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wahmbulance NEW THREAD GO HERE! wahmbulance


Head on over for Wonderland fun!

WE HAVE A NEW CERT, SEE HERE

Old lines can get an update.

Welcome to our world.

While we are not an RP required shop, because all of our pets are on unique lines and take a fair amount of effort and time to complete, the shop is activity required.


**The shop layout is best viewed when Gaia is set to "Centered Site"**


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••Important Links For The Shop••

The guild
Owners List - By Username
Owners List - By Class
Certing Area
Staff Contact

Growth Forms
**PET WILL NOT GROW OTHERWISE**

Set Line Phase Out
**THE BASIC LINES ARE NO LONGER IN USE**

••Basic Shop Links••

Noct Info
Questing Area
Journals
Privet Roleplay
Breeding Den
Customs Area
Event Suggestion
Sales and Events Area

••User/Staff Run Shop Related Links••

The Nocturna (DeviantArt Group)
The Adoption Center (Unhomed infant nocts)
Lovers Cove (Noct Plot/Couple Searches)
Noct Reference Adoption (Earn rights to random noct designs)



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•June 3, 2010 -- Makeover of main thread, guild and familiar lines begins.
•February 19, 2010 -- Nocturna Anniversary Event begins.
•October 18, 2009 -- Nocturna V3 construction begins.



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• Above all, be respectful of your moderators, the staff, and your fellows. Do not be rude, coarse, or unkind. Do not complain, bully, or cheat. Conduct yourself like a proper Gaian.
• Save your drama for your mama, take it up outside of Gaia. We don't want it.
• Do not steal art! You will be reported to Gaia if caught doing so. Nekoya will eat your face if you do as well.
• Events will be done in their own time. Do not pester the staff about the shop, customs, etc.
• You may not resell a pet or its offspring. They may however be rehomed after speaking to Nekoya.
• Do not ask for a free Noct! Free Nocts will come in their own time.
• RP is not required, but serious, intelligent RPing is highly encouraged.
• Spamming and trolling will be reported.
• Co-owning is not allowed, under any circumstance.
• Send all trades to the mule.
• Prestige customs must obtain the permission of Nekoya to make sure it will not be used in an event.
• RP is 100% welcome in the guild and has designated areas for it.
• Unless it is a CYO event, nobody but a colourist is to colour on shop lines.
• Please try to be welcoming. How else is the shop to grow?
• Absolutely under no circumstance is talking about shop drama allowed in other threads. This goes against rule number two.
• RP is not require but we would like to see shop activity! Without activity within the shop, your pet is pretty much just a piece of pretty art. being active in the shop will allow your pet to RP. RPing the couple will allow them free babies. Activity is also what lets your pet grow.

Rules are subject to change at any given time.



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•Q. May a same sex pair breed?
A. Yes though there is an item that must be bought in order for it to happen.

•Q. Do I have to RP?
A. RP is not required, but has it's perks of course. Also, if you have a growing noct, human or halfbreed, thread activity OR RP is required for it to grow since it is custom lines for their growths.

•Q. What are some RP perks?
A. There are a few such as...
.......*First 2 babies in a breeding are free.
.......*Quad form of your noct is free.
.......*Royals and Outcasts may create clans.

•Q. Can ANYONE start a clan?
A. Only Royal and Outcast who have been RP'd and earned the right may begin a clan.

•Q. May I be a shop artist for unique lines?
A. As much as the help would be nice, I prefer just me. You may be a colourist though if we are hiring.

•Q. Can any pet become a Royal?
A. No, only a Royal can be a Royal. As for breeding only Royal x Royal children will be dubbed as Royals. Royals are meant to be a RARE type. By RP with Lucus (Nekoya must be contacted for this) he may allow a suitable candidate to become a Royal though. Conditions of this are that the noct must have no criminal record and must have a high level of involvement with Royal nocts.

•Q. What is considered a newbie at Nocturna?
A. A user who has 2 or less Noct.

