| Homeworld: Ibirius |
| Average Height: 3' |
| Life Expectancy: 65 Years |
| Spaceborn ID Name: Vuul’paris |
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Species Status: Open |
| Earth Species Evolved from: Red Fox |
Ibirian Species Sheet.
Highly religious vulpine humanoids from the arboreal planet, Ibirius. Ibirians are remarkably tiny. Other races have tried to pick on Iberians because of their small size. Pirates and bandits see them as easy pickings. Because of this, Iberians have become well adapted to take care of themselves. The way an Ibirian will interact with you depends on how you treat it. If you approace an Ibirian in a fiendly manner then they will be helpful and polite towards you. If you approach it with hostility, then it will be defensive and violent towards you.
Physical Description:
Short and physically weak, Ibirians are often picked on by the larger races. They are three feet tall and weight 35-40 lbs. They resemble anthropomorphic red foxes with fur a reddish brown color and white undersides and dark brown “socks” and ears. The exact markings and fur tones can vary by individuals. They do not have “hair”, but the back of their necks have longer, shaggier fur that give a manelike appearance. The mane is the same color as the body fur, but ends in white tips. The eyes of an ibirian are always yellow or orange. As anthropomorphic foxes, of course they have big poofy fox tails. Ibirians with the largest tails are often “sexier” to the opposite gender.
Intelligence and Mental Health
Like their vulpine ancestors, Ibirians are level headed and intelligent. If threatened, they would rather run or talk their way out of the situation then fight, but if forced to fight they can be a formidable foe. They still retain their hunting instincts and will form hunting parties for small animals and birds either on their homeworld or on other worlds. Their natural instincts also directly tie into the way they communicate with each other. They are emotionally strong and serious minded but tend to suffer from “little man syndrome”, and aren’t afraid to show the bigger species that they aren’t afraid of them.
Instincts and Ibirian Communication
Ibirians are highly intelligent and can learn the languages of other cultures, but they are recently evolved species and still retain much more of the natural instincts of their ancestors then other sentients tend to. Their own language, Ibireese, is very complex and impossible for other races to learn. Their language is not only verbal, but also uses pheremones and body language. The pheremones given off by Ibirians when interacting with one another add a lot to the conversation. Only Iberians can fully sense these pheremones.
Ibiran language includes, but is not limited to...
- Looking directly in someone’s eyes - Ibirians usually don’t do this unless they are challenging someone. Looking in someone’s eyes is a direct threat or challenge.
- Ears back/growling - Exactly what you’d think it means! Stay away!
- Neck nuzzling - A sign of affection, especially between lovers… but it can be done to family members and friends as well. It is the Ibirian equivilant of kissing.
- Yelping - Trying to get someone’s attention.
- Purring - Yes, they do make a strange yelp/purr when happy.
- Keeping claws pointed away - Pointing their claws away from someone means that they are showing no hostility towards that person. In Ibirian culture, claws are tools and not weapons... using one's claws against another is seen as being animalistic and is very taboo, but this form of body language still stands.
Sex, Reproduction and Gender
Gender can be important to the Ibirian culture, as in most Iberian religions, only females are allowed to be priests. Females are also highly respected due to the fact that they create new life and are seen as being more closely tied to the Sun Goddess. In some religions, it is custom for males to give small gifts to females as a token of respect.
Female Iberians have wider hips. They also have breasts, but they aren’t really seen as sexual organs. Fur covers up the nipples. The genitals of an Ibirian male are animal-like. They do have a sheath that comes out when sexually aroused.
Females go into “heat” between the winter months and early spring months. Females can control their sexual urges during this period, but they do desire sexual activity during this period. The actual act of mating isn’t much different then sex among humans. They can have sex at any time of the year, but can only breed during this time. The gestation period for females is 5 months and usually only one child is born at a time. However, twins and triplets are common.
Ibirians can contract a form of canine brucellosis, which can also spread through contact with saliva. This can be cured and treated with modern medical technology. Do other sentient species in the Azure Wheel universe can get this disease.
Religion
About 65% of all ibirians follow the Ibiaar religion, which is the only religion native to their species. The other 45% of Ibirians follow religions from other cultures or are Agnostic. They are a highly religious species and only a very small percentage of Ibirians (About 2%) are atheistic.
Ibiaar is the belief in the Sun Goddess (those silly offworlders refer to her as the Lifestream). They also believe that nature is sacred. The combination of the Sun Goddess and nature allow all life in the galaxy. Like in Daoism, there are various spirits found in nature. Every plant, animal, body of water, etc has a spirit that protects it.
According to the Ibiaar, Taraava, the first month in spring is a month of rejoicing. During this month, festivals are put on and there is gift giving and costume wearing. This is symbolic of life coming back to the world after winter.
Government
By Ibirian tradition, the Ibiaar religion is the government. However, they have learned to be caring and tolerant towards other religions (Atheism included), so they do not let religion overpower their decisions. Most Ibirians are okay with the Ibiaar religion as the government since they don’t interfere with their lives too much. High priestess Zhaulia is the current head of the curch and government.
Relationship with their Planet
They call their planet, "Mother forest" and consider their homeworld to be sacred ground. They are very careful not to damage the surface of their planet and did not build huge cities on it. When they gained space travel ability, they began building colonies on the two moons orbiting their planet to make sure that it would never be damaged.
It is customary for Ibirians to have a set of ceremonial clothing. This ceremonial clothing is somewhat tribal in appearance and is green or earthtone in color. If they are on their homeworld, it is custom for them to wear this clothing. They can and do wear “modern” clothing when on other worlds.
Young women wishing to become Ibiarr priestesses must go on a spirit journey where they stay in the forests of Ibirus for three months, living off the land. When she returns, she becomes a full fledged priestess.
Diet
Ibirians are completely omniverous. They require protein, especially from meat and eggs but also enjoy fruits, nuts and berries. They can eat junk food, but will more often then not prefer healthy, natural foods. Meals are important to their culture and they tend to eat together in groups. To their ancestors, this was a way of protecting the pack from predators.
hey do have an unwritten law about killing animals for food - Animals are children of the Sun Goddess. If an animal is killed, it must be eaten. If killing an animal for food, do not allow it to suffer.
Guidelines for creating an Ibirian Character
- Due to their small size, Ibirians are natural spies and rogues. However, most of them do prefer a less seedy lifestyle. Ibirians also make good traders, priestesses, miners, and scholars. They are not well equipped to handle professions that require a lot of physical activity or endurance.
- ONLY females can become priestesses. A male proest would pretty much be blasphemy in their eyes.
- Chances are that your Ibirian will be highly religious. Atheistic or agnostic Ibirian are rare.
- All Ibirian characters created by others must be naturally colored - look at pictures of red foxes for their colorization. The only "oddly" colored Ibirian allowed is Cylor because he's paritially albino.
- There are two varieties of Ibirian names. The first type of name are "natural" names... think stereotypical Native American names. These names are more common in the deep forested areas then anyplace else. Examples: Cloudhunter, Shadowroot
- The other variety of Iberian names should be soft sounding and heavily voweled. This is the most common type of Ibirian name. Examples: Adulahahn, Canaloth, Abatdius
- Ibirian must wear cerimonial clothing at all times that they are on the surface of Ibirius. They are free to wear whatever clothing that they like when off their homeworld.
- Absolutely NO Pornographic images of this species! I'm looking at you, furries! This species is still attached to my name!
- Please give proper credit to me for using the species whenever you do anything with your character.