Cloudkits
open species by C-side
Anyone can make one!
Basic cloudkit anatomy includes:
- 1 horn in the middle
- at least 1 cloud on their body (can be placed anywhere)
- a pair of hooves as the back leg
- cloud tail tip
with commonly seen but not required features:
- back fur
- mythic core (can be placed anywhere)
other than the required traits, Cloudkit are free to choose their appearance when they hatch, therefore they can have any traits! be creative!! they can also have many forms!There are some commonly seen traits in each subtype as below! they're not required but recommended to add in to fit in the lore
Lore
birth
Cloudkits are born as stars, created by mother cloud, every once in a while there will be a meteor shower, helping the starlings land safely on earth, and then, they will start growing into a Cloudkit. A starling cloudkit have small nubby horn and their tail is fully cloud, commonly their eyes also start out as light green.death
cloudkits usually have a lifespan of 200 years or so, old cloudkits gets eye wrinkles and their body become more cloudy and their colors start to fade, once they died their body turn into clouds and their soul becomes a star returning to the sky, if the cloudkit has lived a life of honor, they may be engraved onto the sky as a constellation. Cloudkits can die of injury, and will dissipate into clouds if the wound is lethal.
The ancients
the ancients are "gods", they're the ones who created and controlling the magic in the world, although Cloudkits don't treat them like gods but rather a caretaker/parental figure. The most familiar ancient to cloudkits is The cloud, or as they like to call it Mother Cloud, she's the god of creation as she's the creator of all Cloudkits, Mother cloud can be found in any patch of cloud, just call out to her and the cloud will form into her and she will answer you, Mother cloud can be different with every cloudkit to suit their needs, she can either be multiple individual or one when she needs to. Same goes with other gods, such as the water, the fire, the flora, etc
mythic core
a mythic core is a Cloudkit sheath for it's soul weapon inside, they're commonly given to a cloudkit once they've reached their late teenage years. To gain a core the cloudkit must pass the trial of enlightenment where they can find their talent and purpose in life, it either happens naturally or after a big life changing event in their life, some cloudkits also receive their core after they've achieved a big feat. Uncommonly cloudkits have gotten their core in younger years although there's no shame if a cloudkit hasn't gotten it even when older, said cloudkits usually seek enlightenment from mother cloud or receive a weapon that correlate to their hobbies instead.
Their mythic core will help them improve in their talent or hobby and preform magic that correlates to said subject.
mythic core can change shape throughout a cloudkit's life as they change their talent and hobbies, or their weapon can upgrade once they've honed their skills.
(mythic core can be hold anywhere on the body not just a collar)
Battling
Cloudkits hold battling very highly as it is an honorable tradition. Every year there will be a coloseum event where they come around to challenge eachother to see which one's the most capable cloudkit that year. Winners of the event will be respected throughout the lands and will earn a spot as a constellation once they pass. Even if the cloudkit has a physical advantage, it's not all about brute forcing to ensure fairness in a match, there will also be trials of wits and talent to pass.Cheaters / bloodthirsty individuals are very much looked down and if any cloudkit manage to kill someone dishonorably, they'll be marked the mark of dishonor and banned from the competitions for their entire life lest they redeem themself.
Marriage
Cloudkit can marry eachother through a love spell. Once both cloudkit consent to marriage and touch their horns, they'll be soul bonded, they'll earn a string on their horn of their partner's favorite color, if partners are near eachother their horns glow. Multiple strings can be earned if said relationship is polyamory. Once passed, their star will stay next to eachother.
A divorce can also occur in which the string will loosen and fade and disappear in time.
Children
If a cloudkit couple wants children they'll have to ask cloud mother for one and the next time a meteor shower happens, a personalized star will land in their arm and hatch into a cloudkit with their parent's "genes"
magic
Cloudkit's natural magic mostly comes from their horn, if their horn is cracked or broken their spells might be incorrectly cast, although cloudkits can heal after a while and correctly cast their spells again. if a horn is burnt out they can't use magic naturally and can only rely on their mythic core weapon until it cools downCloudkit's natural magic include:
- fire
- water
- nature
- electric
- dark
- celestial
- dream
- sound
- holograph
- transformation
Windswept Fields
windswept fields is where the first of the Cloudkits landed. It says that the fields here always stay green. Cloudkits here have excellent cultivating skills and have created staircase farming. Most cloudkits reside here, this region give them a strong connection to the power of the winds.
majority resident: Windsingers , arctic bearer
windsingers are a very friendly rance, they are usually very playful and energetic, they're the most common race in the cloudkin, and because so they take importance over their connections such as friends and family. One Windsinger can rally many if their cause is for the better good, you'll never really feel lonely if you're in a windsinger group! Windsingers have a tradition to hang bells, wind chimes and kites as a way to pay respect to the wind. Windsingers have powers of the wind and can levitate objects with it, they have an annual wind surfing competition using said power.sub region: the tundra
a part of Windswept fields are the snow mountains, although snow is only high up so it doesn't really affect their crops. There aren't many Cloudkits that resides here, those who does have adapted into Arcticbearers and moved into villages .Most villages on the mountain are either in a cave or deep underground to shelter from the cold. Arcticbearers living in this sub region have also grown thicker fur and more clouds to warm them in this weather.
