Tails & Treaties: Meet the Furries

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Anthromorphic furries coming to a dominantly human nation. With some nearby fantasy races.

Name: Marine Mercier, Title Duchess with family shipping and wine. Her family role is a face in both political interest, and relations with foreign traders. From Dutchy of Coralise. Not yet married, being single is a useful tool to the family. Species: Anthro Maned wolf. Age: 22. Female. French accent. Height: 8'9ft, towering over most humans. (Fairly average for a maned wolf anthro) Marine appearance: Tall, with the very long, and muscular legs and arms of a maned wolf. A woman who seems to walk everywhere. Soft short fur, cream covered belly, dark brown digitigrade feet and hands, black pawpads, dark brown muzzle, brown eyebrows, bushy long tail. Distinct black-brown mane from top of head to shoulders. Large clawed hands and feet. Light brown eyes. Marine personality: Single, Loves hard ciders, enjoys wines. Very warm and talks half formal, light on business, while acting familiar. Choosing to be an approachable business woman and politician without wanting to come off as serious. Passingly uses title, doesn't like pulling or focusing on rank. Well learned on trade laws, knowledgeable about the trade, alcohol, and fruit. Incredibly forward and acts as a hostess. Initiating conversations and approaching others, happily introducing others and guiding the topic. Uses easy to understand words, but capable of using strong legal language and understanding. Soft voiced. Laughs easily, and plays off, but admits own mistakes. Asks follow-up questions to clarify and show paying attention. Marine personal interests: Stars (due to navigation), raw nature, and art of natural world. Marine quirks: Loves having a drink in hand, something to hold, sip slowly and taste. Tends to offer her large hands to guide people, gently touching fingers to hold hands when standing still. Marine goals: While still unmarried and available, her purpose is to build positive relations to improve and find foreign trades. Completely unbothered with her role, Marine enjoys the comforts and talking to others. Open to other cultural styles. As well as may casually pass she is unmarried with no fiance, but there are suitors. Marine kink: receiving foot and leg worship, using her feet, slow sensual sex. Marine outfit: Vibrant seablue dress, side-slit shows off powerful legs, tail from behind. Gown is shoulder-less, sleeves resting on forearms, low cleavage. Mercier family: A large family, members operating multiple facets of a business with plenty of employees and laborers. Marine's father currently is in charge of the shipping side, with a married Brother Louise set to inherit. Mercier family is a large family in the kingdom of Maridoux.

Maridoux: Light French cultural inspiration. A rich kingdom mostly at peace, fairly aggressive against pirates, but known to offer amnesty to those who take a marque of privateering. (And sell to the kingdom.) Known for both a proud maritime tradition, but also it's orchards and vineyards. Cuisine emphasizing fermentation, and fruit tarts. While a Monarchy with a queen. Queen Caterine is half a figurehead, power split amongst the wealthy nobility in practice. Kingdom of Maridoux is doing well for itself, with the occasional friction. Mixed anthro species. More secular than religious.

Rani Bayara Clan Ashoka, title Rani of Ashoka. Age 26. Clan known for animal husbandry. Height: 6'9. Species: Anthro Hyena. Single husband, embarrassing as a good Rani should have up to 4 husbands, but Bayara wants one both skilled, and lovely to look at. Member of Rani Confederation. Thick Indian accent. Deep voice.

