Kingdoms and Thorn Terms

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Major Events

Thorn Rebellion

When the team operatives within the Projects rebelled against the Thorn Republic and wrested away control of the western half of the continent. Eventually, the Rebellion ended in a treaty between the teams and the Thorn Republic. The general citizens of the western cities were not consulted but were left to their own devices with government in disarray.

Organizations, Industries, Etc.

The Business

The business refers to the criminal underground and the behind-the-scenes agencies and organizations that deal with them, including law enforcement, anti-terrorism, international espionage, some military and paramilitary, special forces, and intelligence.

The Department

A branch of the Thorn Re-public government that handles defense and law enforcement which cannot be handled within the bounds and parameters set by Thorn Republic law.

Kingdoms City

A city which has no federal government but rather is composed of multiple jurisdictions ranging among counties, industry districts, ethnic burros, religious quarters, etc.

The Projects

The branch under the umbrella of the Department which handles genetically-modified human operatives.

Special Unit

A post-Rebellion unit within the Department hired out by various kingdoms to enforce law when special-type humans are involved.

Types, Statuses, and Classes

Genetically Modified Human (GMH)

A human who has been genetically modified to have special abilities beyond the norm, e.g. telekinesis, telepathy, biotransferrence, etc.

Hero

A vigilante fighting to defend a person, group, or organization. This can sometimes include retrieval work or criminal containment.

Naturally Gifted (NG)

A human who has naturally inherited special abilities beyond the norm, but who was neither genetically modified nor the offspring of one who has been genetically modified.

Normal

Common parlance for a regular-type human, e.g. He’s a normal.

Operative

A member of one of various military, peace-keeping, and/or law enforcement agencies and organizations.

Regular-Type Human (Regular)

A human who has no special abilities and is genetically baseline.

Special-Type Human (Special)

A human with special abilities regardless of origin, e.g. natural-born, genetically modified, etc.

Villain

A vigilante whose work involves infiltration or invasion of an enemy. This includes retrieval work and several forms of anti-criminal activity.

Special Abilities

See Special Abilities (Kingdoms and Thorn)

Shifter

A human with the ability to modify molecular, genetic, or dimensional structure, e.g. a gene shifter modifies genes. The unqualified term, e.g. She’s a shifter, always refers to the ability to alter oneself so as to appear as someone or something else.