Bisca

A common Bisca

Bisca are humanoid magic based species. They reside on a currently unnamed planet together with Lovebeasts and Malusbestia

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## Anatomy & Physiology

Bisca are humanoid, with two main colors on their body and hair. The colors on their body may show in a pattern. Patterns may be horizontal, vertical or checkered in four squares on the front of the face. Body coloration patterns may differ, even with the same face pattern. The previous patterns may have one of four ways of coloration, black and white, black and a color, white and a color, and two colors. The most common is black and white vertical, other combinations are uncommon, but not rare.

The Colors and patterns of a Bisca play a role in deciding a Bisca its first last name.

### Magic

Bisca are capable of magic. Bisca most commonly use hand gestures for this. Tools such as wands or staffs are also used sometimes, but only if a Bisca has trouble learning magic. Spells have a wide range, but by far not as wide as Lovebeasts.

A common spell every Bisca knows is manifesting its magic into physical arms that come from the back. These arms may be used in the same ways a Bisca would use their regular arms. The colors of these arms correspond with a Bisca its natural colors. a Bisca may summon up to six arms like this, the more one wants to summon, the more powerful the Bisca has to be.

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### Calendar system

The planet knows 12 months, sometimes called a Moon. There are 12 Moons in a year, which is sometimes called a Sun. Weeks may be referred to as Quarters. A Quarter has 7 days, which are, in order, Maanda, Dinda, Wona, Donda, Vrina, Sata and Sonda. In modern times, these terms are less commonly used, and are more similar to earth terms. Higher up Bisca tend to still use these terms however. Month names are no different from those on earth.

### Holidays

Bisca celebrate many holidays, all related to different events.

* New years passing, last and first day of a Sun.
	+ Typically celebrated by all Bisca, Lovebeasts and Malusbestia. No difference from the human tradition.

* Lovebeast Invention Day, 27th of August
	+ A day to celebrate the first successful Lovebeast creation.
	+ Celebrated by being kind to the Lovebeasts.

* Malusbestia Discovery Day, 1st of September
	+ The day the first Malusbestia was identified.
	+ Celebrated by being kind to the Malusbestia.

* Rulers Day, celebration date and name differs per area
	+ A holiday centered around celebrating the birthday of the citys/areas ruler.
	+ This holiday is typically named after the last name of the Bisca/Lovebeast/Malusbestia who has the leadership role in the area.
	+ Celebrated by setting up small markets and stalls, where inhabitants of the city or area sell their second hand items.

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## History

Bisca are the oldest humanoid species on the planet. Little of their earliest history has been recorded.

Bisca are speculated to have had no main color themes, and were similar to humans in appearance. After the discovery of magic this changed , and the Bisca slowly got their signature two toned patterned look due to the magics influence.

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## Naming Conventions

There are no rules for a Bisca its first name, Names can be anything, even words and made up names.

A Bisca has two last names. The first is based on the combination of coloration and face pattern, which goes as follows. This name is not indicative of family.

 **White and color** | Horizal
 **Black and color** | Velvet
 **Color and color** | Raine

A Bisca its second last name is indicative of family, and has no rules as well.

## Etymology & Inspiration

The name Bisca comes from bisected, referring to the two toned palette they have.

## Gallery

A black and white vertical pattern BiscaA white and green checkered BiscaAn olive and white checkered pattern Bisca of NepetaA blue and black vertical pattern Bisca of Vriska