Post by draconis on Jul 4, 2017 2:55:44 GMT
Fauna in Litharia
Litharia is massive, and with its major land mass comes a variety of magical creatures. There are endless possibilities to what exists in Litharia, so the sky is the limit. Fauna exists almost everywhere, even in the mysterious Shadow World. The best way to talk about specific species or subspecies and all the information surrounding them is to create a journal for your character explaining the species and how they interact with your character.
There are three mindsets that fauna are categorized into: Sentient, Semi-Sentient, Non-Sentient.
Sentient animals are like the humanoids on Litharia. They are fully self-aware and have the capacity to make decisions not based sorely off instinct. Some of them can speak similar languages as humans, daemons, shifters, ect. while some can’t. Some may have their own, smaller forms of nomadic societies, but generally there aren’t enough of them to consider them more than fauna or a viable species of Litharia.
Sentient animals are generally not tamable, either later in their life or from birth/hatch. The only time a character may have one of these animals is if they are gifted by admin. Sometimes their trust may be gained, but this is a different relationship than having them tamed or owned.
Semi-Sentient animals are a grey area. They can have varying forms of sentience. Some may be able to speak, some cannot. Some may have the capacity to make decisions like sentient creatures, but there may be an underlying decision factor based on instinct. They are generally more intelligent than non-sentient animals, but less so than sentient. Like sentient animals, their trust can be gained. Tamability various from species to species, but generally they are not easy to tame.
Semi-sentient animals can be gifted by admin. They may also be obtained in-thread. Due to the grey area here, feel free to ask admin what is acceptable and what’s not.
Non-Sentient animals make up the majority of creatures in Litharia. They are like other animals such as horses, dogs, cats, most birds, and so forth. All decisions they make are based on instinct. The most speaking they can do is imitation, such as parrots. These creatures can harness magical abilities just like semi-sentient and sentient animals.
Some of these animals are not tamable based on what you make of them, many can be. Imprinting is also possible. Most of these types of fauna do not need admin approval and can be gifted, acquired in thread or acquired during character creation.