Page 1 1.ToC 2. Non-Familiar species 3. List of Allowed Familiars 4-5.Goats 6-7. Wolves 8-9. 10-11. 12-13. 14-15.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 4:12 pm
Animals of the Island The ones that can't talk or develop obvious cultures
Amphibians The Island has many species of frog and salamander in it. Some may be mistaken for being 'spirit touched' and avoided by the sentient species able to avoid predating on other familiars without starving themselves (most of the smaller predators), and avoided even by those who have learned from experience within their tribe not to eat brightly colored Poison Frogs.
Small Mammals Species of Shrews, Moles, and unspirit touched native rodents such as mice (unlike the Familiar types of Mice from mainland) live native on the land, as well as various members of small primates, primarily Tamarins and Marmoset, tending to be around he size of squirrels.
Larger mammals A subspecies of Capybara lives on the island, the large semi-aquatic rodent being a secondary food source for the Wolf Tribe. Along with the capybara are peccary, a medium sized pig like species with a slightly skunky smell.
There are also two species of Deer on the island: Pygmy Brockets weighing 15 to 20 kilograms (33 to 44 lb) and Pudú, which can range from weighing 3.3 to 6 kg (7.3 to 13.2 lb) at 32 to 35 cm (13 to 14 in) tall at the shoulder to being 35 to 45 cm (14 to 18 in) tall at the shoulder and weighing in at 6.4 to 13.4 kg (14 to 30 lb). These deer are in small enough numbers that the wolves only hunt them on rare occasions, the two breeds not breeding fast enough at the current time to be an issue to the balance of the island compared to the other two islands. Sometimes orphaned ones are picked up as pets by sentient breeds.
Fresh water aquatic animals
Along with shellfish such as Mussels and Crayfish, plenty of tropical fresh water fish live in the island.
Commonly found fish: Chichlid, Discus, Danios/Minnows, Guppys, Plecostomus, Tetras, swordtails, Arowana, fresh water eels, Leporinus,Peacock bass, Arapaima, Aruana, Bicuda, Alligator Gar, Redtail Catfish, Jacunda,Tambaqui/Cachama, Oscar, Pirapitinga, Needle Jaw, Payara, Wolf Fish/Traira/Aimara, Apapá, Piraíba and loaches
Salt water aquatic animals
On a few spots of the island, caves open out into pools connected to the ocean, such as in the Ra'kari Territory. These have entry ways too small even for the fry of familiar species of aquatic animal, including the Jellyfish, Lobster, and Octopus, from getting in due to the fact these breeds breed in much lower quantities and much more controlled settings with larger, more developed offspring. However, other fertilized things may, on occasion, slip in through the cracks then grow too large to escape, developing and breeding in these caves.
In the caves without sunlight, blind and luminescent fish have developed in the caves, surviving on the copepods, white isopods, eyeless flatworms, cave snails, blind crayfish, plankton, and other cave dwelling animals, including larva and adults of bugs that call the caves home or even at times bats and other drowned animals.
In the caves with holes inaccessable from the mountains above without plummeting to ones death, these caves can and often do act like large tidepools, thriving miniature coral reefs miles south from the coral reefs on the other side of the underwater gorge in the Kawani bay, some species of fish having evolved in these massive tidepools. A small collection of these tidepool caves is in the Ra'kari territory, a sacred spot to them and it and a few other saltwater pools in their territory are their main sources of salt. They consider the singular Moray eel in the pool that appeared a few years before the arrival of the soquili something of a pet, feeding the young growing fish. Others have yet to be found.
Invertebrates Butterflies and Honeybees are a frequent site on the island, as are spiders, including tarantulas and some of the larger weaving spiders. Some of the finch and smaller lizard familiars will actively raise spiders for their silk to create tools and accessories. Other 'creepy crawly' species are also common, but over all are of no threat to the soquili, goats, and wolves of the island. The large Millipedes and spiders can be a threat to the smaller birds and lizards familiars on the island.
