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.OC ask tagInfo: Choose one of your OCs. Let your OC be honest. When you’re done, tag a friend in the comments if you wish. You can draw little doodles and insert them as images if you'd like to. Have fun! = = = = =image "Greetings, do you have a moment to give me some of your time?I only have a few questions that I would like you to answer. Hmm, there's a cookie in it for you if you finish!Thank you, I appreciate your cooperation!" 1. Firilya: First of all, may I please have your name, age, and profession? And if it's not too intrusive, what gender you feel identifies yourself? A: 2. (feel free to add an image of your oc here)Firilya: Would you mind telling me about your appearance? Like what inspired your outfit today! Dress yourself, or dressed for work, or dressed by others? A: 3. Firilya: Now about your profession, did you work hard to gain such an employment? Alternatively: If you do not work, how do you spend all that free time? A: 4. Firilya: Ah, work can no doubt have it's tough days. If you go on vacation, where would the wind take you? Alternatively: Even if you don't work, where would the wind take you for vacations and trips? A: 5. Firilya: I see! And what is your day to day normal diet? A: 6. Firilya: Now for some more heavy hitting questions! What is the name of your current town, city, etc? A: 7. Firilya: Do you feel safe while walking around [replace with name of town/city] after nightfall? Are there any dangers to look out for? A: 8. Firilya: Do you have family? Either a found family, a family through marriage, or the one you were born into? A: 9. Firilya: Do you enjoy some form of entertainment in your leisure time? If so, mind sharing what form it takes? This is entertainment you view, not perform yourself. A: 10. Firilya: A bit of an odd pivot, but do you have a favourite creature? Either one that was your pet, or one that you knew of and just admired? A: 11. Firilya: Do you feel energized by being around people, or do you spend some time alone to re-energize so you can go spend time with friends and family? A: 12. Firilya: Do you have anyone who you looked up to when you were younger? A: 13. Firilya: Do you believe in the concept of luck? If yes, why? If no, why not? 14. Firilya: Are you aware of any personal shortcomings? A: 15. Firilya: Could you describe your living quarters, if you feel comfortable doing so? A: 16. Firilya: What sort of hobbies do you have? Do you have one, many, too many? A: 17. Firilya: Do you have a best friend? Or perhaps a whole frenzy of friends? A: 18. Firilya: What was your childhood like? And did you grow up in the same place you live in currently? A: 19. Firilya: Do you consider yourself confident in your day to day actions? A: 20. Firilya: Do you believe in something greater out there? A higher power? A chance to explore once we leave this life behind? That we return to live another life? Or that we expire, sleeping in the warm and cozy darkness of the earth? or perhaps something entirely different? A: "Thank you so much for your honesty and patience with answering my questions! Do you have any final notes to add before we part ways?"ask: 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.ask: can kyhuines and maanuls share food?this is a repost of a tumblr ask posted on the 12th of august 2024 annonymous asked over on tumblr: You might have answered it before, I tried to search for it but got no results, do kyhuines and maanuls share a diet? That is, is there anything that one can eat that the other can't digest? i think i did answer that a while ago, or maybe my memory is failing and I only did it with friends. but even if this is a repeat, i don't mind it! yes, maanuls and kyhuines can eat each other's food, at least they can eat the majority of it safely. Some products may cause one to be sick, and a few may be lethal. And when it's lethal it's mainly because of the quantity of a toxin found in the food that the other can't process because of their biology. for example, many bugs, which are a large part of a kyhuines diet, cannot be safely eaten by maanuls because of their toxins. some species can be processed in various ways to remove said toxins and become safer for maanuls to consume.Things like kelp are things kyhuines can eat safely. And are quite a common dry snack to import inside the mountain alp ring, once trading routes are open between the "inner" continent and the "outside". However, Kyhuines will digest it worse than their larger cousin counterparts. their digestive system does not take as many nutrients from it as maanuls, because maanuls have evolved to process it better since kelp has been used a lot in their cuisine for thousands of years. Kyhuines are better at having a lot of starch in their diet too because of the way their agriculture was and what species they'd cultivate compared to maanuls, and so on with things like this. its quite a fun subject honestly! in