Welcome to Teirue Adoptables!
Rules
Artists & Mods
The Life Cycle of a Teirue
Birth-Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
The Physical Traits of Teirue
Important Links
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Teirue, pronounced [che-ROO], are mystical fox like creatures that can be found mostly
in Northern Scotland, and less commonly through out the rest of the United Kingdoms. Their
ancestors were spirits of the earth that associated with Wiccans, Gypsies, & Celtics. Through
generations they have grown mortal and now live lives as any other mortal creature would though
they are still magic-touched. Their tails sport an orb that contains their spirit and is their last link
to the spirit world. They are born with it at the same size that it will always be. Their orb glows to
provide light, allows them to become insubstantial in emergencies, gifts them with some anti-gravity,
and is thought to also connect them to their spirit fire that they start breathing as children since their
flames always match the color of their orbs. The name of their kind was given to them by some of the
Celtics that they served in olden days originating from one of the words for fire, "Teine" ["Chen-nuh"],
and one of the words for fox, Madra Rue.
Rules
1» Do not claim the species as your own.
2» You may only have up to three Teirue.
3» No begging, whining, or ranting, please.
4» Do not ask for customs. They will only be offered through very special events!
5» Be sure to read all the rules and requirements for each individual Teirue's adoption as
the contests to get them will differ from Artist to Artist and Teirue to Teirue.
6» You may only adopt one each week.
7» If you want to be an artist, PM me some examples of your work, DO NOT post here. Ditto with mods minus the examples.
We are not currently seeking any artists or mods, thank you. ^^
Artists & Mods
Artisits
Syra
Rakkun
Jayflight ~
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Tiger111
Appletear
Mods
Luna-puppy
Elfie
Archivist
kat754
The Life Cycle of a Teirue
Birth-Infancy
Mouse-Squirrel Sized
Teirue are born of their mothers, usually in litters of 2 or 3, though often enough as single
kits as well. They are born with their eyes closed to the world and with an instinct to clutch to their
own or their mother or father's spirit orb. This allows them to be taken with their parents on "flights"
or for them to hold onto their own to float above any possible predators. When they are this young their
orb will only lift them when they are completely curled around it and will by default take them to a height
of 20 feet, no higher and no lower. The parents can easily jump this height to retrieve their young when
they return from any necessary trips. While babies can not breathe their fire, it can still light withing their
spirit orbs and if their orb senses danger, it will flash to scare the danger away or alert their parents as
a baby Teirue is mute until a few weeks of age.
Childhood
Squirrel-Cat Sized
Once they reach childhood, Teirue gain much more control over their own powers. It is usually
only during this stage of their life that Teirue can truly fly. At this stage they also learn to start breathing
their fire, though they will never blow more than cool embers for light. Their main defense at this age is
their ability to fly and their new found ability to become intangible for short bursts of time when they feel
threatened. They will still use flashes of their orbs to scare of smaller threats and alert others to danger.
During this age they begin training with their elders in the ways of truly connecting to their spirit orbs.
They also begin to practice more substantial skills such as hunting, gathering, fighting, and healing, though
at this age they only start learning of the healing traits of certain herbs rather than those of their own skill.
Adolescence
Cat-Arctic Fox Sized
Adolescence in Teirue is marked by a ceremony that they attend with their elders, usually just their
parents for this first one, where they consult with the spirits of their ancestors and earn their front bracelets.
These bracelets that have bells attached to them are used for many things; focusing their spirit orb abilities,
manifesting their healing powers, mark them as a threat to rival Teirue, & to start finding a mate. It is at this
time in their life that they grow most, suddenly sprouting long limbs, their tail lengthening and curling, their
earns growing thinner, longer, and less fluffy. They looks quite awkward, but also elegant in some ways. They
continue training with their elders, but also may start to find their life-mate, what we might call a soul mate,
for among the Teirue, mates are predestined from birth. This does not mean that an eager Teirue may not
mistake infatuation for a life-bond. That is often the case among young Teirue, this why they are not allowed
to affirm the bond until they reach adulthood and know for sure. A Teirue may wait years for their life-mate to
come of an age for them to recognize each other, for only as teens will they be able to sense to bond if their
life-mate is already older than them. Their love is bound by their soul, not by their bodies, so while it is not
common, it is not exactly rare for a pair of life-mates to be of the same gender and age rarely matters much
as it is the soul that is important and once they reach adulthood, a Teirue will be fertile for the rest of their
mortal life.
Adulthood
Arctic Fox-Red Fox Sized
Once a Teirue reaches adulthood they again hold ceremony with their ancestor's spirits to earn their
back set of bracelets. Adulthood comes with the last final touches over the control of their powers and marks
their readiness to affirm their love of their life-mate if their life-mate is already an adult. Otherwise, they will
wait patiently for their life-mate to grow old enough for them to affirm their bond and be recognized as whole
together before their whole community. Once life-mates have affirmed their bond, they are free to begin a
family of their own. Due to deaths and such of Teirue, sometimes an Adult will no longer have a life-mate, some
may never have had one, or, even crueler yet, sometimes a Teirue's life-mate will pass on before them. In these
cases it is often seen that Teirue who have no life-mate may find solace in each other's company and become
lost-mates. These couples sometimes almost seem to have fiercer, more loving relations than those who have
life-mates because of their kinship in their hardships. While they develop deep love for one another, they do not
often choose to have a family as any of their offspring will not be spiritually whole. The children of such a coupling
will never have powers as strong as their fellows, often do not have life-mates of their own, and will never be
able to earn their second set of bracelets, if they even get the first, keeping them from adulthood and any chance
of reproduction themselves.
The Physical Traits of Teirue
» Teirue most commonly only have 2-3 fur colors, though they can have up to 4 colors in their fur.
» Teirue fur ranges among all colors, but it is rare to see a Teirue with any pure white fur.
This is because white Teirue fur was treasured by European Hunters and it became dangerous to have it.
There will often enough be off white creams of course, those were not what hunters looked for.
» On an uncommon occasion, a Teirue's tail will never develope it's curl and they will be known as a Straight Tail.
» On very rare occasions, a Teirue may be born with a stubbed tail. These Teirue's spirit orbs seem to almost be
nestled in a bowl of fluff.
» A Teirue's flames will always be the same color as their spirit orbs.
» A Teirue's bracelets are all the same color and while the bell colors don't seem to have any one determining
factor, the circlets themselves most commonly are the same color as the Teirue's eyes.
» When a Teirue is younger, their ears are shorter and fluffier. On rare occasions their ears will not elongate
during adolescence and instead will remain shorter and fluffier for their whole lives.
» Teirue are very, very rarely blind, but when they are, they have no pupils at all.
» On the most rare of occasions, a Teirue will develop a mutation such as horns, spikes, extra long fur, manes,
or such things. A mutation is almost always symbolic of their spirit not being fully Teirue in origin and they will usually
have no life-mate.
Important Links
-Fanclub link will go here
Teirue Nursery
Roleplays
Links to any roleplays will be put here
Gift Lines
By XxBTR WolfxX
By Appletear
By Rakkun
By Rakkun
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