Lovebeast

A common Lovebeast

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

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## Anatomy & Physiology

A Lovebeast has pale white skin. Older Lovebeasts may have a slightly pink-ish skin, typically starting at age 100, but not always. The hair of a Lovebeast is always black. Hair may be dyed, though is usually only a shade/shades of pink. Lovebeasts may also have white hair and light pink pupils, a Lovebeast like this is typically referred to as an albino. This plays no role in magic or status.

Lovebeasts have pink horns that come in one color. There is one common horn shape observed, any other shape is considered a rare trait. The common horn shape is directly at the top of the head of a Lovebeast. The horns stand straight up and are pointed at the ends. The length of this shape may vary per individual. Other shapes tend to have little to no variation in length and size.
Lovebeast blood is generally the same color as their horns, although shades may differ slightly.

### Magic

For a Lovebeast to keep itself full of energy, it has to feed on positive emotions of other species, this is typically taken from Bisca, as it cannot take energy from another Lovebeast. The emotion that provides the most energy is love. If a Lovebeast does this often, its magic will become stronger. Some Lovebeasts will dislike doing this, despite being needed to keep it full of energy, and will do this less often than it should. This results in the Lovebeast being weak, physically and in magic strength. A Lovebeast may also decide to feed on negative emotions instead. If done long term, this could create a Malusbestia. Due to excess negative magic energy being stored in the body, a Lovebeast will drastically change in appearance if this happens, but will keep its horns, unlike natural born Malusbestia.

A Lovebeasts magic is typically centered around positive and helpful spells. This is the result of the positive emotions they consume. Spells may range from simple color changes (often used to dye clothing), pink hued light sources and levitation of small objects (which includes sparkles) to things such as creating an Emotion Dome, in which every creature within the dome will feel the specified emotion. These emotions may only be positive, and is exclusive to very skilled Lovebeasts.

Magic differs per individual, and one Lovebeast may be better at magic than the other despite having the same energy intake. These differences are not looked down on by others.

## History

Lovebeasts were created shortly after magic was discovered.

Lovebeasts were created by Bisca. Bisca themselves could not use magic without a tool at the time, and tools such as wands and staffs were very hard to create, as they required the highest grade of gems and minerals to function. After some time, skilled Bisca managed to create a new species by experimenting on other skilled Bisca for ages, the Lovebeast. With no visible physical differences, these early Lovebeasts were still called Bisca. As decades passed, these new Bisca who were able to use magic without a tool started to change into what they are now, pink themed horned creatures.

However, Lovebeasts came with a flaw. They needed something to keep themselves full of energy. The first Lovebeasts lived way shorter than the Bisca because of this. The Bisca realised they needed to put energy into the Lovebeasts somehow. Soon the Bisca figured they needed to put emotion into them, as this is one of the purest forms of energy, and the earliest Lovebeasts were taught how to feed on the emotions of a Bisca in small amounts using their natural magic. A modern Lovebeast needs much more energy to survive than the earliest specimens.

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### Notable early Lovebeasts

Some Lovebeasts were notable for different reasons. All of these have been observed in books in great detail as well. Below are some of the most notable, together with a sample or two from said books.

* Evin: Notable for visible Bisca traits (two toned skin), paired with early albinism unique to Lovebeasts (pale hair and light eyes combo).
	+ Very willing to be researched, although shut down verbally at times. Still very cooperative in this nonverbal state.
* Liebes: The first Lovebeast to grow horns. Otherwise identical to Bisca.
	+ Completely unaware what the horns meant before being researched.
* Figurine: One of the first Lovebeasts with all modern traits, including horn shape.
	+ Other Lovebeasts at his time were still similar to Bisca. He was ahead of his time.
	+ Figurine was a skilled magic user, he could be compared to a higher up in modern times.

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## Naming Conventions

Lovebeast names may be between 4 and 8 letters, and may be based on real names, made up words, and names of things and objects. For example the names Roman, Fiozze, Hearts and Paint can all be accepted names. Names based on things and objects are less common, but not rare.

Important and high ranking Lovebeasts may choose to change their name to something different from their birthname, these names do not have to follow the previous rules. Examples are Coy and Beorhtric.

## Trivia

* Name changes are available for the regular Lovebeast as well.
	+ The only thing needed to achieve this is a good reason, and support of at least one higher ranking Lovebeast, Bisca or Malusbestia.
	+ These name changes are widely accepted, and less effort is needed to get support from a high ranking individual.

* A Lovebeasts eyes may sometimes turn a shade of pink when feeding on emotions. This is rare, but more common in Albino Lovebeasts, as their pupils are already pink.
* High ranking Lovebeasts sometimes get gold decorations on their horns to show their knowledge

## Etymology & Inspiration

The name Lovebeast comes from the emotion they take in most, love.

The entire idea for the species as a whole comes from a different scrapped species idea that functions similarly, had the same name and also functioned in a world of magic, unrelated to an existing media. The species did not fit the world in question, and thus was scrapped, and years later, reworked into its own concept

## Gallery

An older albino Lovebeast named Hearts with unusual hornsA common Lovebeast named RomanA high ranking Lovebeast named Coy with unusual decorated horns