Birds
Many species of bird, much like the spirit touched familiars, exist on the island without having the more human like mental capabilities or ability to learn the languages of others and speak it. Ocellated turkeys are the largest of the bird species. Some flocks of these brightly colored meaty birds are partially tamed, actively kept and raised by the Ra'kari wolf tribe. In addition, Several species of seabird nest on the island -- some on the cliffs and the mountainous crater edge, while some might go inland and nest in the trees or even on the ground, and a few species live here year round.
Reptiles
Many species of lizards, ranging from an inch to about two feet length exist on the island. The largest are the Common basilisk lizards that live near the rivers, their length primarily tail for balance when they are startled into a run across the surface of the river. They can prove dangerous to smaller familiars, but can be raised as food or pets by larger ones.
Terrapin and river turtles, such as Soft shelled turtles, Red-eared sliders, diamond back terrapin, are also fairly common, often raised as pets or food or hunted within moderation by the larger predators. Snapping turtles also live in the water, but rarely venture from it enough and are dangerous enough to rarely be taken in as food.
Box tortoises and other smaller breeds of tortoise live in the forests, and while predation is moderated, their meat is sought after.
In the plains, however, a species so old and so ancient is left untouched except for rare occasions of need: The giant Tortoises. On the rare occasions of one dies of natural causes, their shells are taken to be used by either the goat or wolf that discovers it. The wolves use the upper shell to create a large bowl they put heated rocks into to make soups, and the bottom part to create primitive and roughly built tools, armor and weapons, while the goats, without the paws to work with, use it to store grain seeds.
This island currently lacks any sort of snake species.
Allowed Familiars (Please note: May be subject to change)
Key:
Unrestricted: First generations can be customed in as natives born of the island. Outsiders cannot be customed in, and breedings with characters from outside of the island cannot happen within island Canon. They are still limited to the island, but there are no limits to how many first generation members there can be as they are native species
Restricted: Introduced by Island Management in a limited amount of Unrelated first generation members. Only Restricted Species will have their family trees/Tribe Information kept here -- Other tribes and families with pages to keep track of their information can request to have a link to their pages under the familiar information.
Smaller Familiars Prey
Bats: Unrestricted
Different groups of bat live on the island, ranging from as small as 3.7-4.7 cm to some having wingspans nearing 3.3 ft long. The different bat species of Utloyi island only have four types of diet: Insectivores with a strict diet eat Insects, piscivores that have a strict diet of fish, Nectar feeding that eat mostly plant nectar and pollen, supplementing it with fruit, and entirely fruit eating bats. Hybrids of the different breeds do exist.
Hummingbirds, Finches/Songbirds, and "Quetzal": Unrestricted A Wide variety of birds range through the island, from the smallest humming bird to Tropical Quetzal-like birds and song birds reaching about the size of an American Robin (7.9–11 in / 20–28 cm Tall). Their diet consists primarily of insects, fruit, and seeds, though some species specialize in eating specific things, such as cacti and succulents on the western mountains, or large nuts that otherwise would be limited to parrots.
Some of the finches have been supplementing their diet with the blood of larger animals, which the larger ones allow in exchange for the finches also removing parasites. One flock of these particular species of finch calls themselves The "Blooded" in their tongue, and marks their territory well and this spot is used as a neutral location, and many members specialize in healing and dealing with parasite born illnesses, so no members of the flock are hunted when identified, and hunting is forbidden in their territory. However it is also forbidden to move into the territory permanently as a large group to avoid predation: While it is fine to weather the night there as an individual, payment is in blood, and a healthy individual abusing their welcome will be pecked at and fed on with greater frequency, and a herd will simply cause the location to be abandoned and its members shunned, though familiars approximately the same size as the members are welcomed to stay.
Main Tribes: "Blooded", the rest unknown Language: ??? 💀 Enemy Tribes: ??? Allied Tribes: Blooded: Neutral
Parrots: Unrestricted
Parrots come in a wide range of size and colors, but most flocks are fairly peaceful plant and nut eaters. They can also be frequently found on cliff walls, licking off minerals from the rock walls necessary to stay healthy.
