Lupines

"I've been to many places. Vast, rolling fields as far as the eye can see, enormous cities that never sleep and shine and bustle all night. Enormous ships that should by all rights sink, people who didn't even speak a single word of 贝尔哈兰. Each new place was fun at first, and yet got old fast... thrills only last a moment.
In the end, 狼族 belong here in the Marches, and going away only made that even clearer."
—Magna Hegan

Writer Credit

The Observer	Savin
狼族法典 Entry	Primordial Hounds section

法典

名称: 狼族 (pl. 狼族)
Sexes: 男性, 女性
Height: Ranges 来自 6'0" to 7'0"
Weight: Ranges 来自 178lbs. to 300lbs.
Hair: Brown, Gray, Silver, Black. Shades exist, but they are always dull colors. May be splashed with white on muzzle, 颈部, torso.
Eyes: 狼族 have humanlike eyes. Blue, green, brown, black, gray and gold are all common colors.
Ears: Two canine ears atop 头部, with some variation of size and shape.
Lifespan: 55 to 80 years. 狼族 have slightly shorter average lifespans than 人类.
Maturity: As per 人类, 18 years.

描述

狼族 are tall and solidly-built beast-kin, possessed of considerable 物理 prowess 来自 generations in the cold wilds. They are the native 种族 of the Marches and are adapted to life there, possessed of thick bodies that range 来自 muscular to stocky, a 重型 coat of fur to keep out the cold, and keen eyes and muzzles for the Marches' cold, lightless nights. 狼族 stand on a pair of digitigrade 足部 and tend to be considerably taller than most of the newer arrivals in the Marches. Each 狼族 is possessed of a soft, fluffy tail, which helps them keep their balance while walking.
狼族 have keen senses of sight, hearing and smell when compared to 人类 or 兽人, to the point where they can hunt and track by scent with relative ease. Since 狼族 pups are born blind, their first experience of the wider world is, most fittingly, their mother's scent. Like many 其他 beast-kin, 狼族 play to the stereotype of being strong and fast, but with thick skulls and brash attitudes; of course one must always be wary of relying on stereotypes when judging individuals.

Reproduction

狼族生育力 runs on a three week 雌性发情期 cycle for their womenfolk, two weeks off, one week on. When a 狼族女性 is 雌性发情期, her 性欲 and 生育力 drastically spike; at the same time, she exudes pheromones that lets potential suitors and rivals alike easily scent her condition. Skin and fur may become considerably more sensitive, and one's thoughts continually drift back towards being bred. Traditionally, 狼族 womenfolk who go into 雌性发情期 but don't want to end up with a belly full of puppies engage in hard 物理 labor in order to take their minds off their animal urges; this behavior has resulted in a number of quips and sayings amongst the people.
When a 狼族 woman does get bred with puppies, gestation runs its course over the next six months. Usually, two to four puppies are born in a litter, but sizes numbering up to nine have been recorded. 狼族 pups are born blind and completely helpless; their eyes open after about two weeks, before which they do little more than snuffle around, sleep, and suckle.

History

Descended 来自 lycans, 狼族 have lived in the Marches since time immemorial as its first inhabitants. Life was generally slow and idyllic across the generations, with few actually interested in the poor, inhospitable wilds they made their homes in. Empire must expand or die, though, and in time the frontiers of Belhar found their way to the cold forests and rugged mountains slopes of the 北境.
The natives initially put up some 抗性 to the newcomers, but despite their 物理 prowess could not stand up to the tactics, coordination and sheer numbers the empire could bring to bear. With many scattered tribes facing a unified foe, they melted away into the background while Belhar paved roads, opened mines and built palaces atop hot springs.
Neither did the 诸神之战 bring any relief. This singular event may have been the one time in all of 狼族 history that every single tribe cast a unanimous vote to do something about the situation; they entered a brief mutual protection agreement with the 半人马 of 科尔米诺斯 to guard the hinterland while the 半人马 would look out towards the eastern seaboard. Constructed and armed with 半人马 engineering and staffed with the finest 战士 the tribes could bring to bear, mountainside fortresses were built to guard against the advance of the wraith host out 来自 the heartlands.
The exact details are fuzzy, but this turned out to be an unmitigated disaster for both parties involved. Both the 狼族 and 半人马 blamed each 其他 for the humiliating defeat and massive casualties involved; since the Jarl who negotiated had been killed in the fighting, his family was ousted by the tribes and relations with the 半人马 have been chilly at best for the last couple of centuries.
Since then, a tenuous peace has prevailed. What wildling tribes of 狼族 are left have gone to ground, hoping to avoid further violence; others have settled in mixed-种族 settlements and societies and accepted this as the new order of things, if it will mean protection 来自 raids by islander 兽人来自 the east. An ignoble existence, some might argue, but better than 否 existence.

