dogs of SALUS
The dogs of the Canine Forces live in the heart of the great walled city of Salus in a compound once used as a military research facility. Their life is a harsh one, governed by strict rules and power structures--each dog is expected to perform their best, and watch their backs. Competitors are willing to kill for their positions...
Breeds of beta
To fulfill the niches necessary in order to protect the city of Salus, the humans of B.E.T.A have employed selective breeding to create their own breed groups with their own temperaments, dispositions, and purposes within the canine forces.
augmentations
It is not abnormal to catch a glimpse of metal bound to flesh among the dogs of BETA--to keep the genetic diversity high and the dogs long-lived, dogs are often enhanced with non-organic metal alloys by the scientists that reside in the bunker city of Salus.
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Whether these enhancements are done to repair trauma, such as replacement legs, or are of a more experimental nature, what some see as a blessing, others see as a curse...
The Rankings & REGIMENTS
The Canine forces follow a strict hierarchy, and in order to advance up the ranks a dog must be willing to kill not only for the prestige, but for better lodgings, food, and privileges within the Compound that the dogs of the Canine Forces call home.
Life at BETA
Life at BETA is bleak, but dogs find ways to make it bearable. From betting on Farlande races to an underground fight pit, BETA dogs have established their own pastimes. They have to, in order to stay sane.
Gleipnir
A mere hundred years does little to tamper the millennium that formed the human-dog bond. With the humans gone, dogs are left to cling to it. It's all they have, it's all they were ever meant to be before the world was ruined in the blink of an eye.
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​The humans may be gone, now, and their dogs without guidance, but Gleipnir keeps them alive through story and tradition, passed on from those who lived in houses alongside their humans. Besides, they're not all gone, not entirely. Gleipnir has adopted a very small Weeper they've come to call Hel.