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An old journal of mine explained the setting of my Demon Series comics (which takes place in an alternate dimension parallel to our own) but it's been years so I'm gonna make a huge journal to update and better explain everything. I've also changed quite a bit of the history of the worlds in these past few years so bear with me...

Information will also be posted here- www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofi… (with pictures…once I get around to finishing it)

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-The physical relations and differences-

Earth-
Earth is our world, the 'Human' world as it's referred to by the Beings in Other. Earth is populated by Humans, animals and some non-human beings (though most have migrated over to Other over the years). Earth is split into different countries ruled by whoever is in charge of the government in that area.
Earth has one moon that orbits around it and is the 3rd planet in it's solar system which orbits around a sun.
It goes-
Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (I don't care what scientists say, Pluto is totally a planet)

Other-
Other is the name of the other world, the world where most of the Demon comics takes place (I'm considering changing the name of my comic series to the Other Series instead…but that sounds dumb, but Demon no longer applies since the vast majority of characters are no longer Demons since I've begun adding other species into the comic). The inhabitants of Other call themselves Beings as a whole, breaking that down into all the species and subspecies of Beings (Like Demons, Spirits, Fairies etc.)
Other is physically a mirrored Earth. The continents are all a reflected image of Earth.
Other has one moon that orbits it and is the 2nd planet in it's solar system which orbits around their sun.
It goes-
Sun, Hichen, Other, Nog, Zencath, Blarg, Numan
The world is split into territories ruled by whoever governs that area. The Faerie race are overseers and the main ruling body of Other. There is a council made up of both Faeries and the other races that meet and discuss the important things. There are also the Moderators (kinda like Police but with more power) that are charged with keeping Other safe. More to add in the next section.

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-The government in Other-
As stated before, the Faeries are the main ruling body. They have been for millions of years and it was only a few thousand years ago that the Council was made to give the other species more voice in the government. The Faeries have powerful magic and are tied to the planet though it's elements and in the past have been the ones to keep the world in Balance and Order.
There are many Faerie but the important ones to know are the Queens (when one Queen dies, a new one is born). The current Faeries Queens are…
Water- Eloissie
Fire- Devitth
Ice- Crystalla
Lightning- Bennice
Void- Zeihassa (The eldest)
Earth- Thrissa (The youngest)
Air- Lillace
Light- Jenette
Darkness- Morcilla
The Queens rule Other, they have a place in the Faerie city (which exists in a magical subspace inside the clouds) and when they aren't directly governing a place they'll assign someone else to do it in their stead.
The council came about when the other species finally began to fight the Faeries for political power. They wanted a government where their voices can be heard and their opinions could be expressed. The Faeries finally relented and the different species came together to vote (or in some cases, fight) for a spokesperson for their kind.
In recent years with the technological development the other races have begun to catch up to the Faeries in terms of power. This was something that the Faeries had predicted thousands of years ago.
It was because the Faerie knew that this would happen that the whole Pet/Owner contracts were first made. More on this subject in the next section.
The Moderators are a fairly recent group, began a few hundred years ago.
The Moderators are in charge of security and defense. They are a huge organization started and led by the Void Faerie Queen. She usually leaves them to their own devices because she understands that there are some things that they can do better on their own then by listening to her opinion all the time. The Moderators have many jobs such as- keeping track of inter-dimensional portals, registering Owners and Pet adoptions, fighting to defend against threats to the safety of civilians, memory-wipes of unauthorized or accidental cases of Humans entering Other, observational surveillance of Other, find and expel Owners who abused their power and much more.

