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[Jenn]

LC Species: Amuni
Type: Morality
Appearance/Color: Black and white play in thick, jagged patterns across the hides of Morality Types. There is most often more white than black, and their heads are always white with a black stripe down the top of the muzzle. A Morality with more black is rumored to have skewed judgment, though it is uncertain how this untrue myth began. Feathered and/or draconic wings are not uncommon, the type of wing depending on the patch of color that it sprouts up from. Feathered are always white and draconic are always black.
Personality: Judgmental, high-strung, resolute, enthusiastic
Any other information: To Morality Amuni, the world is black and white. Good and Evil are both easily explained concepts, and can be applied to any action. There is no such thing as a 'gray area'. Should they ever stumble upon an action that they can't easily classify, they will become extremely distressed and lock themselves away in prayer until the 'answer' is made clear to them. They are unshakable in their beliefs and once an action has been classified, they will never see it another way. A Morality with more black than white may be looked down on by its fellows as biased towards sin, which is untrue, but the constant scrutiny may be enough to make them paranoid of their own decisions and judgments. Common in cervines, but rare in serpents.

The cervine breathed shallowly, her pale head pressed against the cool stone of the church altar, its black stripe almost parallel with the line of the cross that rose up several feet from the base of the structure. She had settled herself on the cool tile floor early seven hours ago, too distressed to go back to her room. Why did the Cardinal have to ask her such questions? She knew that he didn't like her. That much was plain with every word out of his mouth, though neither she nor her friends could understand why. She was a loyal member of the Church, a devout Priest, dedicated to her duties, and she could hunt demons with the best of them. Why, then, did he insist on taunting her?

Some of the scenarios he posed, though...who would think up such things but him? 'If two humans were having a dispute over a stolen loaf of bread, one of them an abandoned wife with six mouths to feed and the other a law-abiding shopkeep, who would be in the right? The woman is unable to find a job other than prostitution, which would be a sin, and so has resorted to theft to care for her children, another sin. The shopkeep, meanwhile, is struggling to make ends meet with a competing business not far from his own small shop. Should the woman be punished for stealing the bread? Should she be taken to jail, leaving her young children to starve with no caretaker? If not, how should justice be done?'

The questions had tormented her for the better part of the day, the answers unclear to her. She wouldn't, couldn't leave her self-imposed isolation until she had the answers. But who was in the right?

[FlyingPanther]

LC Species: Defore

Type: Borealis
Working On

Type: Wood
Working On

wow...I finally came up with a defore type... I've been struggling

[tigs]

Remember to go back and read over the types people have posted before starting your own! I've seen a few very similar types and I wouldn't want anyone's ideas to be discarded simply because someone else posted something too similar before them ^_^.

I personally am editing my post instead of making a bunch more so that Mem doesn't have to go searching <3, so beware of post-editors when glancing through new entries to make sure your idea hasn't already been snagged :3.

LOVING the Amuni ideas so far. I have no inspiration when it comes to any religion other than Wicca XDD *wants some of the types she's seen*.

[silverdust]

Taking a page from tigs' book and moving all my ideas to a single post ^^;; Didn't think about the clutter *facepalm* So, check there for ideas <3 I'm loving the defore ones, unfortunately SD is dumb when it comes to nature types...xD

o.O I <3 your Porcelain fera, like times a million ;D Faceless masked pale things *squee*

[tigs]

Hehe, it probably isn't cluttered, seeing as there are so few people posting come to think of it <3. I just did it for my own reference because otherwise /I'd/ get lost XDD.

*goes to nose through your ideas* eeee you are teh creativez ^-^.

