Andronikos

"Don't."

-Andronikos; nicknamed Niko by his friends.
-Was a runt raised in a household that valued strength and size.
-Instead of being shunned, was actually extremely loved by his parents and siblings. However, he felt too babied by them and so set out to get stronger.
-Has three older sisters, all much taller than him.
-Carries around a..honestly very heavy and unwieldy sword. He uses it to measure his growth, saying that the moment he can use it one-handed is when he's finally strong enough to go home.
-His personality is rather stoic and serious.
-He's not the best at flying, and his heavy armor makes it even harder to maneuver in the air. Generally prefers staying on the ground anyways, to protect his soft stomach.
-His familiar Zentorn is extremely aggressive as well as overprotective.
-Came to the Mouth of Thanatos to get stronger.
-Doesn't speak much, preferring to let his actions "speak" for him.
-The reason behind that has less to do with his personality, and more with the fact that he broke his jaw when he was younger and more reckless. It never really healed properly, making it difficult for him to talk or eat. As such, hates being asked to repeat himself when he does talk.

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-Fanderg of Latte, my tengu OC. Tengus in lore were originally classified as "monsters", before they were recognized as a sentient species during the Interspecies Peace Act of 1911, alongside lycans, medusas, and many more. Before this, however, they were overhunted for their feathers due to their use in potions and rituals. Just because it is now illegal to hunt them, doesn't mean it fully prevents it. As such, the government has been trying to flood the market with cheap tengu feathers (fully humane, they take the feathers from molting tengus) to make hunting tengus invaluable. It's not really working out, however, as molted tengu feathers lose most of the magical properties they were hunted for in the first place.
Furthermore, the damage has already been done, as tengus do not have a high fertility rate. This was further made worst when an entire tribe in the Pyrheas disappeared without a trace, sending the surviving tengus into a panicked frenzy. There's also rumors of preserved tengu feet being sold as a lucky charm...
-Latte can generally pass himself off as something other than a Tengu, due to being a half-breed (human father, tengu mother). The only inherited traits he gained from the tengu side of his bloodline were the wings, the birdlike appearance of his lower half, and his eyes; which are an unnatural shade of yellow. His wings are extremely underdeveloped, and cannot carry him well so he tends to just hide them and his other tengu traits, passing himself off as just a normal human. He has a natural talent for fire elemental magic, but doesn't want to become a mage.
-Loves his family very much, but at the same time he hates the way they baby him. His other three sisters are all full tengus, and extremely strong. His mother calls him "her little miracle", and in his hometown most people treat him as a sort of oddity due to his halfbreed nature.
-Halfbreeds between clearly inhuman races and humans are extremely rare, and regarded with a lot more disdain than halfbreeds between more humanish races and humans (such as elves, harpies, banshees, etc.)
-Good god his dad was a furry.
-His name in his native tongue can't be pronounced or even really written down in human language. It means "strong" though. Silvea started calling him Latte because of his wing color.

-His world is one that's set in an RPG-like setting. Which means there's a leveling system, materials needed to advance classes, random loot drops, mana, etc.
-Observe is a skill that lets you see people's level, health, mana, skills, etc.
It gets better when you level it up. At level one you can usually only see health and level, and as the skill gets higher more things are unlocked before eventually just giving you a full bio of the person you're observing.
There are items and skills that let you hide and change/hide some of these values though, and ofc if there's a significant level gap then you won't be able to see anything.
-Unlike angels, Tengus do not depend on magic for flight. Due to this, angels have a more human-like structure, since their ability to fly is mainly magic based. Tengus on the other hand, have a more complicated system to make them able to fly.
--Hollow bones, and REALLY big wings. Tengu's wings tend to drag on the ground a bit even when folded to back. They also have retractable feathers on their arms that help with changing direction while in flight, since they have no tails. There's also several larger feathers on their wingss that also help with steering.
-Also have really large lungs and extra air sacs for breathing in higher altitudes and their back muscles are super strong.
--Oil glands located on underside of wings, used for keeping their wings waterproof. Some tengus can have ether too much or too little oil production. Too much results in feathers becoming matted together and causing irreversible damage to their growth, as well as making infections more common. Too little results in the feathers becoming dry and easily snappable, and causing frostbite when they fly too far up due to their feathers not properly insulating their wings anymore. Pretty bad stuff. Oil imbalances are usually caused by stress/sickness/poor diet/other stuff like that though, so some rest should fix it most of the time.
--Preening is a thing they do a LOT. There are combs made for it, but some like to be old-schooled and do it with their fingers. Usually, preening is done with your significant other/family members since its considered a very private and intimate thing.
--Certain groups of tengus have a sharp nose structure for diving, and others have larger wings, thinner wings, etc. Lotta different groups.

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Banded Owlcat

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The banded owlcat moves silently, both in the air and on the ground.

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