In this fairytale, there is no happily ever after. It is a new, darker world, chaos reigned when the shadows of human nightmare, came into the light. Creatures of myth and legend living amongst humans for centuries, making their presence in the world known. A war was fought, billions of lives were snuffed out and much knowledge was lost forever. The war raged for one hundred and twenty-three years, overtly, and has continued for over three hundred years in secret.
The first government of this new world was established in ACO (After Coming Out) 175. They were harsh to the peoples and made laws that were as unreasonable as they were impossible to truly follow. Criminals were all put to death upon their capture, and in this world everyone was a criminal in some way or another.
In ACO 231 the first government fell. Their Oracles, those with telekinetic powers, had been tricked into sending false prophecies about the resistance's plans and locations. The second government, the Archestry, made up of rebel leaders, removed much of the old laws and put in their own. But not before they killed or exiled the war heroes, those who had fought for the cause the hardest and lost the most, to the Outlands. The Archestry understood the power that these hunters in particular held among the common people and refused to be overthrown by them or anyone else.
The first two laws were simple; everyone was to wear a collar from their birth until their death. The collars had the ability to stretch but just enough for breathing and natural growth. These collars held all of your information; how old you were, where you went, your criminal record and even a complete genealogy, beginning at ACO 233.
The second law was that everyone had to wear a color specific to what they were. White was entirely human. Grey's lesser inhumans, such as vampire fledglings, and rougarou. Black meant that they were middle inhumans, like Djinn and Gargoyles. Red's were greater inhumans, such as Vampire elders, Banshees and Elementals. Mixed colors meant that they were stronger than the weaker color but weaker than the second color. Sentinalz, which were any species, even robots, wore blue, and acted as a kind of police force. The Oracles wore purple, and finally, the Overseers, the leaders of the Archestry, wore yellow.