Beastfriend

One who is raised by or very closely with mammals and therefore forms a clan bond with them, making them a user of banaru who is a friend to all mammals.

Mammlian Lineages

Animal Bonding

There is a difference between a family pet, which can be adopted into a clan; an animal symbol of a clan; an animal friend to a clan mage or other magic-user (similar to a familiar); and an animal clan, or a clan formed between mortal and animal.

Blood Rites

Commonest Friends

The most common mammals that are befriended are

• Cattle - esp donn cuailnges - in western Jesenya, where the beastfriend is part of a herd-clan. A beastfriend to cattle gains great strength.
• Chimpanzee - esp fefanus - in western Taggarus, where the beastfriend if part of a troop-clan. A beastfriend to chimps gains great agility.
• Llamas - esp wayllunk'uñas - in eastern Palhur, where the beastfriend if part of a herd-clan. A beastfriend to llamas gains great balance and endurance.
• Mice - esp dutiny's - in the southern Island Bridge, where the beastfriend if part of a horde-clan. A beastfriend to mice gains great speed and perception.
• Olingo - esp greater olingos - in central Palhur, where the beastfriend if part of a brace-clan. A beastfriend to olingos gains great cunning.
• Rabbit - esp chidachide kharagoshes - in subcontinental Dabusen, where the beastfriend if part of a colony-clan. A beastfriend to rabbits gains great speed, hearing, and fecundity.

Other Mammals

A beastfriend can form bonds with any mammal if they befriend them, usually by offering food, water, or in rare cases, protection. Though it takes time to gain an animal's trust - and this can vary by individual animal - beastfriends manage it slightly quicker than others.

Mammal	Power	Characteristic
Ailurids	Protection from evil magic	Reaction, Insight
Bats	Flight	Hearing
Bears	Take wounds for children	Prowess, Strength
Canids	Sense clan members	Smell
Civets	Friendly presence	Aroma
Elephants	Eidetic memory	Strength, Hearing, Smell
Euplerids	Sense treachery	Prowess
Felids	Repel predators	Agility, Prowess
Hyaenids	Sense food	Prowess, Smell
Lagomorphs	Fecundity	Reaction
Marsupials	Protect children	Toughness
Mephits	Repel evil energies	Aroma
Mongooses	Bonuses vs. stronger opponents	Courage
Monotremes	Aura of friendship	Presence
Mustelids	Escalating bonuses in combat	Prowess
Pangolins	Hard-to-kill edge	Faith
Pinnipeds	Uplifted spirits	Swimming, Agility
Primates	Long-range communication	Agility
Procyons	Cleanliness	Cunning
Rodents	Resistance to disease	Reaction, Stealth
Scandentians	Tree-friending	Climbing, Constitution
Sirenians	Beautiful voice	Strength, Swimming
Solenodons	Call for aid	Venom
Therianids	Varies	Varies
Ungulids	Herd protection	Strength
Xenarthrans	Improved rest	Agility, Insight