#ursataur

I’ll be doing overviews of groups of the villagers at a time. My goal is to eventually get a post up for each individual, along with a short blurb or story; got a long way to go for that, though. First two groups will be the marriage candidates, so let’s get right into it! I’ll put a tl;dr at the bottom of each post. Also the tags for these are going to be a mess because I’m going to try to properly tag everything (since I eventually want to make a masterpost with links and stuff, let’s hope I get that far).

  Abigail - Demon

Interested in the occult, Abigail has more than just a oujia board, but she kept it all well hidden. Despite her mother’s warnings, she continued to practice late into the night. Of course, in a place so rife with magic, one is bound to attract attention after that much ritual. Abigail found herself face to face with a demon and threats of death, destruction, and eternal damnation. Not one to be intimidated, she reminded the demon that she was in charge. Unfortunately, due to the power of the being and the ritual she’d used, deals had to be made, and Abigail is quite a bit more infernal now. Perhaps she should have listened to Caroline, but... well, we’ll get to that.

  Emily - Dryad

Emily has always been considered a strange one, even by her sister, Haley, but she’s never an unwelcome face. She may be a bit more liberal than the rest of the town, but no one has ever held issue with that (save for maybe George and Jodi). Lifestyles do tend to catch up to you, though. She picked up a particularly strong strain of “relaxation herbs” from the traveling merchant, and next time Haley found her, she was more connected to nature than ever, having been granted the form of a dryad. Chill as ever, Emily keeps up her job at the saloon, much to the delight of the townsfolk who reap the benefits of her extensive herbal knowledge in their drinks. Her new horns are made of sage, and one is frequently smoking, providing a calming effect for those around her (except for Sam, who can’t get near her during the summer due to his allergies).

  Haley - Hulder (modified)

At the behest of her sister, Haley has been begrudgingly branching out and trying to form connections with the other townsfolk. Surprisingly, she starts to hang out around Marnie, Jas, and Shane, and especially around Marnie’s cattle herd. Emily’s change was made easier on her due to her sister’s innate calming abilities; however, the proximity to so much magical energy from Emily, combined with being present at the... incident at the ranch, has left her quite changed. If you saw her from the front, you might mistake her for part of the herd, but look at her back and you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference between Haley and a mossy boulder!

(Unfortunately I can’t find much about hulders, although I’m planning on doing more research. Haley is a bit of a different take on them; imagine a humanoid cow, with her whole back covered in mosses and plant growth.)

  Leah - Ursataur

Leah knows everything that goes on in Cindersap Forest. Living just outside of its boughs, that’s where she spends her time, admiring the trees and searching for wood she can work with. It’s also, unfortunately for her, where she sources most of her food. After the farmer opened up a path to the deep woods, she began exploring on her own, where the flora grow wild among marble ruins and secluded ponds, and the fauna even wilder. A berry salad made from deep woods forage, while delicious, has quite the effect on the one who dared to steal from the deep woods. Leah ended up stuck in her cottage for almost two full days after growing too large to fit through the door, far more ursine than when she’d fallen asleep, and with an extra pair of legs to boot. Fortunately, she kept her hands, and bear claws are shockingly good at carving fine details, so she’s not too upset.

  Maru - Cyborg

“My greatest invention.” That’s what she’s been claiming to be working on for ages, now. Demetrius and Robin have no clue what it might be; even that robot in her room only seems to be part of it. Maru is quite the intelligent person, everyone can see that, but she’s been so secretive about it all that no one knows what to think... until she calls everyone to the town square to reveal her greatest invention ever: herself. Fortunately, after the ensuing fiasco, things calmed down, but Robin might need some help from the other moms in town to figure out how to be a good parent to her half-robot daughter.

  Penny - Gargoyle

The museum always felt like her real home. The fireplace burned all winter, and the books were constant companions. Penny didn’t have to feel alone there; she didn’t get into arguments, or clean up after anyone (except for Vincent and Jas, but that was different). For all the time she spent there, you’d think she would have noticed the small door at the back of the library. Considering it opened into a space far too large to fit into the floor plan of the building, though, perhaps there was a reason she hadn’t seen it. The thought was exciting—she spent so much time engrossed in story, maybe this was her chance to make it real. One should never let yourself get too carried away, however, or you might just find yourself trespassing forbidden ground. Picking up the wrong book, Penny was struck with a petrifying curse that twisted her form into something awful; but with the arcane section opened, it needed a guardian, too, and who better than her? Penny spends even more time around the museum these days; during rainstorms, you can see her perched above the entryway, wings blocking the rain as she reads.

  And those are the bachelorettes! Feels good to get a first post written out. Expect more soon! Some may be blank where I don’t yet have good ideas (this is all a wip after all). Shouldn’t be toooo many of those though.

(I'm not sure if I regret drawing this or not. Its... My first time drawing Muriel, and a presentation of a new AU idea that I've struggled to keep to myself for a few days. I'm always very excited when I come out with Taur beings, I'm quite a huge fan of centaurs and the like.

As much as this came out looking... Chibi, -that was not intentional I just can't size well- Muriel is still his normal height in this form, when he's on all fours. Imagine how tall he is when he rears up like bears do XD)

Etymology notes

I usually go with Greek words when I make Taur beings because of the origins of centaurs. However... Centaur itself is not... A Greek word it's Latin. Nor is it descriptive of the animal involved.

The word centaur has nothing to do with horses itself, the prefix Cen does not come from the Greek word for horse. It's not Latin for horse either... far as my research has gone, Centaur is Latin, from the Greek word Kentauros which means piercing bull, it gets more complicated then that, but I'm not a wiki page.