Post by Dante on Sept 4, 2010 22:57:04 GMT -5
Shelpey was not always home to two separate groups of Shifters. Many years back in fact, it is questionable if many Shifters ever lived in Shelpey at all. However, the city had a strange 'pulling' effect, drawing in Shifters from near and far, as if it called out to them. Eventually the shifters grew aware of one another and came together, forming the first "gang" in the city- a small group with no chain of command, nor any particular goal. However, as time went on and as the group grew larger, it became apparent that not all Shifters felt the same about the society they lived in. Some of the Shifters began pushing for a leader to lead them and help create their own proper society. Other Shifters disagreed and said that they could live alongside the humans without trouble, as they had been doing.
Arguments erupted, pitting Shifter against Shifter in a battle of words. Eventually, two sides formed: the Shifters who wanted to live together with the humans and keep their society a secret one, and the Shifters who felt they deserved to be a real society that didn't have to hide in the shadows and was as open and free as the humans were.
Neither side could agree, and after many arguments, the first group of Shifters split into two. Thus formed the two gangs of Shelpey Alley - both of whom already had a strong distaste for the opposing group. Tensions continue to rise between the Assassins and the Thieves and both gangs continue to recruit Shifters to join their side. During a time when humans are starting to become suspicious, putting extra pressure on the guilds, it's inevitable that tempers will flare and the patience of the gang members will snap.
((whoohoo Lore for writing most of this. |3)
Arguments erupted, pitting Shifter against Shifter in a battle of words. Eventually, two sides formed: the Shifters who wanted to live together with the humans and keep their society a secret one, and the Shifters who felt they deserved to be a real society that didn't have to hide in the shadows and was as open and free as the humans were.
Neither side could agree, and after many arguments, the first group of Shifters split into two. Thus formed the two gangs of Shelpey Alley - both of whom already had a strong distaste for the opposing group. Tensions continue to rise between the Assassins and the Thieves and both gangs continue to recruit Shifters to join their side. During a time when humans are starting to become suspicious, putting extra pressure on the guilds, it's inevitable that tempers will flare and the patience of the gang members will snap.
((whoohoo Lore for writing most of this. |3)