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-The history of Other-
The history of Other is a strange one. In the beginning there was always fighting  going on between species over territory, food, shelter, resources…it was a time with war and chaos. The Faeries even then were trying to maintain order and thus would go around putting a stop to the fighting but it didn't help much.
Still, they could use their Magic to control the other groups and keep them in some semblance of order, but for how long? The Seers of the Faerie knew that eventually their magic wouldn't be enough to keep the other races in line. They needed some way to tame them, to Domesticate them.
They began teaching the other races how to farm, build towns, cities and bring order to their world. It worked among the races but only between those of the same race. They still battled each other for resources and the Faerie were desperate to find some way to stop it.
Completely by chance, a Faerie fell through a wormhole and ended up on Earth. She met with the Fey that existed there and discovered that the wormhole had bought her to a place that had always been connected to her own world of Other.
Earth and Other were tied together in ways she couldn't begin to understand. She discovered Humans and felt a strange power from them. In fact she felt this strange power in all the creatures she met in this 'Earth' but it was especially strong in the Humans. She observed them, saw them raising animals. The Humans raised animals both as food and as companions. It was this latter part that caught the Faerie's attention.
The Humans seemed to make it a habit to go around taming wild beasts. She wondered…if they could possibly do that to the warring Beings in her home world.
She discovered that the Humans with a stronger feel of that 'power' she sensed could tame beasts more easily. After sometime she came up with a plan and decided to test it.
She found one Human who had a particularly strong feel and took him away through a portal back to Other.
Lost and confused on Other the Human wandered around until they came into contact with one of the Demon race. The Faerie watched with baited breath as the two interacted and to her surprise, the Demon had imprinted upon the Human, forming some sort of Bond. She tested it with many other Humans that she spirited away to Other and noticed that often the Humans would form Bonds with a Being. Upon forming a Bond the Being would be calmer and was under the Human's control.
This last part disturbed her somewhat but nonetheless she went to her sisters to tell them the news. It was through much more trial and error and explanations to the Humans who's been kidnapped that the Faerie came up with a solution to their problem.
They would bring Humans to this world and allow them to bond with the Beings and in doing so would lessen the fighting. This was their hope. To make a long story short, a lot of stuff happened, some bad, some good but in the end the Owner/Pet system was established. The modern form of this bond is as follows-
Humans would be brought to Other where they may register and proceed to adopt a Pet whom they must care for (provide them food, sheather…) and in return that Pet will remain loyal to them. If that Human does their job well (takes good care of their Pet) they will be taught how to go back and forth between the two worlds so that they will not have to leave their lives back home. The Humans who have been acknowledged as a good Owner are also allowed to bring other potential Owners to Other and get them registered as well.
In this way the Faeries succeeded in Domesticating the other races. There are still Wild Pets who have their own cities, villages and lives that don't include Humans but they're manageable.
Most Domestic Pets are sent to a Center after they're born in order to be taught about the Pet/Owner relationship. Thinking about it in retrospect, it's brainwashing. It didn't begin this way, those thousands of years ago but this was how the first system that the Faeries made has evolved into what it is now.
What you have to understand is that not ALL Owners/Masters can form a Bond with their Pets. It's a special Bond that doesn't always occur and Masters who aren't properly Bonded to their Pets are those who are more likely to abuse them.
It's not a perfect system, frankly it's kinda creepy but it's a system that has kept Other in peace and order for thousands of years.
The Bond goes both ways, a properly Bonded Owner will love their Pet unconditionally as if they were their own children or family. Sometimes the Bond goes farther than that, platonic love between a Pet and Owner is fine but sexual love is forbidden between a Pet and Owner ('cause that's just creepy).

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-Centers-
Centers are facilities built all over Other that are places for Pets to be raised and held until they are adopted by their Master/Owner. There are different Centers that teach different things. Some simply raise the Pets, some are for training Pets for combat and some are for Pets who've been abandoned or no longer have an Owner for whatever reason.

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-Geography-
Like I said before, Other is physically just a mirrored Earth. The oceans are more or less the same, the deserts, forests and so on. The cities are different but similar due to the Owners settling down in areas familiar to them and thus building settlements near where they are located on Earth. There is a huge kingdom in the clouds where the Faeries live and that kingdom is constantly moving and changing as the clouds do.

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-Plant and Animals-
Other has a lot of different plants due to the saturation of magic on the planet. Many magical plants and trees exist, some dangerous, some not, but all different from those found on Earth. Owners brought a lot of food from Earth over and farms were made with food that was more familiar to them. The only Earth plants that exist in Other are those that the Humans brought over. Many farms grow both Other-world crops as well as Earth-world crops.
Real Animals in Other are rare. Since most of Other is made up of Animal-type Demons and Spirits there aren't all that many non-intelligent animals. They do exist, you just won't see all that many. The animals you mostly see in Other are the Familiars (more on that in the next section)
Humans brought a lot of farm animals over to Other to raise for food and they make up a large part of the diet on Other.
As a note, in the old days before the humans began bringing things like Chickens, Rabbits, Cows etc. to Other, the Beings there would eat each other for food. The  introduction of food animals was a great help in bringing the world of Other into it's peacetime.
Over time more animals than just the livestock were brought over and have since given Other a more diverse collection of animal life.

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-Familiars-
Familiars are animals or creatures that can be summoned or bought to become a Pet's partner. Familiars can be created from magic and are generally put in pet-shops to be bought and sold. Magical Familiars are expensive and most Pets will simply find some animal to take in instead.

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More information will be added if needed.
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