Defore come to me pretty good because I love elements and elemental stuff

[silverdust]

*snugstigselementals* I shall think more nature-ish, b/c honestly I'm drained for religion ^^;; All the art history review is piling up, so I had alot of biblical painting reference...but personality wise they're all rather flat >.>

[Shinigami]

Name: Shinigami
E-mail: [e-mail]

LC Species: Amuni
Type: Blessed
Appearance/Color: They are always beautiful, and very graceful and elegant. In color they tend toward darker hues, most dark blue, purple, and green, though red is occasionally seen. Amongst all of them occurs a particular marking – it seems as if a star has perched upon their brow, almost like a crown. Often their eyes glow mildly as well.
Personality: Beautiful and serene, the Blessed always see the world in a beautiful light, seeing only the good about things. To them, evil does not really exist, and those that are evil only need to be shown the truth of the light. This means that, should they ever become a Pope, they must be guarded by those of a more ruthless bent who are more capable of taking care of whatever threats they appear.
Any other information: These are often seen as being the blessed children of Amunuku, and a hint of things to come. Their joy in the world is what all true Amuni will be able to experience one the world has come to salvation. Whenever they bless someone, if that person is truly pious, then a small, milder version of the Blessed’s star appears upon their brow for an hour afterward, and they are filled with joy.

“What are you doing in such a horrible place?” The canine Cardinal stared curiously at the deep blue feline where she sat amongst the dregs of humanity. Her eyes were glowing in the dim atmosphere, but her expression was puzzled as she turned to look at him.

“Horrible? There is nothing horrible at all about this place,” she responded, her voice soft and calm. A few feet away, a homeless human lay unconscious in a pool of his own vomit, head turned just enough that he could breathe. The Miracle canine stared aghast at his companion, who was apparently oblivious to the poor souls that surrounded her.

“Look at everything! It’s just...” He trailed off though, knowing that she wouldn’t be able to see the truth about her. She never did. But then she turned those too-gentle, pitying eyes upon him, and reached out to lay a paw upon his brow.

“There is sadness, yes,” she said, and he couldn’t look away from her glowing eyes, and the star upon her brow seemed to encompass his sight. “But that is only a dim veil over the glory which Amunuku is bringing. Do not worry, for his presence is within all of us, and we will soon rejoice in his light. Even now he is with us, and we should be joyful in that.” Her voice was entrancing, and it sang over his nerves, and suddenly he realized what she was talking about.

The poor man curled in sleep was not in agony – no, he was as close to Amunuku’s glory as he could possibly be, dreaming of the Glorious One instead of being faced with his day-to-day life. And this place, though tired and worn, was still laced throughout with light and life. It was...beautiful.

“You see, my brother? All is as it was meant to be,” she sang to him, and he bowed his head before her, a tiny star glowing on his brow.

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LC Species: Amuni
Type: Ash
Appearance/Color: They can be almost any color, though they tend toward somber hues. However, they are never entirely grey in color – in fact the only grey that ever appears on an Ash appears on all Ashes. Their foreheads bear a grey mark, often in the shape of a cross, as if they’ve been blessed on Ash Wednesday.
Personality: Somber and subservient, they are a very pious type, finding their “ash” mark on their forehead to be something much like a holy symbol.
Any other information: It is said that they are descended from a Baptism type whose forehead mark was turned grey with ash on Ash Wednesday, and she liked the look so much that she constantly kept ash around for it. When she had children, she planned on marking them with ash as well, but discovered that they were born already marked. Cannot be Popes.

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LC Species: Amuni
Type: Leviticus
Appearance/Color: There never seems to be anything other than a snarl on the muzzles of these Amuni, and their coloring is usually dark, with jagged markings of a bright color to contrast it. The most common colors are red and purple. Often they bear spikes at the joints, which they can use as weapons, and their fangs are incapable of ever being dull, which occasionally causes them to slash through their own lips.
Personality: There is very little that a Leviticus-type doesn’t hate, and they have it all listed in their minds, as if they’ve memorized the list over and over again until they’ll never forget it. They are angry creatures, and very violent and vocal, protesting against their chosen hatred whenever they are given the chance.
Any other information: Each Leviticus hates many things, but there tends to be one thing above all that sends them into a frothing rage. It is always from the book of Leviticus, and can be anything from the common hatred of homosexualiy, to the hatred of shrimp and other shellfish.

