Lagofae

**Lagofae(s)** is a mutated subspecies of the common Lagomorphs roaming the planet. Thriving on music and rocks, they mainly live on the top of a mountain and in a specific area that seems to be a thick temperate forest. They are easily noticeable due to their mutations but they almost never leave the area they live in.

## Origins

The first known lagomorphs to have shown mutations especially similar to lagofaes were surprisingly not originating from any tropical forest but from a mountain that they called Mont Berestou. It is said that Frontpath, their leader, as well as a dozen of them, had been living close to the top of a mountain for many years and have been digging half of their way through it so they could shield themselves from the cold winds. Both them and Hollow, their sister, were helping their kin grow inside the mountain with the help of many ores that they found in its depth. They built the Golden City, a prosperous town for them.

An old painting of Hollow and Frontpath with Mont Berestou and the Golden CityThe area had started to become quite unstable, some of them decided to move away in fear of ending up getting crushed. Frontpath left with them while Hollow, their sister, remained on the mountain with the rest of their people. It was hard for both ruler to part ways, but they promise to keep in touch wherever Frontpath decided to go.

Frontpath was one of the strongest warriors of their group, and nothing on their path could manage to stop their search for a new and safer place to call home. (WIP)

## Subspecies characteristics

### Horns

Very small at birth, they grow horns of various shapes on the top of their head. Back when every lagofae were still located on Mont Berestou, the shape that your horns would take once you'd be fully grown up would determine what role you would be assigned in the lagofae society. For example, people with stronger and bigger horns were destined to get physical works such as warriors, miners or blacksmiths since their horns could be used as tools to help them (to extract rocks and gems, to charge enemies or to protect their head in case of cave-in). Mountain lagofaes tend to have more resistant and bigger horns due to being exposed to these kind of tasks more often than their sylvan counterparts, in most common cases they are shaped like goats or rams. Sylvan lagofaes' horns, on the other hands, have gotten lighter and their shape vary a lot more in order to not weight them down too much.

### Wings

Each lagofae is born with a pair of wings on their back. Mountain lagofaes tend to have small wings that cannot be used due to them being constantly underground, whereas Sylvan lagofaes have bigger functioning ones that can be shaped differently (pointy-looking or even two pairs similar to dragonflies). Their colour may vary, but the most common ones are shades of blue, green and yellow.

### Abilities

#### Enhanced Healing

Lagofaes have exceptionally enhanced healing that vary depending of the wound. They can grow back a severed finger but not a full hand or leg, just like a broken wing can be healed but not grown back. It doesn't include their horns, it might be hard to damage them but once they're broken, nothing can be done to grow them back.

#### Strength/Agility

Mountain lagofaes are linked to their mountain, they tend to be stronger and more muscular than sylvan lagofaes. Sylvan lagofaes, on the other hand, are more flexible and light on their foot. They can bend the wind around their form and gain more speed.

### Others

#### Height

Lagofaes are not among the tallest lagomorphs the Planet has. They rarely reach 5'5" or higher, the tallest one recorded yet was a mountain lagofae warrior who was 5'7". It wouldn't bother Sylvan lagofaes if they ended up mutating to become a bit taller, but it would become a little bit difficult for the mountain ones since they don't live in open air.

#### Fur

Due to them living in a cold area for a long while, most lagofaes have a fluffy fur to be more resistant to the snow. Ever since then, a few of them were born with shorter fur but it's still very common for them to be fluffy or curly. The colour of their fur can also vary between bright hues, darker ones being more common among mountain lagofaes.

## Locations

### The Sylvan Village

The Sylvan Village is the main place where Sylvan lagofaes live, its current ruler is Crystal. It can be found somewhere in a temperate forest if you manage to find the right path. It was built around the Red Tree, which was chosen as Royal tree.

### The Golden City

The Golden City is the main place where Mountain lagofaes live, its current ruler is Maury. It is located deep in Mont Berestou, close to the tundra. It was named as such due to the abundance of golden gems and metals found near it, which was used for its architecture along with rock.

## Culture & traditions

### Celebrations and Festivals

Being a rather festive subspecies, music is something lagofaes hold very dear to their culture. They hold many festivities or other celebrations linked to music in general, though their style may vary depending if they're sylvan or from the mountain.

## Trivia

* Different folklores and cultures were used as inspirations while making lagofaes.
	+ *Sylvan lagofaes were inspired by Celtic folklore, including elves and fairies with nature and insect-like patterns.*
	+ *Mountain lagofaes' culture show similarities to dwarves with a mix of Occitan (names, slangs and instruments) and Nordic designs.*
* If a lagofae has betrayed its kind in any way (thief, murder, sharing secrets about their kind without consent from their leader), the worst punishment they can have is having their horns removed.

A musician mountain lagofae & a story-teller/opera singer sylvan lagofae