02. About Canaria

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[attr="class","guidebooktitle"]About Canaria

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]The small planet of Canaria was terraformed only a little over three hundred years ago. Newly formed planets were harsh and hard to tame, so the humans brought their most intelligent dogs with them. Cities were built. Factories and laboratories constructed. However, the land was not cooperative. Harsh weather and delayed deliveries impeded progress. In addition, someone decided to use the small planet as a dumping ground for failed genetic research and released dangerous creatures and diseases into the land. This put the entire planet on quarantine for the safety of humanity and left the surviving settlers stranded. Only three variants of the domestic dog thrived: The Augments, Espers, and Basals. Some of these dogs grew feral, while others continued to remain loyal to the humans who brought them to the planet.
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The planet Canaria has one main continent and several islands. The continent has the same name of the planet: Canaria. Most of the towns and cities where the humans once lived have started to be reclaimed by nature. The humans on the continent are nomadic, being forced to wander because of the rogue machines, mutant creatures, and the general unrest of this unnatural world.
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The dogs, being genetically enhanced creatures, have all fared much better than the dwindling population of humans.

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[attr="class","guidebookchapter"]I.The Regions

The continent has three main regions. Learn the summaries of each as well as the seasonal weather.
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[attr="class","guidebookchapter"]II.Special Locations

Across the continent are special locations where really interesting things can happen.
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[attr="class","guidebookchapter"]III.Humans on Canaria

Learn about the humans of Canaria and their interactions with the dogs.

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[attr="class","guidebooktitle"]The Regions

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]There are three main regions on the continent of Canaria. The Northland, the Heartland, and the Southland. They have different climates and so have different flora and fauna, which provides ample resources for food, healing herbs, and other items.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]The Northlands

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]A beautiful land almost untouched by human settlements, the North is the most wild and pristine part of the continent. Past the mountains, only a handful of humans have ever stepped foot here. Most of this region is a vast tundra at the far North of the continent.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]Seasonal Weather

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]The North is known for its cool, short summers and long, cold winters. Below is a table to describe what the weather looks like in the North. This table is by board except if there are different weather in the areas of that board.

[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Location	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Winter	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Spring	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Summer	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Autumn
Goss Mountains (Lower Altitudes)	Cold, snows often.	Wet from the thaw, warm, sunny. Fog and mist is common.	Hot, humid. Thunderstorms are common.	Warm, sunny. Very hot-then-cold.
Goss Mountains (Higher Altitudes)	Frigid, blizzards are common.	Cold, snows occasionally.	Chilly. Snow may melt to slush, but never thaws completely.	Cold, snows occasionally.
Laika Timberland	Cold, snows often. Blizzards at times.	Cool. Misty mornings with frost on the trees.	Warmer, but cool. Thunderstorms and, rarely, wildfires.	Cool, frost on the trees. Misty. Occasionally snows.
The Frozen Empty	Frigid. Occasional blizzards.	Frigid. Cold winds.	Cold.	Frigid. Cold winds.
Windchill Meadow	Cold with heavy snowfall.	Cool and windy. Wet with the slow thaw.	Cool and windy.	Cool and windy. Frost in the mornings. Snow in late autumn.

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[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]The Heartland

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]Where the most affluent of the humans had once made their homes, the Heartland is also the most fertile where the crops still grow with the seasons. It's not as untamed as the North and South, with several buildings still intact.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]Seasonal Weather

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]The Heartland is a temperate zone with a wide range of climates from the cold marsh to the heated plains and everything in between. Below is a table to describe what the weather looks like in the Heartland. This table is by board except if there are different weather in the areas of that board.

[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Location	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Winter	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Spring	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Summer	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Autumn
Kallahan Marsh	Wet and cold. Fog and mist is common. Can be icy.	Moist, humid, and warm.	Foggy, storms blowing in from the sea, occasionally.	Cool, wet, misty rain.
Coastal Flaxrown	Chilly, frost on the ground. Breezy.	Warm days, foggy mornings, rains often.	Windy. Storms blowing in from the sea, occasionally.	Cool, sunny early in the season. Chilly, later on.
Inland Flaxrown	Snowfall over the land.	Rainy, cool, comfortable.	Hot and humid, occasional thunderstorms.	Hot early autumn, cool later autumn.
The Farmland	Thick snowfall blankets the land.	Rainy, cool, windy, comfortable.	Hot and humid, occasional thunderstorms.	Warm early in the season and then becomes chilly.
Terra Cliffs (Lower altitudes)	Windy, cold, powdery snow.	Windy, cool-then-hot.	Hot, breezy.	Windy, cool-then-hot.
Terra Cliffs (Lower altitudes)	Cool. Dry.	Warm, winter thaw causes floods in the paths.	Hot, dry.	Cool, dry.

