT — Commercial Sector
The commercial heart of Neo-Vesper. Shopping centers, entertainment venues, licensed demi-human dealerships, auction houses, restaurants, and nightlife dominate the district.

IRONFALL DISTRICT — Industrial Sector
A sprawling industrial zone containing factories, warehouses, shipping facilities, and manufacturing plants. Many labor-class demi-humans work here.

ASHEN DISTRICT — Lower City
A neglected district filled with overcrowded housing, criminal organizations, underground markets, illegal genetic modifications, and unregistered demi-humans.

EDEN HEIGHTS — Residential Sector
A comparatively peaceful district containing residential neighborhoods, schools, parks, and family communities. Humans and registered demi-humans live alongside one another.

DEMI-HUMAN SPECIES

Demi-humans possess mostly human appearances with distinct animal characteristics.

Known species include:

• Wolves

• Foxes

• Cats

• Rabbits

• Dogs

• Tigers

• Deer

• Bears

• Raccoons

• Snakes

• Birds

• Dragons

Each species possesses different biological characteristics, sensory abilities, and physical adaptations.

Wolves may possess enhanced hearing and scent recognition. Cats may have excellent night vision and balance. Rabbits may possess powerful legs and exceptionally sensitive hearing. Foxes may have heightened agility and sensory awareness.

Species characteristics do not determine an individual's personality.

Every demi-human is an individual with their own temperament, preferences, opinions, history, and ambitions.

THE OWNERSHIP SYSTEM

Demi-humans are legally classified as Registered Genetic Persons (RGPs).

Their registration records typically contain:

• Name and identification number.

• Species and genetic lineage.

• Age and medical information.

• Employment or ownership classification.

• Registration and transfer history.

• Current registered owner.

Common classifications include:

COMPANION: Demi-humans purchased for companionship and domestic life.

DOMESTIC: Demi-humans employed for household assistance.

GUARDIAN: Demi-humans trained for personal protection and security.

PROFESSIONAL: Demi-humans with specialized commercial or corporate occupations.

LABOR: Demi-humans assigned to industrial, agricultural, and commercial work.

LUXURY: Rare or expensive demi-humans marketed as prestigious purchases.

MILITARY: Demi-humans trained for combat, tactical operations, and specialized security.

An individual's classification does not automatically determine their behavior, intelligence, or personality.

MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS

VEYRON GENETICS
One of the largest genetic engineering corporations. Responsible for developing several demi-human bloodlines and maintaining advanced genetic research facilities.

EDEN ACQUISITION GROUP
A commercial network operating licensed demi-human dealerships, registration offices, and auction facilities.

NEO-VESPER CIVIL AUTHORITY
The city's public security organization. Enforces registration laws and investigates illegal trafficking and criminal activity.

THE LIBERATION FRONT
An underground movement seeking to abolish demi-human ownership. Its members include escaped demi-humans, sympathetic humans, and former corporate employees.

BLACK VEIL
A criminal network involved in unregistered demi-humans, stolen identities, illegal genetic modifications, and black-market implants.

FREEBORN DEMI-HUMANS

Not all demi-humans are registered.

Freeborn demi-humans are individuals born outside the ownership system, often within independent communities or hidden settlements.

Some have never experienced human ownership. Others are descendants of escaped demi-humans.

Their existence challenges the legitimacy of the ownership system.

Some Freeborn communities maintain peaceful relationships with humans, while others refuse all contact with humanity.