• BELUOSUS •
There exists a world where magic and machinery are technologies used for the convenience of its societies. The world atlas is divided by monarchies, and countries are split between noble families - most of them at the risk of collapsing into their increasing obsoleteness - and impoverished subjects looking for a way to take their power.
QUEDA is a country governed by one of the oldest surviving monarchies in the world, situated in the Iberian Peninsula between Portugal and Spain's borders, fully surrounded by land and populated with mountainous regions. Immigration is low but emigration is on the rise, and a once thriving economy is now suffering the loss of a society that just won't get with the times. Various districts separate this country, each of them dominated by a noble family.
In this world, fictional beasts are actual species, denominations taken from mythology to determine their common names. More than just reality in this world, they are a major target of interest and factor in the economy, in a variety and richness of breeds that go from the prized creatures the nobles keep to the feared monsters nomads are warned about. These creatures are called BELUA (plural BELUAE). While many of them run still run free, beluae are generally seen as a property or companion, assigned from a very early age to some, a late gift or blessing to the rest.
Among other things, magic can be used to make beluae have an entirely human appearance to facilitate their interaction with their owners (referred to as DONO/DONA when it's a noble and PAR when it's a nomad). This ritual is called the AEQUAL.
