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It started almost two centuries ago. The Specters. No one really knows where they came from...Even the Witches fear the Specters. For a few decades, a few hundred of adults and their Dæmons would encounter the Specters. They were merely a nuisance. In a world with a population crisis there wasn’t much fuss, besides there was a war being fought the first of its kind nearly every continent had its finger in the pie. Bombs fell and with every bomb more Specters began to appear. Eventually the war came to a standstill as the soldiers and their Dæmons fell victim to the Specters. Without a clear victor the world leaders decided to come together to address the Specter problem. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough time. As Humanity plunged further into darkness, a new system was formed. Births were p-replanned and pre-arranged between pairs formed according to group leader. Entire cities began falling victim to the Specters. With the adults gone the youth had inherited the earth. However children don’t stay young forever, eventually everyone grows up. When the time comes, everyone will meet a Specter…
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•Specters
Specters are wispy formless creatures. They can go through solid objects. They feast on the fully formed souls (dæmon) of adults. Few children can see them (mostly those who are wise beyond their years. Specters float over to their pray. The slightest touch to an adult will tear away their Dæmon. When an adult is touched by a Specter, they do not fall over dead. They will stare blankly, they will not eat food, they will not speak. A human without it's Dæmon is nothing. Eventually without their Dæmon an adult will starve to death or die from exposure. A group of three to six Specters is called a Wind. Seven Specters or more are called a Cloud. Specters cannot be killed. They can however be distracted. Specters have been noted not to come after Eunuchs.
•Dæmons
A Dæmon is the ever shifting animal companion one has through childhood. Eventually ones dæmon will settle into a single form this usually happens a few years after puberty.A Dæmon's form largly reveals the personality of it's human.
A Dæmon can only travel a few feet from its human. Dæmons of Witches can be several miles away from their Witch. However with the emergence of Specters most Witches prefer to have their Dæmon nearby. Dæmons are able to speak not only to their human but also to other humans and between themselves. If a pair of friends or a couple are affectionate their Dæmons will react accordingly via cuddling. In the event of a fight Dæmons will attack eachother. Dæmons act on the emotions and of their human. If a man appears calm but his Dæmon is snarling, stay away.
•Witches
Nymphs and other mystical forest creatures are based off of Witches. Witches are connected and in-tune with nature. They are wise and beautiful, a Witch can live for hundreds if not thousands of years. They do not carry wands and their spells are merely a feeling of influence. Witches fly on brooms made of pine branches. A Witch's Dæmon will stay the same after they age pass a century. Since the fall of humanity some Witches have taken human children under their wing.
•Adults & Humanity
There is a max of four Adults per group. Adults will usually ride on horses. They keep a group of fifteen to twenty children. If a cloud of Specters come towards a group two adults will herd the children while the other two adults peel away in hopes to distract and lose the Specters. Teenagers are also in danger of the Specters, most teenagers have a fully formed Dæmon will will stay in one form. Teens are expected to take care of the group. Most of Humanity has come nomadic, cities and large groups of adults attract Specters. Most of Technology has progressed the same as in our world, however it came to a halt after the second world war due to the problem of Specters. In order to ensure the survival of humanity people are preselected by group leaders to reproduce. Since Specters are more drawn towards adults the teens are usually the ones expected to bring life into the world.
•This group
This group has about twenty children, a handful of teenagers, a few witches and four adults. This group is located in the forests of the Midwest. There are old factories at the edge of the forest. Within the forest are several abandoned cabins and a few decrepid mansions. The teens have been preselected into pairs by the adults when the time comes these pairs will be expected to reproduce.