areas such as kaar'kchir and its sister cities, where the population is of mixed species, meaning the area has on average as much kyhuines that there is maanuls around. food stands and other services involving food, will prefer serving food that accommodates both so they can have more clients (kaar'kchir and the sister cities live under different systems that utilize money compared to the majority of the world). But also out of consideration, because establishments and even houses are expected to be able to welcome both species inside. Food stands that only offer foodMore recently built infrastructures in kaar'kchir are rather large to let maanuls in, while older still standing builds from before the traverse of the alp and first contact are too small for maanuls. The older ones are usually familial homes that are still living here or have been repurposed for storage. kaar'kchir was a kyhuine colony for info, build before first contact and the traverse of the alp expedition. So old buildings never had maanuls in mind because they didn't even know they existed. even between the non-gliding kyhuine species and mierthri kyhuines there is food that the other cant consume, many fungal species from the mierthri biome is used by the mierthri kyhuines to ferment food and have it last longer. Their guts are better suited to eat the weird things that grow near the mierthri biome, while non-gliding kyhuines may get extremely sick from it. on a silly note, because of the size difference between the two (actually 3, since miethri is a different species but in-world they don't categorize it as such. but even then myself ill just say the 2) alcoholic beverage and how fast it affects one is quite silly. the percentage of alcohol in maanul fermented drinks is very high on average even for a human because of their size being larger they can take up more, kyhuines are much smaller than maanuls (kyhuines are smaller than you are for info). So 1 glass of a medium alcoholic drink that is of maanul origin to a kyhuine can be enough to make their head feel warm and funny already. mierthri kyhuines do not drink alcohol made by maanuls. Theyre 120cm (1 ft tall) so if they do they're KO quickly. unless its very light and made with kyhuines in mind, including the gliding kyhuines (mierthri), but then its so light that it defeats the purpose for maanuls. if they care about that to begin with. i had fun writing ask answer, thank you!ask: what sport does nau'stikah exactly play?this is a repost of a tumblr ask posted on jully second, 2024 anonymous asked over on tumblr: hi, i hope you don't mind this question, but what sport does nau'stikah exactly play? surprised an anon knows he plays sports, i don't remember if i even mentioned it on my blog honestly? also no i don't mind character asks im just shy organized combats in the style of southern momui'oma region, specifically Nuinuk colony, which is the biggest momui'oma colony and holds the biggest festivals of the region. Some would argue out of every coastal group that Nuinuk festivals are the best to attend to, a must even. The main sport nau'stikah practices are organized theatrical combats, usually taking place during the renowned festival month where they're presented several times a week, the schedule being quite tight sometimes for the actors.although theatrical combats are held all year, but the most prized and memorable happens at this month which is momui'oma's new cycle celebration. Other combats will be held for small festivities of the colony and do not attract so many voyagers.Passing by people will be here sometimes because of Nuinuk being a big colony in general. other sports are mainly a hobby because he enjoys physical activity (and showing off but that's a detail he wont admit). One of them being wrestling which is a sport born in northern regions, believed to have been started in polar maanul groups. It was imported in Nuinuk via northern immigrants. the wrestling is different and incorporates things from the southern continent theater standards thus creating its own sub genre in momui'oma. It works quite close to staged wrestling we have!organized combats are mainly staged, wearing gears that look closer to a festival costume but still have the required padding on the stomach area to endure talon kicks.While the talon kicks wont cut them, they still can get out of here with nasty blue marks if the combat was intense. The shows are over the top, and incorporate almost dance-like performances too. Since they happen during the theater play acting is part of the sport too. The combat recreates either folklore or mythology tales, or made up storyline between fighters! The combatants are seen as popular sports figures among colony but the favorites will hold an almost "unbeatable near living diety status. Which is what nau'stikah immigrated here to achieve, and he did! he did acquire his own unique title as many fan favorites do. His being "fire catcher". talon