Are there mythical species like unicorns or dragons in the fluff universe? And if so, are they treated any differently, like royalty and such? (I just want clarity so I can make a unicorn oc, lol)
- they DO get treated differenty (mostly)
- unicorns specificaly gets a whole lore based around their existence in the fluffverse
long answer with a few examples:
many of them do exist in a sence! but its really unclear what counts as a "(insert mythical animal here)" anymore due to most of the desendents not a "pure breed" / are a hybrid
while some still kept their linage in check, sometimes stuff just....happens and it get lost in time
many, especially those who came from a house of mythical animals with magical abilitys still hold their high status / desired as a (mythical animal) bloodline.
for example, pariel is from the pheonix family, specificly from a pheonix-peacock line
while he is not royalty in any way, he was born with old money AND with a powerful ice ability
(usually the pheonix line have a history of spawning fire ability users for ovious reasons but he is a bit of a exception)
flame and flare (as well as their 26 twin siblings) are all from the eastern fire dragon family.
however they don't really "know" about their heritage or is effected by their status or wealth cause they are in a compleatly different land then where their ancestors originate since birth / the eastern fire dragon house (including their father) has been brutaly whiped out in a turf war against the eastern earth dragon house.
their mother (who is a common firebelly newt) actually had to make sure to keep their ststus hidden so the eastern earth dragon house won't come serching for them.
they do still hold their strong fire abilitys unlike their siblings who have very minor fire related ones. maybe they'll start growing hair or wiskers like their father when they get older, who knows 👀
gunspice does posess the manticore linage, but since manticores never really had any mythical abilitys, she's viewed as nothing different then the regular hybird anthro.
final example are the unicorns
unicorns are....somewhat special, cause as in now theres no such thing as a unicorn linage or a direct unicorn bloodline as it is far too widespread across the fluffverse , plus unicorns themselves never held any specific abilitys and could be considered to be a hybrid like the pegasus or the manticore species
however, unicorns in myth were considered to be great leaders with wisdome, patience and a heart of gold. so they are not charished as mythical species, but instead desired as born leaders.
those who shows signs of a unicorn linage (aka the unicorn horn in the middle of their forehead) is usually given up by their parents to be adopted in a councial of the unicorn home where they rise them to fit in the leadership role.
currently, all unicorn linages are in charge of the soleus empire, kingdom of precaeil and (formaly) kingdom of meria. while sugerhigh (the youngest) is still in royalty training.
there are also a bunch of "fake (mythical animal here)" cause in a world of unlimited hybrid potencial, there COULD always be a hybrid who looks like a mythical animal.
which is nothing special tbh other then giving the oppertunity to lie and be smug about it in middle school or something.
like guess who is the dragon linage here
