Seraphelines
Oct 3, 2020 15:06:51 GMT -5
Post by kaiidth on Oct 3, 2020 15:06:51 GMT -5
Singular: Serapheline
Plural: Seraphelines
Group: a Parade of Seraphelines
Plural: Seraphelines
Group: a Parade of Seraphelines
General Info:
You want cats? You got cats. DOUBLE the cat, really. Double the flavor, double the fun, double- ahem. We’re talking about Seraphelines. They’re cats. That kind of cat you’re thinking about? The big one with the mane? The little one that murders lizards that get in through your vents? Yeah, there’s a serapheline shaped like that one: lions, tigers, not bears, but definitely regular ol' persians. Possessing the general cat-shape as they are, these kitties would be strange only sometimes if not for the gigantic pair of wings sprouting from their back, their often not-so-natural coloring, the canines that stick sabre-like from their upper jaw, and the handsome gem fixed betwixt their eyes. So, most things, but it doesn't do to dwell. The wings seem to come in any bird-shape you can imagine, much like their cat-ness, and the gems are similarly freeform, being of any sort of gem-like mineral. It seems like a serapheline puts a lot of emphasis on its gem in its individual self-image, though. How they know the color, shape, quality of their gem from birth isn’t quite clear, but they do, and boy howdy do they ever want the world to know how shiny it is.
A serapheline with matching accessories for gem and coat color is not in the slightest bit uncommon, and if they can manage to dye their whole selves to match? You bet your behinds they will. A lion-shaped one who dyes his mane to match the gem? Sphinx-coated who demands glittery oils to match? Absolutely. Not very much is out of reach for seraphelines...often literally. Though their individual tastes vary and preferred sizes do too, from birth these cats just don’t seem to be tied down to one specific size. There are some limitations, ten, twelve feet seems to be about as big as any can manage in their most terrible rage or highest haught, and would you even notice if they went around smaller than a hummingbird? But beyond that, there doesn’t seem to be a lot that dictates how each serapheline spends its time. Some change size like they change accessories. Some pick a size and don’t ever change. Best not to try and dig too far into a cat’s head.
Seraphelines are not air-headed, exactly, but they also have different priorities than their bonds tend to. They appreciate flashy things like most birds, and don't seem to be able to resist things that are shiny or glittery; they can be embarrassingly side-tracked. Certainly, they're intelligent, capable of both civil conversations and all markers of something smart enough to give you a run for your money. They also would have to consider selling your house for a pile of gems. Just on principal. There doesn't seem to be a lot of difference between genders, either, in terms of personality or rank. All ranks of serapheline come in all genders, all equally chaotic, most likely. It doesn’t help that many seraphelines have a habit of running their mindspoken words together in an excited jumble – the depth of which does depend on the individual, though. Some of the more dignified may only smush words when sleepy, while the more excitable among them just can’t seem to say one word at a time.
Mating Info:
Like their avian counterparts, seraphelines have an intense love of flashy things. When it comes time for cubs, a female will meticulously consider her suitors. She won't lead any sort of chase, but she might host a competition of another sort. Dancing. Building. Singing. Dancing and building while singing. The male who most impresses her with both his general self and his skills will typically win her affection. Some female seraphelines form long bonds with their mates, but some insist on a new competition every time, always searching for something flashier, better, faster. Within a parade, the older females will generally bear cubs in groups, giving their cubs a larger class of fellows to grow up with. Each female will bear between two and five cubs, with larger females bringing along more.
Bonding Info:
Weaned in their third or so month of life, a group of similarly-aged serapheline cubs who desire bonds with a person will be ushered into a grand event. The parents will organize the event – there doesn't seem to be a common theme in them, except extravagance. No expense or shiny thing can be spared in the sending-off party for their young. And much like their courtship rituals, if a person wants to earn the interest of the cubs, they had better come prepared in some way. Not only will the parents often outright reject somebody not appropriately flashy or bearing shiny things, the cubs are generally still very...well, young. Easily distracted. Unless the parents wait until closer to their first birthday, they can rarely even form full sentences when they decide on their bond. They're pretty dependent on their bonded, for a while, for food and companionship as well as the essential accessories and shiny things. You know. The important stuff.
