Nara

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The Nara, a deer-like dog that only appears to humans who have been extremely generous. The Nara is around the size of a medium to large sized dog. They also behave and bark like dogs, despite having many other deer-like features. They can be shy and reserved at first, but once they warm up to their owners, they bring them good tidings and holiday cheer year around. Nara puppies are formally called "fawnpups".

In December, it is tradition to give many gifts in order to summon the Nara and bring good luck for the next year’s harvest when you bow to them. The Nara get their name from the capital city of Nara Prefecture. It’s believed that the reason the Nara went into hiding is because humans hunted them for their beautiful antlers and bushy tails. In addition to the tradition of gift giving, there is an annual dog sled race. Teams of sled dogs come from around the world to run across extremely snowy and mountainous terrains to bring gifts to various fishing towns and villages. The reason dogs are still used is because it is believed that even though the Nara aren’t visible to any human, they are always visible to dogs. The dogs are meant to track down the location of the Nara while they deliver gifts so that the mushers can bow to the Nara, asking them for a bountiful harvest and prosperity for spring in their homelands. If the Nara take a liking to a human, they have been rumored to follow them back home.

The Nara also has connection to the Nara Stone, a mysterious stone with carvings of deer-like dogs on it. Reports of this stone only appear around December each year and many historians believe it depicts Nara in its carvings.

## Breed In Wasabi (SPOILERS)

The Nara was added to the Wasabi Dog Sim gameplay officially on December 1st, 2021 during alpha testing as an incomplete special breed, allowing players to purchase their permit at an all-time low price. The breed has 131 standard breed colors in the game with currently 1 color-modifying sushi. Within the game, the breed is considered a Special group breed and can thus enter competitions listed as Special-group only.

The Nara is a purchasable-only breed, which requires a breed permit purchased from the Premium Shop for real money or SuperBones, a paid-for game currency. The permit allows players to adopt, breed, and sale/buy Nara year-round to other players with the Inugami permit too. Without a breed permit, you cannot adopt or buy Nara. Permits for the Nara can only be purchased during the month of December.

On December 4th, 2021, additional Brindle Nara colors were released for the daily December content releases with the following story:

> *"We just got word that an adorable litter of Nara fawnpups was born this week at a local kennel. Among the puppies were some unique looking fawnpups in colors and markings that the breeder had never seen before. These new fawnpups are covered in striking stripes of various shades - they are brindles! After this discovery, Nara might be more related to dogs than previously thought.   Geneticists immediately started running tests to find out what genes this litter carries and what possible future colors we could see.*
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> *Now all mother Nara in the game have a chance to deliver Brindle fawnpups in various shades and colors of Brindle. Check out the colors that the geneticists have discovered the Nara can carry so far! They are hard at work trying to discover other genes too and we will make additional reports when we hear more information. "*
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**SPOILERS BEGIN HERE:**

When the Nara is a player's active dog, they automatically grant the player extra good luck. When a player's luck is good, they are likely to see more good random events. The Nara also has additional special random events for their breed only, which appear when they are the player's active dog. These random events include mentions of Nara breed traits, lore, and the Nara bringing the player gifts of in-game items more often than other dogs. They tend to be very giving creatures and love to surprise their owners with new gifts - even outside of the month of December.

The Nara, like other special breeds, has higher breed stat bonuses on their genetic pontential traits and socialization traits when first adopted out of the pet shop. This means they will generally be higher quality dogs from the beginning if generated by the pet shop. They tend to have the higher genetic potential traits in speed and agility than your average dog.

This breed also has a special park event called the Nara Stone during December. This event gives players a free item each day of December. However, Nara owners with Nara as their active dog when approaching the stone, will get two free items instead of one each day.

The Nara's planned special abilities are currently incomplete in the game and only the above-mentioned is functioning in game. The staff is working on more special abilities for this breed and as they are completed, players will be notified of these changes.

**SPOILERS END HERE**

## Breed Stats

Each dog breed within Wasabi Dog Sim is given their own breed bonuses to their breed stats based upon realistic dog breed standards. Each breed is awarded two "High" bonus stats, two "Average" bonus stats, one "Above Average" bonus stat, and one "Low" bonus stat. Nara are naturally born with possibility of higher than average breed stats than other breeds. This helps balance the gameplay upon the various dog breeds within the game and as helps prevent pet shop born puppies stick close to the breed standard upon entry into the game. Listed below are the bonuses awarded to this breed upon creation:

Breed Stat Bonuses
 Trainability
 Speed
 Stamina
 Strength
 Temperament

Each dog breed within Wasabi Dog Sim is also given their own socialization stat bonuses based upon realistic dog breed standards. For this category, each breed is given bonuses of three "High", three "Above Average", three "Average", and three "Low". This helps balance the gameplay upon the various dog breeds within the game and as helps prevent pet shop born puppies stick closer to the breed standard upon entry into the game. Nara are naturally born with possibility of higher than average breed stats than other breeds. Listed below are the socialization bonuses awarded to this breed upon creation:

## Breed Colors

All colors with a \* next to their names are available in the game Pet Shop. All other colors can be achieved through breeding or use of certain sushi items.

