Ash Dahl
Enlightened Vagrant
This isn't a new idea, it's been done to death, but I like it, so here it is in it's barest form. You'd be playing a denizen of EverAfter, a utopia and a dystopia smooshed together, and made to kiss. It was made when all the ephemeral things: fairies, pixies, ogre, elves, orc, giants, blah blah blah decided that, finally, it was time to reveal themselves to 1920's humanity. This wasn't the best time to reveal themselves, but humans were encroaching on more and more land, so they were running out of options. The two societies merged over time, with the "Fae" (There is also a slew of derogatory words for them) gaining the quirks of humanity, and vice versa. This bubbled and brewed for a few good decades till now. The present. Where EverAfter stands as both a gleaming citadel and a gluttonous pit of squalid despair. Pixies turn tricks for pure uncut sugar (just sugar, they'd never had the stuff before the reveal), Ogres take medication to subdue their constant aggression and need to consume children, mainly the children thing, Dwarves are common thieves, stealing cars to make their "contraptions" and humans "Augment" themselves to keep up in a workplace where certain species live forever. What will you do to find your happily ever after? Is anyone interested?
City: Ever-After, on the upper west coast of Utopia (Gnomes love rebranding things, in this instance America). A Mashup of what was once Everet Washington, and the shortening of an Elven hero's name: Afterion Brighthammer, and not just a stretched premise for a city name, I swear. This area was decided after much deliberation between humanities government, and the council, a group of overpowered demi gods and mortal fae behemoth slayers. It had the forests they needed, and afforded humanity their powerful magic, and alchemy. Since it's inception, Ever-After has grown to cover most of the entire top left corner of Utopia, annexing more land the more people flock there.
Rights: Everyone has rights, even the Fae, due to the Union Accord Act (UAA-1) of 1984, all ephemeral beings were given just rights in the name of the law. But how do you weight the rights of a human, against an 80ft tall metal giant? Where do Miranda rights go when a species doesn't perceive human speech? All in all, it's been a messy situation, one that has been amended many times. Currently, we are at UAA-12.
Magic Laws: Magic is delegated by DAMM (Defense Against Misceleneous Magics) a joint task force of highly augmented humans, and their Fae counterparts. They are judge, jury, and executioner. Because when someone tries to summon a cosmic horror, you want someone there to stop them. Established in April 12th 1975
Drug Use: Tricky subject. Ogres need Calm-Me-Downs twice a day or they go on a child eating rampage. Mermaids, Men, and all other variations must consume Glamour to be able to live on land for longer than twelve hours. Pixies are forbidden sugar or any form of high process glucose. This chemical, in conjecture with their already high energy levels, equals devastation on a grand scale. Pixies are fast, pixies on sugar are faster than can be perceived by the naked, augmented, eye, that makes them living bullets without impulse control. What's worse is they get addicted to it. Then there is RED EYE the human drug, it's like spraying pandora's box straight into your retina. But it makes you nigh unstoppable, at least for a few hours. DAMM also polices illegal drug use.
Utopia/Dystopia: Humans are hard enough, but now everything else? It was really hard in the beginning but got easier when people realized something. They could delegate certain, less important, races to inferior parts of the city, while the ruling class did its own thing. Elves, Augmented Humans, Treants, and a variety of other beings live in perfect happiness in the ivory core (The city in a city), followed by an outer ring filled by the middle class, and finally junk town. This is the are where certain species are left to do what they do best, "recycle". From the Ivory core runs four highways, one for each direction; only ivory core, and middle class, have access to this roadway. Junktown has the Underway, sort of roads that lead everywhere.
City: Ever-After, on the upper west coast of Utopia (Gnomes love rebranding things, in this instance America). A Mashup of what was once Everet Washington, and the shortening of an Elven hero's name: Afterion Brighthammer, and not just a stretched premise for a city name, I swear. This area was decided after much deliberation between humanities government, and the council, a group of overpowered demi gods and mortal fae behemoth slayers. It had the forests they needed, and afforded humanity their powerful magic, and alchemy. Since it's inception, Ever-After has grown to cover most of the entire top left corner of Utopia, annexing more land the more people flock there.
Rights: Everyone has rights, even the Fae, due to the Union Accord Act (UAA-1) of 1984, all ephemeral beings were given just rights in the name of the law. But how do you weight the rights of a human, against an 80ft tall metal giant? Where do Miranda rights go when a species doesn't perceive human speech? All in all, it's been a messy situation, one that has been amended many times. Currently, we are at UAA-12.
Magic Laws: Magic is delegated by DAMM (Defense Against Misceleneous Magics) a joint task force of highly augmented humans, and their Fae counterparts. They are judge, jury, and executioner. Because when someone tries to summon a cosmic horror, you want someone there to stop them. Established in April 12th 1975
Drug Use: Tricky subject. Ogres need Calm-Me-Downs twice a day or they go on a child eating rampage. Mermaids, Men, and all other variations must consume Glamour to be able to live on land for longer than twelve hours. Pixies are forbidden sugar or any form of high process glucose. This chemical, in conjecture with their already high energy levels, equals devastation on a grand scale. Pixies are fast, pixies on sugar are faster than can be perceived by the naked, augmented, eye, that makes them living bullets without impulse control. What's worse is they get addicted to it. Then there is RED EYE the human drug, it's like spraying pandora's box straight into your retina. But it makes you nigh unstoppable, at least for a few hours. DAMM also polices illegal drug use.
Utopia/Dystopia: Humans are hard enough, but now everything else? It was really hard in the beginning but got easier when people realized something. They could delegate certain, less important, races to inferior parts of the city, while the ruling class did its own thing. Elves, Augmented Humans, Treants, and a variety of other beings live in perfect happiness in the ivory core (The city in a city), followed by an outer ring filled by the middle class, and finally junk town. This is the are where certain species are left to do what they do best, "recycle". From the Ivory core runs four highways, one for each direction; only ivory core, and middle class, have access to this roadway. Junktown has the Underway, sort of roads that lead everywhere.
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