temple of hallows is in a forest where it is always nighttime, and fireflies are everywhere. candles line the branches of the oak and maple trees of the forest, and flowers of every size, shape and color grow. There are special ranks, traditions and ceremonies, unique to the Temple of Hallows. They also have some very interesting predators and prey. They use some odd words too, some of the most common ones will be listed below. They are named after a real word usually having something to do with their elemental allignment. For example a cat aligned to the air might be named breeze or cloud or sky. They have two leaders, a male and a female, traditionally mates. The forest is filled with birdsong and the smell of pumpkin spice, and the grass grows tall in many places. There are many platforms up in the huge trees that make excellent lookout posts. The temple of hallows loves all kinds of aesthetics and art, and often spend their free time creating art.
Ranks:
Dawn: (king sorta)
Dusk: (like a queen)
Magician (med cat)
Megician's apprentice (med cat apprentice)
Raiders or rangers (depending on gender, females are usually refered to as raiders and male as rangers) (warriors)
Candidates (apprentices)
Dames (queens)
Tads (kits)
Ancients (elders)
Prey:
Fraylins- a small mouse like creature with a very long tail with a colorful fan on the tip. (2 servings)
Griers- huge rabbit-like creatures with manes of feathers, ram horns, and long tails. (3 servings)
Tslaises- plural=tslaisi. Long, mink-like creatures that are extremely fluffy and are usually brown or tan in color. (2 servings)
Hleffris- tiny ground birds similar to quails except for their tiny horns. Traditionally practice prey for Tads. (1 serving)
Kippits- tiny, squirrel-like creatures, with no tail and antlers. (1 serving)
Predators:
Harfynns- basically snowy owls with four legs, claws and long feathered tails.
Patras- like a cross between a large cat and a badger, with thick neck fur, no tail, long pointed ears and a long face.
Hawreeks- basically a hawk with two very long tails, and four wings.
Slynxes- like a fox, but they have two or three tails, and extra set of legs, and four eyes.
Jaukers- the ultimate predator. Long tufted ears, huge front arms, lots of fur, talons and no tail. One single, twisted horn coming out of its forehead.
Vocabulary:
Howleyed: insane, crazy, stupid. A light insult, often used jokingly.
Ex. "Have you gone howleyed?!?!"
Freyards: inferior to oneself; of lower rank
Ex. A candidate is freyard to a ranger/raider
Freyaises: supirior to oneself; of higher rank
Ex. A dusk or dawn is freyaises to all
Taleiving: to mourn collectively; to grieve together.
Ex. [name] and [name] are taleiving for the loss of [name]
Rekir: a loner; one who is outside of fellowships who remains peaceful
Ex. Rekirs are not to be harmed, as they don't harm us
Fyrwith: to be fyrwith means to be mates/ betrothed. When used as a verb, means wed or were wed.
Ex. [name] and [name] fyrwith
Grist: a worse insult than howleyed, but not the worst.
Ex. Grist! I've forgotten about ___!
Lyrewynne: a she-cat or tom who will never take a mate or have kits
Ex. "I've chosen to be lyrewynne, i cannot be your mate."
Quyn: an exile or reject
Ex. "[name],leave the territory at once! You are quyn, and we have orders to kill you."
Thryn (ne for females): a cat who is alligned with earth and nature
Ex. He/she is thryn/ thrynne, they allign with the earth.
Skaarth: a cat who is alligned with fire
Ex. He/she is skaarth, they allign with fire
Whiryn: a cat who is alligned with air
Ex. He/she is whiryn, they allign with air
Frigis: a cat who alligns with water
Ex. He/she is frigis, they allign with water
Kriln: a very strong insult
Ex. "You foolish kriln!"
Viryn: how you would address your mother/father (virynne for mother)
Ex. The tad looked up at their viryn/virynne
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