From Telrunya Online Wiki
Tikicat
- Sphynx Subtype
- Common Name
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- Tikicat
- Other Names
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- Primitives (slur)
Physical Description
- Average Height
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- 2 ft
- Body Structure
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- Upright, bipedal cat
- Skin
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- Fur
- Distinctive Features
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- Cat paws, cat ears, cat tails, fur, homemade masks
Abilities & Powers
- Physical
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- • Advanced fishers
- • Nimble and quick climbers
- • Quick reflexes underneath the mask
- • Feline Empowerment – cat senses
- • Increased olfactory acuity (heightened sense of smell)
- • Night vision
- • Mask functions as a shield and can deflect offensive magic
- Main Abilities
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- None
- Weaknesses
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- • [[Taint
- • Water – cannot swim and are useless in it
- • Aversion to snow and cold temperatures
- • Simple-minded; highly susceptible to mind-altering magic
Reproduction
- Method
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- Intercourse
- Gestation Period
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- One season
- Average Number of Offspring
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- 2–4
- Notes
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- • Tikicats embrace a free-love society
- • Females only produce Tikicats
- • Interspecies offspring match the mother’s species
- • Babies are live-born, tiny, with closed eyes and folded ears; helpless at birth
- • Orphaned babies have extremely low survival rates
- • Young must be fed by adults and remain vulnerable to predators
- • As they grow, senses sharpen and they begin testing limits through play-fighting
- • Play-fighting helps them learn pain thresholds and physical boundaries
Diet
- Primary Food Sources
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- Omnivorous
- Hunting & Gathering
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- All members enjoy hunting and gathering; food is life
- Dietary Needs
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- Balanced intake
Behavior & Society
- Social Structure
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- Males and females are equals. Masks obscure gender in most cases
- Communication
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- Tiki language and purring
- Cultural Practices
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- • Live in family-based tribes
- • Wear wooden masks passed down from parents (painted by family)
- • Carry multi-purpose sticks, often used as fishing poles or toys
- • Worship Wakinyan, the Thunderbird deity, and are fiercely protective of him
- • Practice ritualistic dances: rain, sun, wedding, fishing, etc.
- • Adults spend their time hunting, fishing, and dancing
- • In their natural habitat on Venus’ Resort Island, they feel threatened and may attack
- • Courtship involves elaborate mating dances
- • Enjoy collecting small trinkets and treasures for their huts or homes
History
- Origin
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- First discovered by Pae during a Venus party on another island. Since then, they’ve journeyed to Telrunya via boat and begun forming new tribes there
- Major Historical Events
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- A group of Pae arrived on their island uninvited, leading to tension. After a confrontation, the Tikicats drove them off—though some Tikicats stowed away on the departing ship and later settled in Telrunya
- Interaction with Other Species
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- No known enemies, but they are especially drawn to harpies. Some now follow male harpies, believing they are religious figures or messengers of Wakinyan
Other Information
- Languages Spoken
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- None (technically a made-up language—no one else understands it)
- Religious Beliefs
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- Worship the Thunderbird (Wakinyan)
- Technology Level
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- Very primitive
- Tools & Weapons
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- Made of wood and rocks
- Allies
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- Harpies, especially males
- Enemies
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- None
- Current Status
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- Invasive species
