Beavers

(*Castor canadensis*)

A representation of what Beavers look like in Chima.

The beavers are a species in Chima. They are short mammals, even in humanoid form, who are naturally good builders, and subsequently obsessed with fixing vehicles and buildings. They are regarded as a useful curiosity by most tribes, their obsession and skill with "fixing" setting them apart from other tribes. The Beavers were absorbed into the Minor Tribes collective in the year 50 BR (Before Roleplay).

## Members

* Bilzer Befuttle is a prominent builder among the Beavers, who oversaw projects in The Iron Mountains and The Great Forest.
* Bedford is a beaver worker who requested Bilzer's help in constructing a port on the shores of The West Sea, for the Minor Tribes and Gorillas.
* Byrum is another builder among the Beavers; helped defend the HQ from the Sabertooth Tigers during their pursuit of Petricoff.
* Beale is Byrum's brother; recently kidnapped by Whit, but returned to his family and friends in exchange for Rorik.

## History

Like most of Chima's species, the Beavers were created as primitive creatures, before being evolved into more intelligent, humanoid forms after drinking the chi that the First Great Illumination of 1,000 BR produced. Nothing is known about the original Beaver Tribe and its history, other than that the tribe likely fell into ruin during the Post-Confederation Warring Period of 779—651 BR.

### Minor Tribes

In 50 BR, the Beavers joined with the remaining Skunks, Foxes, and Peacocks to form a multi-species tribe in the northern inland, south of the Iron Mountains and east of The Grassy Plains. At the time of the Roleplay, a while after the Beavers helped Rawlin rebuild/complete the MMSC (and after the Chima Civil War) the Minor Tribes joined with the Lions, Wolves, Gorillas, Ravens, and Bears to form the Chima Alliance, though the Minor Tribes didn't directly participate in the Chima Alliance—Crawler Empire War. Later, the Wolves and Gorillas left the Chima Alliance to form Unichi, but the Minor Tribes remained with the Alliance.

### Fire—Ice Wars

During the Fire—Ice Wars, the Minor Tribes HQ was attacked by the Sabertooth Tigers' navy, and the Ice Hunters began to freeze the Minor Tribes' territory. However, the high-ranking peacock Petricoff arrived with fire chi from the Phoenix, so the Minor Tribes were able to hold off, and, with help from Lion and Raven reinforcements, eventually push back the invaders. The Beavers' ensuing period of peace was disrupted when one of their own, Beale, was kidnapped by the mysterious wolf, Whit. He returned to the HQ with his brother Byrum soon after, however.
Though many of the Skunks, Foxes and Peacocks marched to Lion City to push back Primordium and the Sabertooths during the Second Chima Civil War (and then again at the tail end of that war, to intercept Rinia's Rhinos bound for the city), the Beavers mostly remained in the Minor Tribes HQ, sticking to their usual roles in building and fixing the town's defenses. Not long afterward, when Petricoff's party returned to the Minor Tribes' territory after an unsuccessful search for the missing Traxx (but with one of the Fire Wing Harnesses in tow) and Finglor's forces arrived to attack by land and sea, Beavers headed by Beale and Byrum managed the town's defenses, combating the attacking and pursuing Sabertooths with fire chi-powered weaponry such as flame catapults. They are currently locked in battle with the invading Hunters.