On the outside life resumed as normal, the standard life expectancy rose by nearly double what it was and the overall standard of living grew, it seemed as if life had returned to a form of normality, large development projects of urban areas proved successful.
Guilds were still prominent as governing bodies, hunters still amassed power and wealth in droves, more people than ever were registering as hunters after experiencing an awakening, gates remained and stayed at a fixed rate of spawning.
The hunters association of America saw a steady fall from power as David Rolland the former chairman saw his hearth turn for the worst and fell ill with cancer and died at the age of 82, the newly appointed chairman Christopher Miller was appointed the position and resumed the operations taken by his predecessor, the reason they lost a lot of their influence, was because the public saw them as a tax payer burden, and without Rolland an S ranked hunter they were promptly shunned.
The people at the association continued their assigned jobs at monitoring hunters and guilds alike and dispatching emergency teams of armed personal when a gate appeared.