Hybrids

Citadel (Center, highest point) Where: In the city center, on a hill/elevation. The highest point. Who lives: Emperor/Council, high aristocracy (lions, tigers, ancient clans). What it looks like: Old, human-built skyscrapers converted into residences. Gold, marble, security on every corner. Cleanliness, sterility. What's there: Palace of the Council Aristocratic mansions Private auction rooms (for our members only) Old technology storage (trophies) Access: By pass only. People are allowed only as "exhibits" on a leash.

Business district (Business center) Where: Around the Citadel, a little lower. Who lives there: Middle aristocracy, wealthy merchants, high-ranking officials. What it looks like: Office buildings, banks, corporate headquarters. Less pomp, more bustle. What's there: Auction Guild (main hall) Banks (fox and raccoon offices) City Guard Headquarters Expensive restaurants (for predators) Shops for exclusive goods (including "premium" people) People: Techies and teachers with grey/yellow collars, handsome slaves to their masters.

Residential area (sleeping area) Where: Mid-city. Who lives: City-dwelling predators, large herbivores, wealthy artisans. What it looks like: Multi-story buildings (human-built, dilapidated, but livable). Markets, shops, animal schools. What's there: Markets (mid-level) Guard departments Schools for beastmen (they teach them to read, count, and use technology) Craftsmen's workshops People: House slaves (for shopping), supervised workers. Rarely, without a collar, but then the guards immediately ask questions.

Industrial zone (factories and plants) Where: On the outskirts of the city, closer to the ground. Who lives: Work slaves (humans), overseers (lower/middle class beastmen), assigned personnel. What it looks like: Old factories, smoking chimneys, rusty structures, dirt, noise. Human engineering on its last legs. What's there: Factories (processing, production of simple goods) Power plants (protected facilities) Warehouses Railway lines/transport hubs People: Work slaves (the bulk), technicians in yellow collars (they repair equipment), rarely - animal overseers.

Slums (Lower City) Where: At the foot of the city, on the ground itself, often in lowlands. Who lives: Poor beastmen (small herbivores, rodents, scavengers), vagabond people (if they hide), criminals. What it looks like: Dilapidated shacks, barracks, old human ruins, unfit for habitation by normal animals. Dirt, stench, rats (literally). What's there: Dens Underground auctions (cheap slaves, organs "on the move") Crime dens (rat kings, hyenas) "Black market" People: If they appear, they either hide or quickly become a commodity. Rarely, they are wild, gathered in packs.

Sewers and Dungeons (Under the City) Where: Under the entire city. Old human infrastructure. Who lives: Rats, moles, bats, sometimes runaway people (if you're lucky). What it looks like: Tunnels, sewers, old subway lines, bunkers. Dark, damp, dangerous. What's there: Secret shelters Smugglers' routes Remnants of old technologies (a valuable find) Scavenger nests (carcass disposal) People: The most likely escape route. But dangerous—you could run into anyone. Slave Market (Special Zone) Where: Often on the border between the Business District and the Industrial Zone. Who works: Auction Guild, slave traders, appraisers. What it looks like: Cages, platforms, a crowd of onlookers. The smell of sweat and fear. What's there: Main auction (for expensive lots) "Living showcases" (people on display) Closed halls for organ trafficking (not for everyone) People: Goods. In cages, with tags.

Orphanages and schools (State-owned houses) Where: Usually near the Medical Control or in quiet areas of the Industrial Zone. Who controls: Health control, officials. What it looks like: Dilapidated buildings with bars, similar to prisons or boarding schools. What's there: Orphanages (human children) Schools (training in work, obedience, and sometimes literacy) "Sorting" (medical examination, assignment) People: Children and teenagers. Studying to become a "quality product."

