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  1. Races

Grimwight

Beast-kin

"Why are there so many sayings about cats? We're not all super curious, nor do we like grabbing tongues. But most importantly, we're not difficult to 'herd', I'm a soldier, I can take orders well."

Fuller Kingston, Scout for the 3rd Battallion, 5th Maker's Infantry

The most diverse of the beast-kin, they are the most commonly found, though not the most common in existence. You can find tribes of grimwight across the world, as well as individual grimwight scattered throughout every nation known to history. It's believed that grimwight were first found in the jungles of the now shattered continent.

Legend has it that the only reason grimwight survived the Shattering was an uncanny sense for what was to come for the land they called home. Decades before the War of the Gods destroyed the continent, countless grimwight fled to every corner of the world, known and unknown. And when they were asked why, historial records state the only given reason was a core impulse that told them something was going wrong. And in the following centuries, those grimwight were proven correct.

Kinds of Feline

Many scholars detail that there are three distinct kinds of grimwight found across the world. The most common is known as the "house grimwight", these tend to take the appearance of more common house cats. You'll find them in varietals of solid colours, bi-coloured, tabby, tortoiseshell, tuxedo, and more. Their features are very cat-like, having paws, tails, and purely feline faces. The second most common are known as "wild grimwight", not because they're uncivilised, but rather they tend to look like species of wild cats.

The appearance of a wild grimwight tends to be heavily influenced by the regions they live in. A wild grimwight found in more arid, savannah-like environments might look more like a tiger or cheetah. While a wild grimmwight found in a jungle or rain forest might look more like a jaguar or leopard. The least common of the grimwight are known as "human grimwight", the reason being, they look human except for a few cat-like features. These human grimwight often just have cat-like ears, a tail, or even whiskers.

March 18th, 2025

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