Wuta Finch

Racial Magic

Zithvek's Sense

Can sense emotions, thoughts and states related to Zithvek (hatred, hostility, annoyance, disgust, dissonance and feelings of agitation, rage, anger, passion, impatience and need) and learn details about these emotions and thoughts by touching a target. Mostly used to sense the hostility of predators.

Flithmar's Step

Can enter and exit Flithmar's Plane via portals and travel the plane freely without injury. They can bring another with them while maintaining contact. These portals are any instance of fire large enough to fit through. This ability also leaves them fireproof and in fact is very similar to a Movement manifestation, flames a solid foothold for them.

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A common finch found across Alkelbulan. Their familiar, soft song and amiable flocks bring a sense of cheer to even the arid reaches of the Shamsi Desert. Brilliantly colored and elegant in movement, they might remind one of a flickering flame. They are almost always in their magic form when they are foraging for food, falling back on their ability to sense hostility to detect predators, their gleaming orange and vermillion feathers only adding to this visage. Beyond their cheery demeanor and acute perception, they are otherwise known for their ability to cross over into Flithmar's Plane. When danger presents itself, they can be seen flocking all at once towards any source of open fire, diving into the flames of torches and campfires of the human settlements they prefer to stay close to!

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Basic Information

Anatomy

by Lee Stepp

Original Ancestor

lagonostica larvata and senegala
Black-faced Fire Finch and Red Billed Fire Finch

Length

2.9 in (10 cm)

Coloration

These finches are mostly red and black. They have a yellow ring around their eyes, a brown undertail and pink underparts. Females are much duller, mostly brown with some pink. In their magic form, the wuta finch turns mostly orange and black, some of these feathers closer to vermillion in hue, resembling a red-tinged sunset.

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Genetics and Reproduction

by Lee Stepp

Wuta finches are residential breeders, not migrating with the seasons. Pairs form among their flocks and they each create a domed nest made of grass built into low bushes, walls or thatch rooves. They are careful to select plants which are fireproof whether these are pieces of Mawa Palm or variations of Mashe Lovegrass. Each pair will lay 3-6 eggs and parents provide their young food once they hatch.

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Ecology and Habitats

by Lee Stepp

These birds prefer to make their home wherever humans can be found, whether this is because humans settle in around water sources or for quick access to Flithmar's Plane is uncertain. Otherwise, they enjoy open habitats including grasslands, savannah, rocky hills, oases, fields, woodlands and thickets. They are also fairly widespread, found throughout the lands south of the Shamsi Desert and might be found in the oases, wadis and villages of this desert. Otherwise, they make their homes in Kemet, Kasar Wuta, Nyasi za Rangi, Gaarreen Ho'aa and even Musi Kongo.

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Dietary Needs and Habits

These diurnal finches are seed eating birds but might also feed on small insects, especially termites. They are most often sighted foraging along the ground but will flit to trees or into fire when spooked. They are far less flighty than their ancestors, unperturbed by those without aggression or anger. It is hostility, rage and need which they sense using their racial magic, that which urges them to flee. They flock in considerable numbers, a gregarious species.

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