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[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]The Southlands

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]Developed with factories and laboratories, the Southland is rich with information and materials which could be of some use to the dogs. However, it also can be a dangerous place at times.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]Seasonal Weather

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]The South is comparably warmer than the rest of the continent. The areas around the seas and oceans are appreciatively cooler, but can experience stormy weather. Below is a table to describe what the weather looks like in the South This table is by board except if there are different weather in the areas of that board.

[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Location	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Winter	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Spring	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Summer	[attr="class","guidebooktablefield2"]Autumn
Pale Desert	Warm during day; freezing at night. May rain, rarely.	Hot and dry; cold at night.	Extremely hot and dry; cool at night.	Hot and dry; cold at night.
Lostlorn Forest	Occasional snow. Cold.	Warm days, mild weather. Occasional rain.	Hot, humid.	Hot at start of season, quickly cools. Leaves change color.
Granite Shore (West)	Cold, misty. Windy.	Warm days, foggy mornings, rains often.	Hot and humid, occasional thunderstorms.	Hot early autumn, cool later autumn.
Granite Shore (East)	Cool, mild Winters. Freezing rain occasionally.	Warm, misty mornings.	Hot, humid, thunderstorms.	Warm for most of autumn, only starts to cool late in the season.
Ash River Basin	Windy, cool.	Wet, warm, rains often.	Hot, humid, thunderstorms..	Humid, cool-then-hot.

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[attr="class","guidebooktitle"]Special Locations

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]On Canaria, there are a few special locations which you can use for your character's plots. While there are a limited number of Watchdogs which can be created per month, there is an unlimited number of Watchdog that can come through plotting freely at these locations. You can also plot mutation plots and other really neat things in this world! In addition, there is ample opportunity to find upgrades for your Augments, find information about the world you are living in, and even interact with the humans and their technology. Below is an explanation of the different types of special locations.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]Abandoned Laboratories

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]The humans conducted experiments and did research in these laboratories before the shut down of their government. Research ranged from genetic experimentation to new medicines and technologies. Contained within a laboratory are databases accessible through Watchers, mutagens to mutate dogs, rare metals, as well as answers to the different mysteries lost in time.

[attr="class","guidebookquote"]Laboratories are found all over Canaria. Different laboratories studied different subjects. Snowpoint was a notable one for winterizing Watchers and working on dangerous mutant creatures and is mostly intact. Other laboratories are scattered around The Frozen Empty and the base of the Goss Mountains, but most of them have become largely rubble. There are laboratory ruins hidden away in Lostlorn Forest and Pale Desert. On Teardrop Island, human experimentation was conducted on the inmates. Laboratories are rare in The Heartlands.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]Junkyards

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]One man's trash is another dog's treasure. Most junkyards are located near cities and other human settlements with a few scattered across the land. Dogs can find artifacts from human life, broken down machines and their parts, lost Watchers, and other treasures underneath the trash. Some humans may be found picking through the trash.

[attr="class","guidebookquote"]The largest junkyard is in Alren. Each town has a junkyard somewhere, with Flaxrown's actually being a few miles outside of the town. The junkyard in Forkrun have more industrial waste than most others while the one in Hannivton is small and contains a lot of mining equipment. Kallahan Village only has a relatively small one, as the humans hadn't lived long enough there to contribute more to it.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]Factories

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]The industrial places have several factories. Full of heavy machinery, chemicals that can mutate dogs, and the products they produced: Cloth, research materials, and military materials. There are many dangerous things in the factories. Glass rose grows outside of them.

[attr="class","guidebookquote"]Industrial factories are common in Southern Canaria, especially around Ash River and the Pale Desert. There are a few abandoned ones in Windchill Meadow, which made medicinal products, and Flaxrown Grasslands, which made food products and textiles. Teardrop Island used the prisoners on the island for cheap labor in dangerous conditions. Factories actually haven't polluted the land very much because of the fields of Glassrose around them.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]Hospitals and Clinics

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]Hospitals are a rich resource for medical supplies and information. Both humans and dogs know there are many things to be gained at the hospital. Bandages, medicines more potent than most herbs, medical equipment, and knowledge can be gained at a Hospital. Most of the hospitals have been thoroughly raided, though sometimes, a secret stash can be found.

[attr="class","guidebookquote"]There are large hospitals in Flaxrown and Alren. But clinics are rather commonplace, being found in every town: Hannivton, Kallahan Village, and Forkrun. The larger hospitals have more specialized equipment and medicines within them while the clinics have enough to cure most ailments except for the rarest diseases.

