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Hello my friends! I’m alive and married for the second time this year! Now that I’m home and getting back into the swing of things, I’m ready to get back to posting artwork every day.
Today I am sharing this lovely creature, the.... uh.... hmm.... Well....
As their name suggests, these feline folk have a natural penchant for magic. All Magicats have a third eye that remains closed until they exert their magical powers. It serves as a medium for channeling energy. However, opening the third eye exposes them: if it is damaged, it could potentially kill them. Some Magicats will adopt the use of a wand in lieu of using their third eye.
Curiously, all Magicats are arcane in nature but there is no common tether to any one specific element. The elemental affinity Magicats are born with is entirely random. Parents with ice and fire elements could have children with earth and wind elements.
A Magicat’s elemental identity is extremely important and celebrated within their culture; straying from ones’ assigned type is frowned upon. Within their society, they have elected wizarding schools for every magical element. When a Magicat is of age, a test is issued to determine their particular affinity and the respective school is assigned to them.
This behavior is a stark contrast to Muridae, who have no elemental affinity and instead celebrate every element. Perhaps this is why the two cultures have been bickering for as long as they have. Magicats hail from the island of Feleen, but both races populate mainland Zaltera within the country of Witchwood. It’s a wonder the country hasn’t collapsed given how little the two seem to get along...
The other day I posted some Murid artwork, and the more I thought about it the less satisfied I felt with that creature design. Admittedly, it was an idea taken from from D&D with little alteration. I thought “that’s just not creative at all. You can do better.”
SO...
Muridae hail from the isle of Muridia. They are tall, slender rodents with 3 horns atop their head and a long whip-like tail. They have 5 toes on each foot, which they use to grab onto things.
Muridae have no particular magical affinity, making them magical wayfarers... and wayfarers they are! These ratfolk are well-known to be accomplished in many areas of the magical arts. However, they are especially good at potion-making.
They have an unfortunate stereotype for being crafty and sneaky. Not all Muridae are like this, but enough of them are to make any traveler wary. Exercise extreme caution if you meet a lone potion seller... you may be tricked into buying something you don’t want, or worse.
In their home island, Muridae are highly protective of their intellectual property. Good potion recipes are hard to come by, and they will guard these like family heirlooms. Muridae can be found scouring the continent of Zaltera for potion ingredients, or maybe some good trade secrets... if you’re willing to part with them.
Another key feature to this intelligent race: their undying rivalry with Fellids. Nobody really knows how it started, but it doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. The two races just do not get along.
I’ll make a post about Fellids in the near future. Keep an eye out for it!
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While this might look like a simple upright rat, Muridae are actually very intelligent and “large” (up to 4 feet tall). They are well-known for their excellent critical thinking skills and natural talent for different types of magic. Muridae and Fellids have never gotten along for as long as anybody has known the two races.
I’ll write more on them later. :)
This character has been stuck in my head for a few days. She carries around an absurdly large sword, mostly because it looks impressive. She’s only about a two feet tall (her species is larger than standard rats/mice). How does she carry such a large sword? Surely such a small murid isn’t capable of--- better keep your mouth shut! She doesn’t like it when people talk down about her size. You’ll be sliced in half before you finish your sentence!
