[Venatici]

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moot this plumie looks awesome B]
just marking !! best of luck to everyone, I'll be watching to see the fate of this one : >

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Mark

[darling feathers]

name; saffron
gender; female
tribal paint and their symbolic meaning;
get ur snek game on; oh nonononono!

wip

[Atomic Samurai]

Username
Takeda Takahashi

Name
Ledinia Aberdine

Gender
Demigirl
( She/Her )

Tribal paint and their symbolic meaning
Head paint
Ledinaia's head marking signify the force of her life coursing through her veins and that not matter what happens, she will survive. These markings were done at a young age and a stained into her fur. Whenever she feels down she looks at herself and sees those markings. It reminds her that she is strong, and she will survive even if everything collapses.

Shoulder Paint
Her shoulder paint signifies her milestone of becoming a teen and how she will gain greater duties and is more trusted. These markings are slightly faded, and not completely stained into her fur. These markings remind her that she has responsibilities she can be trusted to handle and is a capable being who can take care of things on her own.

Ankle Paint
The lines symbolize how she will lay her life on the line to protect her and her tribe, even if the risk is death. It allows others to know she will defend them till the end, to keep them and thier children safe for many generations til' she retires as a Tribe Elder. The dotes within the lines symbolize her tribemates, within her protection and care. People see this and know they can trust her with their lives, not matter how dire a situation. She will never give up hope on her people, for they are her kin

Personality
Ledinia is very cool and collected. She has her worries, of course, but keeps them to herself most of the time and tries to act like nothing bothers her. Deep down she is very concerned about providing her people their basic needs but doesn't ever share this being that they just wouldn't understand. She always tries to fit in and has been known to make things very awkward for this reason, commonly popping up in conversations she has no business in. But that's the social tribal side. The battle tribal side is ruthless. She fights by her tribes code but not too much else when in battle. Treating every fight like her last.

Get ur snek game on
Got mah snek on is it an Axanthic Pinstripe?

[GressgrinAST]

━━━━━━━ M O N S T E R X O F X W A R X A N D X M I N D ━━

✘ username; GressgrinAST

✘ name; Xiuhcoatl Tonantzin

✘ meaning; Xiuhcoatl is a Nahuatl name meaning 'fire snake' or 'weapon of destruction'. Tonantzin is also a Nahuatl name, but not a surname, as they don't do that. It is the name of Mother Earth, or Gaia.

✘ nickname; Coatl, which translates as 'snake' in the aforementioned language.

✘ gender; Male

✘ personality; An introverted, obedient plumerian, Coatl is always there to shield his friends and family when his beloved tribe falls into peril. He's quiet, and barely speaks a word to anybody he doesn't know or dislikes, which in turn leaves him with only a few friends amongst dozens of tribe members who hate his guts because they believe him to think himself too good for them. He follows orders from the tribe leaders mindlessly and obediently, and it hasn't ever and most likely never will cross his mind to question what he's been told to do, no matter what it may be. If he were told to rid the tribe of one of his close friends or even his family, he would do so, if a little reluctant. Despite this, though, he's the only member of the tribe who stubbornly refuses to maim or kill anybody, regardless of what they've done to deserve it. In that sense, he's a brave warrior- but little do the plumerians who think this know that there are reasons behind his reluctance to cause pain, and they're not pretty.

✘ past; Xiuhcoatl was once a merciless warrior, known to the tribes that shared the rainforest with his own as the 'Monster of War' for the countless deaths that came about because of his doings. He was greatly feared even by members of his own tribe, and tales of him reached up to the peaks of the tallest mountains and the bottom of the lowest abyss. To say he was well-known would be a vast understatement; Xiuhcoatl was a legend. They say that all publicity is good publicity, and that's just how he treated his ill-gotten fame. He controlled those beneath him with threats and wounds, and manipulated those above him with blackmail and even taking hostages. Those around him knew that he wouldn't stop at anything to get what he wanted, even if that meant ending the lives of innocent others. In the eyes of many others, Xiuhcoatl was the perfect monster; he was vulpine in demeanour, lupine when fought, cetaceous in intelligence, and serpentine in personality.

Things stayed the way they were for years on end, with Xiuhcoatl slowly climbing the ranks and those who had crossed paths with him left shivering in his passing shadow. He was content with how he lived his life, and not once did he show any remorse or regret for the wrongdoings he had committed. Tales of him spread like wildfire, with parents warning their children to stay away from the rainforest at all costs and leaders of other tribes building up defences and soldiers for if he ever called his tribe to war which, with his newfound power, he could do easily. As word spread, it turned into rumour, and then into fairy tales- depending on the plumerian telling the story, Coatl would be changed into a giant fire-breathing bat-winged demon, or perhaps a humanoid creature simply bent on destruction, or maybe even a colossal snake whose only way of life is war. Regardless, Xiuhcoatl was seen everywhere as a monster. But this did not matter to him. He had cast away his emotions in favour of power, and he loved his new self.

One day, the past leaders of the tribe, angered by Coatl's undeserved reign of anarchy, proposed a revolution, and visited each and every member of the tribe, easily convincing them how much better their home could be without Coatl leading it. The group of plumerians who had decided to rebel against Coatl were small in number due to the sheer number of those who were too overcome with fear to do a thing; but that didn't matter, as they were strong, and they weren't afraid. Xiuhcoatl may have had guards, and soldiers, and he himself was not afraid to get his paws dirty; but the group had intelligence, strategy, and desperation driving them onwards. With such motivation behind them, as well as the hopes of those who couldn't fight placed in them, the group knew that they couldn't lose- not only for their own good, but the good of countless others.

It was a rainy, dark day when they stepped forwards to challenge Coatl to a fight. They could feel the scared gaze of those who were rooting for them resting upon them. They could feel the heavy rain, falling down from the sky at great speeds and seeming to draw all colour away from the camp as it did so. They could feel the anger of Coatl. It was a burning sensation, as if every nerve in their bodies were on fire, and from what they could gather by his confident smirk and unsheathed claws, Coatl wasn't feeling anxious in the slightest bit. His guards, donning heavy metal armour and dull expressions on their faces, would growl at the group every so often, doing no more than dampening their once-so-bright spirits.

Nobody knows what happened next, not those who were watching the fight, or Coatl himself, or even the group- or so they say, anyway. Other tribes claim that they heard wild screaming from miles away, and that the screams matched perfectly to those that they imaged the Monster of War to have. They were not screams of pain; rather, they were swimming in anger, rage, bewilderment. Coatl was losing the fight, and it was being made clear to anybody nearby that soon, they would be free from his anger.

But what sight greeted them, when they visited the tribe a few days later, was Xiuhcoatl, the one that everybody had feared for much longer than they should have had to, working and hunting as if he was a normal plumerian. They were shocked, to say the least; how could he be alive? How did the new leaders forgive him? All that remains behind from the fight as a clue is the decayed remains of a plant that is known to cleanse evil from the mind, but with it, take away freedom of mind and individuality. Coatl had been changed.

✘ hobbies and pastimes;
To pass the time, Coatl often ventures out into the rainforest and collects the shedded skins of one of the animals he fears most- snakes. Despite being completely petrified of serpents, he has a strange fascination with the skins they leave behind, and if he comes across one, he takes it to his den in the tribe camp and pins it on his wall. In fact, nearly his whole wall is covered in snakeskin as well as one or two venom samples from the more dangerous species that inhabit the rainforest, sealed inside small glass tubes that Coatl is scared to even look at, yet still amazed by.

✘ tribal paint and their symbolic meaning;
shoulder; In Coatl's tribe, having something 'on your shoulder' is an idiom, and means having power over and controlling something. he doesn't actually control the sun, of course- in his tribe, metaphorically 'controlling the sun' translates as one of the highest honours achievable to somebody outside of the chief's family.

ankle; The painted band on his ankle represents survival of incredibly difficult events, which usually means living through hurricanes, earthquakes or plagues of lethal diseases, all of which have happened to most plumerians in the tribe. In Coatl's case, it's survival through a great drought- for three years, his entire tribe struggled with minimal water, and all but a few perished. Every survivor was marked on their ankle with tribal paint.

face; The paint on the front of Coatl's face, when looked at from his front, is the tribe's symbol for the word 'monster', and the dots above and below it represent mercy, as it looks similar to an ellipsis, or a pause, in his actions. When together, they symbolise the ability to have mercy, yet still be a brave, strong warrior.

eye; In Coatl's tribe, strength is seen as the highest value a plumerian can have, and those who are strong are seen as being higher than those who are intelligent. However, intelligence is still valued; and the paint that surrounds Coatl's eye represents wisdom and wit.

✘ relationships;
Kacey - owned by Tricksters - close friends
Kacey Quinn; sweet, noisy, and a compulsive liar. Xiuhcoatl Tonantzin; a recently reformed, strong-but-silent type introvert who couldn't lie if his life depended on it. The two plumerians are polar opposites as far as their personalities go; they're even opposites when it comes to colours, with Coatl being white and Kacey being black. But despite their many differences, the strange duo are close friends, although Kacey isn't hesitant to deny knowing the tribal plumerian entirely, and Coatl probably wouldn't entrust him with anything he owned. The one thing they do have in common, though, is a total fear of yet fascination with dangerous animals, with Kacey collecting the teeth of the animal he fears most- sharks- and Coatl collecting shedded snake skins, despite being highly afraid of even the safest of snakes.