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[attr="class","guidebooktitle"]Humans on Canaria

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]There are still humans on Canaria. They eke out an existence in a harsh land which seems to be trying its very hardest to push them out. Disaster after disaster impeded their progress and finally, Canarians were cut off from the rest of the human colonies in their quarantine which has not yet been lifted. There are small groups here and there, but most humans live in Starlet, the last city, located on Wither Isle. The citizens of Starlet tend to call the nomadic groups on the main continent Wastelanders. Many humans keep dogs as pets or working animals.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]The People of Starlet

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]Starlet is the last safe place on Canaria for the humans and they fight hard to keep it. Starlet trains an effective military. They have their own researchers, commerce, and government. There are some civilians who live rather comfortable lives in their homes and apartments. Many people keep dogs as pets or working animals. There is one public school system in Starlet, as they believe education is the best way to keep their society running smoothly. Children are educated in elementary school until they hit around fourteen to sixteen years of age, then they are mentored under a professional in whatever field they have shown an aptitude in.
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Though there is a bias against Wastelanders, many of the Starletites trade with and stay in business thanks to these nomadic people. The main goal that the people of Starlet have is to preserve the integrity of their civilization just in case this isn't the end of humanity on Canaria and to discover a way off of the planet or to contact the people in the stars far, far away. They only want humanity to survive.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]The Wastelanders

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]There are a few groups of people who aren't welcome in Starlet. Perhaps they have descended from the prisoners of Enderson Prison. Perhaps they just prefer life out here. Wastelanders tend to be resourceful and always looking for treasures of some sort to sell to the Starletites. They are more likely to be farmers, using their working dogs to push their herds to greener and greener pastures. Or using guardian breeds to protect their livestock and treasures. From childhood, Wastelanders learn how to survive life on Canaria's mainland.
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Though many Wastelanders are illiterate (not all), they are a street-smart bunch and have their own pidgin they use to communicate with each other. Most of them believe that nobody is coming to save them, so they might as well make the best of their lives now. They are loyal to each other and suspicious of the shiny-clean, well-spoken Starletites.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]Technology

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]The humans aren't as technologically advanced as they used to be and their tech typically looks like what we have now with color TVs, lights, guns, bullets, medical equipment. Most things that are more advanced require special fuel which Canaria hasn't seen for decades. Float-cores, a piece of technology which is largely self-sustaining is too rare to use on everything and comes with the side effect of causing things to hover. Below is a list of communication and transportation technology and how common they are:

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Watchers	Common in certain branches of the Starlet Military[break] Only a few Wastelanders have them	A small robot which can be useful in relaying messages, hacking old technology, collecting data, and many other specialized tasks depending on the model. Read more about them here. However, they must be synced to the user, run on the user's electricity and so require the user to eat more food and tire faster.
Airships	Rare, only a handful left; owned by Starlet's government and military	Large, hovering ships capable of quick movement over land. They are fueled by float cores: a rare, self-maintaining source of energy which allows the ship to hover and move. Airships have a large cargo hold, several halls and rooms, and can function as HQ away from home.
Hoverbikes	Uncommon	A small hovercraft which is powered by a small float core. They lack cover and so, cannot be driven in bad weather conditions. That said, the hoverbike is an important mode of transportation for most humans who can get a hold of one. Some hoverbikes are dismantled in order to sell the float core shards inside. In addition, the user needs to remember to turn on the gravity lock when parking the vehicle or else see it drift away if so much as the wind blows.
Communicators	Common for Starletites[break] Uncommon for Wastelanders	A small earpiece that can be clipped to the ear like an earring. Touching it allows a holographic display to appear in front of the wearer's eyes which will allow for the ability to share camera feeds. Communicators can switch users and so are the method of choice for anybody needing a quick way to communicate. Does not require syncing to the machine.

[attr="class","guidebooksubtitle"]Dogs & Human Relations

[attr="class","guidebookbody"]Of course, dogs and humans still have their lives intertwined together. Dogs vastly outnumber the humans of Canaria except in human settlements and the city of Starlet. Humans still keep dogs as pets, though it's common to find these intelligent variants of the domestic dog as working animals. It is the higher class that typically keeps the pets and the military and working classes that train the dogs to do jobs.
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The Starlet Military refrains from using harsh punishments and corrections on the dogs and tend to use methods which are more positive and treat the dogs like individuals and partners rather than tools. It is only the uneducated poor and working class who might use harsh methods on their dogs. For the most part, dogs raised with kindness will be happy to work with and live with their human companions. A few jobs that dogs do: Herding, scent training, hunting, etc.