Every in-RP litter requires staff approval and has no fixed automatic cooldown. Parent eligibility, plot context, and current capacity are reviewed for each litter.

An application records whether a character came from a rolled kit, a monthly roll, an actual litter, a free first character, or another staff-approved source.

The submit action should say to click only once and ask players to give the site a moment. Disable the button while submission is in progress.

Players may save an incomplete character application and return to it at any time. Drafts stay off the staff review desk until formally submitted.

A player's first character is created using the foundation-character options allowed by the official litter roll and current opening rules.

A separate just-for-fun character maker may allow broader colors and markings without creating an official playable design.

The owners of the litter's parents choose generated kits first. Remaining kits may then be offered publicly.

After the first approved character, players obtain new characters through monthly rolls. These usually begin as kits unless adult slots are currently open.

The first two monthly rolls may use foundation characters. Later rolls must use player characters as genetic holders unless staff approves an exception.

The official dress-up creator for litter rolls limits colors and markings to the generated genetics and approved design rules.

Every character application field is required at final submission even though incomplete drafts are allowed.

Unused monthly rolls may accumulate up to three. Holding more than three requires staff approval.

The dress-up creator is optional. Players may upload their own character artwork instead, subject to the same official genetics and design rules.

A character automatically archives after 30 real-life days without qualifying activity. A character on approved hiatus receives a 90-day grace period.

Any archived character may be returned to active play instantly by its owner. Staff may optionally review the reactivation afterward.

Players cannot permanently wipe a character and all connected records. The character may be hidden publicly, while staff and RP records remain retained.

The site verifies onboarding by tracking that every Player Guide section was opened or read and that every required acknowledgement was checked.

OOC Chat unlocks after the member chooses a unique username and completes the Player Guide by reading every section and checking its acknowledgements.

Prey and predator populations change over time through hunting, weather, season, reproduction, overuse, disease, migration, random events, and Clan projects.

Clan projects let players work together to restore prey, protect habitat, reduce disease, improve water, move hazards, or create safer hunting conditions.

During a serious shortage, Clan leadership may establish ration priorities and special feeding rules while the population recovers.

Each relevant species receives a readable population level such as Abundant, Stable, Low, Scarce, or Absent. Levels influence encounters and available hunting outcomes.

A prey shortage reduces ordinary hunting success, increases travel and competition, creates hunger pressure, and may intensify predator encounters or territorial tension.

A large ground bird with a long tail and powerful legs. Males may have bright glossy plumage while females are mottled brown.