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laceandcarnage) wrote2015-05-12 06:56 pm
laceandcarnage) wrote2015-05-12 06:56 pm
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Waheela (Waheela sapiens). Therianthrope shapeshifters from the upper portion of North America, the waheela are a solitary race, usually claiming large swaths of territory and defending it to the death from others of their species. Waheela mating season is best described with the term “bloodbath.” Waheela transform into something that looks like a dire bear on steroids. They’re usually not hostile, but it’s best not to push it.
Istas is a waheela, a shapeshifting species from Northern Canada. She has two forms: a human form, which looks just like the Canadian First Peoples but with slightly too-sharp teeth. But this is not technically her 'default' form: that is actually the shape of a huge, ten feet tall wolf-bear. In overall shape she is closer to a wolf, but she has a grizzly bear's size and flexible paws.
She is very strong even when in human shape, and can take incredibly amounts of damage and keep going. But even when in her beastly form, she can move quietly when she wants to. Her sense of smell is excellent, while she herself is almost impossible to smell. Waheela 'smell like the cold', their scents being indistinguishable from freshly fallen snow. In fact, they only leave meaningful scents when they are wounded. All in all, Waheela are incredibly powerful predators who are hard to track. And as native cryptids of the frozen north, they are unaffected by the cold, with no fear of frostbite of freezing.
But for all their strengths, Waheela possess one very significant weakness - the Hunger. They are creatures of 'endless appetite', and it is virtually impossible for them to ever be fully sated. In New York, Istas is able to eat great amounts of food, which helps her to control the hunger - but even then it never goes away. In the frozen tundras, the Hunger looms ever large, with food being very scarce.
The end result of this is a savage, brutal tradition. In order to survive their first winter, some of the cubs in a little must eat one or more of their siblings. That is, if their parents do not eat them first. Some Waheela live in small family groups, but this is generally a transitory state on account of the tendency for Waheela to be eaten by their family members. Usually, the weakest is eaten first. Those that remain stay because for Waheela the option is death by family or death by the merciless outside - and they choose death by family. On top of this is a unforgiving tradition, where the eldest male and the eldest female rule and the others obey. And when one of the eldest pair dies, this tradition demands that the next eldest become their made, and nevermind the incestuous relationship.
Istas, having fled her homeland and this tradition, has instead learned skills completely alien to the other Waheela. This includes the ability to wait tables without eating anyone who dares to touch her, and the ability to sew and design clothes that can be easily unzipped and unclipped while one transforms into a giant wolf-bear.
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Istas is a waheela, a shapeshifting species from Northern Canada. She has two forms: a human form, which looks just like the Canadian First Peoples but with slightly too-sharp teeth. But this is not technically her 'default' form: that is actually the shape of a huge, ten feet tall wolf-bear. In overall shape she is closer to a wolf, but she has a grizzly bear's size and flexible paws.
She is very strong even when in human shape, and can take incredibly amounts of damage and keep going. But even when in her beastly form, she can move quietly when she wants to. Her sense of smell is excellent, while she herself is almost impossible to smell. Waheela 'smell like the cold', their scents being indistinguishable from freshly fallen snow. In fact, they only leave meaningful scents when they are wounded. All in all, Waheela are incredibly powerful predators who are hard to track. And as native cryptids of the frozen north, they are unaffected by the cold, with no fear of frostbite of freezing.
But for all their strengths, Waheela possess one very significant weakness - the Hunger. They are creatures of 'endless appetite', and it is virtually impossible for them to ever be fully sated. In New York, Istas is able to eat great amounts of food, which helps her to control the hunger - but even then it never goes away. In the frozen tundras, the Hunger looms ever large, with food being very scarce.
The end result of this is a savage, brutal tradition. In order to survive their first winter, some of the cubs in a little must eat one or more of their siblings. That is, if their parents do not eat them first. Some Waheela live in small family groups, but this is generally a transitory state on account of the tendency for Waheela to be eaten by their family members. Usually, the weakest is eaten first. Those that remain stay because for Waheela the option is death by family or death by the merciless outside - and they choose death by family. On top of this is a unforgiving tradition, where the eldest male and the eldest female rule and the others obey. And when one of the eldest pair dies, this tradition demands that the next eldest become their made, and nevermind the incestuous relationship.
Istas, having fled her homeland and this tradition, has instead learned skills completely alien to the other Waheela. This includes the ability to wait tables without eating anyone who dares to touch her, and the ability to sew and design clothes that can be easily unzipped and unclipped while one transforms into a giant wolf-bear.
Furher information on Waheela: