Whiver

## **Biology**

**Purity:** 20-35%

Small, fluffy, bipedal creatures that stand between 2 and 3 feet tall. They closely resemble a rabbit or a mouse in terms of appearance. Fur colour and length varies wildly. So wildly that there’s no standard. A defining feature of Whiver are their buck teeth that poke out of their mouth. These teeth will continue to grow throughout their lifetime, meaning they’ll have to be ground down in order to keep them in check.

Whiver have an extraordinary sense of hearing. They’re able to hear frequencies that Humans are unable to; allowing them to be able to speak and understand the language of Whispers. Not only can they hear a wide range of frequencies, but they’re

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also able to hear even the softest of sounds up to half a mile away. Many believe this sense of hearing makes up for they’re lack of eyesight, which tends to be far worse than the average Human.

## **Personality**

Whiver are very busy by nature. They’re always doing something or going somewhere. If they aren’t, they’re either fiddling with something in their hands or sleeping. It’s extremely difficult to get one to sit still for any considerable amount of time. Because of this, they’re often used as servants or maids. Any busy job that doesn’t require a lot of heavy lifting, as Whiver aren’t strong in any way other than their bite force. A Whiver’s bite is easily strong enough to break bones.

Whiver’s intelligence is on the lower end of the scale. They have potential to learn, but they find themselves unable to actually sit down and study something. Normally this would cause higher beings to look down on them, but most higher beings take advantage of their naive nature in order to get cheap and efficient labour. Whiver are often treated as children, regardless of their age.

## **Civilization/Culture**

Whiver culture has largely been erased over the years. It’s not that it doesn’t exist, it’s more Whiver have become removed from it because of how common it is for them to be bought and sold like pets. None of them stick around their homeland long enough to form too many of their own traditions and culture. To most, Whiver are known for being cheap and expendable labourers with too much energy for their own good.

That being said, there are some things that have survived through the years. Whiver have always been good at survival, and many of them have a surprising amount of enginuity despite their below average intelligence. Whiver settlements are known to work efficiently, and they’ve been known to be problem solvers. That being said, efficiency for a Whiver is different than efficiency for something like a human. Whiver settlements are very large with not a lot of stuff inside of them. They’re so high energy that they intentionally space out their buildings from one another so that they can expend their excess energy and focus better.

When they can’t build outwards, Whiver have been known to build upwards. Many Whiver build cities and towns have very tall towers somewhere in the city that allow them to climb and tire themselves out. Spracot is known for its massive hollow trees where Whiver have used their teeth to quite literally carve out a city inside of them.

## **Relations**

Whiver are largely considered to be a slave race. The majority of all higher beings will look down upon them, treating them like children because of their low intelligence and hyperactive nature. The only races that treat Whiver as equals are Xylid and Sinvian. Xylid just aren’t intelligent enough to grasp the concept of purity and largely believe every creature is above them, and Sinvian treat them with kindness as to not step on the toes of longer standing pure beings. In general, Whiver treat all higher species the same. They know their place in the social standing and they don’t dare step out of line for fear of retribution.

## **History**

Originating in Spracot, Whiver are descendants of three parent species. A now extinct creature simply known as a pre-Whiver, Kodin, and Sinvian. Spracot had been home to pre-Whiver for thousands of years, but these creatures were not discovered until roughly the year 328BDI, about 50 years before Spracot was founded. These creatures were much smaller, far more avian-like bipedal animals that populated most of the region.

Pre-Whiver were smart. At least, smart for animals. Once pure races began moving into Spracot and started clearing land to create farms the pre-Whiver quickly took over as pests. They realized that a farm was a safe predator free environment full of all the food they could ever want or need. A perfect place to raise their young and thrive. The vast majority of Pure beings, namely Elves, viewed these creatures as pests. They destroyed crops and reproduced like mad. Very quickly there were bounties placed on these creatures; offering rewards based on how many were killed.

