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An intro to explain what is going on in the story I'm writing
In this world there are rules. Rules on when you wake up, for when you go to work, even what profession you go into.
Also there are different requirements based on the four different classes. The classes are the valturins at the top, the centurions below them, the citizens are to also below them. My class has not been considered a class for a long time, the scouts.
When They first landed a thousand years ago, They " blessed " the class that I live in, by giving us special abilities that no one else had at the time. They gave us scouts several classes in our status class. The elites were given the gift of stealth so that they would be able to penetrate remote enemy bases and gather intel on special ops units that could be used against our own city and outlying establishments. The next class is the explorers, this is the group that I am in. They gave us no particular talent or special ability, but enabled us to have a more explorative side to us. They brought out our natural tendencies to explore and heightened them to an extreme. They also heightened our sense of danger so that we would be safe when out also gathering data on enemy positions and the what not.
Then there is the fighter class. This class is made up of people that They blessed with super human strength and agility. As the years went on this group slowly split from the rest and became a kind of isolated people. After a while of this, They also cursed the fighters, who were now living in total isolation that they would be cursed for the rest of their days to live as cursed beasts, half man and half animal of some kind. Living in the continual torment of starvation and crazed minds. They are unstoppable on th battle field though. Their agility increased greatly when they were cursed, also allowing them to traverse incredibly rough terrain with practiced ease.
The next class that exists is the scholars, they take and interpret all the data that is collected. After that they can give a detailed report of what is going on with the enemies. They blessed them with, you guessed it, an increased intellect. Scholars are usually born with more than one brain. This has supreme effect because they also use all portions of their brains that humans normally don't.
Now before I get to the actual story of what happened I would like to explain a little of what our civilization is like, because by now your probably a little bit confused.
They are aliens. Like I said first contact and landing was two- thousand years ago. Many came, they invaded the planet and spread like cockroaches. When they spread they also let a new disease on earth that almost completely decimated the planet's population. Those that survived, were sent to major cries across the world, then the cities all built walls up around them and shut the gates. The only buildings that can see over the walls are the towers were They rule, three per city.
The cities themselves are disgusting. Filth lines ever street corner. Lines that constrain were we can go prevent us from picking up the garbage and cleaning the city. The enforcers of this line are a few specially picked fighters that are loyal to the triumvirate and have orders to kill those who deviate majorly from the line. The sky is constantly cloud covered, but the rain rarely falls. There is also a story passed from father to son of something called a sun. It hasn't been seen for many years but it still helps us tell night from day. The nights are cold and the days hot and humid. To keep warm during the nights, we gather around several fires with fuel provided by the upper class that gets to sleep inside houses at night.
Note: this background is needed to get the rest of the story.