Some species of parrot will also supplement their diet with meat. Usually this means scavenging, but the Hawiya Ayelasdi (or "Meat Cutter") parrots that have taken to the habit have teamed up with the Ra'kari Wolf Tribe and, during the war, helped knock goats of the Yahn Weya Tribe off of their cliffs to face the wolves directly in battle or die in the fall and are feared by most of the other groups. Outside of the war, they help scout out prey for the wolves and eat their scraps, acting much like Ravens of mainland might.
Main Tribes: Hawiya Ayelasdi, The Rest Unknown Language: ??? 💀 Enemy Tribes: ??? Allied Tribes: the Hawiya Ayelasdi: Ra'kari Wolf Tribe
Predators
LIZARDS: Unrestricted
While most of the lizard species on the island are fairly small, some species reach 3.3ft in length from tip of nose to tip of tail. In addition, the different species and hybrids have a wide range of diets: While most of the larger species are folivores (leaf eaters) and fruigvores (fruit eaters), many of the smaller breeds are insectivores, and some mid sized species (And hybrids) will eat any animal they can catch that is smaller than them and capable of swallowing whole, or are Avivores (egg eaters). This includes other lizards, so it is rare for smaller lizards to stick around larger ones.
Because of this, the meat and egg eating members of the species tend to be avoided, the rest of the insectivores and herbivores living and working along side other prey animals and forming small tribes. These tribes can easily be torn apart by the Ra'kari Wolf Tribe
Ranging from Six to Ninteen inches tall, the raptor species tend to be around the sizes of falconets, Kestrels, and Falcons. Some species are scavengers, some have a diet consisting of fish, and others can capture smaller birds in mid air or pounce on the smaller lizards. Some peaceful groups have been seen weaving loose weave grass baskets and putting them in the water to create shade for small fish and scooping up the basket to trap the fish and eat the captured fish instead of predating on the lizard familiars to supplement their diet. Even some of those willing to predate on the spirit touched have started using this method as it is a tasty treat with minimal effort.
Ranging from Five inches tall with a nine inch wingspan To Nine inches tall and a wingspan of 21 inches, the owl species of the island are tiny predators that primarily consist on a diet of invertebrates, small lizards, frogs, and small mammals, like the falcons some peaceful groups (and some still willing to hunt other familiars) have been seen weaving loose weave grass baskets and putting them in the water to create shade for small fish and scooping up the basket to trap the fish and eat the captured fish instead of predating on the lizard familiars to supplement their diet of invertebrates.
Seagulls: Unrestricted *Note: Seagulls are currently a form of Mutant Corvid, but should an official Seagull be made, the two will count as Gulls of Different, unbreedable species.
Seagulls are one of the few 'outsider' species seen regularly on the island -- some Flocks exist only around the island year round, but others nest here and fish elsewhere. Territory fights are common but rarely fatal, and most will tolerate and make room for the non-spirit touched seagulls when it is their nesting season, since the feral minded seagull's seasons are limited by time, while the Spirit-Touched seagulls are capable of breeding whenever but take longer for their kids to develop. Highly intelligent and curious beings with many familiar with soquili, these are the most likely breeds to bond early with the Moon Tribe, and will help provide them with supplies and learning the Moon Children's Language.
Much like the non-spirit touched, the largest of the Seagull familiars are 64–79 cm (25–31 in) long with a 1.5–1.7 m (4 ft 11 in–5 ft 7 in) wingspan and a body weight of 0.75–2.3 kg (1.7–5.1 lb), while the smallest have a length of 25–30 cm (9.8–11.8 in), a wingspan of 61–78 cm (24–31 in), and a mass of 68–162 g (2.4–5.7 oz).
Main Tribe: ??? Language: Most Seagull Familiars can speak "Keee-oh" (Seagull Common) But since they are travelers many languages may be spoken (Excluding Mainland Common as none of the breeds that travel to Utyoli Island bother venturing mainland long enough to bother learning the primary language, preferring the the islands where Mainland Common is less frequently used), and thus languages might differ depending on the flock, with Keee-oh having different slang, accents, phrases and dialect due to travels. 💀 Enemy Tribes: ??? Allied Tribes: ???