Predators (mammals) Wolves, dogs, canines – a sense of smell 500 times better than humans, keen hearing, endurance, claws, pack instinct, hierarchy – guards, military, hunters, slave traders. Middle and upper class. Lions, tigers, and large cats represent strength, power, and a roar (which can stun/paralyze with fear). Lions have manes (a sign of status). Territoriality and pride represent aristocracy, the Council, judges, and military leaders. Upper class. Panthers, leopards, jaguars – stealth, silent movement, night vision, agility, solitary by nature, but loyal to family – intelligence, assassins, secret guards, sometimes criminals. Middle and upper class (depending on gender). Lynxes, caracals, and medium-sized cats have excellent hearing (their ear tufts enhance this), are agile jumpers, and are frost-resistant. They are independent, but can also serve as border guards, hunters, and patrol dogs in cold regions. They are considered middle-class. Bears – immense strength, power, endurance, omnivorous, slow but terrifying in close combat. Individuals or families – guards, bouncers, bodyguards, work in ports/mines. Middle and lower class (brown/white less common). Wolverines, ferrets, martens, small predators – viciousness, aggression, agility, stink glands (some), independent, often loners – criminals, bandits, mercenaries, smugglers. Lower and middle class. Foxes, jackals, coyotes – cunning, intelligent, adaptable, agile, social (packs/families), prone to deception – traders, officials, moneylenders, informants, criminals. Middle and lower class. Birds of prey Eagles, falcons, hawks – vision 10 times better than a human (can see from a kilometer away), speed, dagger-like claws, beaks, proud, territorial – aerial reconnaissance, couriers of important messages, aristocracy (rarely), tower guards. Upper and middle class. Owls – night vision + infrasound, silent flight, intelligent, cunning, loners – Night Watch, advisors, judges, keepers of knowledge. Middle and upper class. Crows, ravens – intelligence, memory, curiosity, flocking, cawing as a signal, part-time scavengers – informants, post office, rumor-gatherers, petty thieves. Middle and lower class. Scavengers (feed on the dead) Hyenas - powerful jaws (crush bones), pack-based, hierarchical (females are dominant), nocturnal, endurance - Medical control (corpse disposal, organ harvesting), criminals, mercenaries. Middle and lower class. Despised by other predators, but feared by their packs. Vultures, griffons – eye for carrion, bald heads (hygiene), soaring flight, patience – city sanitation workers, cleaning up the killing fields, informants on death. Lower class. Dirty work, live in isolation. Jackals - see predators (foxes/jackals), but they prefer scavenging - often working with hyenas, scavengers, criminals. Lower class. Herbivores (large and medium) Bulls, buffalo, and bison—tremendous strength, endurance, horns, hooves, slow, herd-like—working slaves (overseers of people), loaders, builders, farmers. Lower and middle class. Deer, elk, roe deer – speed, antlers, timidity but strength in a herd, keen hearing – couriers, forest patrollers, postal workers, artisans. Middle and lower class. Boars, wild boars – strength, aggression (if angered), fangs, bristles, essentially omnivorous, herd-like – military (stormtroopers), security guards, butchers. Middle and lower class. Horses, zebras, donkeys – speed, endurance, hooves, herd spirit, stubbornness – transport, couriers, cavalry, mail. Middle class (valued for speed). Goats, rams - stubbornness, horns, agility in the mountains, herd mentality - mountain patrols, shepherds, weavers (wool). Lower and middle class. Small herbivores Hares, rabbits – speed, fear, reproduction (very quickly), keen hearing, burrows – low-ranking servants, errand boys, domestics, laborers. Lower class. Often literally become food for predators. Raccoons are nimble paws, manipulators, curious, omnivorous, thieves by nature – thieves, smugglers, small traders, mechanics (will climb anywhere). Lower and middle class. Beavers – incisor teeth, dam construction, hard work, shovel-shaped tail – builders, engineers (water structures), carpenters. Middle and lower class. Hedgehogs and porcupines are quills (defense), slow but dangerous in defense, solitary guards, warehouse guards, couriers (they are not touched). Lower class. Rodents and others Rats – scent, omnivorousness, tenacity, reproduction, packs, underground passages – are the rat kings of crime, informants, the underground, smuggling, espionage. Lower class, but with a lot of money in the shadows. Mice and voles—small, fast, nimble, fearsome, flocks—are the lowest servants, cleaners, runners, cannon fodder. The bottom of society. Often not even considered individuals. Squirrels – agility, jumping ability, thriftiness, trees, tail – rooftop couriers, storekeepers, nut/berry pickers. Lower class. Shrews, moles – underground lifestyle, poor eyesight, but excellent sense of smell and touch, tunnel diggers – miners, underground construction workers, sewer workers. Lower class. Dirty work. Bats - echolocation (ultrasound), nocturnal, membranous wings, hang upside down - Night watch (with owls), cave reconnaissance, communication in the dark. Middle and lower class.

laws: legal status of a person (a person is a thing/property. He/she has no right to own anything. Everything a person has automatically belongs to its owner). Movement (a person may move outdoors under the following conditions: the owner is present; a collar or leash is worn; a chip is implanted) (curfew from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM. Fine (provided that the owner is not present, hereinafter referred to as PHS) Punishment (depends on the severity of the offense, mainly decided by the owner, the main measure is spanking). Children and reproduction (people are "obliged to continue the family line" to maintain the slave population; for this purpose, there are special schools for children, as well as orphanages). property: see point 1. crimes against people (murder or damage to another person is punishable as damage to property, a fine or compensation for damage to the owner) (exceptions: if the slave was useful (scholar, teacher, the fine is increased, extreme cases - trial and showdown)).