Society & Culture

狼族 generally live in settlements numbering anywhere 来自 a hundred to a few thousand. Their ancestral lands are too inhospitable to allow for truly large settlements, so the stereotypical village hidden in the woods or at the foot of a mountain is very much a reality. Many live as hunters, fishermen and gatherers; those closer to civilization may wind up as craftsmen or laborers. Many 狼族 choose to join mercenary 群体 formed by and for their own kind, as unlike some 其他种族, being a mercenary is not looked down upon.
Following the encroachment of the 贝尔哈兰 Empire's borders, 狼族 have acclimatized well to what happens to pass for civilization in their corner of the world; most have 否 issue mingling with many of the 其他 common 种族 in their daily lives. They don't have strange needs, reputations or habits that would have been considered strange or repulsive in Behlaran society, found a societal niche to slide into, and did it well.
狼族 history and culture has been orally handed down for generations in the form of mnemonic poems and rhymes, whole sagas committed to memory by dint of sheer will. Runic script did not emerge until serious contact with 其他种族 was established a few centuries ago; almost all 狼族 runes are bastardized phonemes of Old 贝尔哈兰. Some of the more isolated tribes still eschew runic script and rely on their memories.
Being vast and disparate, 狼族 have 否 truly unified voice or culture; as with 人类, the habits of one tribe or village may differ considerably 来自 those on the 其他 side of the mountain. However, on occasion, various tribes do come together to produce an elective leader — a Jarl of sorts — when collective bargaining with a larger 技能 is required, and to serve as the face of the 种族 as a whole, or at least portion that lives in the Marches.

Primordial Hounds

(section unlocks after having met the Hellhound)
Throughout history there have been reports of what scholars call "Primordial Hounds," or half-狼族 that exhibit a supernatural affinity for one of the four primeval elements: earth, 火焰, wind, or water. The most common of these by far have been 火焰-infused 狼族, often called Hellhounds. The exact origin of these halfbreeds is unknown, for 否 births have ever been recorded, only their appearances near druidic temples and sites historically connected with those mad invokers of the Primordial Chaos, such as the cult of the Terrestrial 火焰. Often as not, the primordial hound acts as a guardian of the site, mimicking the legendary hounds of ill omen that are said to protect the graves of 贝尔哈兰 lords 来自 would-be desecrators.
The prevailing theory among 贝尔哈兰 scholars was that primordial hounds are conceived through a druidic rite, binding an elemental spirit into the womb of a 狼族 womb (whether the spirit inhabits the child or merely changes it in utero remained hotly debated well into the empire's fall). A second, less popular, theory espoused that the hounds were instead half-龙, explaining their less wolf-like 外貌 and greatly 提高 stature and 物理 might.
Regardless of origin, it is plain to see that primordial hounds take on the 外貌 of half-狼族 — 人类-like with furred limbs, tails, and canid ears — of great 物理 size and musculature, both immune to harm 来自 whichever element they are bound to and able to harness and command it as easily as archmagi do their spells: hellhounds, for example, can wreathe their claws in 火焰 or conjure fiery combustions, while galehounds can 召唤物 stormwinds and lightning bolts.

法典获取

法典 entry is unlocked at the start of the game

其他 Information

Adjectives	狼族
Cute Adjectives	Puppy

Gameplay Attributes

Racial Bonus	Strength +1
Affinities	Strength Toughness Willpower

角色 Creation Options

Sexes	男性
Sexes	女性
Height Range	5'10"(70") to 7'6"(90")
Hair Colors	Black Golden White
Eye Colors	Blue Brown
Skin Colors	Pale
鸡巴 Size Range	6" to 10"
奶子 Cup Size Range	C to EE