Snaiwdene

Picture of a yurt in the village of Snaiwdene

Snaiwdene is a village on the island Auwjuland, that acts as the refuge of the Kattuz, a human-feline hybrid people that was the result of genetic experimenting done by the Jingdaoese Imperial Armed Forces' Unit 666 in order to create superhuman soldiers. As the project was cancelled and the kattuz were to be euthanised, they broke out of the Unit 666 compound and fled to Snaiwdene. From 1705 to 1712 Auwjuland was claimed by the Community of Pacary, which was predominantly settling on the northern island, also known as Pacary, and the kattuz had to lay down to avoid detection. In 1711 an extremely cold winter made the island of Pacary uninhabitable and the Community of Pacary was evacuated to Sanpantul. Halfway 1712, as the kattuz were confident that the Paqalinuit and Nunaqeqertaquit people had left the area, they began to re-appear from their places of hiding. As of IX.1712, Snaiwdene is home to approximately 5,000 kattuz living in yurts in the city, but oftentimes travelling over the Pacary islands and the rest of Micras as traders.

The village does not have a political system, as the feline genes of the kattuz make following authority wholly unnatural to them. The village does however have a hospital that cares for the sick and is funded by voluntary donations, as well as several schools for the younger members of society. In periods of war, the kattuz have the custom to elect a war-leader that will command them all for the duration of the war, but will hold no power afterwards.

The name Snaiwdene means snowy valley in Tunge, the language of the Kattuz.