Larger Familiars Prey
Goats: Restricted Weighing at 100-175 pounds, These goats live in the mountains of the crater island and the base. Being intelligent, they farm to supplement their grazing diet of what they need to eat at the bottom of the cliff near their territory, though it is not enough to keep them from stripping parts of grazing land of nutrients if left unchecked and simply moving to another area. Unfortunately, as they do so they become vulnerable to their Enemies, the wolves. They have been here for generations. However, after their last clash with the wolves of Utloyi Island, the population on both sides took a hard hit, and there is a temporary, uneasy truce.
Being the largest prey animal other than soquili, and soquili far too large to be predated on by the wolves, the peace will not last.
Tribe: Yahn Weya Tribe Language: Beeyahn (bonded ones can learn the language of the Utloyi tribe of soquili) 💀 Enemy Tribes: Ra'kari Tribe (Wolves) Allied Tribes: ???
Predators Wolves: Restricted Weighing 55 to 70 pounds, These wolves may be small compared to the species of mainland, but they are fierce hunters working as a team, stealthy and keen minded. They are the biggest threat to most of the animals, whether Spirit Touched familiars or non-sentient creatures. However, their last fight with the Goat Tribe has left their numbers dwindled. While there was plenty of food after the battle, they recognize that unless they let the goats repopulate before they begin breeding again, they will either starve or wipe out their prey. Because of this, they have dragged off most of the goats that were killed and cut the meat into strips, smoking the meat or curing it with salt collected from a pool connected to the ocean in a cave in their territory, creating a storage tent so they can eat the ample meat and reduce the amount of hunting they need to do over the years the goats need to recover their numbers.... They will eventually have to make a move, but because of their dropped numbers and caution of throwing off the balance of the land, the soquili foals that washed ashore arrived on the island were safe to grow too large to be hunted. And, once the growing soquili population is discovered, the wolves would be more willing to teach them how to grow their own food without stripping the land, aided by soquili's less destructive grazing habits.
There are only five males that survived the attack, and fifteen females. Because of this, no one outside of the packhas seen the men of the Ra'kari tribe, as they have been hidden away deep within their territory to prevent an assassination and extinction of their group, while allowing the prey population recover. And, as a pack, they cannot afford to not hunt any prey large enough to be eaten, regardless of their sentience or not, if they are to breed. While the island can sustain them with capybara and Peccary without driving them into extinction with only twenty members, They know if they reach their previous sizes the goats would once more be prey, and the ungulates wish to see them driven to extinction. And too many goats would destroy the island as they rip plants from the roots.... Without predators, the peccary, capybara, Larger lizards and goats would eventually strip the island of its resources and starve ,the balance of the island destroyed.
The Ra'kari cannot let that happen.
Tribe: Ra'kari Tribe Language: Ra'ak Tak (bonded ones can learn the language of the Utloyi tribe of soquili) 💀 Enemy Tribes: Yahn Weya Tribe Allied Tribes: the Hawiya Ayelasdi
Currently Not allowed (Please note: May be subject to change)
May Be introduced In a Meta (would be restricted and thus part of the experiment to be officially introduced in a meta) Mice Squirrels/Prairie Dogs Gators Chickens Bobcats Condors Ferret Foxes/Coyote Raccoons River Otters Sea Otters Snakes Rabbits Corvids (Ravens/Crows) *(Seagull Mutation is exception) Pronghorns Mountain Lions
Banned These familiars are either too big to make it safely over the mountains and into the valley, water bound and unable to swim up the rapids leading out of the island, or simply not allowed for plot reasons. Bison Jellyfish Sea Turtles Octopus Lobster Dolphin Bear Seals HUMANS
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 8:17 pm
Yahn Weya Goat Tribe
Basics
They Yahn Weyu are a Gatherer herd that is at the earliest stages of farming. They have been part of the island since before they can remember, even their oral history having lost when they had arrived and how. And, for as long as they can remember, they have been hunted by the Ra'kari Wolves and have returned the favor, killing members of that tribe they could catch alone. A recent, massive population boom resulted in the goats growing bold, and seeking to strike out at their enemies in their own homeland, knowing they'd hold the high ground, leaving only a few members of their tribe behind. Trying to kill the wolves, they managed to pick off many of the wolves.
