Cavern

GENERAL

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cavern Willowhip

  • LIFESPAN: 200+ years

  • GENERAL ADULT HEIGHT: 17'8"

  • GENERAL PERSONALITY: Neutral/Friendly

  • GENERAL COLORS: Green, Blue, Purple, Brown

  • SECONDARY COLOR: Gray, Black, White, Other highlights

  • DIET: Moonight + fruits

  • HOMEWORLD: Murtov

  • OTHER WORLDS: N/A

  • HABITAT: Caves and Forests

  • TERRITORY: WIP

Cavern Willowhips are one of the three subtribes of willows. They typically live in neutral climates, such as forests, jungles, and caves. They are very nimble and can often be found lounging in trees, should you visit their territory. They are welcoming to newcomers, but be warned. Once you break their trust, it is incredibly hard to gain it back.

If a family member dies, they may request their orb to be passed onto another. It is a great honor and the ceremony takes place during the funeral. If the selected member chooses not to accept the orb OR the dying member does not select a member to inherit the orb, it will lose its magical abilities once they pass away. It will resemble a spherical stone with engraved markings on it.

However, if a willow is killed (either by another willow or an abysmal), their orb will lose all magical properties and simply hover for a few minutes until another host claims it. If it is not claimed, it will fall to the ground as a normal rock.

Baby willows often have very muted colors to better blend into their surroundings and hide from potential enemies. Once they get older, their colors pop out more. When they become of age, there is a ceremony to celebrate their 'true colors'.

APPEARANCE + OTHER

Cavern Willowhips do not have any fur/fluff. They have smooth, interlocking scales that give them a shiny metalic appearance.

They are able to have many more minor traits, such as frills (behind the ears), two pairs of horns, plants growing and hanging off of them, multiple orbs, and

Cavern Willowhips only need to feed off of moonlight, however they are capable of eating physical food if nessisary. Usually for events, parties, and celebrations, physical foods are considered a treat/delicacy.

Whenever they DO end up eating physical food, they can be found consuming fruit and berries, as well as flavorful plants. They are able to eat meat as well, but the majority would prefer not to.

They live in a Monarchy, where the Queen rules over the tribe. However, the Queen is not there to be served, but rather, to serve. Her duty is to protect and keep the tribe stable. She is in charge of keeping peace throughout her followers as well as the other two tribes and their followers. The Queen is not chosen through genetics, but rather through the choice of the Moon. Once a Queen passes away, the physical manifestation of the moon, Amaris, will come forward and declare a new Queen in private. The new Queen is aloud to decline, should she choose that it is too much responsibiliy. In that case, Amaris will choose another suitor.

Royalty are simply there to aid the Queen in her duties protecting the tribe. They can serve the Queen their entire lives or just a few days, there is no traditional time limit.

Days to Celebrate: Night of the Harvest Moon (September 20th), True Colors, a coming-of-age celebration for young willows (dates vary), and Day of Life, when royalty was born (dates vary).

Willowhips are asexual creatures. They do not have male or female parts. Instead, they reproduce through the magic held inside of their orbs. They focus their individual magic onto a suitable stone, and combine it together to form a new type of magic. The now enchanted rock (aka, egg) will grow for the next full year and will hatch into a baby willowhip.

Please note that willows cannot cross breed!! A Cavern Willow cannot create a child with a Savannah or Mountain, or vise versa.

To answer the question about pronouns, they usually just choose what they want once they come of age, but its not uncommon for them to change throughout their lives. Specific 'genders' don't have specific roles in willow society, its just a way to address each other.

Willowhips are not an open species!! We are not selling myos at the moment, but we do host ocasional myo events. The most common way to obtain one is through adopts/customs made by registered willow staff. You can find out more about us on our discord, which can be found on the front page

General Rules: Don't remove your mask in public, do not cause harm upon others if they are unaware (stabbing someone in the back), and don't, under ANY circumstances, make contact with Abysmals.

Cavern willows live in caves, however they may claim a tree for themselves and can store things on/in it. With their orbs, they can communicate with all living creatures, including the trees. They typically ask the tree(s) permission if it can make a dome and the tree will often (not always) comply with them. A small pouch grows within the tree, and the Willowhip can either store items in the pouch, or it can sleep/live in it.

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