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Noivian

Noivian

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Picture this: an entire city built into the boughs of one singular, colossal tree. Picture entire skyscrapers hidden behind the foliage, balanced in the fork of a bough. Picture houses lining the spiraling trunk, descending miles downwards to the base which is too far to see around clearly from one side. Picture clear skies above, a warm breeze gently rattling the leaves, clouds gracing the crown of the tree, the buildings bobbing gently with the branches in the wind.


Now picture the ground beneath the tree. The leaves would cast it in eternal nighttime. The ginormous, gnarled roots would leech the ground dry of moisture and nutrients, leaving it a barren landscape. Rotting fruit and leaves from the tree dot the ground, masking wolfish footprints.


Out where the sun shines, out from under the leaves and shadow cast by the tree lay miles and miles of farmland. Who runs these farms, you ask? The same people that live in the trees. These people are not your average people, mind you. They're humanoid, yes, but each human sprouts a pair of wings, each wing at least three times their body length. When folded, the tips of the wings easily drag on the ground, hence the species' preference to live in the trees.


And what, you ask, might be so important about the shady spots beneath the tree? That's where the avian peoples' natural predator lurks. Wolfish in nature, massive and more muscular than the avians, these people are generally uncivilized and work in packs, hunting down their next meal, usually consisting of fallen young or injured avians and farming avians.


And naturally, what do you think happened next when the canine people discovered fire?
 
Sweet! Any questions about the people or the world so far?
 
Yeah, so the Avian people that live in the tree are the more peaceful ones, and the Wolf-life ones are more violent. And I'm guessing with the introduction of fire they'll become a more active threat to the Avian people and that's kind of the main conflict throughout the rp?


And is the world mostly just these three main areas (which is totally fine, sometimes smaller worlds are can be better)? Or will we expand it throughout the role play?
 
The avian people are advanced, yes. They're what's considered a modern society by our standards.


The wolf-like, or canine people, are on par with primitive tribes of hunter-gatherers from prehistoric days.


My idea was, since the avian people live in a tree, the plot would revolve around the tree city burning down and our characters fleeing to the next nearest tree city, on the other side of the continent. In the process, they'd have to rely on each other as they venture across what is essentially miles of North American wilderness.
 
This sounds really cool. I'd definantly be in. Are there other motivations for the wolf people, besides hunt, eat, sleep. Just a question. I've always liked the idea of a more complex enemy/conflict then just bad guys being bad just to be bad.
 
There is, actually. The avian and canine people are natural enemies, being that the canines are the avians predators. Naturally, the canines aren't too smart, hence why they haven't progressed passed tribes and hunter/gathering while the avians were building skyscrapers. But it's not entirely the canines fault. The avians have actively been keeping the canines out of the loop for centuries, causing a lot of bad blood between the two species. After all, the only two advantages the avians have over the canines are their intelligence and their wings.
 
Sweet! I've been poking around Google Images and found a few on Deviantart that demonstrate my ideas and thoughts on wings.
 
Thoughts on Wings


We were not meant to fly


These two images pretty much encompass my thoughts on what the wings would look like and almost how they scale. To realistically fly, the wings would have to generally be a bit bigger, or the bodies smaller/lighter than normal humans, but yeah. We can also toss physics out the window. We're dealing with flying humans, after all.
 
Very true, but I like the idea of having the wings be at least semi-"realistic" in size and functionality. It should make rp those characters more interesting, having to deal with the pros and the cons of wings.
 
Exactly! I love the idea of each wing being at least three times the length of the character's total height (i'll be doing the math on the character sheets to make sure your wings are big enough) because it adds such an interesting dynamic to characters. Some could be in favor of clipping wings to make walking around easier, at the expense of not flying until their next molt. Some others might find this unreasonable and degrading. Clipping wings could also be used as a way for kidnappers and the such to keep their victims from flying away.


The other thing I haven't considered yet is tail feathers: their placement, if they'll be used as a flight mechanism at all, if technology's stepped in and trimming tail feathers to make walking easier is now a fashion trend... there's a lot of if's on the avians.


And then, there's all the ifs on the canines as well. Quadrupeds or bipeds? Plantigrade or digitigrade? Covered in fur, kemonomimi, or hairless? Longer arms or longer legs? Teeth? Claws? Ears? There's a lot to decide.
 
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Oh yeah, I didn't even think about tail feathers! I suppose all the minutiae of each species is a good thing to leave until we get a thread up, right? Then well have a place to put all the info that we decide.
 
Mmmm, interesting...


And on the tail feathers, there could be a few subspecies of Aivians.
 
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Another thing to eventually consider is will wings match gender? Considering that most female and male birds of the same species look different. And do we want hair color match wings?
 
SoullessGuardian said:
Another thing to eventually consider is will wings match gender? Considering that most female and male birds of the same species look different. And do we want hair color match wings?
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Mmmm...do you mean coloration?
 
Yeah, coloration. Because most of the time females tend to have more neutral coloring, and males tend to have more colorful feathers. Not that we have to do that, I was just thinking about it while considering characters and stuff.
 
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It's up to you, to be honest. It's your character, so I'll let you decide your own colorations and all that.


Since this seems to have enough traction, I'll go ahead and make a thread sometime today.
 
Noivian said:
It's up to you, to be honest. It's your character, so I'll let you decide your own colorations and all that.
Since this seems to have enough traction, I'll go ahead and make a thread sometime today.
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Your thoughts on a subspecies..? ^_^
 
Well, all the avian characters are going to have to identify with a real life bird as a reference of their wing shapes and colors, so there will definitely be subspecies. I'll leave the issue of natural tail feathers up to each individual, but they have to have some form of tail feather or they won't be able to fly well. Tail could be artificial if you want.
 
Noivian said:
Well, all the avian characters are going to have to identify with a real life bird as a reference of their wing shapes and colors, so there will definitely be subspecies. I'll leave the issue of natural tail feathers up to each individual, but they have to have some form of tail feather or they won't be able to fly well. Tail could be artificial if you want.
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Ah, alright! Also, I have a small diagram here that was to be used in one of my own roleplays that never got off the ground. I know that you already have something for the wings but it might still be of use. ^^

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