Firefly Forest
Firefly Forest isn't named for having fireflies but for the residents there usually hang up lots of lights, although the trees cover the sky it's never dark in the forest, Cloudkits here have also developed a skill of blowing glass and making pretty lamps. Some are also skilled in herbal research as the plant life here is magical, sick cloudkits usually find their way here to get their treatment.
majority resident: leaveswhistlers, the spiritcallers
leaveswhistlers are quite timid and lonesome, opting to live by their own and they're comfortable with it, although there are still small villages scattered across the forest. leaveswhistlers can talk to forrest creatures and usually befriend them, its rare to see a leaveswhistlers without a companion ! Leaveswhistlers usually have plant life growing on them and they have the ability to grow plant anywhere, they also have stronger healing magic and can heal most wounds almost instantly.The spiritcallers are leaveswhistlers born in the burning and blossoming region, they seem to have more tails and fire wisps following them, maybe it's the curse that the angry god left behind.
sub region: the burning forest
legends said a long time ago an angry god burned a part of the forest and when the trees grew back, they only grow in orange and red hues, cloudkits here have a stronger connection to fire magic.
sub region: the blossoming field
When the angry god raged, the water decided to help out and defeated the god, the place where they fought has elements of fire, water and nature, resulting in an element harmony and beautiful flowers grew from the land, the trees here are cherry blossoms as well which is a spectacular view. Cloudkits here have skills in magic of all kind, and if a cloudkit wants to train themself to become more skilled in magic, they often travel here.
Breezy shore
Breezy shore is a tropical region, most of it is covered with sand and sea, cloudkits here are mostly very relaxed and friendly. Most cloudkit opt to live near the ocean or in the jungle. The beach parts of the region is a bustling city, tourists often visit here to relax, They have a very exciting night life consisting of partying, concerts, bar hoping, they say at night is when the cloudkit here show their true colors and give it their all in having fun.
majority resident: hybrids
all kinds of cloudkin can be found here, resulting in hybrids. Most of them are hybrid with seadelvers making them having aquatic traits but still remaining on land. Other hybrids of land and sky cloudkits can be found here as well. Breezy shore is for everyone! come by and visit!
sub region: the jungle
some cloudkit decide to move to the jungle instead to escape the overwhelming city atmosphere, cloudkits here live in treehouses connecting to eachother with woden bridges, its very cozy to settle down here. Cloudkit in the jungle have a tradition of body painting from glowing fruit juice to express themselves and their paint can glow in the dark.
sub region: sand dunes
a small part of the region is the sandy desert, there rarely any cloudkits here, those that do live here resides near oasis for shelter from the heat.
Cloud island
Cloud island is a combination of floating islands in the sky, they're as high as the clouds. Rainbow bridges can be seen connecting the island together, cloudkits that step into this region also gain the ability to walk on clouds, light bridges and rainbow bridges. Clovers can be seen growing everywhere in this region, they say if you manage to find a four leaf clover you'll be super lucky for a year !
majority resident: cloudhoppers, nebulaseer
Cloudhoppers are closest relative to the windsingers, they're "evolved" windsingers who've migrated on to the sky, although some moved back to the ground to reconnect with their culture. Cloudhoppers also hang bell and chimes to pay respect to the wind. Cloudhoppers have multiple pair of wings to keep up with the wind current and their long body makes them more aerodynamic. Other than wind powers, cloudhoppers have developed lightning powers from living on the clouds.Nebulaseer are cloudhoppers who've been blessed by the stars, these cloudkits are gifted with knowledge and ability far more than the usual cloudkits, some of these kits go on to become great reseachers that turned into constellations. To be starblessed you must be passionate about something you love, it's not possible to be star blessed if you just get knowledge for the sake of being blessed, so many cloudkit tried and burned themselves out just to reach the blessing but failed.
sub region: the observatory
upper from the cloud island is the nebulaseer land, the observatory, a special man-made place only for royal and regal families of cloudhoppers. There's palaces and prestigious school one can only dream of going here, usually only award winning or important families have the access to go here and they're not fond of non-nebulaseer.
Dreamland
Dreamland is an artificial land, it's created by solely magic which is a large feat to achieve, that's why it's called Dreamland because such things can only realistically happen in a dream. No one really knows for sure how dreamland appeared, some say there was an old group of ancient cloudkits got together and collaborate to make it, some say there's a god that built the land, some say it's there since the beginning, we'll never know.
