Ask: What draws Monmartre and Tchaark together?+anonymous asked over on Tumblr Monmartre and Tchaark seem to be close (going off of Tchaark's TH profile), what draws them together?And what genders are Tchaark, Ikinih, Tua, and Uyonah? 24-10-2025 Tchaark basically worked as a sentinel , he'd detect gas in advance with his smelling nerves, "tahofahs". Because mierthri's tahofahs are more sensitive, evolved to protect themselves because they have the most fragile lungs of the 3 species, they can detect hazardous gases in advance before it's too late. Miethri in the mining industry are employed as sentinels, not miners, because their build isn't good for it. One mierthri is attributed to a miner group per route. When Monmartre was sent, Tchaark was grouped with her, he stuck closely because she was the youngest of the group, and this was her first time down there. This is how they first crossed paths.denMonmartre was in a constant cycle of wanting him away from it because of how Tchaark could predict its behavior, something it hated more than anything. Yet she occasionally sought the non-hostility he'd offer, when she felt tired of being on alert so much, she knew Tchaark was reliable to be with, knowing it could settle for a moment. But the similarity they had would still cause aggression in Monmartre.Tchaark could read what Monmartre was trying to achieve when it engaged in violent behavior with people of the colony, with strangers to even friends, because this was a behavior he used to do too in his youth. And Tchaark had the idea of being able to manage her and prevent what he believed was going to happen to Monmartre eventually.The feeling of someone trying to lead her on a leash, even if the promised destination was not hostile, would drive Monmartre up the wall. She was so obsessed with having control over everything that even guidance, no matter the source of it, was rejected by her. headPeople in sulfur , Chèka, are all from different places and ethnic backgrounds, so their genders are not always easily categorisable, especially if they're from places with large influences from other species' standards (coughs, kyhuines). Maanuls have no sexual dimorphism, so their concept of genders is often role-based within community. However, we can group them by what their pronouns translate to.For Tua, Meri'kn, On'maa, they all use she/her. Tchaark He/they, Ikinih They/them. For Uyonah and Omati, it's He/him. For example of culture influencing pronouns: Monmartre is she/it because of how, by default, in Ayêsh, people are referred to as it until they age and work their way to basically obtain pronouns socially through being a member of the community. It ends up being seen as a pronoun that refers to youth, since children and teens are not eligible yet. Monmartre left home before it ever obtained those socially, so for most of its life, even during young adulthood, it is still referred to as it. Though you'll see me use it/she interchangeably, as it does obtain a title later in Mosaic that gets it referred to as she by others. Thank you for readingSulfur Worldbuilding notesayesh patternSulfur is quite short, and what I call sulfur mostly revolves around three specific versions Mao/Monmartre made of herself, all taking place in the mining foundry community. Monmartre is a singular person who has an overly complicated relationship with her personhood. Figuring out how to reclaim it, how to stand out and bring her own meaning to her name, while knowing she's just another animal within the world. But she doesn’t want the animal it is to represent her self , it wants her self to mean something else than what people want it to be. Monmartre creates a new persona whenever something from the outside signals that it’s time to “kill” her current chapter and start a new one.Example: Obtaining the salvaged bronze helmet marks the distinction between when it allowed people to call her Monmartre and wanting to be called Guinêsh (guinêsh mao for full, but she doesn't allow people to use mao). She had the thoughts simmering in her mind about what to do and be. The new persona is not there in the snap of a finger. Guinêsh was like an accumulation of frustration, anger, everything that it never had the chance to scream at ██████, the desire to return to a simpler animal but a loud one who makes itself known to everyone, compiled with the imagery of some posters for a shadow puppetry show that was around the colony at the time (miners sometimes get entertainment braught to them), is what creates the idea of guinêsh. Gaining the helmet was just the kick to make it exist to people. 