
Cerebrate 

Loves a Demon
(to those wondering Xerxes is bascially the big empire that has sunken together like a failed souffle when everyone immortal enough to see the course its' history is taking peaced out before it's too late. playing as a citizen means scraping out a living or becoming the toy of some noble, or joining the militaries which are the only places i'd call clean.)
(as for ridgeback, if you make a hyena they will be taught to fight and depending on your choice probably be capable of controlling an element, basically the benders from avatar, older characters will be stronger with that.
If you make a Helot deer, theirs is a naturally submissive people, with the hyena largely taking care of their protection, as the wilderness is teeming with all manner of new chimeric wildlife, however, a new god on the block has gifted the deer with druidic abilities and the Helots are reasonably respected even.)
(as for ridgeback, if you make a hyena they will be taught to fight and depending on your choice probably be capable of controlling an element, basically the benders from avatar, older characters will be stronger with that.
If you make a Helot deer, theirs is a naturally submissive people, with the hyena largely taking care of their protection, as the wilderness is teeming with all manner of new chimeric wildlife, however, a new god on the block has gifted the deer with druidic abilities and the Helots are reasonably respected even.)