Cyberfei is an Urban Fantasy sandbox world surrounding the concept of a Eutopian future in which the fae have revealed their existence and demand equal standing with humans. The results of such a demand vary from place to place, but there was as much conflict over it as one would expect.
Below are some basics to get you started. Please read the World Meta for information on the rules of involvement. See also
META:: Character Creation Kit.
Major Races
There are many races in the Cyberfei universe, but the major players number only in handfuls. Of course, there are many more than these listed and you are free to invent your own.
Humans
Of course there are humans! They’re human-y. You know humans, right?
Thaumaturgists
Thaumaturgists are humans with a little extra somethin’. These are mages/witches who awakened to Real Actual Magic after
The Uprising, due to the elven magic in the air.
Elves
The main players of the Uprising. There are a few main types of elves:
Qealin
Commonly known as
High Elves. The most wealthy and powerful of the elves, and the main power behind the Uprising. They are tall, decorated, and proud.
Civin
Commonly known as
City Elves. They have been living among us in cities for decades, hidden amongst us. They are the most similar to humans in both appearance and behaviour, beside their unnatural hair colours and pointed ears.
Thin
Commonly known as
Dark Elves. Arguably the most impoverished and misunderstood of the elven races. They live underground for the most part, and specialise in magic. Often blind due to not actually needing vision, they are also the least human-looking of the elves, with catlike, angled eyes and pure white or dark ebony skin.
Dhamin
Commonly known as
Wood Elves. The most ‘elfy’ of the elves. They are playful, spiritual, and live in nature. They were among the first to approach and live with humans and mostly keep to helping out on farms and animal sanctuaries.
Pink-Eyed Elves
Pink-Eyed Elves aren't major players in the Uprising as a whole, but they are a notable a sub-species of the other types of fae. These fae are born in areas with high levels of radiation, such as Chernobyl and Hiroshima. They feed off radiation, but also irradiate anyone they come into contact with, and so mostly live in isolation.
Major Historical Events
The Uprising
The main event; the period which sparked this whole thing. It began with a broadcast, sent by High Elf ambassadors to every major network in the world. In some places, war raged immediately against this new threat. In others, it sparked new deals and alliances. In short: it changed the world forever.
The Magic-Industrial Revolution
A period of about 5 months in which magic-technology saw a major rise and the majority of the world’s magic-tech constructs are completed. See also
Magic-Technology.
Factions and Subcultures
The Alliance
Those fae and humans coexisting in peace. Generally political powers. In areas not entirely controlled by
The Alliance, these are simply companies and campaigners in alliance with the Elves.
The Cleansed
In direct antithesis to the Alliance,
The Cleansed are a human-based anti-fae faction, made up of mainly heavy political powers and the rich. They wish for the eradication of fae from human settlements, believing them to be an enemy who wishes to wage war on humanity. They own large, walled-off parts of some cities, free entirely from fae using anti-fae weaponry that kills on contact.
The Rebellion
Similarly to the Alliance,
The Rebellion are fae and humans working together in a pro-fae stance. What separates them from the Alliance is their specific locations
stood against the Cleansed in those areas where the Uprising's conflict was most intense. The Resistance
Similarly to the Rebellion, The Resistance is a group who stand opposed to the Cleansed -- but they also oppose the fae presence, which they see as an invasion. As a result, they are a largely human faction, but there are fae among them who opposed the Uprising. Villagefolk
The Villagefolk is an umbrella term for the subcultures of humans and fae who have chosen to escape the fighting in the major cities and settle in the neutral villages elsewhere. As they tend to have integrated with each others' cultures quite a bit, they tend to share a fashion sense and culture throughout the village they have settled in. Scrappers
(INDIE LORE
please read the main article for attribution) A subculture that arose a handful of years after the major Uprising, Scrappers are primarily young people who grew up mainly after the Uprising, and learned to utilise the chaos to their advantage. They are technologically creative and use scraps of interesting Stuff to decorate their clothing. Other Important Lore
Skylines
Cars are all but useless now, at least in the big cities, because like-
plants are everywhere. So they made trains! Magic trains! Magic trains that go through the air kinda which is why they're called
Skylines! There are three main types:
City Skyline,
Village Skyline and
Cleansed Skyline
Trading
Money is all but useless now and a
Trading System has been introduced. To purchase something, the person must offer something of equal worth. Some traders may accept less, but most stick with equal value. This can be of personal value to the trader, aesthetic value, practical value or emotional value.
In some places, mostly the more Cyberpunk-y places like Cleansed cities, they use a centralised digital money system they call 'Credits'.
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