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==Beasts, Monsters, and the Unseen==
In addition to fighting with each other - the setting's "present day" takes place decades after the end of the War of Cats and Dogs, when Pugmire and the Monarchies of Mau battled over rights to the known world's only port city - the races of this world face dangerous threats. Many kinds of animals still exist in their world, even non-uplifted versions of the sapient races. But ancient experiments, or the lingerings of festered science, can cause all manner of weirdness.

Even mere animals can display bizarre traits - there have even been sightings of what cats & dogs call "half-lifted"; animals that possess a sapient mind in an otherwise bestial form. But the main danger comes from '''Monsters''' and the '''Unseen'''.

''Monster'' refers to any of a wide variety of terrible abominations; experiments gone wrong, those corrupted by damaged relics of Man, and stranger things beside. They do not have a culture, or even share the common language that all other species use. They are wild, lurking in the world to spread fear, hunt innocents, or destroy civilizations. They range from the bestial to the hyperintelligent, from feral beasts to incomprehensible horrors. Even if they can communicate or coordinate, they often don’t have a goal or an agenda dogs or cats can understand. The only thing that gets through to a monster is a good sword and a sturdy arm.

''The Unseen'', also known as ''Demons'', refers to any of a variety of insidious and invisible enemies that lurk amongst the civilized races of the world, seeking to destroy them. Dogs revile them, and the cat religion preaches that destroying them is their race's sworn duty.