12 - 10 - 2025<hr> bronze toyThe Chèka mining colony is isolated from other groups to avoid cross-contamination of water and air pollution in areas inhabited by non-workers (the sophonts have dainty lungs). They have their own self-sustaining basic supplies, such as poultry, but are still linked to several larger facilities for shipping out raw ore or the products of the foundry. Sometimes they receive shipments that Chèka cannot produce on their own, like medical supplies, replacement filters, etc. Living quarters are in the area itself; people don't take the train to leave work. The train is mostly a cargo train, sometimes with a passenger wagon or two, depending on what was planned ahead, such as a worker transfer. Chèka, the mining colony Monmartre was located in, although this pertained to the foundry part of it, received a shipment of bronze helmets from the Shuamatt Republic. And while chekà is not in Shuamatt, it's actually in neutral grounds; technically, they're free to take request forms from any party. Although the act of sticking to one specifically results in being given benefits and protection by them.Shuamatt's chosen ore for helmets, thus armors, is bronze because copper is one of the most common resources that can be mined out in Shuamatt territories and is valuable for durable protection. The helmets cast have issues sometimes. When Monmartre was tasked to do a shakeout (removing the casted object from the mold), one of them came out with a defect where there was a large hole on the right side. It was told to put it with the other defective ones meant to be melted back and redone, but it kept it for itself, for Guinêsh . That's how it obtained it. In the drawing, New chapter , it is early spring, where Guinêsh starts, the flowers within the piece are the first ones to bloom in the region at the end of winter, so they're a symbol of a new cycle since they announce the end of spring. Fun fact: Spring came in late this year.The pattern at the bottom of the piece is just simple ayêsh decoration that would be sewn at the bottom of the fabric piece, where the content within the bands is a sequentially made-up story 21 - 10 - 2025Kier - altuyur faunaI've posted the art 8 months ago here. However, back then, I didn't write the text that was supposed to come with it. Today, I remembered to and finished it (hurra). You can view extra art and text + images over on Tumblr .<hr> kierheadKier is a domesticated working animal by kyhuines. Most of their domesticated animals are either herding cattle or flying critters. Kier is part of the flying one. Their olfactory receptors, tahofahs, are densely compacted and strictly used for sensing smell, and like most terrestrial animals, they use them to detect nefarious gases in the air. Used for hunting small animal, ranging around rat sized prey to fox sized, it can also be deployed to reduce pest infestation in crop fields, its tactic being to stand immobile and just catch passing critters with its jaws, or fly above and hover around for any moving pest in the field.Kiers have been used in armed conflicts for millennia in order to kill messengers nikars (messenger pigeon, basically), and in some cases even messenger Mierthris. Some breeds are slightly bigger, if not larger than their wild counterpart. Said wild counterpart is distinguished by being named Kier'kh and usually range in the south of the cresent, the native range of mierthri, and where most of their population still reside in mordern day. It is to say that the southern khawir kyhuines domesticated a species that preys on various small animals, which includes mierthri people, although they weren't aware of the latter. Trading animals between the two species isn't very common, nor is it something mierthris are usually interested in; this goes for maanul's cattle too. Since every animal the other species have is usually massive next to them, it's most of the time not practical. But kier is one of the few who can be useful to them, as a guard for the youth who would repel predators. However, most groups are quite apprehensive about having a domesticated version of a predator they are familiar with being so close to them. Them being small, and moving around in front of the kier, may make a kier show aggressive behavior if the hunting breed wasn't properly trained and desensitized to mierthris. And while incidents are rare, they spread around fast and are thought to be happening all the time.kiercolorbonus sketches,including their default natural coloration, red. The white is a mutation that is commonly bred because people like the way it looks. As well as it being viewed as a bonevolent messenger of dieties in several mythologies. Although funnily enough, kiers are mediocre in terms of transmitting messages to another party, as they function more like a hawk, and are a pain to train in general. While Nikars are much more suited for this task as they are natural homing flyers, no training is needed.Ask: What colors do maanuls come in?anonymous asked over on Tumblr : Guideline for Manuul colors? Pelt/fur, eyes variety and non-fur spots like nose skin or hands.