* Albino
* Cashmere
* Cranberry
* Eggnog
* Fawn Spots\*
* Festive Fawn
* Frigid
* Golden Tinsel
* Golden Tinsel with Gold Eyes
* Hot Cocoa
* Icy Blue
* Icy Plaid Present
* Penguin
* Peppermint
* Pink Plaid Present
* Plaid Present
* Silver Tinsel
* Snow Leopard
* Snow Storm
* Snowy Sky
* Spiced Eggnog
* Sugar Cookie
* Sugar Cookie with Sprinkles
* White
* Woodland

**Brindles**

* Black Brindle and White
* Black Brindle with Heavy Ticking
* Black Brindle with Ticking
* Blue Brindle and White
* Blue Brindle with Heavy Ticking
* Blue Brindle with Ticking
* Blue Fawn Brindle and White
* Blue Fawn Brindle with Heavy Ticking
* Blue Fawn Brindle with Ticking
* Brindle and White
* Brindle with Heavy Ticking
* Brindle with Ticking
* Chocolate Brindle and White
* Chocolate Brindle with Heavy Ticking
* Chocolate Brindle with Ticking
* Cream Brindle and White
* Cream Brindle with Heavy Ticking
* Cream Brindle with Ticking
* Fawn Brindle and White
* Fawn Brindle with Heavy Ticking
* Fawn Brindle with Ticking
* Lilac Brindle and White
* Lilac Brindle with Heavy Ticking
* Lilac Brindle with Ticking
* Red Brindle and White
* Red Brindle with Heavy Ticking
* Red Brindle with Ticking
* Silver Brindle and White
* Silver Brindle with Heavy Ticking
* Silver Brindle with Ticking

**Solids**

* Black and White
* Black with Heavy Ticking
* Black with Ticking
* Blue and White
* Blue with Heavy Ticking
* Blue with Ticking
* Blue Fawn and White
* Blue Fawn with Heavy Ticking
* Blue Fawn with Ticking
* Chocolate and White
* Chocolate with Heavy Ticking
* Chocolate with Ticking
* Cream and White
* Cream with Heavy Ticking
* Cream with Ticking
* Fawn and White
* Fawn with Heavy Ticking
* Fawn with Ticking
* Gold and White
* Gold with Heavy Ticking
* Gold with Ticking
* Lilac and White
* Lilac with Heavy Ticking
* Lilac with Ticking
* Red and White
* Red with Heavy Ticking
* Red with Ticking
* Seal and White
* Seal with Heavy Ticking
* Seal with Ticking
* Silver and White
* Silver with Heavy Ticking
* Silver with Ticking

**Tricolors**

* Black Tricolor
* Black Tricolor with Heavy Ticking
* Black Tricolor with Ticking
* Blue Tricolor
* Blue Tricolor with Heavy Ticking
* Blue Tricolor with Ticking
* Chocolate Tricolor
* Chocolate Tricolor with Heavy Ticking
* Chocolate Tricolor with Ticking
* Lilac Tricolor
* Lilac Tricolor with Heavy Ticking
* Lilac Tricolor with Ticking
* Red Tricolor
* Red Tricolor with Heavy Ticking
* Red Tricolor with Ticking

**Merles**

* Blue Merle with Blue Eyes
* Blue Merle with Ticking and Blue Eyes
* Blue Merle with Heavy Ticking and Blue Eyes
* Blue Merle with Bicolor Eyes
* Blue Merle with Ticking and Bicolor Eyes
* Blue Merle with Heavy Ticking and Bicolor Eyes
* Double Merle
* Gold Merle and White
* Gold Merle and White with Ticking
* Gold Merle and White with Heavy Ticking
* Lilac Merle with Blue Eyes
* Lilac Merle with Ticking and Blue Eyes
* Lilac Merle with Heavy Ticking and Blue Eyes
* Lilac Merle with Bicolor Eyes
* Lilac Merle with Ticking and Bicolor Eyes
* Lilac Merle with Heavy Ticking and Bicolor Eyes
* Red Merle with Blue Eyes
* Red Merle with Ticking and Blue Eyes
* Red Merle with Heavy Ticking and Blue Eyes
* Red Merle with Bicolor Eyes
* Red Merle with Ticking and Bicolor Eyes
* Red Merle with Heavy Ticking and Bicolor Eyes
* Slate Merle with Blue Eyes
* Slate Merle with Ticking and Blue Eyes
* Slate Merle with Heavy Ticking and Blue Eyes
* Slate Merle with Bicolor Eyes
* Slate Merle with Ticking and Bicolor Eyes
* Slate Merle with Heavy Ticking and Bicolor Eyes

## Sushi Colors

* Snowshoe Hare (achieved with Alaskan Roll)