Saint -Big and Cuddly-

Saint, a unique and gentle Slugcat, is defined by their unwavering pacifism and a deep, almost spiritual, connection to the world around them. Unlike other members of their species who hunt or scavenge to survive, Saint chooses a different path. Their physical frailty is deceptive; they are far from helpless. Instead of brute strength, Saint wields a prehensile tongue, a tool of remarkable versatility. This tongue allows them to navigate the treacherous world of Rain World with grace and agility, grappling onto surfaces and swinging through the environment. It is a tool for mobility, not for violence. For a long time, Saint's purpose was to guide others toward a higher state of being. They used their karmic abilities to help others transcend the Great Cycle, a process that would tear a creature's soul from its body, freeing it from the endless cycle of death and rebirth.

Saint's journey was one of spiritual enlightenment, a quest that led them to seek out the Echos—ethereal beings who hold the keys to deeper karmic understanding. By visiting these Echos, Saint's abilities grew until they could forcefully ascend others, a powerful and perhaps dangerous evolution of their gift. Their ultimate goal was to ascend the Void Worm, the very embodiment of the Great Cycle itself. They believed that by ascending this colossal entity, they could liberate every living creature from the endless cycle of reincarnation. However, their ambitious plan ended in failure. After their attempt on the Void Worm, Saint's karmic abilities were stripped away, and their tail was permanently marked with a golden hue, a stark reminder of their failed ascension. This golden tail, similar to that of an Echo, symbolizes their profound connection to the cycle they tried and failed to break, a lasting testament to a journey that reshaped not only their own existence but also their place in the world.

After Saint failed to free the world if the Great Cycle, they had grown attached to others and purposefully gained weight to protect them from the cold. Now they are much larger than an average slugcat, and while not immediately visible there's a few layers of warm fat under that dense fur.

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• The Rot: The Rot is a tumorous cancer that spreads through various means, that being spreading through and eventually taking over the bodies of those unfortunate to encounter it to Rot cysts eventually growing large enough to break off from their sources and becoming mobile. The Rot can be easily identified by its appearance, often being seen as numerous large, cancerous cysts that each hold a glaring X that marrs each cyst once it grows large enough. The Rot is often portrayed as having a dark blue main color with the X markings often being a brighter blue, but there have been other cases where Rot cysts appear in other colors such as brown and red.
• The Great Cycle: The great cycle is a force spanning all realms within Rain World that, in its most simple explanation, is essential the cycling of souls trapped within a few realms, causing those who die to either eventually wake up where they last slept or move onto their next life within these realms. Escaping the Great Cycle to move onto new worlds requires one to be either blasted by karmic energies, die while being rude of all worldly desires, or jumping into the Void Sea to dissolve one's body to the point where one can't be ressurected by the Great Cycle. If one ascends using the latter two methods they may become an Echo due to their worldly attachments being too strong.
• Scavengers: Scavengers are widespread, social creatures found throughout Rain World, typically appearing in groups and communicating through gestures and body language. These resourceful quadrupeds possess long forearms and short legs, adorned with varied antlers, horns, and other unique features, and are capable of wielding weapons like spears and grenades with surprising skill. Scavengers tend to adore and collect shiny objects such as data pearls, which they use as a valuable currency when trading. While not particularly resilient, their numbers and ability to throw projectiles make them formidable, especially in open areas, though they can often be avoided through stealth or by distracting them with larger predators. Notably, Scavengers have a complex relationship with Slugcats, ranging from neutral to hostile depending on reputation, and they engage in trading valuable items, such as data pearls, and guarding toll checkpoints, showcasing a rudimentary yet distinct societal structure.
• Lantern Mice: Lantern mice, known to be found in the Shaded Citadel region, are small, timid beings with notable adaptations for navigating the darkness. A lantern mouse's body is typically adorned with two-to-six bioluminescent spots on its back, which glow with a soft light, often in shades of pinkish-orange, white, or blue, and sometimes rarely in other shades of color. Lantern Mice can oversaturate their bioluminescent light, in doing so their bodies turn a dark shade of their original hue and their glowing spots grow much brighter, their eye color also inverts during oversaturation. These creatures are often observed clinging to ceilings or cautiously wandering in small groups, their natural glow providing a subtle illumination to their surroundings. Lantern mice average 2 to 3 feet tall in adulthood.
• Slugcats: Slugcats are a species found within Rain World. They have two toed feet-paws, three fingered hand paws, lender arms and thick legs, a long body, wide single colored eyes, a hip-wide tail that tapers at the end, and rounded ears. Slugcats average at 3 to 4 feet tall during adulthood. Slugcat are born with fur similar to that of a seal, meaning if it gets even slightly wet it flattens and the slugcat will seem bald. Enough exposure to a specific environment without large amounts of water from a young age can cause a slugcat's fur to become unable to flatten normally, this is why slugcats in snowy area have fluffier fur and slugcats in dry areas have more spiky fur. Slugcats are usually found to be either nomadic or colony living creatures.

• Gourmand: Gourmand is a name and title given to the largest slugcat within a tribe that holds the role of protecting their tribe, they typically weigh above average for a slugcat and hold excellent crafting and fighting skills.

• Iterators: The Iterators are colossal, ancient biomechanical intelligences, each housed within sprawling, intricate metal superstructures, jokingly called a can by said iterators and their creators, that dwarfed the surrounding landscape. These beings were not mere machines but possessed a form of consciousness and the capacity for complex thought and communication, usually through puppet-like robotic avatars often bound to a single chamber by the umbilical chord that keeps the puppet active. Sustaining their immense processing power required vast amounts of water, which they cycled and expelled as torrential rain, fundamentally shaping the world around them. Isolated within their cans, they grappled with existential questions and the legacy of their vanished creators, their interactions often marked by a blend of profound intellect and a weary resignation to their monumental task of solving the great problem, which is creating a way to easily escape the Great Cycle without the use of Void Fluid.
• Vore: Vore is the act of consuming a individual referred to as prey by a consumer, called the predator. Vore, while it very much can be malicious, is often a form of showing trust and intimacy between the predator and prey.
• Oral Vore: Oral vore is the act of consuming a individual referred to as prey by a consumer, called the predator, through the mouth or equivalent opening. While usually lethal, the predator doesn't have to digest their prey, instead opting for the predator to simply let them rest in the stomach without divesting them somehow, regurgitate the prey before digestion can take place, or letting the prey go through the entire digestive system before it can take effect, called a full tour.
• Anal Vore: Anal vore is the act of consuming a individual referred to as prey by a consumer, called the predator, through the anus or equivalent opening. This can be lethal if the prey winds up in the predator's stomach and if the prey moves through the full digestive system and exits through the predator's mouth it would be called a reverse full tour.
• Cock Vore: Cock vore, often shortened to CV, is the act of consuming a individual referred to as prey by a consumer, called the predator, through the penis, ovipositor, or other adjacent penile openings. CV is often done in the presence of a hyper penis or large sized penis, and the predator will contract their penis, steadily pulling and squeezing the prey inside until they land in the knot or balls. Once this happens the predator may choose to digest their prey if capable, dissolving them into cum of the prey's main color but faint and pale followed by intense ejaculation of this prey-colored cum.
• Unbirthing: Unbirthing, or vaginal vore, is the act of consuming a individual referred to as prey by a consumer, called the predator, through the vagina or equivalent vaginal opening. In some cases unbirthing results in the prey becoming a child or egg of the predator's species and in others the prey is digested vaginally, occasionally resulting in the predator leaking fluids of the prey's color palette from their vagina.