kicking combat is a thing worldwide, with different rules and gear worn, and levels of dangerosity in it. For example talon kicking in plateau region inside the mountain range is quite violent. little to no gear worn, they're short, around a minute or less but quite damaging. They firstly originated from a plateau kyhuine courting practice, where "female" members would fight violently for the prettiest "male" (i put " " because the way their concept of gender works there isn't through assignment via birth sex like humans generally do) as a show off of their capabilities, and while that practice is still alive it also derived into a sport with rules. But the intensity of it is still very present. babbling -> i still want to develop one that requires swinging (not throwing) an instrument. But at the same time, i have to make a diagram of arm movement and how far they can move them around. since their arms arent on a ball socket joint, they can't do a full circle rotation. they can move it up to a certain degree and rotating it backwards is very limited. I think id be enough for what i have in mind though. Their butterfly joint is limited but not bad though. Also if they ever had sports that require throwing it would be thrown like a frisbee, again using the butterfly joint instead.people forget this often but humans are like little freaks that are extremely good at throwing things and other primates arent able to do it as well as us. a lot of our sports when you think about it revolves around running around and throwing things, which are the 2 things our bodies excell at. and i think its fun and cool, humans are cool in their own ways ok. anyways, for maanuls and kyhuines their sports generally will also revolve around running around, length jumps and talon kickingask: Can maanuls live without their "noses"?this is a repost of a tumblr ask posted on the 28th of jully 2024 annonymous asked over on tumblr: how would it look like if a maanul didn't have a nose then? maanuls can live without their "noses" , but the fresh injury wouldn't be a pretty sight to see considering the amount of blood vessels stored in there. to put it shortly it would be a blood bath They'd require to moisturize the area to prevent from skin tightening via drying up. which can be painful especially if other facial muscles move, i think this type of injury would cause nerve damage, some people might end up with a few facial muscles that used to be attached to the base of the "nose" to be paralyzed this is a healed injury example. healed nose injury maanulask: why do maanuls have a "nose"?this is a repost of a tumblr ask posted on the 27th of jully 2024 (today!) anonymous asked over on tumblr: What is the thingie pointy tip pointy thing the pointy nib on the tip of a maanuls snout is it just there because silly or is it a sensory thing because it’s cool It's a structure made out of cartilage which kyhuines have too actually. they are a cousins species, the ancestors of modern maanuls were genetically the same group as the ancestors of modern non-gliding kyhuines. Traits such as the nose used to be flat like how modern kyhuines have itkyhuine and maanul nosethe "nose" of maanuls, and when i say maanuls you have to imagine a previous species that wasn't sapient yet so technically not maanuls, is a trait that evolved from sexual selection . it is now just an important trait for social display and interactions. such as showing affection which isn't done by mouth-to-mouth contact like humans for example, but by rubbing each other's noses with theirs. It is sometimes can be called "spear fighting" as an in-world slangmaanul "kiss"but not only that, maanuls (and kyhuines) are a species that produce their own body heat via their metabolism. they regulate their body temperature by heat exchange with the environment. Maanuls can cool down by sweating with their non-feathered skin parts, and by dilating (or contracting) the numerous blood vessels found in their "nose" structure. Allowing for heat exchange and cooling. it isn't the most efficient thing ever but it does help them. This isn't something they'll do consciously, its an automatic response.The snout can be disadvantageous in polar region where its so cold that evolutionary trait cant help much, polar maanul groups have clothes that cover half of the face to protect the snout.edit of things i forgot to mention: yes it can bend if you push it, push your own nose right now its basically the same thing with more resistance to it the nose cannot move as its not an organ with muscles in it, however it is attached to other facial muscles so it technically can move like this It blocks a part of their vision, resulting in maanuls tilting their face down to look at something without that obstacle in the way. it is quite a common act of politeness across several cultures to tilt your head down when talking to someone, as you're fully looking at the person and acknowledging them when doing so