✘ get ur snek game on; Axanthic Spider?

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✘ credits;
art at top-right of form - Snoozy Hound
art of Xiuhcoatl with Kacey - Crytical

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sneks everywhere
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username- purridot
name- Little Fang/Kohana
name meaning- Little Fang means 'Small Fang' as the name describes, Kohana means "swift" in the Lakota Sioux language.
gender- male, cisgender
sexuality- bisexual
birthday- december 29th, the same day as the "Wounded Knee Massacre" in which over 200 Lakota Sioux people died.
star sign- capricorn, birthstone is turquoise.
get ur snek game on- Aquila Ball Python

meanings of the markings;
Face;; Protection from weapon strikes, received from the gods.
Shoulder;; A vow to the tribe from a sun ritual where the sun is worshipped and they pledge their allegiance to the tribe, promising many good hunts and success in battle.
Wrist/Ankle;; a score of his past achievements, the little dots are enemies he's hit with his coup stick and the bands are weapons he has stolen from other tribes as an act of courage.
Feathers;; Red tips have no meaning, they're natural, the red bands elsewhere on the feathers indicate weapons he has taken in battle. Feathers on his headband show enemies he has wounded in battle.



author's note; done in human form
The air was hot, somewhat sticky with moisture. The air clung around Little Fang as he stalked between the trees, a spear in one hand and his hunting clothing hanging loosely about his waist and across his shoulder. He was stalking something. Something big. His eyes narrowed as he followed the object a little quicker. His footsteps were light as he began darting forward suddenly, plunging his spear into the large beast he had been chasing, a particularly large deer-like creature. He glanced down at the creature as he removed his spear, however as he was about to prepare the animal to take it back, something disturbed him and alerted him to another presence. His eyes narrowed a little more as he tried to focus on his surroundings, pricking his ears to hone in on the sound he had heard. He took a couple of swift steps forward, only to be met with the whitened face of a man he didn't recognise as one of his own. This man was dressed in attire which looked alien to the tribal man, his skin was milky white and his clothing was decorated with gems which were unknown to his tribe.
"Um...hello?"The man greeted.
"Who are you?" Little Fang greeted in a somewhat harsh voice, his long black hair falling over his shoulders as he shifted into a more defensive stance. His skin was considerably darker, a deep tan colour, and his face was more square and set than that of the lithe man in front of him.
"My name is Spurius."The man answered. "You are...one of the tribesmen?"Little Fang nodded a little in response.
"Little Fang...now get on your way. I must feed my tribe."He growled, holding out the spear, waiting until the man was in the bushes before he stooped down to prepare the deer in front of his feet. As he was laying out strips of deer to dry and make jerky, he heard something approaching him, and as he lay out the last piece of jerky he was grabbed from behind, a cloth pressed against his face and soon he was sleeping soundly.

When he woke from his slumber, he was in a cage, rattling through the forest in a wooden cage. The rich man from earlier was in front of him, riding on the back of a horse. They were approaching something, a town, a temporary town on the outskirts of the forest. The man slid down from his horse and begun discussing with the other rich men in the area.

It wasn't long before he was put on a pedestal and examined by doctors and other men, not the medicine men he was used to, but strange men with weird technology he didn't quite understand. He growled as he was left to sleep in the cage from earlier. The moon was already beginning to rise and the rich men were heading inside, leaving Little Fang to cut at the wooden poles of the cage with his tomahawk which he had on his belt. He made easy work of the poles and was running as soon as he climbed out. A brand had been burned into his ankle, the name "Kohana", meaning 'swift' in his native tongue and that slowed him a little, however once he began running, he was unstoppable, leaving disappointed rich folk behind.



hobbies; dancing, weaving, jewellery-making, hunting[for his tribe, not for sport]

role in the tribe; Little Fang is part of the warrior society, meaning he is a hunter and a fighter for the tribe, he prefers hunting and is known to be quite a good hunter, however he has returned without any kill before and so he is not a perfect hunter. He makes it his job to help take care of the elders and the children, and treats everyone with the utmost respect.

personality; Little Fang is very protective over his tribe, he will defend them with his life and is a very respectful individual. He is confident in himself and his own abilities and is able to keep his tribe relatively happy, sometimes bringing back lots of jerky he makes while on hunts and hooves he takes to make glue for the tribe's necessary tools. He tends to become more wary and reserved around those he doesn't recognise, or even slightly hostile to anyone who would look a little similar to Spurius, due to what Spurius did, taking him from his home just to show him off and prove his theory about there being native tribes to be true.