Dreamland is split into 2 areas, the toy park and the sugar kingdom
majority resident: grubmuncher, artcrafter
grubmunchers mainly live in the sugar kingdom, they're very upbeat, fun and sweet!! although their personalities can also depend on the type of food they're made of, be careful of the spicy ones! Their power are commonly either poison or healing though food. Grubmuncher's food on their body doesn't expire and always stay fresh, if a body part of a grubmuncher breaks off or get eaten, they'll grow back in time, although it is considered immoral and gross to do so. Grubmuncher exceeds in cooking and families have recipies passed down from generations to generations. Every day in the sugar kingdom is a day to celebrate a dish (pancake day, ice cream day, etc) to pay respect to food, there are also many party in a year, everyday is a fun day in the kingdomArtcrafters mainly live in the toy park, their body is made of man made materials, some have shaped it to look like an item or a toy and commonly artcrafters have some part of their body made of plushie fabrics. artcrafter are as their name suggest, skilled at art, not just the painting kind but each artcrafter have their own medium they exceed in. Their power usually colerates with their art medium.
Oceana city
Oceana city is a huge city under the main land, despite being quite closed off to outsiders, their technological advancements are breath taking, every cloudkit here has implement a mechanic or a robot to help with their daily life. There are tall skysrappers (well more like seascrapper) and neon signs everywhere in the city. The city is protected by an air bubble to prevent underwater predators and intruders, as well as granting non seadelvers the ability to breathe underwater.
majority resident: Seadelvers
Seadelvers are cloudkits with aquatic features such as fish tails, gills, fins, whiskers, etc. The cloud at the end of their tail has evolved into a more fin shaped to help them swim easier, some even opting to have a mech fin instead. They're shy with outsiders though very close with eachother, some even having antennae to socialize through brainwaves. Their natural power is usually water, although they're more skilled in using their more advanced technological weapons. Some seadelvers have moved up to breezy shore to have an experience of what's it like living on the surface, in fact it was seadelvers that founded the region.
sub region: the depth
the depth is a restricted region, it looks like the void itself the deeper you go into the ocean. Here lies many underwater predators and if you're not careful, you might get injured or lost down there due to how dark it is, only skilled explorers are permitted to enter this region, though anyone can enter if they wants to, the city cannot guarantee your safety. The depth of the ocean is actually full of valuables and treasures, mainly the energy crystal, a rare crystal that can power up an entire neighborhood with just a small chunk.
Wasteland
The wasteland is an unfortunate place to be in, it's hard to reach this place since the waves are too strong and there are often thunderstorms. Not many cloudkits look a way here either, the land is too harsh for anything to grow and there's an inactive volcano. There's just dry dirt, sharp rock and lava lakes, it's not often that a star landed here but it's rare that a hatchling ever survive landed here, if they did their body have gone through extreme mutation to fit in with the land.
folks said this land is the place where the angry god died, that's why it's so abnormal and harsh to live on.
majority resident: Deathbringer
Deathbringer are the only race capable of living here long terms, their body mutate into hard bone shells so their skin doesn't burn, they're also much more aggressive than the mainland cloudkits due to often having to fight for food and survival, therefore cloudkits here receive their core much more sooner. Deathbringer is a lonesome race but small groups with a leader can be found in the wasteland to help eachother survive, groups can fight eachother when encountered. If by any miracle a Deathbringer find it's way to the mainland, most cloudkit are scared by their appearance and dark power.
Frequently asked questionsQ: Can i add [insert trait] to my cloudkit?
A: Yes ! it's a free traited species, any trait can be added !Q: anything i should NOT add to my cloudkit?
A: hate symbols, sexual parts, cultural appropriation are not allowed on a cloudkit!Q: Are kinsonas / canon based characters allowed?
A: yes! although we don't allow characters of medias that put problematic subjects in a positive light or use it for shock values, such as TW dark subjects // r.pe, pedofillia, racism, cultural appropriation, etc.
while characters can have backstories about said subjects, we don't allow the character itself to have those traits.
characters based off real life people are also not allowed.
publicly banned media: vivziepop stories, south park, family guy, dsmpQ: Can i make a cloudkit version of an existing character?
A: yes !! but please respect the designer if they don't allow their design to have a different species form !Q: Can i make adoptables of the species?
A: yes !! and you can take any kind of offer for it ! (money, art, trades, etc)Q: Can the horn be any shapes?
A: yes !Q: Are there any limit to how many i can make?
A: no! make as much as you'd like!!Q: Can i invent lore for my oc's story?
A: Yes !! feel free to create your own wildlife species, cities, towns, alternate universes for your story!Q: Are combinations of the subtypes allowed?
A: Yes !