^ what's considered natural to have. I want to make manuul design that's closest to what's naturally occurring! They'll have unnatural pigment but likely from fur dye ect. It's more fun to experiment that way . For me anyway :3 Posted in july 2025 They don't have fur on them. Only feather-like structures that they shed yearly. Half of their face is just skin, and then they have scutes on limb extremities. Same goes for kyhuines and Mierthri, they're all feathered. And most of the fauna that have a type of covering are feathered too. I do have doodles from a year ago, nothing spectacular, but a guide to myself that was never meant to be shared. There is no need to color pick or be 1-1 to the examples, variants happen, discoloration can occur, etc.img1img2 img2 img3It probably isn't very clear because people don't have the current world map imprinted in their brain like I do. People are often mixed, you can play with how coats would mix in someone with several heritages. These are not subspecies, although true polar bears can be argued to be one, but the gene flow between them and nearby groups like lue'wue'upeh are so common that they aren't considered as such. A better word would be regional variant Most common feather dye are red, yellow, and brown. Uncommon colors are indigo and purple. Rarest and most expensive would be green. They would need to redo the dye every time they shed their feathers. Darkening the tips of feathers are common in nuinuk region, usually with non permanent dye like charcoal, as it also give a shiny effect and is a good repelent for some parasites. Feather bleaching involves toxic minerals that create toxic fumes, but fashion is more important, even if the sophonts have dainty lungs, so they do it anyway. Doing it in small quantities isn't life-threatening. Bleached feathers would look damaged and have an off-white look to them, so not something people would aim for unless they're into alternative fashion. Maanul's eye colors are pretty restricted. While in humans brown is the default, for maanuls it is yellow. Maanul and kyhuines are born with brown eyes that lighten to a gold color as they age. Common spread out color mutations are orange and red. Some people may also never have their eye lighten (mutation), thus staying brown in adulthood. It is seen as a youthful trait to have.Ask: How does height affect the sophonts socially and culturally, and home wise?anonymous asked over on Tumblr : do you have a comparison chart for the size differences between the species? im curious about the average size differences between them, and maybe some of how that might effect them socially or culturally? since you said somewhere that many modern buildings are usually made to accommodate for all sizes Text posted in jully 2025 I do have one! The height conversion in feet may be off since it isn't a metric I use.sophont height chartWhen I say buildings accommodate both, it's not a worldwide thing yet. Species cohabitation between mierthri and kyhuines have a longer history as they share connected biomes where contact was established earlier on. So kyhuine and mierthri settelment and homes having spaces for both is an older concept, thus more spread out.Kyhuine homes, in the inland south near the biome mierthri originate from, have more perching porches, landing platforms for mierthri to land on and glide to another. The home often has what would be translated as "Harpy/angel's window", a platorm over the main entrance of the house with a little circular window that can be opened. Miethri lands there and opens it to enter the house, the little visitor.Homes are very often a generational thing across cultures, especially in kyhuines, considering how their family structure and social groups are formed with around 20-100 members. They're homes where you live and die in, and they find it more convenient as it keeps the younger generation in the same place as the elders.These homes will often not be rebuild because a new family member is a maanul and cannot fit in the, for example, mierthri home. But homes can be expanded, and things can be built for the newcomer in the family if they're able to do so. If not, they will live separately but nearby. In the case of the smaller sophonts living in maanul's home, they fit in obviously, but will need special furniture to make their lives easier in those environments.In cultures where people are expected to leave their homes once in their adulthood, or when married in, then homes can be built to accommodate the three more easily. Although sometimes they will just be built like the older homes with few changes, it depends on the population. A colony that only has kyhuines and barely has a maanul pass by will not have its homes revolve around accommodation. if you wish to invite them over as a kyhuine for tea, or mierthri in this image specifically, you'll have to take out the table and seat outside.tea outsideMost commonly, what people have is furniture to accommodate others. Like a seat, but it mostly revolves around dishes, as it is more convenient to acquire. In maanul's, people will re-use furniture destined to younger family members if they have someone of the other species coming in. Tho when the furniture has childish patterns, it can feel insulting for the other party. But forgiven for places where they're isn't a high population of kyhuine/ mierthri to begin with.In high mixed areas, furniture for