InsaneJournal

Within two years of the Others coming out to the world, a registration system had been introduced all around the world, giving those with supernatural abilities the opportunity to make themselves known not only to those around them, but to the government as a whole, permitting them a certain amount of recognition, as well as ‘protection’. The wolf pack leaders endeavoured to register to give their packs a degree of that protection, followed by the heads of lion prides and hyena clans. Other therianthropes followed their example, and in their wake came the vampires.

Separating the Others into categories and issuing cards not unlike driver’s licenses, governments began keeping records, listing it in files as just another detail, something that could or should be considered in several instances, whether they be legal or otherwise. Hospitals began to adapt their care based on the information the cards were telling them, if and where necessary.

The cards have always been a choice, and one that many Others choose to avoid, if only to maintain their privacy. Not every Other wants their condition broadcast, after all.

The cards are laid out like any license would be: they have a photograph much like in a passport, list names and other details such as date of birth (bear in mind that some supernaturals lie about when they were born if only to maintain some mystery), gender and of course, race. For therianthropes, the cards also list the specific animal category they fall into.

Cards for therianthropes are green in colour, while those for vampires are red, predictably. Obviously, the humans weren’t feeling too imaginative when they came up with that one.

Others have to go to notable government establishments to register; obviously, they all keep small offices open for the vampires to register after dark, since they can’t wander in whenever they feel like it during regular hours.