Vulpini
"Where are your parents, child?" The fury child meekly speaks up, "I am unsure, sir. I woke up in the grove over there this morning and my family was gone." "I am sure it is just a mixup and they will be right back and get you," the man attempts to reassure the child. "But sir, four months ago, we left my brother behind. I asked mama when we were going back to pick him up. She told me that he is free now to do as he chooses you will understand one day.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Vulpini are small to medium-sized humanoids with features that resemble foxes, badgers, or raccoons, depending on their ancestry. Their fingers and toes end in tiny claws.
Genetics and Reproduction
They have a fairly short gestation periond of 3 months and generally two to four children per birth.
Growth Rate & Stages
Whithin weeks of birth a baby Vulpini is able to walk, run and climb. They reach full maturity by the age of 6.
Ecology and Habitats
They prefere the cool forests that can be found throughout Dungar because of this there is still a high population of them in the Lakewood region.
Behaviour
Vulpini are sharp-tongued, fiercely individualistic and adventurous, and have a notorious predisposition toward wanderlust. They often travel incredible distances over their lifetimes and die far from their place of birth. Some settle down and live for years in the same place if the area is filled with opportunity or to rear their young, but they almost always eventually leave anything (and anyone) they cannot easily bring with them behind, up to and including their own children. This tendency to leave without arranging one’s affairs has earned their race more than a few enemies, and some folk are reluctant to enter into any long-term arrangements that rely on trust with a Vulpini.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Due to thier high level of wanderlust the Vulpini have no real culture or society that belongs to them.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
They have the ability to see in the dark, which has given them advantages in the dark forests. All Vulpini also have the uncanny knack of always knowing which way is north.
Civilization and Culture
Gender Ideals
To the Vulpini the females are considered superior to the males.
Courtship Ideals
For the Vulpini when the mood for love sparks them, they will seek out a short-term mate and generally have children with them. The length of this relationship varies from pair to pair however, most of these coupling last just one or two years with the parents separating. In the separation, the kids can be split up or stay together with one parent or the other, and even the occasion of both parents leaving all the children behind to fend for themselves.
Relationship Ideals
The idea of marriage is a foreign concept to the Vulpini. When it comes to relationships, they do not see the point of family in the traditional sense. Their loyalty belongs to their travel companions, this may or may not include other Vulpini and these friends can change on the spot if they find a group heading someplace they always wanted to see.
Culture and Cultural Heritage
Few vulpini ever dedicate themselves to religion, although some find a worthy one of dedicating themselves to, as long as they don't have to stay in one place to long.
History
It is believed that the wanderlust that saturates the Vulpini is due to the wandering nature of the animals that most believe the goddess Ineas mutated them from.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Most other species are wary of setting up any long-term contracts or for that matter, anything that requires them to be in the same place for more than a few hours. Because of this, most require payment upfront or at the time of sale.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Scientific Name
Foxfolk
Lifespan
Average lifespan for them is 65 years.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
They can be white, grey, black, red, brown, tawny. Some have alternating stripes along their bodies or tails.
Related Ethnicities
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