the other would be seen as a universal thing to have, so it can be intentional to give the bowl destined to a toddler to the invited if you wish to disrespect them. Food is used as a welcoming gift there, and can be reduced in size as an insult too. A wealthy kyhuine inviting a maanul in, who can give them a plate and portion adequate to their size because they have the resources, but chooses against it, is a sign of disrespect. Kaar'kchir love having many ways to tell someone they are not welcome without using spoken or written words. Preparing meals for an invited guest requires knowing their diet. There is widely known safe food around, but getting more specific with whatyou wish to cook would require deeper knowledge on what the other can eat and digest well.Again, for kaar'kchir it is seen as rude to ask what the person cannot have, as people deem you are to know it all in advance. Each eats differently sized portion, for the sister cities people get portions that correspond to their species' requirement. But in the northeastern coasts, Puy'ul, a maanul is to give an invited of the opposite species, something as large as what they would have even if the person is incapable of eating it all. The gesture itself is wishing prosperity for the invited. For the opposite, a maanul invited to a kyhuine home will have as much food as they require, but the kyhuines will also have the same portion as the maanul. Again same significance. Keep in mind that this isn't something the average person is usually able to present. This is a more common gesture in regions where there isn't social insecurity and food scarcity going on too.For somewhere like in Juan region, western coasts, that is currently undergoing wars where civilians may go through famines and have their overall food be cut in half, they cannot afford to give someone a large meal. Thus, a maanul getting a small portion when invited in will not be seen as insulting in these situations. Regions where the culture used to be to give as much as possible, that are now going through food scarcity, have their culture changes to just give the minimum, without anyone making an announcement about it, the rules shift quietly in the common people.When food was scares but became abundant, the rules changed to serving plenty for celebrating the current prosperity. Ect. in Kaar'kchir, in districts that were built once maanuls were in the picture, the buildings are large enough to fit in all three species. they may still be a bit cramped for maanuls sometimes, especially older ones. As kyhuine constructors who didn't have maanuls supervising the plans, they underestimated how large the spaces should be. But they can still enter them at least somewhat easily, at worse they may need to squeeze in some turns. Traditional maanul homes are very large, someone used to living in one and visiting their cousins in kaar'kchir may not enjoy the smaller given spaces. Maanuls who are used to it find it normal, and for kyhuines they enjoy cramped areas, mierthris usually resides in homes built on top of maanul and kyhuines for their needs and access to open spaces whenever. But Kaar'kchir is old, and other old inland metropolises sometimes do not have pathways for mierthris or maanuls in the old districts of it, as kaar'kchir itself was a kyhuine settlement that expanded until centuries later it became what it now is.For mierthris in those districts, they instead climb onto people and jump from a person's back to another if they desire to travel around. As walking in the common street would get them pushed around if not accidentally hurt by being stepped on. Maanuls simply cannot go in the tight old streets, there may be recent tunnels made for them to pass by though.Kaar'kchir wishes not to change the older district much for historical preservations, even if it means making parts of it non-accesible to 2 species. Civils will modify places completely in response, losing some historical parts that could be preserved, but still fit for every sophont. This is a topic people love to discuss, sometimes argue about in a literal public discussion, a bunch of people debating at the fountain, where anyone can join in or watch the topic of the day. Metropolis will require a permit for people to start building, but the paperwork is sometimes intentionally confusing if you're not familiar with how it is there. It takes so long that many will just do it without one, because if they apply, they might not even be guaranteed a yes. Civils will turn a blind eye and pretend nothing is happening when seeing someone build something for their own specie's comfort. Snitching would make you an asshole to the neighborhood. Usually, its mierthri will expand homes onto other sophonts' walls and roofs. People live on top of each other in cities.Pathways exclusive to mierthris are built by mierthris wanting a faster, safer way to a destination. Again, built on peoples rooftop, sometimes its with their accord or not. They use scrap materials for it.Some routes get "owned" by certain families or