It was the year 3566, known as the common era before the discovery, that a crew of 53 members and over 75 prostitutes left a nuclear and radiation ridden Earth. The journey was sponsored by Kess & Kepler, Co.- a company known for taking advantage of the tumultuous situation on earth and engaging in some...questionably legal...activities. Their goal was to colonize the planet Kepler-438b. While approaching their destination, the ship got pulled into an unseen black hole, where, instead of dying, the crew was warped lightyears into the galaxy away from Earth. After drifting aimlessly for months, their ship suddenly got a reading on an Earth-like planet. Having nothing else to hope for, the crew landed their ship on the planet. It was remarkably Earth-like, and they soon made a small township. Over the next year, they explored what little of the planet they could access, interacting with the species that already existed. The crew had frozen eggs and sperm of many of the most useful animals on Earth, so they attempted to recreate those species on the planet they dubbed “Kerell-807a”. However, strangely, none of those animals were able to survive on Kerell-807a. Only after many failed attempts did the crew accept that the only earth creature that could survive on Kerell was humans. They began looking to the local species for transportation, food, and pelts. It was Year 3 NA when the starship Fantasi exploded. Only 7 people were killed, 30 injured, but the cause of the explosion was a mineral called Techor that reacted negatively with Earth technology. The explosion devastated the small area the humans inhabited, called Frycce, so before their numbers grew even more, the humans, using their newly tamed Laricons, moved their settlement east into a land of plains and trees they called “Eridus”. There, they settled permanently. Years 1-3 had been okay in terms of behavior and violence, as they were all depending on each other for survival, but once they were fairly settled in year 5, hell started to break loose. An intense land grab took place, resulting in a degradation of politics back to a feudal system, mainly run by men. Women, hoping to gain some power for themselves, took to opening brothels, where women could be protected and also make a living. Meanwhile, some of the richer and more powerful sector Lords funded a secret campaign. An underground fighting culture became Eridus’ least kept secret, replenished by the unwanted children borne by brothel workers. The children were raised to do two things: be obedient to the death of their masters, and to fight like their lives depended on it when instructed to- which, it did. Meanwhile, the scientific community was occupied discovering all the capabilities of Techor, which essentially replaced any previous technology still remaining from the Fantasi explosion. It was first Radogen Tarot who had the game-changing idea that revolutionized an entire bloodsport. The eggs and sperm of Earth animals were practically useless on its own, but, seizing the best minds he could find, Radogen tasked them with attempting to combine the animal genes with the children that were used to fight in order to gain an advantage. In Year 7 NA, the first successful human-animal hybrid, dubbed an “Amano”, fought in the CFR (child fighting rings). It wasn’t long, just a few months into Year 8 NA when Radogen’s discovery became known, and then the ball was sent rolling. The Tarot clan profited immensely until soon, anyone with the money and influence could buy or create their own shapeshifters. It was the Procreation Panic of Year 9 NA when the sperm and eggs ran out. Quickly, owners had to switch from ordering by letter to breeding themselves or buying from breeding facilities at exorbitant prices. While CF (child fighting) was still wildly popular for the common man, AF (Amano fighting) was a new bloodsport after child owners realized how outclassed they were by the hybrids. While still fairly new, AF was quickly growing, and the amount of Amanos was increasing at an incredibly fast rate. Aging twice as fast as humans until age 13, where they reverted to normal aging before aging twice as slow at age 30, Amanos reproduced rapidly, with a gestation of only 99 days until birth. It’s estimated that only 350 surviving Amanos were created from the original genetic material by Year 9 NA, but by Year 14, over 4,000. Amanos existed amongst humans. Everything had seemed to be going perfectly for the now almost 6,000 humans, but in Year 15 NA, revolution broke out. The Amanos, outnumbered by the humans and helped by Amano sympathizers, rose up. Many managed to escape, while others were recaptured. Only a few were killed, as they were still quite expensive. The major losses happened in the breeding facilities, while the most minor occurred with the young, broken children who had lived in the rings their entire life. Being much better suited to the wild than humans due to their animal characteristics, the Amanos were able to find new habitats across Kerell-807a. With the help of outlawed sympathizers, they became literate, advanced, and the gene pool became more diluted as they mated with the pure humans, creating a melting pot of genetics. Per their differences, they split into groups and lived much like the humans did, with different species of Amano living in different habitats and clans. The years came and went, and soon there were very few pure humans living in the Amano clans. Occasionally, new purebloods would join after being outlawed, bountied, or getting in trouble in the human clans. Some joined out of fascination, while others came to bring news and support the freedom of a species that they felt responsible for creating. Eventually, the wild Amanos’ genetics became incredibly varied due to natural mutations from being in nature, while the captive Amanos occasionally suffered defects or failed to birth children with improved genes. Their masters getting ambitious, they let their arrogance lead them into a raid against the wild Amanos, which at this time were rumored to outnumber the humans greatly. In Year 22 NA, as expected, the lobby for new genes ended in many dead humans and only a few captured Amanos, not at all enough to make up for the human casualties. An uneasy stalemate remained for many years, still there today. Attempts have been made to establish peace, but all have ended on the verge of unwanted war. The number of humans present in Eridus equaled about 32,000 in Year 25 NA and Amanos were totaled (estimated based on previous birth rates) a close 30,000.
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