Until the wolves called their allies. the Hawiya Ayelasdi, or "Meat Cutter" parrot Tribe, who swarmed the goats on the cliffs that were supporting the ground troupes or waiting their turn to continue fighting the tired wolves out of harms way as they recovered, plummeting to death or fatal injury. Rallying with their allies, and goats being swarmed by the parrots, the remaining members of the tribe were wiped out before the wolves realized that this had been all but a small remainder of the goats they depended on.
Back home, those that left for war never returned, leaving nothing but children, and the few that remained to care for them. Life on the cliffs and mountains is dangerous, and soon only six members of the herd unrelated to the billies and nannies that were
First, Second, and Third Gen goats cannot be bonded with the Soquili of the island, or communicate in the same language as them. (This provides time for the soquili to develop their own culture and language.)
Fourth and beyond Generation members can bond with a soquili from the herd at a young age and learn both Beeyahn and the language of the soquili of the island. They wont be considered official members of the Tribe anymore as the Soquili territory is neutral territory, but will still be welcomed by other members of the tribe and capable of breeding with them. They will not be hunted in soquili territories by the Ra'kari tribe.
While the goats do farm, living mostly on the cliffs and mountains to avoid predation most of the time, they aren't very good at growing enough at it to sustain themselves. Without tools and fingers to make tools with, they would starve to death if they tried to survive entirely on their harvest. Because of this, most of the territory not in the mountains and cliffs tend to be stripped of seeds to grow in their plots closer to the cliffs and high cliff caves they use for protection from their wolf predators. They graze much of it and keep only what isn't eaten to plant later. While in smaller numbers, this is manageable and the land has time to recover and they are not required to migrate to another location and can build up some excess. However, as their numbers grow, due to how goats graze and their habits of taking all the seeds they can to try and keep up with demand, they denude an area and can render it desolate, requiring them to move and take up more space, creating bigger swaths of damage. This is not out of malicious intent, but instead necessity due to their limitations (and being in the early stages of development)
A war between the Yahn Weya and the Ra'kari tribes has resulted in both sides being brought down to one goat per wolf the year the soquili arrived has resulted in a temporary cease fire... Though the goats, tired of being predated on, wouldn't be against having the two males of the Ra'kari Wolf Pack killed, rendering them without sires for cubs.
During the war, only four of the goats that survived were of breeding age (and indeed survived partially due to the nannies were in the earliest stages of pregnancy and the billies were with them and the kids of other goats that had gone out to fight the Ra'kari Tribe, and the rest were too young to help rebuild. Only six of the kids survived to adulthood from the ones who's parents had left them behind to fight due to the dangerous life on the mountains, each one remaining behind
Yahn weya's language of Beeyahn involves a lot more with held vowels, stuttering noises and rolling of consonants, similar to natural wordless goat noises only with a higher level of structure to create a language. Usually the subject is stated before the definition, except in names. (when talking about 'our community/our people' they would say Weya Yahn, but when making a name they will flip things the other direction to clarify its the name.)
Example "Waayee naabir ya dee?" (Translation: "Do you understand them?" though if translated directly it'd be "Understand them do you?")
Need to know words and phrases
Dee: You Nyeh: Me/I Yahn: Us/Our Weya: People/Community naabir: them/others ya: do yaam: don't
Waayee yahn ya dee?: Do you understand us?/Understand us do you? Waayee dee nyeh yaam.: I don't understand you./Understand you I don't.