group of people as they were the one to build it. Tho sometimes people will fight over ownership, or have several owners. The so-called "path owners" may charge people a small fee before they can pass through. Usually a coin, or three. Most scandalous prices range from 5 Kamas to asking for a sugar cube. Sugar is a type of currency among civilians because of its production cost. Children and teenagers claiming they own a path may ask for silly prices, usually, a snack from the nearby granny appeases them to stop. The size difference does impact some people's view on one another, like how infantilization is common towards mierthris. Inconsiderate people are getting the idea that you can just pick and grab them because of how small they are, without asking to do so first. This behavior is more common than one might think. People don't usually recognise themselves in "grabbing a mierhtir" type of guy, but it's because it is the extreme form of it. They will subconsciously walk over mierthri's boundaries in subtle ways, it isn't done maliciously, but it is still an issue to correct people about.hold mThere is the idea that their small size doesn't have to be accommodated to as much because they can just figure it out themselves, "if they can fit in every space, then they can manage the rest fine," sort of deal.Yes, they will find a way to, because they're pushed to build things intended for their comfort in places that didn't think of them being included in the picture. They get the image of stoic people who work through it all, that they're not that bothered by something not made for them, because you always see them make it through without asking people anyway. I think this post is long as it is, i yapped about things here and there and went off rails. much of the focus was on mierthris for today but i will sprinkle out how the others are impacted by their height socially in other posts.An introduction to maaaumaaau close up drawingmaaau ("almost my people") are the closest living relatives to maanuls.They share the same tribe , but not the same genus . Species of the same genus as modern maanuls are extinct. Mainly through diseases, genetic bottlenecks , hybridization, inability to survive environmental changes, food sources going extinct, species competition during famine related to food source extinctions, etc.Contradictory to spread out in-world belief due to a poor understanding of natural history in the general population, Maaaus isn't an ancestor who'm maanuls evolved from. They are their own species, who evolved alongside maanuls but for a different available niche. They do descend from a common ancestor who arrived at the western coast millions of years ago. And said ancestor was closer to the current family the kyhuines species belong to, than modern maanuls and maaus are.While maanuls, kyhuines and mierthri may be called "cousin species" by me all around my blog, they are several sub-orders away from each others. So it is somewhat of a stretch at times, and more of an in-world thing to say. Some places will consider kyhuines and mierthri more of a cousin to maanuls than maaaus are, when biologically speaking maaaus is their closest living cousin, not them.The distinction here is a social one they made up, in modern languages the distinction between a maanul, kyhuine, or mierthri isn't distinct, as they will share the common word that roughly translates to "people". Distinctions will be done via using other words if needed, such as in the medical field for example. During early world history, many groups of Maanuls didn't know maaaus existed for a while. as the species itself is by default is extremely shy, and avoid being seen for it's own protection. Groups who interacted with them more weren't necessarily in contact with those unaware of the species.There was rumors of "little people" that would run into the reeds if it was spotted. Most people wouldn't believing it as no specimens were caught yet. The myth of "gnomes" originate from early sightings of maaaus from mainly children or intoxicated people. Gnomes in nuinuk art (place where this folkloric and mythological creature takes a large role here) resemble a maaau with a maanul face and no arms. People confused their constant tucked arms for a lack of them.gnome depictionsIt is considered that there are 4 species of maaaus. Knaan maaau (vague term for west coasts) or more commonly referred by Juaan maaau, is considered to be the ancestor of the other 3 species. Pigmy, Domesticated maaau, and inland maaau are the result of maanul interacting with the species. By either domestication or just picking them to be on their boat during travel, and then introducing them to new environments.While there are more species living of maaaus than maanuls, maaau's have a much smaller world range than their larger cousin maanuls. Who have spread out on most coastlines, thousands of islands, inland seas regions, some maanul populations even remaining in the artic sea all year. The original range maaaus had was quite small, more than half of their