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Congratulations graduate,
First off, let me congratulate you on your graduation earlier this month – your test results have been satisfactory for you to join our society in Toronto, one of the few major cities and save heavens in North America. As you know, each member is born nameless, assigned only the standard XXXX code with their own personal identification number. The guilds, your teachers, your parents and all members of society started to watch you and guide you since your early days, honing out your potential and determining where you would fit in. At 5, 9, 13 and 16 you received a new part of your code significant as to where you most likely would fit in. Now, 18 years after your birth, you have finally been given a real name, a name to call your own. No matter what you choose or what happens to you, wear it proudly and bring honor to those who bore it before you.
I am pleased to say that you have been selected to join this year’s group of Alpha trainees, an opportunity to train and join the Alphas that guard our city. This is a big honor and not to be taken without consideration for it is easy to be blinded by the prestige and glory that we associate with being an Alpha. It is hard and tedious work, emotionally and physically draining, full of pain and death. Fear is a constant factor in our line of work but fear is what keeps us alive. Training will consist of two parts – physical and psychological lead by the finest instructors in the field.
Should you pass the training, you will be assigned into a two year internship program with one of the Alpha groups, rotating between scout and patrol. Your pack members will deem your worth once the two years are up – if they deem that you are a true Alpha, you will pledge to the Guild and become a full member of Toronto’s Alpha Pack. If at any point, your performance is deemed unsatisfactory or your attitude is deemed inappropriate for an Alpha, you will be removed from the program and your punishment will be determined by the inner-city Guild Council.
We expect your answer within three days after which, if there is no answer, you will be removed from guild and re-evaluated into another guild (excluding Gamma) that will contact you with their own rules and regulations. Do be aware, becoming an Alpha is a privilege and the Alpha guild can terminate its offer at any time unlike the other Guilds. City protection is not to be taken lightly, please understand this when making your decision.
After your acceptance, we will send you full rules, expectations, additional information, training schedule and contract that you are expected to bring, signed, when you sign in at the Head Quarters.
All the Best,
Juliet Deware, Head of Alpha Training
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This is the letter you have received almost 3 years ago. Much has changed since then, much that you never anticipated. You didn’t think that you’d fail when you took up the challenge. Training passed, good for some, painful for others but none the less, you labored away at the physical and mental alike under the watchful, ever evaluating eyes of Juliet Deware. Some of you have passed – out of the 200 invited to join the Alphas, only 50 managed to end up being placed as a trainee in an Alpha pack. Others were returned to their original placements, training to become the best in their discipline, applying what they learned in the Alpha introduction to advance ever quicker through your studies.
That was about two years ago, a little less. You have never intended to end up in the cages, awaiting your punishment. And when they left you alone for a few days, there was so much what went through your head, so much that no one will ever know: perhaps it made you stronger, perhaps it started to drive you mad, maybe it simply started to break you, reducing you to desperation. You knew the law as well as anyone – all violations of the laws deem exile outside the city walls and permanent banishment from the city. So as you sat there in your cell, you waited for what was truly about to come.
However, fate seems to have so many twists. When you finally stood the Council, you were given a choice. No one ever gets a choice but, unknown to the world, some do. Strong ones, warriors and survivors, those who have seen death and felt pain – those just like you. And the choice is simple really, more of a joke: try to survive the Wild as is or become part of the Gamma experiments. For some reason, something forces you to become a specimen, to join the program easily nicknamed “Fauna”, a dedication to the ancient Greek Goddess…or was she Roman? You don’t really care – no one ever survives the Wild and you are desperate to take any advantage you can to survive. Even temp death.
You wake up in a hospital bed, lights glaring and some masked doctor leaning over you, asking you to blink. He mumbles something about your eyes or teeth but you are too drained to care what the details are. Beside him, an assistant it scribbling away on their notepad, frowning and fumbling with the stylus and their latex gloves. All you just want to do is sleep – you don’t feel any different – but the doctor keeps asking you to do something, to move this or that, look here, stick out your tongue. You obey as you were always taught to do but the second he’s gone, you tumble back into oblivion.
In a week, you are moved to a room with three others. You have seen them around – they were Alpha trainees too. The doctors are asking more now and the tests are getting stranger: distinguish under which cup a carrot is based on smell, calculate how big an object is based on hearing, withstand as much heat or cold as you possibly can. You follow instructions but it makes you wonder. Eventually, they move you to a dorm, heavily guarded and the tests become a lot more physical – balance, agility, stamina. Some are easy, some are hard as they usually are but the doctors seem pleased. You don’t know why for you are never told the results.
In two months, you are finally sentenced to be exiled – the experiment was a success. You are lost for you have no clue whether the experiment helped you or not, have no idea what it even was. The doctors all seem satisfied though and praise you each time they see you but you aren’t any different, are you? Did the society lie? You don’t know – all you know is that you are now standing before the heavy outside doors leading into the Wild, the same doors you have once entered with excitement alongside your pack members, the doors that hold your doom. Twelve of you are exiled today, twelve facing their destiny. And all you have for protection is your knowledge, your training and the hypothetical experiment that may have worked.