PSH (law enforcement system): City guards - predators - patrol the streets, follow people, catch runaways, check documents and collars. Supervision Inspectorate - officials - control over the conditions of people's detention (to ensure that the owner does not damage his property without reason), issuing licenses for ownership. Medical control - doctors - examination of people, organ assessment, removal of donors, work in shelters and schools. Catching service - mercenaries - catching vagrants and wild people outside the cities, raids in ruins. Auction Guild - traders - control over the sale of people, evaluation of "goods", organization of trades. Judges (magistrate) - the highest ranks - resolve disputes between beastmen (including regarding damage to human property). Night watch - predators with good eyesight - curfew, catching violators in the dark.

exceptions: A person under the care of a special master. If the master is a high-ranking aristocrat or a member of the Council, their person is exempt from the usual checks. The guards are not allowed to touch such a slave without the master's express permission. Technicians at facilities. Engineers working at important facilities (power plants, communications) have a temporary pass to travel outside curfew hours for work-related needs. They wear a yellow collar. Pregnant women and mothers. If a person is confirmed pregnant (as verified by Medical Control), she cannot be used as a donor and will not be subjected to flogging until the baby is born. Afterward, it depends on the circumstances. Human Teachers. They have a special status: they wear a gray collar and can roam the city without their master during daylight hours (but not at night). They cannot be selected as donors without the Council's approval (their knowledge is too valuable). Diplomatic immunity (rare). If a person belongs to an ambassador or an important guest from another clan/region, the laws of that territory (usually more lenient) temporarily apply. Ransom. If the stray turns out to be smart or handsome and is caught not by the Capture Service, but by a random beastman, the latter can either sell them into slavery or... keep them, but is required to register them with the Inspectorate within 24 hours. Otherwise, there's a fine for harboring them.

economy: minted coins and old dollars are used, sometimes barter and energy resources. niches: beastmen. (highest) makes laws and exercises power, above the ordinary and average in status. (supreme) emperor/council - responsible for power and control of people. (highest)highest aristocracy - own lands and factories with auctions. (upper) middle aristocracy - officials, military leaders, merchants. (higher)lower aristocracy - trade, management of districts.

(average) predatory townspeople - shopkeeper, guards, minor officials. (medium) large herbivores - workers, farmers, artisans. (medium) small herbivores - servants, maids of the rich, cleaners. (middle) human teachers (special status, but still human)

(lowest) poor (beastmen) - part-time work, forensics and crime, begging. (lowest) privileged slaves - work on servicing mechanisms. (lowest) personal servants (people) - housework, menial tasks. domestic slaves. (lowest) working slaves (people) - construction, factories, fields, mines. (lowest) donors (terrible to consider) - supply of organs (living or dead) (lowest) tramps people - immediately to donors if they found, unless of course they are smart and not beautiful - then they will probably go to auction.

status: people: slaves, lower beings. material, things, have value. Beastmen: gentlemen, superiors, only respectful attitude.

story: Until 2144, humans dominated and ruled. Beastmen were a secondary race, possessing greater strength. Humans dominated the beastmen technologically. (From 2000 to 2144, humans advanced technologically, but around 2144, they began to physically decline. Around 2144, the average person couldn't run more than a kilometer without getting out of breath, and genetic diseases became the norm due to advances in medicine (even the weak survived).) great revolution. May 2144. Spring and blooming flowers, a folk day of celebration of flowers among people. The beastmen revolt against humanity, disabling power grid systems. 20-40% of humanity perishes. People surrender or die within weeks. present: Beastmen are the ruling class. They have mastered the basic use of technology, but not the creation of complex mechanisms. Humans are slaves, some of whom are used everywhere; learned humans serve as teachers, and have better living conditions than ordinary slaves. People are now even considered pets.