modern range is from maanul interactions.rough height chartthank you for reading. Here is a maanul sitting down and showing off a maaau to a mierthri. mierthri and maaaus are almost the same size. maaaus have a longer neck and legs.maanul hold maaauSome additional doodles can be found under the cut of the tumblr post as a treattrophytrophyask: what jewlery do maanuls and kyhuines have?this is a repost of a tumblr ask posted on the 14th of august 2024 anonymous asked over on tumblr: What jewelry do kyhuines and maanuls have? and what jewelry do humans have? many various ones that are influenced by the environment, history in terms of current fashion, current movements, beliefs and etc... same goes for them! but aside from the boring answer: pre-alp traverse traditional jewlery by maanuls might share a common theme of being centered around the sea despite the various cultures, because maanuls lifestyle and everything they need revolve around the sea. People live near it, people live in structures at shores or in the sea, people may be part of sea-fearing ethnic groups who spend their lives out there on boats. some seafearing communities are more stationary than others but the life on a boat remains. Pre-alp traverse and first contact with kyhuines, maanuls lives depended on the oceans only. and it reflects in their art forms and folklore a lot. which include jewelry, from literal depictions of an animal from the shore to just more vague imagery, or usage of shells, the ocean can be found through many pieces of jewelry across the globe. earrings are very common among maanuls, the triangle skin hoods over their ears can be pierced. Although that defeats their purpose of blocking water once flattened against their temples, not that it was efficient at its job to begin with either way, so it's not a big loss of functionality in the end. Much like human lobes they have to be careful with the weight of their earrings. Because they can always risk having it slowly rip because of gravity. I guess for them it might take longer. Since gravity is lower its not pulling on it as hard as it is on earth. And the pierced ear hole sits on top of a cartilage ridge. piercings? yes, maanuls are half made out of skin, and piercings are plausible on many parts of the body. Such as the face, but piercings on the face are restricted to certain areas, and all of them are temporary. They're surface piercings and they'll come out rather fast because facial muscles are constricted a lot in maanuls for facial expressions to communicate. just like how a bridge piercing in humans don't last long because we move our eyebrows constantly.The "nose " isn't an area they can pierce, the skin there is rather tight against the structure, its hard to pull any for a surface type. Piercing through it is quite horrible and will in almost every case end up in a bloody injury. Sometimes leading to an infection too. Its literally a cartilage hell with so many blood vessels hanging around. also, this is a sensory organ they use for facial interaction with one another, so they rather have it "untouched". And the nose is never pierced successfully. Then the person with it will be seen as a masochistic. A "nose" piercing for them wouldn't look like a hoop passing through it, but more so probably a curved bar inside the structure, with each side of the nose protruding with a little piece of jewelry. traditional kyhuine jewelry dating before the alp traverse and first contact with maanuls, does not have an overarching theme like maanuls does. Their lives do not revolve around one big thing, as kyhuines as a whole can live in incredibly diverse biomes from each other, think of the biome variety found in SWANA. if you know you know then. However, things such a jewelry based on bugs (domesticated species or not) can be a common recurring thing because of how bugs are a big part of their diet + they have many domesticated species. Some domesticated themselves because kyhuines let them in their homes for various reasons. pierced ears in kyhuines? its impossible to find. why? because kyhuines do not have external ears. what they have on their head is just some sort of "plumicorn", identical to what prairie chickens have. just growing at a different angle. The plumicorns in kyhuines are raised up for the neutral expression all the time. If you plucked a kyhuine their heads would be smooth, and you'd find the ear holes near the eyes. If you find old art on my blog with kyhuines having earrings that's just me being indicative of what I wanted. But yeah, in conclusion, no earrings for kyhuines can be found.piercings in kyhuines are rare because they're covered in feathers everywhere apart from the pelvis, gular sack, around eyes and snout end, and keel. and only the facial skin can be piercable, mainly piercing under the eyes by pulling the extra saggy skin if there's enough. they last longer than they do with maanuls, because kyhuine facial muscles are stiffer. they emote emotions via opening their mouths, tahofah fans, sounds, inflating gular sack, and