Idris : Realm of the Shifters

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Idris was supposed to be the new world of peace and undiscovered destinies. Shifters by the hundreds fled there over a thousand years ago, when they were first persecuted by the human race. Over time, the human empires around them weakened and fell, leaving little to no humans remaining on earth, and none at all in Idris. This allowed the shifters to govern their home themselves for many generations with little problems.

The large continent of Idris was a beautiful and faithful home to the hundreds of shifters that remained, even as the human empires failed. Two large Kingdoms, Stratham and Aramore, reign over most of the land in Idris. Recently, the two have set shifters from each realm against one another in a battle of power and moral standings as the reigning rulers wage a war. Both economies are slowly falling and lives are becoming harder, not only for the commoners, but for the wealthy and high-classed as well. It is a disaster thought to befall only the naive humans. And now it befalls us.

You, whomever you have chosen to be, are stuck somewhere in the middle of this war. People are doing what they can to survive, banding together and fleeing some areas while others get together to raid smaller villages and towns in hopes of finding supplies before things get tougher. There were laws about killing and thievery, but of course, none of that matters when all of the higher-ups and officials are too busy fighting an unneeded war. The laws of the land have fallen to the hands of those in it.

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More Setting/Plot Information
Idris is located in a medieval, fantasy world where humans, shifters, and a wide variety of other sentient and non-sentient animals coincide together in a forested, mountainous region. There is no electricity or vehicles, mostly just wood and stone structures (picture something kind of like Rome/Greece but with a lot less fancy columns in most areas), but there is also magic and witchcraft. Sometimes one might spot a unicorn in the forest, or a pegasus in the sky just as one might see a herd of wild horses; most fantasy creatures are not impossible to find here, but it must be remembered that the land they exist in is one at war. Groups of raiders destroy settlements and sometimes kill civilians, less-than-stellar knights are known to invade homes and take people's belongings or otherwise harass them, and most people are struggling to find food as it is. Will you have an impact in what happens, or will you avoid the war at all costs?


Where the War Began…
Stratham and Aramore have had a rocky relationship since their creation, together, in 3201. Two brothers, grieving after their father’s death, deigned to rule both halves of the kingdom by themselves instead of together. They quickly realized it was much harder to make decisions by yourself, but instead of reconciling, they put everything they had into pushing the other down. The Kingdoms were economically unstable for nearly two hundred years until the new rulers forgot the “family feud” the two Kingdoms had been in and started anew. That was until the recent dry weather, leaving most crops to wither in the sunlight and the people to struggle for resources.

The King of Stratham in particular has had a rougher time acquiring much-needed items for his kingdom and has sent small stealth groups into the low-land borders of Aramore to find what he cannot acquire himself. These short raids have come to the notice of Aramore’s royalty and their pride won’t stand for them to be stolen from, leaving them to send more scouts and knights to patrol their borders day and night.


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Species and Shifter Information

While they’re deemed both weres and shapeshifters, these are merely humans with the abilities to change form into one species of animal, which is passed through families and gene pools (if there are more canine shifters in your family than felines, then it’s likely your children will turn out as mostly canine shifters as well). However, nearly any species is a possibility because of the ancestry in shifter lineage. Shifters are not controlled by the moon or its phases, and learn to control their shifts as they age; most have complete control by the time they’re 18 to 22, but stress and certain emotions can still force a shift throughout most of their lives. Some shifter families may have customs against marrying those of different species, but there aren’t any major laws on it.

Common Were-species
[meaning 10 of each species can be created]
dogs (of all breeds), felines (domestic and wild: normally lions, jaguars, cheetahs, etc.), predatory birds (hawks, falcons, owls, eagles, etc.), most prey animals (rabbits, deer, goats, etc.) and most other carnivores (unless named under other categories); this class also holds more common mythical species such as pegasi, jackalopes, griffins, hippogriffs, manticores, chimeras, etc.

Uncommon Were-species
[meaning 6-8 of each species can be created]
foxes, wolves, and coyotes, exotic felines (some tigers, ocelots/servals & other African cat species), most bears, weasels, and ferrets (or otherwise carnivorous, small creatures); this class also holds less common mythical creatures such as the pheonix, thunderbirds, chupacabras, crocottas, Wolpertingers, hellhounds, etc.

Rare Were-species
[meaning about 4 of each species, max]
hyenas, African painted dogs, snow leopards, arctic foxes, polar bears, and many other endangered species. the rarest is dragons, as there's only 3-4 known ones left in the world; this class also holds least common mythical creatures, like the peryton, the chamrosh, Caladrius, Enfields, wyverns, Nemean lions, etc.