[snowing]

username;
snowing
name;
Ra'idah
gender;
female
tribal paint and their symbolic meaning;
get ur snek game on;
axanthic spider
wip


- born and raised in the ghana rainforest
- she will not hurt you unless you hurt her or the animals
- thinks of herself as the guard of her small section in the rainforest
- very intelligent

[agile]

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window pane. it's
nice to meet you! :)


pinguicula (esseriana)
meaning; the name
of a carnivorous plant

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ping, pingu, and pingui



pinguicula doesn't know
much about genders, as
he is pretty isolated from

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currently being a heterosexual
male, but may possibly become
a demiboy-pansexual.


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the marking on pingu's shoulder represents himself in the middle of the circle. the circle represents
his life, and the eight dots surrounding the life are eight special people in his life. when they are born,
every member of the tribe receives their dot and circle, but must always start with two dots at the
top of their circle. these two dots resemble their parents. if they have littermates/siblings, an extra dot
would be added for each sibling. only blood related siblings MUST go on. if you had half-siblings or siblings
-in-law, they would be choice added. anyone can have as many dots as they can fit, although pingu has
decided to keep it short and stick with eight. two dots for his parents, one dot for his deceased brother,
a dot for his tribe leader, two dots for two friends, and finally, two dots for nature and life itself.

[Firedancer77]

Marking to possibly try out!

[Grinsome]

username;
||Madness||

name;
Askook
~ Native American for "snake" ~

gender;
Male

personality;
Askook was given his name due to his coloration, but also because of his cunning and sly personality. Askook is very crafty with his words and can work his way around anything. One must never get into an argument with him, for he will conquer and leave the opponent feeling like an idiot. It's hard to fight against Askook's opinions because he makes sure that they are always well thought out with supporting facts and information.
Askook's sly side makes him physically hard to catch or see. He is able to slip in or out of any place. His colors seem easy to spot, but when surrounded by others or in a shadowy place, Askook can easily "disappear." His ability to be sly also helps greatly when hunting. Askook is know for hunting quick prey that many cannot catch. His ability to "disappear" is what allows him to surprise his prey and catch it before it has time to react.
Askook seems quite unpleasant at the moment, but those are just small traits of his. His deep personality is kind and caring. Even though he is tough and stern out the outside, when it comes to the tribe, his family, and the people he loves, he would to anything for them. He especially has a soft spot for young pups. He enjoys watching them live care free and playful. He sometimes misses when he was a pup. The tests he went through has transformed him into a strong and noble warrior, ready for any battle.
Most of the time he rarely speaks and shows little to no emotion. Only his closest friends can make him crack a smile. He is not entirely antisocial. He is just not physically social. Askook is not a huge fan of speaking in general. He will speak his mind about things when he feels strongly about them or when asked. Otherwise, he keeps to himself.

tribal paint and their symbolic meaning;
Each tribal paint symbol was given to him at a different time. They were given to him once he had accomplished a certain goal that one must do in the tribe. First to be given to a member is the ankle symbol. It relates to a plumarian's physical traits. Second is the shoulder symbol. It is the true symbol of the heart and soul. Lastly is the head symbol. It is the most important since it rests in the brain and mind. Some conflict has occurred whether the should is more important than the head, but no one is entirely sure.

Ankle Symbol:
BIDZIIL
Bidziil means "he is strong." The symbol painted on his ankle was given to Askook when he was young. Askook had to go through a fighting stage where he and many others of his age had to fight one another to practice for war. In the end, Askook and only two others where given the symbol of strength: Bidziil.

Shoulder Symbol:
OHITIKA
Ohitika means "brave, courageous." The symbol painted on his shoulder was given to Askook during his teen years. Askook and many of his fellow tribe members had to take a heart and soul test. He was put through embarrassing and stressful challenges that provoked the heart to turn cold and weakened the soul. Askook as well as five others were able to withstand the test and fight off all the challenges they faced with little to no fear. They were rewarded with the symbol of braveness and courage: Ohitika.

Head Symbol:
DONOMA
Donama means "sight of the sun." The symbol painted on Askook's head was given to him when he had finally grown into an adult. He and many others had to face mental tests. They were sent off on a quest with many challenges and puzzles that required great thought to get past. Askook and one other pasted with test with little to no faults. They were given the symbol of brightness, just like the sight of the sun: Donama.


get ur snek game on;
Axanthic hypo / Ghost