piloting/ flattening their plumicorns. not a lot of contracting facial muscle is involved in it. I'd say they're much more common in plateau/mountain flank groups, where the dulls have wattles under their eyes. Its just extra skin that can receive piercings or minimal dot tattoos. one of the few ethnicities to be able to do tattooing because of this extra skin bit example of a haut-plateau / moutain flank dull ("dull" being an afab individual) kyhuine. sketch from some months ago i never finished but you see the idea ->dull kyhuine with wattles i do not think they could pierce their gular sack safely, perhaps if the jewelry in the pierced hole is flexible? after all pierced holes will close back. But i don't know about this one yet.necklaces usually are lose enough that they hang under the gular sac area, just to be safe and not break it if they inflate it for whatever reason. although necklaces that are several decorative hard pieces on a stretchable threat where it can widen in case the person inflates their sac is also a thing. but the first option is the most popular and spread out. Plus, several ethnic groups will consider it indecent to have a gular sack exposed, leading to covering it with tight necklaces, or much more commonly just tissue. as its more convenient and can be a part of a larger piece of cloth. in mierthri kyhuines, jewelry is considered as clothing for them. average conception of clothes as in like sewed tissue together is a no for them. as it might weigh them down and restrict movement during gliding. if they wear clothes its super minimal and most of them just do not wear anything for convenience, and when they do its 1 piece where they just have to slide their head in, the sides are cut so they dont restrict any arm movement. And even then, these clothes are mainly used for events only and not as a day-to-day thing. although exceptions can be seen in kaar'kchir immigrant mierthri communities. Not because they're forced to, but because of cultural exchange and cultures evolving and merging together.the jewlery in mierthri kyhuines is either at their necks as a necklace or ankles as a ring or band. ribbons are used too, even if they're cloth are still a decorative items that for mierthri kyhuines count as a full piece of clothing. ribbons are attached to the ankle of the end of their tail. when they fly around gliding, the ribbon, or necklace, ankle jewlery are mainly used for quick identification in the community. for example, spotting a paramedic. after the traverse of the Alps and first contact between the two cousin species, many cultures merge through immigration and create new ones, many communities become of mixed species, and people bring their cultures where they go. which will include the jewelry! and it will evolve, its adapted into new etnic groups or modified to be more in the taste of the people living here, new fashion movements get created and so on with variants like this. i could think of more to yap about, but i think that's all for this one. thank you for asking!ask: what spices do maanuls+kyhuines like, can i exploit them financially over it?this is a repost of a tumblr ask posted on 13th of august 2024 anonymous asked over on tumblr: What spices do kyhuines and maanuls like, and which one would be the most profitable one to trade (Aka the most popular/Most expensive one)? Can i exploit kyhuines and maanuls financially, pleaaaaaasee Apart from salt because they need it on a biological level just like we do. They like the ones that make their tongues tingle, the spicest shit ever you'll ever experience because it's the thing they can feel the most, and they like adding it to their meals for an extra kick. Their taste buds are numbed down because they just have less than we do, part of their tongues hosts keratin spikes. And no, you can't exploits them financially because they don't work with money, the world will work through bartering, giving an object in exchange or a service. When primitive money systems are present in some communities its just trinket objects they can exchange for small goods. They're stubborn, you can do whatever you want they won't see the utility in money system because they're not getting anything valuable to their eyes in exchange. I guess you can do that in places like kaar'kchir (and it's sister cities) who do work under a very messy money system, which I rather tear my hair off than bother trying to commerce and exploit them. I dont even think it would be worth the hassle since youd only be able to use your hoarded money there.Plus the money system there changes via ring districts, the furthest from the center of the ring the more chances people don't even use money system anymore. because they'll probably work like the average colony where they're self sufficient. It's just that they're in what's considered as "kaar'kchir territories" and are considered as kaar'kchir citizen. even if they may work vastly differently than someone from the center, and even if they don't want to be categorized as such to begin with.trophy