Language hint: While rp amongst goats will be written in english when they are the main focus, when a goat that only speaks Beeyahn enters a soquili/other familiar groupings Rp you should either write in 'Beeyahn' (try first writing it in English as Yoda (Star Wars), fill in the words that are known, then make a goat noises,write phonetically, then tweak until they look like words. Eventually we can create a Beeyahn dictionary this way lol!) Or simply mark it as being a different language and write normally. Examples: 1: "" 2: "/I Don't understand what you're saying.../" 3: "*Can you understand me?*"
The Breeding Experiment Rules
The Main Goal Starting off with ten goats (at least two breeding pairs and six other goats of unknown gender), the goal is to see at what point the entire group looks too similar to tell with any certainty which 'line' the majority 'take after', harmonizing the species in appearance.
Rules
The 'non breeding pairs' goats should have their first breedings with the second gens: not only are they canonly closer in age to each other, but to get the experiment started. After that they can pair up with other members of the first 10 and later gens that they are unrelated to that have already done their required breedings
Second Gen's first breedings need to be with first gens. After that they can be with unrelated second gens until three more breedings. After that, they can breed with unrelated third+ Gens.
Third generation and beyond cannot breed with Any of the original ten first generations or any second generations until at least they have had four breedings with other third+ generation goats. Once those required breedings are done, they can fling with unrelated first and second gen goats.
Exclusively breeding between two goats for gens 1-3 is highly discouraged as they need as much variety as possible to get things started. 4th and beyond are welcome to have exclusive relationships between each other as long as they are not Siblings, Piblings (parents siblings) Parents or any direct ancestor.
Currently, No lifemating/lovemating with a different species is allowed: Goats only!
Higher Numbered Generations should have breeding priority. For example a Gen 5 pairing would be more important for the actual experiment than breeding their Gen 3 Grandparent.
Breedings:Currently Closed! Who can currently breed: None Method allowed: N/A Cut off number: N/A
Basics
Seeing themselves as the caretakers of the island, having been here for as long as their oral history can remember, the Ra'kari are a spiritual group of hunters and catchers, living off the land and, occasionally, capturing wild feral minded animals such as Peccary, Capybara, and Ocellated Turkey to fatten and lessen their impact on the environment. They also collect the eggs of the Giant tortoises of the land, monitoring the population raising the hatchlings up to later release once big enough that the other native predators cannot hunt them, only ever killing enough to keep the balance and allow them to create bowls from their uniquely shaped shells.
However, as guardians of the land, they cannot play favorites -- when some of the other familiar populations get too high, the wolves of Ra'kari hunt. After a three years of near peace, having only picked off a single goat per season as they managed the populations of other animals, the wolves turned on the goats of Yahn Weya, having had a booming few years in population and descended onto the land to strip of the resources necessary to support such large numbers, and began picking off entire parties of gatherers that went beyond the traditional territory of the goats, stealing their seeds and scattering them into the earth.
Enraged and emboldened by their numbers, wishing to rid themselves of the wolves permanently, the Yahn Weya took to the high mountains in force, leaving only some of their numbers behind, and descended upon the wolves from above in their own dens, catching them off guard and giving them no chance for rest, the tired members of the Yahn Weya retreating to the cliffs to rest as fresh warriors lowered to take their place. Desperate, the wolves howled for backup.
And the parrots of Hawiya Ayelasdi came to their aid, the flock swarming at the eyes of attacking goats on the ground and swarming goats on the cliffsides until they fell to death or grave injury. Rallied, the remaining wolves fought valiantly until there were no more assailants, parrots and wolves giving up their lives to give others a chance to survive.
It was only after every goat that had turned on them was dead and the heat of combat dimmed that they realized in horror what had happened: Not only had they lost all but twenty of their own members, only five males left in the whole pack, but they had decimated most of the goat herd that was the only prey animal large enough to be capable of allowing the wolves themselves to flourish.
Setting into action, they began to dry and cure meats to store, hiding their males away in the heart of their territory, away from the cliffs, and now wait, watching the surviving members of the Yahn Weya, hoping to, eventually, be sure of their own survival.
The island needs them. Even if those who live on it do not want them.
