Icarid

==General==
Tucked away in their fragrant wood, icarids approach the world with a patience and compassion that may be hard to find elsewhere. These gentle giants are unmatched both in hunting and the creation of aromatics
==Icarid Creation Guide==
The information listed below is integral to making an icarid character. We ask you to prioritize our worldbuilding, these facts must be kept in mind even when deviating from societal norms.
=== Appearance===
Icarids are heavy and strong creatures, able to pull more than smaller species by a large margin. Thick, wax-like horns grow from their heads that are able to be carved, engraved, or otherwise altered without harming the icarid. Their fur, manes, and tails all start fuzzy and soft at birth but slowly get coated in a scentless, protective wax buildup, making them slick and mostly hydrophobic. At the end of summer, their buildup begins to break away, revealing their soft fur and manes once more. They take this time, typically a month long duration, to thoroughly bathe themselves as their wax returns, ensuring they smell wonderful the coming year. Underneath their wax, they are natural colors (browns, greys, blacks, and whites) but the buildup itself can be any color of the rainbow. A stark color contrast stemming from how vulnerable they are when missing their scent protection. 
===Naming Scheme===
Icarids do not have a specific naming structure.
===Cutiemarks and Capabilities===
Icarid do not receive cutiemarks. They do not have spellcasting or the ability to fly. They also have no internal magic.
=== Diet and Wakefulness ===
Icarids are diurnal herbivores.
==Society==
The information found below is also very important to the character creation process, it is everything your OC would have been exposed to throughout their lives, it's what they know best, whether or not they fit that societal norm.
===Values and Demeanor===
Under Construction.
* Community built on compassion
* Valuing the many over the individual
* Serving loved ones, being served in return
* Loneliness is a scary and undesirable feeling, they are quick to adopt others into their circles
* Quick, too, to forgive (hint at somnia)
===Religion and Traditions===
Under Construction.
* View on Celestia and Luna's relationship being sisterly once more
* They don't worship Celestia, they believe she gave all her power to Luna as a peace offering (this being a beautiful gift as being powerful was extremely important to her) (Include imagery of Celestia giving Luna the world) < Most similar belief to the griffins of old, probably where the term all-mother originated.
* Marital Traditions (Engagement: swapping cuts of their horns and waiting for them to grow out) (Ceremony: Nose ring)
* Funeral Rites (IDK YET)
===Politics and History===
Under Construction.
* Governmental Structure and Current Leader
* Largely neutral stance on most political disputes (affinity with Crystal Kingdom because of this)
* Current Relations
* Somnian Republic relations specifically