Below you'll find descriptions of the groups of animals that live in the outcrater! Most of them are cats, but the local dog pack has developed the ability to talk to cats due to years of radiation exposure. Each group has it's own lore and it's own way of life, but they're ALL wary of CraterClan.
🍀CURIANS🍀
An off-shoot of The Children of Geiger. A group of cats that refused to live the violent lives of the Children, these few cats were herbalists and wanted to practice their craft in peace. This group left the Children's territory and developed their own camp and territory. They devoted their time to learning herbs and developing new cures to the many ailments that the environment caused. These cats have lived for generations and to be a Curian is a high honor. They often help other outcrater cats that don't live in a group.
🐀RADS🐀
An off-shoot of The Children of Geiger. A group of cats that follow a true god, Rattnking. This group of cats sees the divine in all things rodent. They worship a god that was said to be the first creature that saw the good in getting mutated by the Crater, a giant mass of rats with a hive mind behind them. This is a violent and bloodthirsty group that often mauls outsiders on their territory. In many of the other groups' eyes this territory is basically Hell on Earth.
❇️CHILDREN OF GEIGER❇️
The first group of felines that developed after the star ate a hole through the earth. The Crater was a dangerous place, but the Outcrater wasn't any better or any safer. Legend says that a cat named Geiger was the first cat to suggest living in a group and taking care of one another. Geiger was also the first cat that taught others to heal, the first cat that taught others to fight together instead of against one another, the first cat that taught how to live in the outcrater properly. This group sees Geiger as a peaceful old man in legends, but in reality Geiger was bloodthirsty and barbarous.
🐲ATOM PACK🐲
The pack of dogs that live in the outcrater, most of these dogs are mutated beyond recognition, but the few that managed to avoid mutation have developed the skill of talking to cats, which makes their conflicts much more intense. The Atom Pack is sometimes peaceful and helpful and other times they are savage and cruel. CraterClan has a very rocky relationship with the dogs of The Atom Pack.