Foxramaus are Lismore's own
brand of demons. They were created by Tenaar Feiri as an original species. Foxramaus descend from Fenramaus, another demonic species created by Tenaar Feiri with similar traits, however, foxramaus are largely considered an upgrade to the race.
Pure-blood foxramaus possess the following physical features:- Long ears with tufts at the tips.
- Two tails.
- Fox-like facial and bodily features.
- Digitigrade legs/feet.
- Almost always black/dark fur with lighter gray markings. Albinism is an extremely rare but possible occurrence.
- They are a type of demon, therefore regardless of their intentions, they are prone to being affected by things that affect demons and also those who can perceive such things will see them as demonic creatures.
Foxramaus are highly fertile and capable of interbreeding with most other species. The resulting offspring can have countless mixing and variations of the original attributes, but the foxramau ear-tufts will almost always be present, followed by the foxramau double-tails almost as certain as the ear-tufts.
Pure-blood foxramau magical abilities can vary significantly from one individual to another, but they all always possess magical abilities and a few traits are invariable:- They are demons, their magic is demonically-aligned (evil alignment).
- Shapeshifting is a very rare attribute, almost never ever appearing.
- They are capable of utilizing a Power Core to enhance their magical abilities.
A Power Core is a small magical crystal sphere that normally grows inside a foxramau's chest when they reach puberty. They are part of them but can be removed (the foxramau can willingly extract it or it can be forcefully removed). Foxramaus become highly dependent on their Power Core and their magical abilities greatly suffer if they are separated from it.
Power Cores can be made artificially and those are usually much more powerful than the natural grown ones. See the section about Power Cores below for more information.
- Foxramaus have the power to demonically taint or corrupt things and other beings.
Foxramau Tainting:
Foxramau tainting happens when a demon has intimate relations with someone (it could be a mortal, another demon, or anyone susceptible to being tainted). They can also taint areas of wilderness should they set home in a place such as the woods. A person can be tainted by multiple demons.
Active tainting is when the demon makes the conscious effort to taint someone through actions that have the side-effect of tainting, such as sex and sharing of fluids and heavy intimacy. Because it is a side-effect of those actions, weak tainting should almost always happen when someone is intimate with a demon whether the demon wishes to inflict it upon others or not!
Normally OOC consent is involved with inflicting tainting upon others.
Foxramau tainting has very little detrimental effects to the afflicted being. For those who can sense it, those tainted will be clearly noticed as having been intimate with a demon. It's a mark left by the demon upon those they come close to.
- Weak tainting only shows up as a mark; the possible consequence from that would be social stigma, and ineligibility to assume roles that require a 'pure' individual.
- Medium tainting besides showing up as a mark, could affect a person's mood, making them irritable or depressed.
- Heavy tainting besides showing up as a mark, would affect a person's mood and personality a little.
The tainting is cumulative: It starts out weak, and builds up over time. How much and how long varies depending on the demon and the victim (and the RP in question).
Demonic tainting can be cleansed as easy as with a simple blessing from a priest. But unlike corruption, it doesn't fade with time. It has to be cleansed.
Foxramau Corruption:
Corruption happens when a foxramau intentionally seeks to inflict it upon others. It can be caused through sheer willpower and close proximity by some very powerful demons, but otherwise requires intimate relations such as sex, or consuming demon blood (the fastest way to do it).
Foxramaus can corrupt anyone susceptible to it, including holy beings and other demons that don't have specific special defense against it. Corruption also inflicts tainting by default.
Demonic corruption always requires OOC consent, because it is a form of Mind Control.
Demonic corruption has more pronounced side-effects than mere tainting. For those who can sense it, demonic corruption appears loud and clear upon those corrupted. Those corrupted will vehemently deny that they are corrupted, and will refuse any offer of 'help' to detect or cleanse the corruption.
- Weak corruption is the entry level corruption: The victim will feel attracted to the demon, willing to follow minor wishes much like a friend who helps out another friend, borderline on being in love.
- Mediun corruption makes the victim infatuated, probably even in love with the demon, willing to follow through with and obey major wishes the demon would make of them; they will stop to consider life & death situations or situations that would cause themselves great harm.
- Heavy corruption makes the victim absolutely willing to do anything the demon asks of them. They will fight to the death to deny that they are corrupted and to prevent anyone from trying to cleanse them. They would unquestioningly sacrifice themselves if asked by the demon.
- Mindless corruption takes several doses of heavy corruption over a period of weeks, and while in all other forms of corruption the victim maintains full control of their faculties, a mindlessly corrupted individual doesn't take any voluntary actions unless commanded by the demon, and will do anything they're told.
The corruption is cumulative but the intensity can be controlled by the demon (and depends on the RP scene where it's happening). A demon can choose to corrupt weakly or strongly their victims, though if corruption continues it will build up over time.
Foxramau corruption requires more intense cleansing rituals or blessings to be removed, specially considering the one corrupted will always be unwilling to participate on the cleansing.
Corruption has to be regularly renewed. It can fade away if enough time or distance is put between the victim and the foxramau who corrupted them. How long it takes varies from person to person. Some can shrug off a weak demonic corruption in as little as a week, while others might take months to be free of it. Doesn't help that during that time the victim will suffer withdraw and will try to seek the demon to renew the corruption.
Both tainted and corrupted people should be subject to some level of discomfort in the presence of holy beings/items/ground.
Foxramaus are capable of controlling whether or not they taint/corrupt something/someone. It's an innate power of the species.
Psychology:- Regardless of their upbringing, background, or their intentions, foxramaus as demonic creatures are highly predisposed to malice and trickery. That is not to say they all have to be evil or mischievous, but they should be inclined to tapping into their malevolent creature alignment.
Hybrid, non-pure-blood individuals may possess variations of these attributes or be missing them altogether. But if your character is a pure-blood foxramau, they are subject to these rules as there is very little variation within species.
Note that non-demonic Foxramau, regardless of heritage, are generally not considered pure-blood, and are not known to emerge from a union between two purebred Foxramau parents.