Welcome to the Portolage
The Portolage
The Portolage is an event that happened in 2254 C.E. and marks the epiphany of human kind, the tip of the mountain before humanity took 10, 000 steps back, starting down the slippery slope. The United World Research and Development in Science (UWRADS for short) has made a breakthrough in their long, seemingly hopeless experiment – recreate living organisms from historical DNA, making their cognitive abilities as close as possible to those of human. The hope was to one day be able to restore the greatest minds of the past to work on solving problems such as hunger, diseases and other social issues.
The experiment – named “Castling“– focused on recreating the unique abilities of the human brain that diversify a common man from any other creature capable of thought on Earth which bringing back to life prehistoric predators, mainly from the Pleistocene era, as the physical brain size of these large creatures was roughly the same as those of humans and skulls were big enough to grow an enhanced cerebral cortex, closely resembling those of humans. Earlier versions of the experiment included work with prehistoric prey but were unsuccessful. The animals continued to be bred and genetically modified to provide more nutritious meat, effectively adding a small solution to the food shortages around the world.
The animals, kept in tight quarters, constantly supervised and restrained by the latest technology available, were being genetically modified and enhanced to show signs (early stages) and later on full comprehension of the following concepts: Humor, Appreciation of beauty, Self-consciousness, Awareness of death, Understanding time, Connections between words, Meaning of life, Malleability, Lack of harmony with nature, A sense of morality, Character, Free moral agency, Capacity for wisdom, Desire for worship and Love.
Although Castling was only a partial success, it was the beginning of the end. While the predators displayed most of the cognitive features of men, UWRADS continued to treat the subjects as simple, dumb organisms driven by desire instead of adapting to the newly formed individuals. Frustration grew within the captives all over the world, species separated and recreated in UWRADS’ labs corresponding to their original territory (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia), slowly the creatures becoming more aggressive. However, it wasn’t until the first casualty that the end really began.
On December 15th, 2254, young scientist Robert Abernell was killed during a standard, daily session with a beardog in the North American lad near Vancouver, Western Canada State. No one ever understood what exactly had passed between Robert and experiment 408 nicknamed “Teddy” but no one in UWRADS was willing to risk other employees being destroyed by the apex predator.
Experiment 666 was immediately disposed and all would have been well if a passing smilodon, led by its handlers back from a medical procedure hadn’t witnessed the event. The news caused an uproar within the holding pens and that night, the North American rebel began. All experiments broke out of their confinement, killing humans and destroying the lab. Escaping into the wild, they started attacking villages and towns, vicious and merciless. Unprepared for such an attack, humanity was hit by surprise. By February 11th, 2255, only six cities remained in North America.
The news spread like wildfire and experiments saw it as their chance for freedom and for vengeance – on December 20th, the same containment breach occurred in the southern continent, on December 23rd Asia saw mass destruction, December 28th and 29th marked the downfall of the African and European labs respectively. Finally, on January 15th, Australia was the last to fall.
Within a year, humanity was reduced to only 24 cities still standing, the animals taking over the majority of the land. The human world was in ruins – knowledge, science, weapons and much more was lost or destroyed, the blueprints damaged or resources lacking. Both sides made a truce, staying in their own zones to allow for lick their wounds and restore some order. Since then, the fauna has bloomed, becoming stronger and more dangerous. Humanity too has changed and survived but it is no longer the dominant species, unable to expand into the land it once called its own. And that is how the age of the Partolage began.
The Council
In 2352, the delegated leaders of the 24 remaining cities left met together in New York as by then, it was the most rebuild city in the human realm, having built up the first wall and successfully expanding beyond its original bounds as survivors had flocked to it during the years following the Partolage. In New York, after two months of discussion, the Society was created.
The Council became the governing body within the system. Each of the 24 sectors would nominate a lead specialist, each residing in a different city. They would meet once a year to discuss rules that are to be imposed worldwide including security standards, resources allocated towards each sector, tests determining placement of new Society members and ect.
Similarly, each independent city had a council. World Council Members were not allowed to be part of the city councils, instead asking as voices of reasons. The way the council works is simple: all 24 members have equal votes at times of peace. In times of crisis, the council member(s) in whose sector(s) the crisis falls under, would have more authority but upon aversion, the council returns to equal votes and rights. Example, during an epidemic, the Delta leader would have more authority but during an internal revolt, the Beta leader.