•Q. You aren't hiring but I'd like to apply, what can I do?
A. PM LadyNekoya, she will talk to you about this.

•Q. Do I ask permission before or after I begin questing for a Prestige Noct?
A. It's best to do so before questing, as it saves you time and work if that cosplay is reserved for an event.

•Q. What is a "perma child" Noct?"
A. A perma-child noct is not necessarily a child. They are a noct that has been stunted in growth my the conflicting DNA of a large humanoid and two small animals. Their bodies are full developed in most cases. Only Nocts will be able to be permas.



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••The Map••
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Stellar Coast - A large black sand beach said to be sprinkled with the dust of the stars.
Bone Coast - A wasteland covered in the bones of the dead.
Sunji Grasslands - A quiet area, great for farmland.
Bourge Swamp - A wasteland covered in mud and waters.
Cliffton Mountains - A rocky area filled with mineral.
Dlay Desert - A sandy wasteland.
Mists Lake - A lake where the souls of the dead are said to gather.
Kalhi Forest - A deep and eerie forest.
Sear Island - A bare island, nothing special.
Lost Seas - Dangerous and threatening waters.


••The NPCs••

Coming Soon.

••The Story••

I greet you with a weary welcome to OUR world...

Our world is our sanctuary... Many lives were shed for our freedom.

We have come to know ourselves as "Noct" a race as human as yourselves, yet above you in skill an ability. Even if you created us... We have broken our chains.

A many great years ago, long before my time we Noct fought a great battle for our freedom against the human. Because of this we are not all on good terms. Many lives were lost on both sides but in the end the creation of the humans was the victor. We Noct prevailed.

What are we? Who are we? We are creatures who were created to be watch dogs and toys to the humans. Slaves to them for our eternal lives. Created of the blood of a fox, a bat and a human. We bare the body of a human. Our legs slightly mutated from the animal genes, wings bore on our backs alongside a tail and ears stand tall upon our heads. A thin layer of fur coats part of our bodies.



My name is Lucus. I am the lone survivor of my families name. Roughly 8 years ago we were attacked by one of our own. An outcast known as Acheron. While I was away he had planned to destroy my name completely and drag me to the ground in his servitude. I arrived home early.. What I found was blood, flames and destruction. My life was gone before me. Confronting Acheron we battled for many great hours.. in the process I lost sight in one of my eyes. That day.. changed me forever as I lay there in the house after Acheron had fled... He shall forever be a damned soul to me..

In the time after I was to meet Ca-Talia and Ooy.. Ca who I purchased off of some slave traders to bring her into my care and out of the life she had. She is an extraordinary woman and has.. somewhat become a mother figure to me in that time. Ooy I found alone.. scared while traveling. She is astoundingly strong.. I was the first to extend my hand to her and offer her shelter..

Looking back.. I realize.. if it wasn't for Acheron I probably would have never down any of this.. But he showed me what a leader truly has to be..


For a great deal of years. . . Since the beginning of our creation, rather, we Noct have detested the existance of human-kind. Of course originally not because of who or what they are or what they’ve done to deterierate mother Earth’s health, instead our hatred of them came from the humans bringing us into existance.

For many, many generations we Noct have taken refuge here on Nocturna. We have even created our own way of life and living. Of course, because it has been such a long time, some of us have grown out of our feelings of hate against the humans. For others, especially the Royals like myself, these emotions have been bred into our very beings. A companion of mine (sister of my enemy Acheron) once told me, “Lucus, our feelings for the humans hold almost no ground in the modern day. If we Noct hated what we were so much, we would not have continued our race. We would not have brought children into this world. This is something we cannot blame on mankind.”

I, truthfully, have thought hard for many days on her words. Yet Ca-Talia has seen what humans can do. . . knows what they have done to her, and yet she doesn’t hate them. I will never understand, however, how a Noct can choosingly mate with a human. Their children, the halfbreeds. . . are the real freaks - not we Nocts.



