Rowan Yeats started his personal protection business when he was young and quickly gained the reputation for ruthlessness. Being much sought after by celebrities and politicians, he eventually began to invest with some of his clients and expand into other markets.As the security company grew, it was divided into two departments: the Protective Service Officers and the Intelligence and Enforcement Division. In the beginning, Yeats employed common thugs but adding formal education as a part of training caused a clamor among lower income families who saw it as a way out of poverty. Rowan was very generous and his employees in turn were fiercely loyal.Yeats Corp Labs was added and developed specialized injections for their personnel that enhanced physical abilities, making Yeats officers virtually unstoppable. It was quickly discovered that the First Generation Yeats injections caused a specific genetic mutation that interfered with reproduction and in twenty years' time, the explosion in multiple births and children born with defects to employee families could no longer be covered up. Despite setbacks, the company continued to administer the injections as alterations were made to the formula.The mortality rate among children of Yeats officers was more than quadruple the national average. The surviving offspring were all twins or multiples except for the very rare surviving single birth which were in most cases deaf or blind, and in all cases were male. Rares were easily identifiable by their lack of melanin. Where all genetically mutated Yeats offspring had uniquely colored eyes and other unusual physical traits, Rares had only gray or white hair and were generally free from any other body hair, the lack of follicles giving their skin a synthetic look and feel. In an attempt to discern what caused the anomaly, Yeats Labs began attempting to replicate the incidence of Rare births within their facility using fetal growth tanks and when that failed, implantation of an embryo into a volunteer host.The effect that the first generation injections had on the body was all encompassing and studies showed that the increased cellular renewal slowed physical aging in adulthood to nearly a stop. Groups of personnel were chosen and administered various diseases without their knowledge in an attempt to test the mortality of their officers and when disease for the most part proved to be no hindrance, adjustments began to be made to the serum to lessen the effects of the mental instability caused by long term use. Experimental and exploratory surgeries were also performed on officers unawares, for the sake of research. Once word leaked throughout the company of these experiments, they were viewed and assigned as punishment for a range of offenses.As with any other drug, the first gen shots were leaked and sold on the street where they were popular among heroin users who soon became known as Gen junkies. Anywhere there was a burst of multiple births in a lower income/high crime area, investigations were launched to try and collect as many Yeats drug induced twins and multiples as possible. These children were usually removed from their homes and sent to a Yeats family care facility where they were assessed and their progress monitored over a period of years, after which they were assigned to a department of Yeats to be groomed for future service. Yeats Baby was used to refer to anyone of any age who was born of the influence of the first generation injections and in less than 100 years, a corporation had spawned a new race. The Yeats Chronicles tell the stories of three very different families tied together by this common thread.