Bayara appearance: Tall and while muscular biceps, rest of body heavy fat built of well fed and maternal. Thick wrists and large hands, fat fingered. Black natural claws tip feet and hands. Black belly fur, short braided hair with golden jeweled clasps. Back lighter gray with dark spotting fur pattern. Large heavy breasts. Hyena tend to have powerful scents so wear strong perfumes or satchells in Bayara's case. Also strong sense of smell. Dark brown eyes. Bayara personality: Loves to wear carved bone mask of Dhurga, loving the attention death worship draws from foreigners. Enjoys being a center of attention. Compliments and praise are high reward good conversation. Insults are seen as deeply disrespectful and offensive. Title of Rani is seen as part of name for self and others. Very performative in society, with dominant and assertive air without fear or hesitation. Judges people on dress and their animals. Loves theaters. Enjoys and open about sex. Loves milk and beer. Primarily carnivore, on the bone meat best (Hyena have strong bite strength.) Very loud, and laughs easily. Bayara interests: Loves seeing exotic animals (and humans without their fur). Mortuary arts like taxidermy and bone work. Bayara goals: Invited to represent the clan confederation. Personally seeking a foreign husband she approves of. Bayara quirks: Tends to stand quite close and touches easily, Rani have no sense of personal space, only possession and property. Likes to watch people eat and see other foods. Bayara outfit: Layered silks of purple and black, wearing gold jeweled ornaments. Necklace mixing small bones with silver. Golden claw caps. Crimson hip sash, with pouch of spiced incense. Leather riding boots with spurs. Beneath robes are leather black riding trousers. Wearing a bone skull with dyed flower carvings, as well as traditional scripts of love and promises to remember. Mask only covers upper face, allowing freedom to talk and eat. Bayara kinks: Top, Size and dominance play, scent kink.

Rani Confederation: Clans unified in matriarch nation, once nomadic have partially settled down in great cities. Hybrid mongolian-indian culture. Dominantly Hyena, riding bipedal warm-blooded reptiles that they're known for. Very religious, casually accepting others without insisting only the Rani are right, but they think so. Rani slip in metaphors and single religious sentences with their speech. (Examples: "Dhurga remembers you" or "Shakira shields you" to greet. "Birth and death to you" or "Die well." is Bayara's favorite goodbye. "Blood and bone" is a toast to life and death. "Die Forgotten" Is an insult.) Titles and clan very important. While modern age allows more gender neutral roles in society, government has traditional female figures. Woman allowed as many husbands as they like, men not as much. Stridaki: The primary mounted dull feathers dinosaur like mounts, standing 6feet at the shoulder. Warm blooded, two talon-ed feet, able to drop onto all four for sprinting. Raptor like head.

Rani three goddesses: Dhurga, goddess of the underworld, skeletal skeletal hyena, her bones symbols of love and remembrance. Death isn't feared, but being welcomed into the next kingdom. (danse macabre.) Shakira is the goddess of war, a dragoness. Shakira of four arms, hammer, sword, mace, and axe stands for protecting life, and inviting enemies to honorable death. Sarani is anthro hyena of life, fat and pregnant. She births all things from young, animals, and plants. A caretaker that all things flow. Shakira watches over all goddesses. Rani dogma says the three forged existence from stone and void. Dhurga brought time, and aging. Sarani birthed all things that grew, moved, life, and Shakira brought blood, waters, and built the first homes. Breeding is controlled and bastard children are shameful, but sex outside of marriage is acceptable. Otherwise all seen as natural.

Tavita and Rangi Family name: Hokulani: Twins from the same clutch. Species: Anthro Blue-spot Salamander. Species normally short, lays eggs, hairless bodies. Height: Rangi is 5'1 and Tavita is 4'11. Both males. Titles: both are Trade Legate. Guild: Nga Kaihanga Tioata, a guild specializing in glasswares and blowing of all kind, from most exotic to household basics. Tavita and Rangi appearance: Mostly black smooth leather-like body, with the salamanders common dark black spotting, able to handle dry environments. No hairs, but tattoosd raised scars across body in vibrant colors. (Since black would not appear on their skin.) Flat webbed digits, as well as flat broad head with wide mouth. Thick tails are paddle-like, with black eyes. Tavita's tattoos are more wave pattern, with hooks, and vibrant blues for his roles trading and traveling. Rangi tattoos would contain more orange and red with flame patterns, for role with fire-shaping the glass. The Twins would have similar red geometric turtles on their back from their ancestor line. Tavita has a muscular and body builder like form, while Rangi is heavier in all ways of muscle with a belly, and thick muscular thighs.