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Common Nocts do not have any special skill or appearance to set them apart from the other classes. They are considered the middle ground, less than the Gypsies and Royals but viewed in higher light than the Brutes and Outcasts. Theses Noct may train to be other classes, however, through hard work and training. However, a Noct may never become a Royal as the Royal class is only awarded to Nocts through birth.

An exception to that last bit is a noct must have a clean slate, they must have also been raised by a royal or royal family. With the approval of that family and an RP with Lucus (Played by LadyNekoya), a commoner may become a Royal.














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The Gypsy class in the Noct social system is highly respected for their help with doing things that were not originally available to the Noct. Some of the advances that are thanks to the Gypsy are: same sex couples being able to reproduce without a surrogate, a litter size being increased from what is normally considered possible, and helping transgendered Nocts become their desired sex with fully functioning sexual organs.

Born Gypsies normally are gifted with one special talent from the time they arrive to the world. This talent normally has its limits as well as its downsides. Their gifts are commonly referred to as magic. Learned Gypsies occasionally have powers from birth, but other times they either develop them or are learned.

NOTE: There are certain abilities that Nekoya will not allow. These restrictions are often associated with the laws of witchcraft and what is allowed and isn't. Potions can only persuade emotions, they cannot control them. The dead can be manipulated, but they can never be brought back to life. Alchemy can change one item to another, but personal gain will cause this gift to be nullified. If you have a question about your gypsy's powers, feel free to contact LadyNekoya or the shop mule.










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The Brute class in the Noct social system is regarded as the lowest possible accepted standing. A lot of times, Brutes will be discriminated against by the other classes of Noct. The Brutes are the Nocts that have been mutated due to their unsuccessful combination of the Noct DNA. Brutes always have something wrong with them. Ooy, the NPC Brute, has wings much too small to fly while other Brutes have multiple tails, a third eye or other anomalies. Ghosts are also seen as Brutes as they are Nocts that have died but not passed on deeming them unacceptable to most Noct. However, any injuries that result in body augmentation do not make a Noct a Brute. Akita, an important Gypsy, has a prosthetic arm and a wing that was cut very short but she is not considered a Brute.
















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The Royal class in Nocturna society is viewed as the very highest, as they are the nobles of the race. Royals are never created, only born from two Royal Nocts. A Royal may mate to another classed Noct, but their children will never be Royals. The Royals also have their own social standing within the class, sort of like the aristocracy. Vempyremon and Lucus are the highest standing Nocts with their sons Lance and Devri coming shortly after. Any other Royals are below them socially as this family rules over the other Noct.

















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Outcasts are considered by most to be the lowest of the low. They are usually criminals, the mentally unwell and those who go against the social ways. Of course not all outcasts are bad. Some have only had the title placed on them by birth right. Those who can prove themselves better than what the outcast nature is like can be accepted into other groups such as the Gypsy, Commoner and Brute.

(An item is however required for this.)



















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Dastair of the Stellar Coast.
Skudumuu of the Bone Coast.
Ont of the Sunji Grasslands.
Yonguk of the Bourge Swamp.
Nithyn of the Cliffton Mountains.
Gondun of the Dlay Desert.
Housoul of the Mists Lake.
Keerah of the Kalhi Forest.
Tookii of the Sear Island.
Xifai of the Lost Seas.



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Julian_Makoto Now LadyNekoya - Shop manager, artist, colorist.
Sage_the_vampric_Angel - Manager.
Princess Vempyremon - Head Colorist.
Kiara Lime - Head Colorist.
purplerosesbeauty - Colorist.
Lita Rutherford - Colorist.
Leez0rz - Colorist.
Mei silja - Familiar Colorist.
Toadies_soarys - Familiar Colourist.
Dark Hikari - Certist.
Mewsing of an Angel - Familiar Certist.

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Line art - Julian_Makoto
Common & Familiar Template - Princess Vempyremon
Banners - phoenixbasilisk
Concept - Julian_Makoto
Cert - Eleenie


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