First, Second, and Third Gen wolves cannot be bonded with the Soquili of the island, or communicate in the same language as them. (This provides time for the soquili to develop their own culture and language.)
Fourth and beyond Generation members can bond with a soquili from the herd at a young age and learn both Ra'ak Tak and the language of the soquili of the island. They wont be considered official members of the Tribe anymore as the Soquili territory is neutral territory, but will still be welcomed by other members of the tribe and capable of breeding with them. They will not be targeted in soquili territories by the Yahn Weya tribe.
The Ra'kari are closely bonded to nature and tend to the populations actively and purposely to keep the balance of the island healthy and allow it to recover and keep from ever entering a time of hardship. Because of this, they have a very close relationship with both life and death, and will actively withhold breeding within their own tribe in order to keep from damaging the population
A war between the Yahn Weya and the Ra'kari tribes has resulted in the wolves now outnumbering goats the year the soquili arrived has resulted in a temporary cease fire... Though the goats, tired of being predated on, wouldn't be against having the five males of the Ra'kari Wolf Pack killed, rendering them without sires for cubs, especially since the wolves currently out number them.
During the war, only five of the males survived the clash between their territories.
Until the Wolves hit 50 members, they can survive on what they raise alone. By The time they reach 100, they will need to hunt larger game such as the goats. Because of this, they are limiting their breedings.
Ra'kari's language of Ra'ak Tak is a language formed by making complex barks, yips, yelps, howls, growls, and guttural Noises, similar to natural wordless canine noises only with a higher level of structure to create a language. (I made up the name of the tribe and the language by making myself by interrupting a choking bark with a howl and a yip, turning the barking of "Ra'ak Tak" into a "Ra'k Aroo" but ending the roo of the howl into a ree of a controlled yelp to create "Ra'kari". Inventing these languages really confused family members)
Need to know words and phrases
TBD
Language hint: While rp amongst wolves will be written in english when they are the main focus, when a wolf that only speaks Ra'ak Tak enters a soquili/other familiar groupings Rp you should either write in 'Ra'ak Tak' (It's An easy way to use this is to actually use Bing's (I know I know this is literally the only use for Bing that I know of) English to Klingon Translator, and then Tweak the words as you wish or use directly.) Or simply mark it as being a different language and write normally. Examples: 1: "" 2: "/I Don't understand what you're saying.../" 3: "*Can you understand me?*"
The Breeding Experiment Rules
The Main Goal Starting off with twenty Wolves, five males and Fifteen females, the goal is to see at what point it is impossible to avoid pairing up with a cousin while still being active reproductively. After which, the goal is to see how separated we can keep them even with similar relatives.
Rules
The First Five males can only breed with the first gen females and the second gen females they are not related to.
The first Fifteen females can only breed with the first Five males and second gen males they are not related to
Third gen and beyond are limited to gen Two, Three and Four.
Exclusive pairings are not allowed at the current time: Try to create as many different 'lines' as possible. Romantically loyal but physically open pairs are allowed.
Try to avoid pairing up with cousins until there are no other options available, but focus on unrelated members within the three generations (One above, your own, one below) to keep them in the same general range of ages rather than going back to the low numbered generations with the cleaner bloodlines. THIS IS IMPORTANT!!
Currently, No lifemating/lovemating with a different species is allowed: Wolves only!
The first five males will not be able to breed until after the goats have reached 30 members to their tribe*, and will have a breeding actively purchased for every 10 goats after that. They will not actively try to hunt the goats** until the goats have gone over 100 members. * (The Yahn Weya are currently Currently at 10 members, and the first two gen 1 breedings will put them at 20). ** Goats will not be successfully hunted unless an owner wishes to take the goat out of the breeding pool and kills the character in a hunt. in breedings with less than the maximum, the 'missing' children will have been hunted before they reached breeding age.
Higher Numbered Generations should have breeding priority. For example a Gen 5 pairing would be more important for the actual experiment than breeding their Gen 3 Grandparent.