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LC Species: Amuni
Type: Ambry
Appearance/Color: Their fur is always a shade of brown, with lighter and darker markings that cause them to look as if they have been crafted out of wood. An Ambry with a particularly smooth coat is fully capable of simply standing very still, and appearing to be a carved wooden statue.
Personality: Keepers of secrets, if there is something that needs to be protected in a Church, it will almost always be guarded by an Ambry. Extremely protective of anything that had been entrusted to them, they will fight to the death to ensure that it remains safe. They are also very concerned with Holy Communion, assiduously attending it every Sunday, and doing their best to make sure that all of those who they are close to receive it.
Any other information: They always wear a necklace that contains a piece of blessed bread and a vial of blessed wine. Often there will be more than one piece in there, so they can offer Communion to anyone not capable of getting to Communion in a normal way. Does not occur in serpents or chiroptae.

“The Body of Christ, the Bread of Heaven,” the Ursae Priest rumbled softly, placing the piece of bread in the young man’s awaiting mouth. He waited for the human to swallow, and then brought the chalice forward to allow him to drink, saying, “The Blood of Christ, the Cup of Salvation.”

“Amen,” said the man, bringing his hand up to touch his forehead, heart, left shoulder, and then right shoulder, crossing himself piously. The Ambry watched the man proudly, the bag resting over his own heart seeming to warm with joy.

Only a few weeks ago, he had seen the human wandering the streets of London, and had asked him if he would be at Church that Sunday. Upon being informed that he had never been to Church, the Priest had stared aghast at him.

“My child, please come to the Holy Communion, at least! The Body and Blood of Christ will wash you free of your sins, and you will be welcomed in the arms of God!”

“How could anyone welcome me?” the man had replied bitterly, his eyes turned down toward the ground. But the Ambry was not to be dissuaded, and he gently placed his paws on the man’s shoulder.

“God loves everyone, and welcomes everyone. Come within his sight, and you will see the truth of this,” he had pleaded, and was rewarded by seeing the human in Church that Sunday, as he had seen him the last several Sundays.

“The Body and Blood of Christ, keep you in everlasting peace,” he spoke softly, laying his paw on the brow of the human and blessing him with the Holy Communion.

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LC Species: Amuni
Type: Chausible
Appearance/Color: Smaller than normal Amuni, and far more delicate in build, Chaucibles do what they can to not draw too much attention to themselves. Their colors are generally very bland and their markings simple. They always wear a chausible, the color corresponding to the season of the Church that they were born in. For example, a Chausible born during Lent would wear purple. These chausibles can be as ornate as a full tapestry, or as simple as a piece of white cloth.
Personality: Dedicated only to the Church and the members of their Church, Chausibles don’t generally have much to do with the hunting down of Euclide, finding that they simple aren’t equipped for battle. Instead they stay inside the Church and tend to its appearance and the health of the others of their Church.
Any other information: They are often stricken with dwarfism, rendering them fairly useless in battle. Also prone to OCD.

Soft humming rang throughout the Church as the little Chiroptae Chausible scrubbed at the wooden seats in front of the alter. She was a plain cream in color, but her chausible was delicately embroidered with scenes from the Bible, stories of children and their love of God. Sitting back on her haunches, she admired the glow of well-cleaned wood, and began to gather her cleaning oil and cloth up, prepared to bring them back to her room.

A sudden ruckus by the huge doors grabbed her attention though, and she turned her head to see a huge Ursae Bishop carefully carrying a Worship Follower – she couldn’t tell what breed it was, as it was wounded and mangled almost beyond recognition. She gasped in horror as the Bishop bellowed for help, collapsing next to his mate, and then launched herself into the air.

The small Amuni landed next to the wounded pair, pulling her cleaning cloths from her belts and setting about wrapping the worst of the wounds that she could see. Oh, oh, it was so awful! This was why she never left the Church – she’d be torn to pieces in a second!

Soon she was pushed aside as those more skilled in medicine arrived to bolster the flagging strength of the wounded pair, and she backed up to huddle near the clean and shining wooden rail. Finally she looked down, and realized in horror that her chausible was soaked in blood. There wasn’t much she could do for her fellow Church members, but she could at least make sure to wash her chausible before it stained...

