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On another Earth, mammals and reptiles gained dominance on separate continents to the point that a rival intelligent reptilian species to the caveman rose to challenge their dominance. Through a form of morphic resonance from a preemptive wave of Astral energy, early man underwent rapid evolutionary mimicry, adopting traits of other mammals in the animal kingdom to gain an edge against the Reptil race. By the Bronze Age, the Faunin and the Reptil had conquered separate large continents, with an uneasy truce that would be broken and reformed through history. The Astral Awakening occurred in the middle of a modern war between the two races. The Reptil received the early brunt of Great Beast attack by absolute chance, giving Faunin scientists a momentary respite to bring their greatest minds together to avoid extinction, before the Great Beasts also arrived on their shores. This was enough time for one science team researching the Astral Plane to make a breakthrough which would be what saved a portion of the Faunin population as the rest of their world burned. The Faunin refugees started appearing in clusters around the continent of a new Earth, the first of the neo-races to arrive. With this Earth's discovery of Astral Drift, the humans and Faunin had a real chance to take back the planet from the Great Beasts.

Faunin come in as many varieties as there are kinds of mammals, taking on traits of both herbivores and carnivores. The most common divergences from human anatomy are tufts of fur along the spine, digitigrade legs and animal feet. The head's features, ears eyes teeth etc. will vary off the base mammal their evolution has mimicked. Children of two different subsets of Faunin will come out dominantly looking like one parent or the other, with only minor variations taken from the other parent, but never enough to form a chimera. Faunin of the same subset though (such as felines) can have skin and face patterns that may take from both parents. The older a Faunin gets, the more of their animal subset that they take on. Elderly Faunin sometimes look more like bipedal animals than humanoids. Their high metabolism helps result in a shorter lifespan than the other races; it is rare for a Faunin to reach 60.

Faunin take body language very seriously as opposed to other neo-races. It's through such language more than words that some information is presented, such as a Faunin's mood or disposition towards another, while speaking is relegated more towards clinical information. Another neo-race can see two Faunin speaking and miss half of the conversation going on through subtle gestures from posture, the movement of ears, facial nudges, etc. Faunin have learned they have to be very direct with other neo-races in conversation so that they don't miss implied intentions. With friends and family, touch is a Faunin's preferred language of affection. Thanks to their high metabolisms Faunin are very active, and tend to physical activities over sit-at-home hobbies. While they can be warm and inviting if they feel at ease, they can have theatrical tempers. Faunin prefer to spend time with others of their same subsets when in their own neighborhoods, forming subspecies cliques the way other neo-races do with culture.

Among the other neo-races, Faunin get along with humans and Istravians the most, more openly emotional societies that match their own. Hafjin and Natan are often seen as too antagonistic, and Vektrans are too cold.

Thanks to their physical prowess, Faunin excel in Astral Drifts that strengthen themselves or objects

Description
(FAW-nin)
On another Earth, mammals and reptiles gained dominance on separate continents to the point that a rival intelligent reptilian species to the caveman rose to challenge their dominance. Through a form of morphic resonance from a preemptive wave of Astral energy, early man underwent rapid evolutionary mimicry, adopting traits of other mammals in the animal kingdom to gain an edge against the Reptil race. By the Bronze Age, the Faunin and the Reptil had conquered separate large continents, with an uneasy truce that would be broken and reformed through history. The Astral Awakening occurred in the middle of a modern war between the two races. The Reptil received the early brunt of Great Beast attack by absolute chance, giving Faunin scientists a momentary respite to bring their greatest minds together to avoid extinction, before the Great Beasts also arrived on their shores. This was enough time for one science team researching the Astral Plane to make a breakthrough which would be what saved a portion of the Faunin population as the rest of their world burned. The Faunin refugees started appearing in clusters around the continent of a new Earth, the first of the neo-races to arrive. With this Earth's discovery of Astral Drift, the humans and Faunin had a real chance to take back the planet from the Great Beasts.

Faunin come in as many varieties as there are kinds of mammals, taking on traits of both herbivores and carnivores. The most common divergences from human anatomy are tufts of fur along the spine, digitigrade legs and animal feet. The head's features, ears eyes teeth etc. will vary off the base mammal their evolution has mimicked. Children of two different subsets of Faunin will come out dominantly looking like one parent or the other, with only minor variations taken from the other parent, but never enough to form a chimera. Faunin of the same subset though (such as felines) can have skin and face patterns that may take from both parents. The older a Faunin gets, the more of their animal subset that they take on. Elderly Faunin sometimes look more like bipedal animals than humanoids. Their high metabolism helps result in a shorter lifespan than the other races; it is rare for a Faunin to reach 60.

Faunin take body language very seriously as opposed to other neo-races. It's through such language more than words that some information is presented, such as a Faunin's mood or disposition towards another, while speaking is relegated more towards clinical information. Another neo-race can see two Faunin speaking and miss half of the conversation going on through subtle gestures from posture, the movement of ears, facial nudges, etc. Faunin have learned they have to be very direct with other neo-races in conversation so that they don't miss implied intentions. With friends and family, touch is a Faunin's preferred language of affection. Thanks to their high metabolisms Faunin are very active, and tend to physical activities over sit-at-home hobbies. While they can be warm and inviting if they feel at ease, they can have theatrical tempers. Faunin prefer to spend time with others of their same subsets when in their own neighborhoods, forming subspecies cliques the way other neo-races do with culture.

Among the other neo-races, Faunin get along with humans and Istravians the most, more openly emotional societies that match their own. Hafjin and Natan are often seen as too antagonistic, and Vektrans are too cold.

Thanks to their physical prowess, Faunin excel in Astral Drifts that strengthen themselves or objects