Therian

When an animal person is born, they are almost completely animalistic. They grow into their anthropomorphism as they age, and as they engage in the culture of their people, they take on different aspects of both animal and mortal, as this generates the animal magic that defines them. This is why some therians of the same nation may grow up with differing degrees of animalistic characteristics. The commonest form of therian is a bipedal, upright variant of their animal counterpart. The extremes of appearance are nearly completely human with vague animalistic characteristics or nearly completely animal with only the ability of speech to distinguish them.

Therians will have powers similar to the abilities of the animal they are descended from and on the cultural associations with that animal.

Any species native to the area has a therian equivalent, though some are much rarer than others. These below are the most prominent.

Alpine chough folk
Alpine ibex folk
Ash cicada folk
Autumn chub folk
Beluga folk
Boreal owl folk

Brown bear folk: 8' tall anthropomorphic bears. They live in the mountains and eschew the cities. They are known for their love of nature, their ferocity in battle, and their protectiveness of other animals, save for those they eat. They can speak to animals. They are often conscripted and exploited for their strength and prowess by imperials, though they resent it.

PRO 10 ATH 8 STR 12 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 7 STH 6 ESS 8

[European] copper skink folk
Dark mudfish folk
The druid moth folk
Fire salamander folk
Forest dormouse folk
Golden eagle folk

Green sea turtle folk: 6' tall anthropomorphic sea turtles. They have brown, black, and white shells with green bodies. They are great swimmers. They live in and near the seas, and they have magic that allows them some control over it. They are often exploited by imperials for labor in the waters, but in their own culture, they are protectors of it.

PRO 8 ATH 7 Swim 10 STR 9 Shell +4/+4 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 8 STH 7 ESS 9

Grey wolf folk: 6' tall anthropomorphic gray wolves. They live in the mountains and hills, and they are revered throughout the Talunese region. They are mythologized and honored, though they hate it and reject the stories that turn them into founders of empires. They honor the moons and worship them. They are skilled witches and repellers of spells. They believe in nature, not empire, but many are drawn in by promises of power.

PRO 9 ATH 9 STR 9 AWA 9 WIL 9 PRS 9 STH 9 ESS 9

Ground spider folk
Hooded crow folk
Mallow skipper butterfly folk
Marsh frog folk
Marsh slug folk
Mud bithynia folk
[European] nightjar folk
Peregrine falcon folk

Red deer folk: 7' tall anthropomorphic red deer. They are strong, fast, and cunning, and they keep to themselves in the forests of the region. They are protectors of the forests, friends to forest folk (and sometimes confused for them). They are sometimes exploited by imperials for their strength and speed.

PRO 8 ATH 10 STR 9 AWA 9 WIL 8 PRS 8 STH 8 ESS 9

Red phalarope folk
[Hades] rock centipede folk (Geophilus hadesi)

Rook folk: 5' tall black anthropomorphic rooks. They live in the forests and fields in their own communities. They are a studious people who keep secrets and have shadow magic. They are hated by imperials, viewed as pests, and often killed by racists.

PRO 8 ATH 9 Flight 11 STR 7 AWA 10 WIL 9 PRS 7 STH 11 ESS 9

Shining pea clam folk
[Eurasian] skylark folk
Snow goose folk
[Common] starling folk
Stoat folk
[Bulgarian] stone grasshopper folk
[Leach's] storm petrel folk
Thecodontosaurus folk
[Pannonian] tiger beetle folk
Whiskered bat folk

[European] wildcat folk: 5' tall anthropomorphic cats with brown and grey and white fur. They are usually tabbies with irregular striping and blotches. They are skilled hunters who dislike the cities, though they often find themselves living there. They have influence over other mammals. They are very common, and they tend to prefer nature to the city.

PRO 10 ATH 12 STR 7 AWA 9 WIL 7 PRS 9 STH 9 ESS 8

Wild horse folk
Wood lemming folk