The world of Gihon is a magical parallel world where creatures of myth such as centaurs, Minotaurs, satyrs, dryads, merpeople, and nymphs etc. are treated as second-class by the more populous human civilizations. A practice made darker by the fact that all of those mythical creatures were once humans. In the world of Gihon every child is born human, but around the age of 16 a small percentage of the population will begin to progressively transform into a mythical creature over the course of several weeks. There is no way to predict who will change, but in most cases when the changes become visible on the person, regardless of status or station, they are disowned by their family and put onto the streets where most are quickly exploited. Technologically speaking, Gihon is a world not too dissimilar from Earth in 1900 with the addition of some magical flair.