But if Whiver are good at one thing, it’s survival. The pre-Whiver that were hunted by humanoid farmers promptly left those farms and began infesting Kodin farms. Pre-Whiver babies looked almost identical to kodin infants, and because of this the largely uneducated kodin farmers would often stumble across a nest of pre-Whiver, think someone abandoned their own young, and take them in to raise as their own. These “domestic” pre-Whiver would be treated as part of the community and eventually began cross breeding with the Kodin settlers until they eventually produced the Whiver we have today.

Whiver as a species were not added to the purity scale until roughly the year 107BDI. The main reason for their addition to the scale wasn’t to give them rights, like many other creatures had fought for. Instead, it was to hold them accountable for their actions. The Whiver of the past did not like being treated as pets, and as a result would lash out on their masters. Because they were considered animals and not pure beings, a Whiver could technically kill someone and not be held legally accountable. This caused an uprising of Whiver in spracot that drove out the majority of settlers. The few remaining non-Whiver of Spracot decided that in order to curb this trend of behaviour Whiver had to be held accountable for their actions, and as a result they were added to the purity scale in order to bind them to the laws of pure beings

## **Religion**

Historically, Whiver are known for following the god Swift. It’s the only religion created by Whiver for Whiver. Generally speaking, though, Whiver are not a very religious race. Most either passively follow the religion of their master or don’t bother with it at all. It’s hard to stick to the roots of your kind when you’re bought and sold like livestock on the regular.

## **Languages**

Because of their extraordinary hearing, probably one of the best in all of Mirror Domain, Whiver are able to speak in the language of Whispers. All of their languages are adopted from other species, as Whiver themselves only exist due to cross breeding with said species. It’s common for Whiver to speak Lupin, Chitt, and Standard as their primary language.

## **Names**

When it comes to names, any name can be a Whiver name. Much like a pet cat or dog, people will name them anything and everything. What their name ends up being largely depends on where they came from. Breeder Whiver related to the slave trade will almost always have names based on their appearance. “White male” or “Grey female”. Sometimes they don’t have names at all and have ID numbers instead. Or a mash of the two.

Pet or slave Whiver’s names have the widest range and it’s all dependent on who owns them. Oftentimes they’ll be named something related to the culture of the person in charge. Seeing as they’re small cute animals, Whiver have become a popular gift to give children in wealthy families. This has lead to very absurd or strange names to rise in popularity, as children have never been known for their naming genius. Some people just name them something random because it’s inconsequential to their own way of life, and they don’t particularly care about the repercussions for the Whiver they’re naming.

## **Adventures**

Whiver are by far one of the most common and populous species in all of Mirror Domain. Not only do they reproduce faster than any other race, but their utilization as slaves and workers has caused them to be shipped all around the world. Whiver can be found pretty much anywhere, and even in places they aren’t native no one thinks twice if they happen to stumble across one.

While they have more or less colonized most of the world, they have not done so by choice. The species is native to Spracot and by extension the coast of the Fathomless Sea. The only colonization they’ve done intentionally is the country of Olain, which was founded in 284ADI after a slave caravan was overthrown and all the Whiver inside decided to abandon the caravan’s route and make a new life for themselves.

## **Abilities**

In terms of abilities, Whiver have a couple natural ones that have leaned in to their ability to survive. One of which are their ever growing buck teeth. The teeth of a Whiver are extremely strong. Strong to the point where their teeth are sometimes harvested after death in order to craft crude knives or spades. Not only are their teeth strong, but their bite force is insane. A Whiver can bite through things like bone or concrete with relative ease.

   The downside to that, though, is that Whiver are not athletically or magically inclined. Outside of their bite, Whiver are very weak creatures. Their claws don’t really pack a punch and they’re too small to build a lot of muscle. Generally speaking, Whiver prefer speed over strength. You don’t have to be able to take a puch, you just have to avoid them.