You want cats? You got cats. DOUBLE the cat, really. Double the flavor, double the fun, double- ahem. We’re talking about Seraphelines. They’re cats. That kind of cat you’re thinking about? The big one with the mane? The little one that murders lizards that get in through your vents? Yeah, there’s a serapheline shaped like that one: lions, tigers, not bears, but definitely regular ol' persians. Possessing the general cat-shape as they are, these kitties would be strange only sometimes if not for the gigantic pair of wings sprouting from their back, their often not-so-natural coloring, the canines that stick sabre-like from their upper jaw, and the handsome gem fixed betwixt their eyes. So, most things, but it doesn't do to dwell. The wings seem to come in any bird-shape you can imagine, much like their cat-ness, and the gems are similarly freeform, being of any sort of gem-like mineral. It seems like a serapheline puts a lot of emphasis on its gem in its individual self-image, though. How they know the color, shape, quality of their gem from birth isn’t quite clear, but they do, and boy howdy do they ever want the world to know how shiny it is.
A serapheline with matching accessories for gem and coat color is not in the slightest bit uncommon, and if they can manage to dye their whole selves to match? You bet your behinds they will. A lion-shaped one who dyes his mane to match the gem? Sphinx-coated who demands glittery oils to match? Absolutely. Not very much is out of reach for seraphelines...often literally. Though their individual tastes vary and preferred sizes do too, from birth these cats just don’t seem to be tied down to one specific size. There are some limitations, ten, twelve feet seems to be about as big as any can manage in their most terrible rage or highest haught, and would you even notice if they went around smaller than a hummingbird? But beyond that, there doesn’t seem to be a lot that dictates how each serapheline spends its time. Some change size like they change accessories. Some pick a size and don’t ever change. Best not to try and dig too far into a cat’s head.
Seraphelines are not air-headed, exactly, but they also have different priorities than their bonds tend to. They appreciate flashy things like most birds, and don't seem to be able to resist things that are shiny or glittery; they can be embarrassingly side-tracked. Certainly, they're intelligent, capable of both civil conversations and all markers of something smart enough to give you a run for your money. They also would have to consider selling your house for a pile of gems. Just on principal. There doesn't seem to be a lot of difference between genders, either, in terms of personality or rank. All ranks of serapheline come in all genders, all equally chaotic, most likely. It doesn’t help that many seraphelines have a habit of running their mindspoken words together in an excited jumble – the depth of which does depend on the individual, though. Some of the more dignified may only smush words when sleepy, while the more excitable among them just can’t seem to say one word at a time.
Mating Info:
Like their avian counterparts, seraphelines have an intense love of flashy things. When it comes time for cubs, a female will meticulously consider her suitors. She won't lead any sort of chase, but she might host a competition of another sort. Dancing. Building. Singing. Dancing and building while singing. The male who most impresses her with both his general self and his skills will typically win her affection. Some female seraphelines form long bonds with their mates, but some insist on a new competition every time, always searching for something flashier, better, faster. Within a parade, the older females will generally bear cubs in groups, giving their cubs a larger class of fellows to grow up with. Each female will bear between two and five cubs, with larger females bringing along more.
Bonding Info:
Weaned in their third or so month of life, a group of similarly-aged serapheline cubs who desire bonds with a person will be ushered into a grand event. The parents will organize the event – there doesn't seem to be a common theme in them, except extravagance. No expense or shiny thing can be spared in the sending-off party for their young. And much like their courtship rituals, if a person wants to earn the interest of the cubs, they had better come prepared in some way. Not only will the parents often outright reject somebody not appropriately flashy or bearing shiny things, the cubs are generally still very...well, young. Easily distracted. Unless the parents wait until closer to their first birthday, they can rarely even form full sentences when they decide on their bond. They're pretty dependent on their bonded, for a while, for food and companionship as well as the essential accessories and shiny things. You know. The important stuff.
