The wars to gain back control from the affinitive animal hunters were a failure . The people who fought against them murdered and burdened and put into unmarked graves .300 years later the same affinitive animal hunters still rule with fear and corruption, the original royal family thought to be gone. basically no hope of true freedom remains , feara is a girl like many but in this world people have "talents" and shape shifting capabilities and feara is one of those people , every persons unique talents has something to do with the animal they are , even their personalities resemble their animal forms or even sometimes people can kind of become half human half animal as well as full animal form and full human form.