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LC Species: Euclides
Type: ADD
Appearance/Color: RAINBOW! These LC are bright, freaking rainbow, often in eye-burning combinations of hues. Every single ADD bears at least two different very different patterns, with the most common being spots and stripes, and there is a very distinct point at which they change. It’s as if whoever was creating them changed their mind partway through and decided to do something else.
Personality: They have the attention span of a sugar-high kleptomaniac on acid, and switch from one extreme of emotion to another. ADDs are very often incoherent, if only because they’re talking so fast that whatever they say can’t be deciphered by the listener.
Any other information: Often they’ll have two different eyes, one white and one with an iris, or one iris and one pupil.

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LC Species: Euclides
Type: Fetish
Appearance/Color: Generally they are black with various-colored markings, though the markings tend toward red, blue and/or purple. Their features and markings are based upon their fetish, which comes from the first person that they control, like the Desires. Occasionally there will be a throwback with a white body, but they always have some black on them somewhere.
Personality: Seductive and sexual, they do their best to include sex with everything that they do. Specifically, they do their best to include their fetish at all times, though they’re perfectly willing to indulge others’. In fact, they enjoy ferreting out people’s fetishes, finding out their most secret desires.
Any other information: They are descended from Desires with extremely sexual desires. Instead of being focused on the topmost desire of whomever they control, they manifest the appearance of the most likely sexual fetish that they would commit. This also becomes their own fetish, and they must practice this fetish at least once a month, if not more often. Like Desires, does not occur in Mustildae.

[ferabird]

Ahahahah! I love the ADD one XD

[Shinigami]

Me too. ^_^ I've had them bouncing around in my head almost since I've joined.

[Jenn]

*grin* I love the description for the type...although wouldn't ADD count as a mental disorder rather than a type? Or would they stack? Can you imagine an ADD type with ADD? XD

[Shinigami]

That would be terrifying, and utterly fantastic.

However, an alternate name for ADD could be Caffiene or Java. Or maybe Acid...

[Jenn]

*hums and adds little story-blurbs for Tithes and Scriptures* These are fun to tweak, I must admit. Muchly fun.

[Shinigami]

Added Fetish to my list of types.

[Jenn]

LC Species: Amuni
Type: Templar
Appearance/Color: The body of a Templar is always white and/or silver, with a large red cross across their stomach or back. They rarely sport markings, but when they do, the markings are always in either white or silver across the pale part of their bodies. The cross is never interrupted by patterning. They may wear armor in any breed and it is not uncommon for them to have a large shield attached to some part of their body, also white with a red cross.
Personality: Templars are protectors and guardians, devoted to protecting humans and Amuni alike. They will go out of their way to protect someone in danger, whether or not they belong to their Church. Their piety and loyalty to their species often means that they can pass through any Church's territory uncontested and are exempt from any authority but that of their Pope, whom they serve with absolute devotion.
Any other information: Though Templars are often stereotyped as a very militant type, only a small portion of them are strictly fighters. They may be active in any aspect of the Church organization, be it military, clerical, managerial, etc.

The handsome buck gazed down at his mate in adoration, the trio of bebe cervines and ursae nestled against her one of the most beautiful sights the Bishop had ever seen. Here, squirming about on their blanket, was yet another reason for him to continue his protection of his people. To keep these precious babes safe, he would go to any lengths, overcome any obstacles. Red crosses adorned their backs or, in one case, a fuzzy little stomach.

His mate looked down at her precious litter, then back up at him, the joy in her eyes plain for anyone to see. She was also a Templar, the cross branding her back like a proud flag while nearly invisible silver markings ghosted along her cheeks and down her short, thick neck. "They're so beautiful," she murmured, reaching up to nuzzle at his chest. "How could we have waited so long to have them?"

He smiled and settled down next to her, careful to keep his rack of antlers well away. "We had to make sure they would be born into a town safe enough," he said quietly, pride filling his voice. "Do you remember what it was like when we first arrived? Before our Pope took it upon himself to clean up these streets?" Her quiet shudder said it all.

"Yes," she agreed. "Far better to have them now, with the Church established and the demons driven away from this part of the town. This way, we can keep them safe..."

[iprince]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Templars!

<333

{{-cough- Mem adores the templar knights.}}