Weirdlanders

She’s more of a fairytale to scare little dragons, but she’s commonly thought of as a Yinvaht (at least in the capital, the story often changes depending on which part of Kurosia it’s being told). If she was real,she would have lived hundreds of thousands of years before 😀

~Weird Hyenas

Nope! He’s just a long metal noodle 8,D

~Weird Hyenas

So far! He’s coping with everything, and some days are harder than others, but he’s still joking and bein himself 😀 His spine hasn’t fully recovered yet (he’s still got them mild herniated disks) and the rib/side issue, but the spine effecting the nerves is what’s gettin him the most. He can’t stand up for too long still, and sitting at certain angles still takes it right out of him; but, babysteps~

~Weird Hyenas

I haven’t fully fleshed this out quite yet, and the heart of the Black Swords is a well guarded secret that not even the Gods know of. The myth for now is that they were founded by mortal creatures, gaining a near-immortal curse to spread with a ritual and venom. How they got the curse is unknown, but they use it to only hunt the Yehkshir and remain invisible to the realms. Not even the Kuros know about the Black Swords nor have they seen them. Yehkshir are a more of a myth to the Kuros as well. Who started them is unknown, but the why is pretty clear; End the heart of the Kuros by killing the very things that garentee their return and dominance. They are not approved by the Gods, and gain their Curse in an unholy way.

Most are born into the Swords, as the curse isn’t hereditary and one must undergo a ritual to receive it. But of course, to gain new blood into their clan, every once in a while they stop to regain numbers and recruit new members. This period is often called Hearth, and can last for a hundred years or until it’s time for the Hunt again. 

Any creature can become a Were, or a cursed were for the Swords. However becoming a Black Sword is a one way street, so recruiting isn’t the easiest, especially when they have to stay so secret. Once you’re a Sword, you can’t leave the clan. It forever binds those to hunt the Yehkshir. 

Most of Niko’s group are wolves and wolf hybrids, given the original group were actual purebred Werewolves (the kind that cannot turn human, and who can infect others to become a weaker, untamed werewolf loyal to them). There’s different types of Were creatures, the Black Swords’s Weres are more of the curse kind, giving them a much bigger, resilient beastly form to fight with while having a smaller, easy to blend into society forms they usually stay in.

And for the last question, possibly! The Swords are typically anthro creatures, but it’s not strictly that, just any kind of creature from the Realms that happen to be recruited 😀 Though you wouldn’t be seeing any Kuros among them lmao, they don’t often hunt Kuros but they wouldn’t shy away from it especially now.

~Weird Hyenas

Her name’s Kalabaul, she’s a dragon of Kurosian folklore that gives birth to a heart-eating Uka hybrid. Here’s the post with the wives tale in full! 😀

~Weird Hyenas

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MOD: Yes she would have actually! Pania became the leader of the Berit’uch School shortly after Feuriah became queen, but their school had been residing in the Black Sea for many years beforehand. The territory is much sought after, and Schools will sometimes fight for control over certain territories if they can’t reach certain trade agreements. It’s not unheard of for Ibarntang Schools to sometimes almost entirely wipe each other out to take over certain bodies of water, but the Berit’uch School’s numbers always thrived and managed to maintain their place. Pania and Athrenna were in a not-so-secret Mjia relationship before Pania became the School’s leader, and she was known for pulling pranks on the guards, which certainly didn’t exclude Feuriah. Her pranks were rarely meant to cause harm, though when she became queen Feuriah requested that Pania dialed it down a bit.

The Berit’uch School was actually the first Ibarntang School to meet Malefor when Kurogh brought him to Kurosia. Having learned from her child Sligean of him beforehand, Pania’s opinion of him was already sour, and that opinion didn’t change on meeting him face to face. The Ibarntang have a tradition of performing war dances, both on land and underwater, for multiple occasions. Pania and those of her School that had come to meet Malefor performed one that only the Queen and a few of Athrenna’s old companions and consorts knew of, one specifically detailing in the symbolic moves that those performing the dance will enjoy devouring those watching/the target while they still breathe with utmost glee.

Malefor and Kurogh both were both against much more visits from Pania’s School from then on. B)