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There are 3 types of species: - Firstborns: Includes dwarves, elves, humans, halflings, etc. It's theorised that these species came into existence before the "Mana Wave" (also known as the mana plague). According to the Infusion hypothesis, these species came into the world without inherent mana in their soul. - Maniforms: Includes rabbitfolk, owlfolk, volhs, goblins, tieflings, etc. Theorised to have come into existence after the Mana Wave. Due to that, they naturally have more capacity for mana than firstborns. - Hollowborns: Includes any species that is "created" artifically. This category includes the Nimari, Ouds, Golems, Puppets. Note: Not all hollowborns are the same. Nimaris for example were sentient, whereas Golems are non-sentient. For this reason this category is usually split into Vessels (sentient life, usually created by deities such as with Nimaris, or created by natural mana, such as Ouds). Most Vessels are extinct, and not much is known about them. Some of their offspring lives still though. The other category is Constructs, which is non-sentient "life" such as with Golems, Puppets, etc. Interspecies reproduction is possible, however there are limits. Firstborns are generally capable of interspecies reproduction with the offspring taking 50/50 of the parents' traits. (For example, a human and an elf would have a half-elf. Or an elf and a halfing, would create an elfling, etc.) The offspring usually passes off a dominant trait of the parents. If a half-X reproduces with a half-Y, the offspring is either half-X, half-Y, full-X, or full-Y. If a half-X reproduces with a full-Y, the offspring has a 25% of being half-X or half-Y or a 75% chance of being full-X or full-Y. Reproduction done within the same type of species is called Same-Type Reproduction. Such as an elf with a human, a halfling with a dwarf, a rabbitfolk with an owlfolk, catfolk wtih a goblin, etc. The pattern of reproduction discussed earlier applies to Firstborn x Firstborn, or Maniform x Maniform. Interspecies reprodution of different types is called Cross-Type Reproduction. It follows different rules: CTR between the two types; Firstborn and a Maniform is possible, however, the offspring has a 100% chance of being either full-X or full-Y. Halves seem to be not possible in this scenario. (e.g: A half-elf half-rabbitfolk doesn't exist) It seems the inherently mana-infused lifeforce of Maniforms is incompatible with Firstborns to "merge" the two species the way it happens with STP. However, since Maniforms are an offshoot of Firstborn, there are still reproduction compatibilites between the two inspite of that. One thing to note is that the offspring has either X or Y being a "dominant" trait (this is called half-dominance), for example, a rabbitfolk + owlfolk = half-rabbitfolk (with rabbitfolk being dominant) or half-owlfolk (with owlfolk being dominant). Or human + elf = half-elf (elf being dominat) or half-human (human being dominant). There aren't much differences in the characterstics of halves in Firstborns regardless of which half is dominant. There tends to be visible differences in Maniforms' half-dominance. Hollowborns, so far, seem to be only mutually compatible, with very few exceptions where the "merging" doesn't occur on the physical level, rather the mana level. Half-Hollowborns tend to retain the appearance, characteristics, traits, etc, of the non-Hollowborn half, and only carry the mana capacity and characterstics of it from the Hollowborn half. For example, a Human reproduces with a Nimari, the offspring is 100% human in every way except their mana capacity and "lifeforce", which is more Nimari. (Albeit studies suggest half-hollowborns are significantly weaker than their full counterpart) If a half-hollowborn reproduces, the offspring has a 50% of also being half-hollowborn irrelevant of the partner.
February 9, 2026 at 11:27 PM