Odenis
Additional lore
Here you will find extra lore and trivia about the Odenis species, that you may read at your leisure. They may be changed in the future depending on what I think fits best the species.
Feel free to interpret and adapt this information to your own headworld if you have Odenis characters living in it!
Table of contents:
Aspects
Most Odenis individuals have a connection to one or more "aspects", which may influence their temperament, powers, strengths and weaknesses. The aspect of an Odenis is up to its owner's discretion, as part of their personal world-building.
Aspects can be anything ranging from typical elements (fire, ice, lightning...) to abstract concepts (balance, time, death, madness...).
Examples of possible aspects:
fire, lava, ash
water, rain, snow, ice
earth, sand, oil, metal
lightning, wind, cloud
wood, flora, fauna, nature
light, dark, sun, moon
dream, nightmare, illusion
balance, life, death, fate
poison, blood, ghost
time, space, gravity
art, music, beauty
war, starvation, greed
love, melancholy, madness
...
Life cycle
Odenis are ovoviviparous, which means they produce eggs that hatch within the parent's body, making it look like they give birth like mammals; although they don't produce milk. They usually give birth to 1 or 2 cubs at once.
Newborn Odenis have no fur nor feathers, only soft scales and skin. After a couple weeks, they suddenly get very fuzzy, a soft puppy coat quickly covering their skin, and feathers start to grow as well. They shed their puppy coat at a couple month's age, and start learning to fly around the same period.
An Odenis can live for hundreds of years.