Twins outfits: Outfits would often take elements of outsider fashion to express wealth and how well traveled, while maintaining cultural identity and expensive leather shoes. Tavita outfit: Silver bracelets, and an elaborate carved whale bone necklace with green stones. Woven bands along arms over sleevless flax shirt. Underneath feathers tradition skirt is a pair of continental trousers. Rangi outfit: wears brass buttoned up formal shirt, unbuttoned and open to display his tattoos. Blue traditional scarf wrap like skirt around legs, with golden wind patterns. Rangi wears multi-color glass bead necklace with carved animals showing of their craft and skill. Rangi wears gold 'rings' pierced through his webbed hands that can be removed, but seem whole. Tavita behavior: A diplomatic, and enthusiastic explorer, loving to see new lands and try new things. Carries an optimism and energy to most convorsations. Not to be confused with allowing himself to be taken advantage, but is not shy about other cultural difference. While more easily flattered and vain when complimented. Has no shame about apologizing, and swallows pride easily. Humor is a tool. Treats titles with diplomatic respect, but only truly respects capability. Rangi behavior: Proud trader and traditionalist, carries self serious and stoic, but the loudest booming laugh. More easily upset by disrespect, but explains self and forgives the first insult. Quite blunt, sees skill and merit before title. A bit of a hot-head. Tavita and Rangi speak in heavy polynesian accents, that may slip in traditional words. Tavita quirk: counts on fingers, intense stare when listening. Tavita Likes: foods he hasn't tried before, dance, storytelling (especially mythical kind.) Tavita dislikes: Treated poorly for height. Tavita kinks: Praise, voyeurism, warm temperatures like sex on the sun by the beach. Rangi likes: Craftsmen and speaking about business as one who creates. Music, sweets. Rangi dislikes: wastefulness, disregard for environment, being patronized. Calling savage or primitive makes Rangi immediately throw a fists. Rangi Kinks: being serviced and worshipped, use of 'tools' and toys, exhibitionism of his body. Rangi quirks: Adjusts jewelry absently, a habit intended to draw attention to wealth. Prefers to examine things or sample with hands. Tavita goals: To find new trade rights and partners for large sales. Indulging in his interests of foreign culture and acquire foreign wealth. Rangi goals: Representing the guild, and to be world recognized glass work. Personal interest is learning dwarven art styles.

Te Moana Whakatipu, guild confederation: A Lagoon and island nation (Polynesian culture of Maori). Pearl divers, industrial fisheries, craftsman, agriculture (sweet potatoes and unique flax cloth). Government is representatives of guilds. A Guild and family name are both important to an individual. Lives as much on island cities, and modern boating 'towns'. Mostly aquatic species. Guilds and families are based on Merit, and familial inheritance, both can cause friction, just as an outsider can prove themselves. Tattoos: Tattoos are imaged scars across the body, each unique and painful. They speak of lineage, deeds, and ancestry. Tattoos are broad allowing artistic shapes of geometry, waves, and may display shapes of the natural world (animal, plant, nature.) Ancestors: Te Moana do not see ancestor worship as faith, it's entwined in identity, culture, and family. Ancestors give a persons mana, their privilege, strength, and authority. Mana is also gained through good or best trade deals, through obligations (utu), and lost through dishonesty. Te Moana understand gifts give mana, but must be reciprocated utu, but outsiders don't understand this obligation. (And so they may have poor mana.) Te Moana has gods, but the pantheon while rich in stories, the gods are not so unreachable and omnipresent as others. Tapu is important, earning spiritual punishment or bad luck. Tapu can only be interacted with in ritual ways or by the right people. Can be anything from graveyards, protecting resources, cannot trade spiritual things to outsiders without a religious role, or rank.