Sanguline

A feline/gargoyle-esque species hailing from Sotra-Bong. It is a spiky planet with many active volcanos with lava flowing. In the pits created between spikes are ponds. At a certain level the gravity is reduced, and at the top of the spikes are floating spears with glowing minerals. They live in the low gravity area of the planet, only venturing down out of necessity or curiosity. They co-live with the Key (Pye).

## Anatomy & Physiology

Sanguline are furry noodles with grey hard scale like face and belly. Fur colors tend to be more natural colors and can have patterns. They have protrusions from their face that mimic the number of arms they possess. Sanguline have a variety of arms ranging from 1-4 pairs with 2-3 being most common. They have legs used in pushing so fairly strong. They have yellow eyes that glow when using their psionics. Their nose, paw pads, and tips of their tails are a color that is their Phagy (type of 'food'). Sanguline are rather large but their size depends on the number of arms, the more the larger. The average 3 armed body is 11 feet long with an additional 10 feet for their tail.

All sanguline are 'vampiric' and solely feed on other sanguline can survive on other species but not as well (like vampire feeding on animal blood). There is a disease that causes their color of feeding to dull to white and makes the crave other food that is not sanguline/ broadens their phagy to all types..

Phagy from most likely to survive a high feeding to least likely:

Animus - Pink - feeds on emotions (can have a preference for a certain feeling) - overeating can lead the fodder to become unfeeling and logical, death is unlikely due to a direct effect - tend to be Heart/Rage bound (exception are always a thing just more common)

Psio - Teal/buleish - feeds on psionics - overeating lead to a loss of psionics, rarely leads to death by a direct effect - tend to be Hope/Mind bound

Scientia - Purple - feeds on knowledge/intelligence - overeating leads to a loss of knowledge and loss of logical think (hyperemotional) death can result by both indirect/direct - tend to be Light/Void bound

Sanguine - Red (only color to change if feed on other sources) - feeds on blood - overeating can lead to death but can me manage well - most common type - tend to be Breath/Blood bound

Vis - Green - feeds off of life energy/force - overeating leads to exhaustion and hyperaging and can lead to death - tend to be Life/Doom bound

Carnes - Yellow - feeds on flesh/meat - overeating is common and easily leads to death - least common type - tend to be Time/Space bound

Psionic of Sanguline include: Suggestion (Mind control), minor illusions, and voice enhancement. You can have resistances or fight back. If you are a fodder to a one sanguline, that sangulines psionic will have a stronger influence on you, (more feeding/wear you are it can almost be impossible to resist).

Sanguline have a good regenerative ability/adaptability only when feeding/soon after feeding. (Adaptability includes adjusting to the higher gravity on the surface of Sotra-bong verses their low gravity environment).

Silver is poisonous to Sanguline.

## Society & Culture

Sanguline culture is that of an aristocracy, with powerful 'families' ruling over the other families. Sanguline society loves fashion and has an emphases on social rules/codes.

They have no clothing rules, especially for gender locked clothing as that is not a thing for the Sanguline.

Families may consist of different types of Phagy but one will tend to be more common and will represent the family. Higher influential families my 'adopt' lower families to advance numbers, gain fodder, or gain a member with assets.

[WIP] Romance and relationships follow 2 3x3 grids (one extra column)(though views change depends on hemisphere)(can be further defined by individuals involved):

One side is relation: Famiel (Family but not necessarily related), Fodder (one(s) you feed on (Fang is what the one who feeds is called)), and Finem (outside of family)

The other is feelings: Ahn- (romantic), Abd- (negitive), Anc-(positive)

Two grids are made due to reciprocation: One -eb is the feeling/bond is reciprocated or validated while -et is towards/ not reciprocated.

D- is reserved for fodder-ships meaning feeding on each other (both are fodder).

Ones of note:

Ahnfamiel(-eb/-et): romance with someone in your family (can be due to a joining of two families/after two families join, not necessarily incestual but can be)
Ahnfoddereb: is viewed ok in the northern hemisphere while viewed poorly in the south (as can lead to abusive relationships with Fang having more influence on the fodder but not necessarily so)

A Dahnfoddereb is viewed as deviant behavior and normally practiced in private/hidden masquerading as another Ahn-ship.

Too many Abdfodderet is a bad sign as keeping your fodder alive and happy is preferred.

The fodder system is the name of a system used for how it deals with fodder. This is very complex and there are many versions, one family may have a system while an individual may use a different one.

There are a D-fodder, S-Chain, Plots, Links, Circles, and many more.

Having status may have you never being a fodder while the opposite may have you being a fodder for many Fang.

Sanguline have a hatred of Key, due to the Key's diet of sanguline. However, the sanguline love the Pye and view them as friends/pets almost. Sanguline do not know that Key and Pye are the same.

## History

After years of violence, a group of powerful Sanguline created a government and forced many to follow creating the fodder system and many other societal constructs. Many years later as the new generation is raise with these values the domination of the old families wane and new families gain control as with most societies.

## Naming Conventions

First name can be any length as well as their family name (though family name tend not to start with F). If they join a new family they add an -xx to the end where the two letters are either the first two or the last two for example: Jamie Thisisa -> joins the Example family -> Jamie Example-sa (or Example-th).

Symbols have an x in it but can be anything/any color. A family has a universal crest but only certain family member may wear it (most don't want low level fodder to wear sort of thing).

## Trivia

They are very fluffy despite how some groom themselves.

Sanguline can't swim.

## Etymology & Inspiration

Inspired heavily by vampires.

Name is Sanguine but with an l from Feline.

Sotra-Bong is ripped/a changed version of the short story The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong.