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• 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

  
  Karyee: Wolf
  Dee: You
  Nyeh: Me/I
  Yahn: Us/Our
  Weya: People/Community
  naabir: them/others
  ya: do
  yaam: don't
  Na: the (or a title of a location)
  Eyan: Water
  Nyadeeyan: Freshwater
  Saanaeyan: saltwater
  Vaa: big
  Jiya/Jiyas: Tooth/teeth
  
  
  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 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

• To start off, no throwbacks or variants or themed breedings allowed -- once the population booms the tribe will split up into different camps to keep from straining the environment enough to attract attention from the wolves and make them think there are fewer of them but I'd like to see what happens if you go down multiple generations with minor-to-moderate due to limited genepool breedings without any sort of variations, throwbacks, or twists.
  
  
• You can breed your goats with any goat that they are legally allowed to breed with that lives on the island (No direct ancestors or descendants, Siblings or Piblings (parents siblings)) as you desire, but you currently cannot use throwbacks, themed breedings, or variants.
  
  
• Exclusively breeding between two goats for gens 1-3 is forbidden 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 or any direct ancestor/descendant.
  
  
• Currently, No lifemating/lovemating with a different species is allowed: Goats only!
  
  
• Higher Numbered Generations should have breeding priority for sake of the experiment. For example a Gen 5 pairing would be more important for the actual experiment than breeding their Gen 3 Grandparent.
  
  
  USE THIS FORM FOR BREEDINGS
  
  
  
  [b]Name, image, and owner(s) of mother:[/b] (WRITE FULL FAM/OWNER NAMES HERE PLEASE)
  [img][/img] [url=]Uncert[/url]
  [b]Name, image, and owner(s) of father:[/b] (WRITE FULL FAM / OWNER NAMES HERE PLEASE)
  [img][/img] [url=]Uncert[/url]
  [b]Low Luck?: [/b] (Links to 10 unsuccessful tries at breeding raffles - link to your teepee or journal link list is fine. Not winning in the MCCL does not count toward low luck.)
  [b]Are Either Familiars Rped?:[/b] Mother: [url=]Example[/url]
  Father: [url=]Example[/url]
  [b]Throwbacks?:[/b] No
  [b]Link to previous Generations:[/b] N/A
  
  [b]Same Breed Variants:[/b] No
  [color=white]---[/color][b]Templates to Avoid:[/b] Any not on the parents
  
  
  [b]Link to Breeding Agreement:[/b]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

20 unrelated Goats survived -- 10 all who were left behind or survived the rough years that followed on the cliffs and the farm.(One doe, Ayla, was carrying the offspring of their fallen leader.), 10 by escaping into the jungles of the Island during the battle and spent over a year lost in the jungle, regrouping before slowly making their way home to find out that none of the others who had gone to the war had survived.

From here we begin again

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Females

The Blooded
Neutral
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 'tribe' refusing to leave 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.

While the goats do not Venture into the blooded territory often, small offshoots of the flock regularly venture to the herd to help them with possible parasites and grooming, and are welcomed warmly by the goats. These small offshoots will often spend half a year with the main herd before switching out with another group, nesting in small empty scavenged tortoise shells the goats had collected and set out to create warmer shelters within their caves for their small visitors. Many of the same finches visit during these times, living with the goats. Some find it hard to remain neutral and favor certain goats. These members may actually eventually leave the Blooded main flock and settle permanently in the Yahn Weya tribe. However if they abuse their role as having been a Blooded to Spy on the Ra'ak kari Wolves for the Yahn Weya, they will be severely punished by the other Blooded, attacked on sight, so they tend to remain neutral and mostly protect those they are closest to during hunts

The Goat are measured in Hands (4 inch segments) from their feet to their shoulder, ranging about 4-8.5 hands high, averaging at about 6.5 hands.

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