Kivulin (Kylorne)

The Kivulin are a species of Humanoid cat and fox like looking mammals. They are as intelligent as humans or elves. The first generation of the group around Goltburc in Einsiedeln was created in the Solemnity by powerful chaotic magic. Kivulin have weird interactions with magic. Their aging by comparison to Humans is different, in that it starts faster and slows down with every day. The Kivulin of Goltburc are only 4 years as Kivulin at the start of Kylorne.

Appearance and Physique
Kivulin are humanoid mammals that have the look of anthropomorphic cats mixed with anthropomorphic foxes. They have a tail, fur and animal like ears. Their faces also look like a blend between a human, cat and fox. With some that look almost like a human and others that look as if they have a fox face.

Kivulin normally have fur in colors and with patterns that can be seen in all types of cats or foxes. Often also a mix of features of from different of them (e.g. a polar fox like tail with strips in white and brown or leopard like rosettes and dots in sand color on gray). The skin has the color of the fur above, so that Kivulin without fur still have the patterns. Their hair also shows the pattern below, but otherwise is like Human hair. The colors and patterns are not gender specific, so a male with calico fur is as normal as any other pattern or color.

Additional they have individual chaotic features. This features can be anything from uncommon fur and hair colors, glowing markings and unique eye colors to horns, wings or multiple tails or ear pairs. Every Kivulin has their own unique features, markings and colors. Some of this markings will be passed down to the children of the Kivulin. Every Kivulin has at least one chaotic feature and more then five are extremely rare.

Kivulin are on average a little taller then Humans, the tallest known is around 230 cm (7.5 ft) in height. The weight is also a little above the average weight of Humans with up to 150 kg (330 lbs) without being overweight.

Magical Characteristics
Kivulin are inherent magical. Any kind of magic, active and passive interaction, has a chance to do different things or to fail.

Restoration, Enchanting and Alchemy are almost unaffected.

Illusion, Conjuration and Destruction are sometimes affected, it depends on the spell.

Alteration and Scrying are sometimes affected with the Kivulin as caster and massively affected as a target. Scrying from the Kivulin most of the time works. Scrying a Kivulin has a high chance to fail and just shows chaotic stuff. Alteration on a Kivulin, that affects them for a short time, has a chance to work. Permanent Alteration on a Kivulin will always fail. The longer and stronger the Alteration, the higher the chance to fail.

Necromancy with the Kivulin as target, even when dead will fail.

Chaotic magic and magic explosions don’t affect Kivulin in any way. Indirect effects like fire or objects that are speed up by the explosion can still harm them.

Reproduction and life cycle
With all living humanoid mammals (e.g. Humans, Elves, Dwarfs, Half Elves, or other Antros) is reproduction possible. The child will be a Kivulin, their chaotic magic will override the DNA. Pregnancy is 7 month. Oestrus is once a year for a week, at the end of the summer. The Kivulin female knows it, but is not in heat. So the children are normally born in spring.

Growing up, the first years are as fast as humans. With puberty (around 11 to 13 years) it slows down to half the speed Humans need to become adults. So they become adults with an age of 24 to 26 years. After becoming adults their aging slows more down. At 50 years they are like 30 years old humans. At 100 they are like 46 old humans.

On average Kivulin become 396 years old, with good medical aid and food the number is much higher. And up to a little over 1000 years is possible in very rare cases.

Origins


Every time a big discharge or explosion of magic happens and especially if Alteration magic is included or used in the influenced area, humanoids can be changed into a Kivulin.

In the case of the Kivulin that were created in Goltburc with the Solemnity. The magic explosion of the Solemnity mixed with the Alteration magic Adera Goltburc used in her magic studies in just that moment. Every person there had a small chance to become a Kivulin. Except Adera, as she used the Alteration magic her self, she had a extremely high chance to be converted. And the Kivulins' special magic interactions saved these people from losing limbs or to die in the Solemnity.