Ranks
Solid
Handsome specimens among their species, solid-colored seraphelines are something of a rarity. Their patterning is, well, nonexistent, save perhaps a white hair here and there or whatever they decide to do with their coat dye-wise. A solid serapheline has one color and one color only to its coat, no variation over limbs or body or tail.
3PSP
Calico
A riot of patterns and differing colors, calico (or tortoiseshell, or torbie, they’re not picky) seraphelines are perhaps the most colorful of the species. They are mottled in black, colorful tabby or solid shades, and white. Their terran counterparts skew strongly towards female, but this bias is not so much present in seraphelines.
2PSP
Pointed
Solid or tabby around the edges over a white base, the extent of a pointed seraph's coloring varies considerably. Some pointed seraphelines are pointed only at the very tips of their nose and toes, while some show hardly any white at all, just a gradient of their darker color. Some even have a little bit of white on their toes and nose!
2PSP
Tabby
It’s a good thing tabbies are so pretty, since they make up a fair portion of the population of seraphelines. Their defining feature is their stripes and speckles of darker color patterned over the more muted shade of their base coat. Particularly around their face these can be quite intricate. Tabbies often have white markings along their lower halves.
1PSP
Mosaic
If there weren’t already a rank called ‘spotted’, these might be better suited to the title. They’re just very heavily marked with white, closer to some specimens of the calico rank sometimes. Their base coat is a solid color, usually, but their white markings cover a fair amount of their coat. They can seem nearly solid white, actually -- but there's always a little speckle of color here or there, you just have to look.
1PSP
Spotted
It might be tempting to call these seraphelines ‘weird tabbies’, but that’s not quite the case. Their spots, whether solid or rosette, seem...wilder, somehow, like a throwback. It doesn’t look like these spots are offshoots of tabby markings, beyond their intricacy around the eyes. Spotted seraphs don’t tend to have a whole lot of white, and over their solid base-coat, any number of speckles and spots reign.
1PSP
Solid
Handsome specimens among their species, solid-colored seraphelines are something of a rarity. Their patterning is, well, nonexistent, save perhaps a white hair here and there or whatever they decide to do with their coat dye-wise. A solid serapheline has one color and one color only to its coat, no variation over limbs or body or tail.
3PSP
Calico
A riot of patterns and differing colors, calico (or tortoiseshell, or torbie, they’re not picky) seraphelines are perhaps the most colorful of the species. They are mottled in black, colorful tabby or solid shades, and white. Their terran counterparts skew strongly towards female, but this bias is not so much present in seraphelines.
2PSP
Pointed
Solid or tabby around the edges over a white base, the extent of a pointed seraph's coloring varies considerably. Some pointed seraphelines are pointed only at the very tips of their nose and toes, while some show hardly any white at all, just a gradient of their darker color. Some even have a little bit of white on their toes and nose!
2PSP
Tabby
It’s a good thing tabbies are so pretty, since they make up a fair portion of the population of seraphelines. Their defining feature is their stripes and speckles of darker color patterned over the more muted shade of their base coat. Particularly around their face these can be quite intricate. Tabbies often have white markings along their lower halves.
1PSP
Mosaic
If there weren’t already a rank called ‘spotted’, these might be better suited to the title. They’re just very heavily marked with white, closer to some specimens of the calico rank sometimes. Their base coat is a solid color, usually, but their white markings cover a fair amount of their coat. They can seem nearly solid white, actually -- but there's always a little speckle of color here or there, you just have to look.
1PSP
Spotted
It might be tempting to call these seraphelines ‘weird tabbies’, but that’s not quite the case. Their spots, whether solid or rosette, seem...wilder, somehow, like a throwback. It doesn’t look like these spots are offshoots of tabby markings, beyond their intricacy around the eyes. Spotted seraphs don’t tend to have a whole lot of white, and over their solid base-coat, any number of speckles and spots reign.
1PSP