The Society
The way the society works is that within each city, there are 24 sectors, each following the Greek alphabet letters. Each sector or “guild” is responsible for a certain area ranging from doctors to transportations to education to internal and external security. The guilds are as follows:
Spoiler: ”The Guilds”
Each person within the Society is given a unique identification number, consisting of 4 letters and 3 digits (i.e. FRDS190). Babies are born under a code of 4 Xs and 3 digits (i.e. XXXX543) and are constantly observed by parents, teachers and caregivers. At the ages of 5, 9, 13 and 16, they acquire a letter in place of one of the Xs, ranging from A to Z, giving a sense of the child’s potential (A mean high potential, Z mean low). The code does not change and while it gives a rough identification, it is by no means the only way a child is tested.
Each year, students must pass exams. Those who fail are given a two month grace period before retaking them. If they fail a second time, they are moved to the class below them. At 18, final examinations to enter the Society take place. Individuals who fail those exams immediately lose their ability to be invited to become an Alpha or Gamma. If they fail the exam a second time, they cannot be part of the Society and become the Distilled.
After a successful pass of their exam, each 18 year old is placed within the sector to which they have the most potential EXCEPT Alpha and Gamma. These two guilds have the right to hand pick the best of the best, inviting them to join the training to see if they would be deemed fit. At any point, an Alpha or Gamma trainee may be returned to their original sector, continuing the education there.
The Society itself runs on a Communist type structure – all sector members get an apartment or housing big enough to fit a kitchen, at least one bathroom, living room, bedroom for family and rooms for a private room for each kid. When a family grows, they are relocated to a new place, once kids marry and move out, parents are relocated to a smaller place. Children may only move out once married and starting their own family unit. Resources such as food are rationed and given out once a week, clothing and other things are given as needed. For good work and service, families are allowed to visit the warehouses and “shop” for objects.
Money does not exist in the world as all is regulated by the Council. Any disobedience of the laws of the Society and the Council mean exile for any individual above 18. Underage delinquents are moved to a different city and placed under close surveillance. Exiles cannot, under any circumstances, return to the city they have offended however, nothing but the Wild stops them from reaching another city and starting new (though no such events have been documented yet).
The Current Cities
There are currently 24 cities around the world that have survived and grown significantly stronger. Each one has a marginal advantage in one sector. You have been raised in New York City, the Alpha Council leader residing inside the walls, thick and massive, a barrier between the outside Wild and the citizens. There are two sets of wall - the thinner inside wall, separating the city itself from the fields and lands surrounding it. Farms and fields as well as the airport and train station are in between the walls. The thick outer walls mark the boundary between safety and peril. Only the Alphas - and the exiles - ever set foot outside.
The other cities in North America are:
~ Mexico City (Pi Sector)
~ Toronto (Nu Sector)
~ L. A. (Beta Sector)
~ Huston (Sigma Sector)
~ Havana (Phi Sector)
The map can be viewed here.
The Prey
These animals are not as highly developed intellectually as those who hunt them however, they have adapted to become faster and their survival instinct has evolved to allow them to outrun most predators. They were released during the Portolage although some species are kept within city walls as a food source, captured in the Wild and brought back.
Spoiler: Woolly Mammoth”
Spoiler: ”Stag-moose”
Spoiler: ”Paramylodon”
Spoiler: ”Megalonyx”
Spoiler: ”Bootherium”
Spoiler: ”Giant Beaver”
Spoiler: ”Bison Antiquus”
Spoiler: ”Mastodon”
Spoiler: ”Equus Lambei”
The PredatorsLittle is remembered about these animals. Most of the information from the original experiment was destroyed when all the Predators escaped confinement and currently, it is impossible to collect adequate data. It is safe to assume that these animals are highly intelligent with their own languages, cultures and ideals.
Spoiler: Smilodon
Spoiler: American Lion
Spoiler: Short Faced Bear
Spoiler: Direwolf
Spoiler: Bear Dog
Spoiler: Hyaenadon
Spoiler: Homotherium
Please read before proceeding - super importantSpoiler: The Rules - Please Read - UPDATED
Accepted Characters
1. CEBA113 Rover ~ Breggo13
2. BEIA519 Jason Lee ~ Dr. Insano
3. BENA777 Seven ~ Elizabeth16
4. ANAB888 Arian ~ William61
5. ZRKA214 Matthew K. Emris ~ NecroNama
6. ZCAA532 Michael ~ Avalon Hoef
7. HOME555 Diablo ~ Avalon Hoef
8. CFBB333 Hector Raglan ~ WolvesOfWriting
9. BREF529 Remus Sykes ~ Clyde
10. ACDE802 Gael ~ Ace of Knaves
11. ASER281 Falkner ~ Clyde
12. BCBD904 Cherish ~ Breggo13
Please note, multiple people can come from certain Sectors but please, don’t all be an Alpha or Gamma. If you want to be from any other sector, tell me why your character with their knowledge would be beneficial to the survival of the group. Be creative and have fun
Spoiler: FAQ - Check for Clarifications
Spoiler: ”Character Sheet”
The Experiment will be revealed after the cast is formed. If you have any questions or ideas, do not hesitate to ask.
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