If you own a wolf with all five of the original males as ancestors, try to find the LEAST related wolves you can within your generational limitations -- ones with first gen female ancestors that you have no blood relation to. Continue to look for the most distantly related until you have a wolf related to every one of the first fifteen females. At which point you report in what generation they are and try to find Third or More cousins to pair with. Report if you cannot.
Q: Will the Ra'kari Wolves Hunt soquili? A: for the time being, no: Soquili breed at a much slower rate with smaller 'litters', and when they reach adulthood become far too large, and tend to be too unified, for the Ra'kari wolves to hunt. In addition, soquili grazing habits causes less harm than that of goats. Because of this, the Ra'kari are more prone to help the soquili learn how to leave a lighter impact and help manage the island's balance after they have developed a larger territory. This will not happen until the fourth generation a minimum.
Q: Do they capture goat/Lizard familiars and fatten them like they do the capybara, turkeys, and peccary? A: With Familiars, they believe it is disrespectful to them to treat them that way and not let them live their lives naturally and unaware that their fate ends in the belly of a wolf. The Non spirit touched animals meanwhile are given comfortable lives within their main camp before slaughter, and some are raised through several generations before they add fresh blood from the wild into their stock.
Q: How much do they hunt currently and how much do they raise? A: At their current size, the animals they raise and fish from the river near their home is enough to sustain them, however they still hunt wild game and some of the other familiar species to help keep their numbers under check as the largest predator of the island. Once the goats raise up in population, they will return to helping keep the numbers in check.
Q: Armor? Tools? Soup? HOW DO THEY DO THIS? A: While wolves paws are not as dexterous as even a cats, much less a raccoon or hippogryph, they are still able to use them to manipulate things. Because of this they are able to make rough tools and accessories. Some Metal, such as Bronze, is beyond their abilities (though gold, Silver, and copper may be used, but is scarce enough to be used more as an accent or thin coating -- most gold items owned are leftovers from back before a time remembered, passed down heirlooms, scavenged from old ruined areas as gifts from "long ones" (a long dead human civilization, called such due to how long their arm and leg bones are and their size compared to most familiars on the island, all that can be found of them are brittle, crumbling bones and scraps of gold.)... Or things traded for with the Seagulls), but they can tie knots, knap stone into basic tools, use sap to create glue, carve wood and bone (and shells), use flint and iron pyrite to start fires, stack wood, drill beads, even create simple clay figures they can set in the flames to fire. Soup is made by putting stones into a fire, then using a large bone curved 'fork' held in ones mouth to take the stones out of the fire and put into a pot to heat the water. Meat can be stuck onto skewers and cooked over the fire or laid on hot slabs of rock next to or placed over the flames.
[size=15][b]Q:[/b][/size] After such a large massacre, it makes one wonder: What do the wolves do with their own when they die? [size=15][b]A:[/b] [/size]
Usually, when a wolf dies of old age or injury, the are prayed over and spend a little time being spent in honor, before being carried deep into the jungle, stripped of their accessories, and left out on the forest floor with other food offerings, returning them to nature and allowing the other scavengers of the island to return them.. Save for Their Tail, which is carefully removed, preserved, and given to their relatives to do with as they wish -- it is common for wolves to have shrines devoted to their ancestors inside their dens or tents, the tails there so they can "follow" their ancestors wisdom, and, as much communication is done with the tail of a canine, communicate with their spirits. Others may privately bury the tail.
When they die of an illness, they are cremated entirely, only metal and gemstone accessories removed (As they are easily sterilized and are difficult to replace), and ashes buried beyond their territory, and a totem is made to represent them for their families shrine.
In times of much death, such as the war that wiped out all but twenty of their members and all but ten of the goats, accessories are stripped and they give what members they can a skyburial (leaving them in the forest, scattered broadly for predators), but eventually tails are simply removed, and members are added to large funeral pyres.
Accessories are often given out in a will before their death, though if the death is sudden it goes to their next of kin to be distributed. Even if the will states otherwise, each child they left behind gets given something. If no next of kin or children are left, the pack will distribute them evenly among their members.
