Tilin

Tilirosus

Tili/Tilis/Tilin

Basic info:

Scaled and furred bipedal, rodent creatures

Avg lifespan: 70-80 years

Avg height:

- Male- 6’5 - 9 ft

- Female- 6 - 8’7 ft

Diet: Herbivore/Omnivore- Insects/Crustaceans, crops/vegetation, occasional meat

Appearance:

Fur: 2 or more inches covering whole body, natural colors consist of greys, yellows and browns (includes black and white)

Longer fur at the back or top of the head is common

Fur can have patterns such as spots and patches

Scales: Along the face and over the back are the thickest and are consistent between Tilis. Scale patches along forearms, shoulders, sides of thighs, and shins are common and frequent.

Scales can have an assortment of patterns, and colors, though green red and brown are most common

Scales change color to regulate temperature and to convey emotion

Some face scales form types of horns on tilis, though they are slightly less common

Eyes: Two eyes with green sclera- this lime green shade can vary vaguely among tili. Their pupils are round and their eyes are somewhat large though squinted to help them see in the bright, snowy terrain.

Iris colors vary from most commonly browns and other warm colors, to even sometimes pink

Whiskers: They always have at least 2 whiskers on their muzzle, though there can be a larger amount below and beside the nose and behind cheeks

Teeth: Their teeth line the sides of their mouths toward the back, as they only have molars. They are blunt as they mainly eat insects or vegetation

Tail: Tail is always curled in a spiral, though length and shape can vary

Hands and Feet: They only have three fingers (thumb, index and ring) with long claws. Their index has the longest, most used claw, used for both digging and climbing. Their feet only have 2 flexible toes with long claws to allow them to climb easily

Stature/Body Shape: Posture is seemingly poor, neck goes at an angle. “Good posture” is seen as abnormal, though a back being slouched at a 90 degree angle is bad and harmful to tilis. Shoulders are at the sides of the body/torso, bent forward

Body shape (a form of hourglass) hardly changes and varies only in length and width. A plus sized tili is seen as absolutely lazy. Being thin as a tili is normal as most have to climb, dig or work out in a field all day.

Face: Their faces are long like an armadillo’s with slit nostrils and eyes on the sides of their head.

Ears are large and can somewhat vary in shape from being rounded to sharp

Nature:

Personality: Most are very friendly and many are shy- hospitable, though mostly keeping to themselves.

Tilis make terrible liars, as their scale shade/color can give away their emotions and feelings

They have accepted outcasts and mutts from neighboring continents into their society, as they are also seen as outcasts in the views of neighboring cultures.

They are incredible at climbing and digging with the long curled tails and their sharp dense claws. They live mostly in higher places, though at lower altitudes- think of plains, valleys or forests. They eat mostly insects, though are generally considered omnivores and will eat anything nearby and easily accessible.

Treehouses and burrows are both normal, buried mostly in cliffsides or hills, or bases of mountains.

Their blood and other innards are a deep green color; their blood is full of copper rather than iron

Crystallization/Ice formations:

Tilis with untrimmed/unkept ice crystals on their scales are seen as hard workers, though those with outrageously sized crystals are seen as lazy with low hygiene.

Some tilis use products to form crystals on themselves as a trend and to appear visually appealing to others. Some use it to show status, while others use it to look good.

Crystals are often used to show status, social preference or even just personality.

Introverted tili will let their crystals grow out wildly, letting them sharpen and do as they please to show that they don’t want to be approachable and would rather be left alone. This is also done when a tili simply doesn’t care about their appearance, or when they want to appear threatening. Often this form of crystals is touch and go, it can be confusing although it usually does its job of keeping others away.

Extroverted tili keep their crystals short and smooth as to seem more approachable, as well as to look kinder. This is also used to parents and those who work with children or elderly- this is so that they don’t hurt whoever they are caring for with their crystals.

Athletic tili let their crystals grow out while also keeping them generally small and smooth so as to not hurt other players in whatever game they play.

In agricultural areas, tili will allow their crystals to grow out to keep themselves in shape and to show that they are in fact hard workers who spend their time out in the field. You can usually tell they are from these areas by the way they dress and the way their fur looks. Generally they have longer fur and larger crystals as to keep warmer when out working. They do still, however, trim and keep to their crystals so they don’t get overwhelmingly large.

Many sickly tili will have larger crystals on their arms, shoulders, shins, outer thighs, and heads, showing they spend a lot of time in bed where the crystals don’t have room to grow on their backs. Similarly, some mentally ill tili will let their crystals either grow out, or they keep to it so attentively that there is no sign of ice on their scales or even their fur at all. These also shows that they can’t take care of themselves as well. The larger the crystals, the lower the hygiene in the tili.

Often some teens and young adults will add a type of dye to their scales so that when crystals grow, they grow with color. This can often show personality, as well as looking cool.

Government:

Oligarchy, a council of sorts discusses public matters and economics along with agricultural trade and dealing with other continents or planets.