This world is a Vindictive place, and the Darkclaw Realms is the name dubbed on it by the squirrels who live here. History re-wrote itself before it was written. The middle ages are coming to an end, and a great epidemic sweeps the globe. Every human died of a disease that spread like wildfire over the total population. Tame horses, dogs, and cats all passed away from it, catching it from their masters. The only animals to survive were of the wild. The squirrels being one of them. They, unlike the rats and mice that thrived with the humans, then died with them as well, still lived and were now grouping together in north America. From fox squirrels to red squirrels, they fled Europe and most of Canada, the lands that were becoming populated by wolves and other predators, and grouped together. The forests that they lived in were mostly filled with nomad dreys... but eventually the idea of a human-like clan grew popular. Starting with the albino squirrel Martin, and going on from there until now there are many clans developing, the forests were split up, and the lands were taken over by certain clans. Split into groups of red squirrels and grey squirrels, most of the clan members found life a constant battle for land. But not all was bad.... for as days progressed, they eventually began adapting things like humans would; taking milk from the stems of plants, establishing hierarchies, and occasionally walking up right. Would they grow to be creatures of human likeness? or would the ways of an animal overcome that thinking? Only time would tell what this Vindictive Land will do to your Character.