Welfens
What are Welfins?
Welfins are unusual, wolf-like canines with long necks, legs, tails, and snouts, and unusual amounts of fur. These canines are carnivorous and live in packs similar to normal wolves. However, there is much that sets them apart as well.
Welfins are unusual, wolf-like canines with long necks, legs, tails, and snouts, and unusual amounts of fur. These canines are carnivorous and live in packs similar to normal wolves. However, there is much that sets them apart as well.
Anatomy/ General Appearance
As previously stated, welfins possess unusually long limbs, snouts, and necks. Their builds are more similar to greyhounds than other types of wolves. Although they have very long snouts, they cannot open their jaws more than 45 degrees, nor can they pull their lips back far enough to snarl. Welfins typically come in two variations; furred and fur-less. Although there are varying amounts of fur, most welfins either have long, dense fur forming a mane and covering the tail, or they have no fur at all to speak of. The hairless variety is much less common, (the furred to fur-less ratio being around 8:1), and hairless welfins have a 70% chance of being female. Domestic welfins often have their fur shaved in various areas, making for some very interesting fur styles. |
Behavior
Welfins will often behave very similar to wolves, but are much more quiet and reserved than their canine counterparts. Partially due to their limited jaw motion and timid nature, welfins very rarely vocalize. Instead. they rely heavily on body language, scents, and sense of touch to socialize effectively. On the rare occasions welfins do make sounds, they are mostly whimpers, grunts, whines, and soft "barking". When a welfin "howls", the sound they make is very unlike that of a normal wolf's; wheres a grey wolf's howl sounds more like an "aroo", welfins typically make a soft, high-pitched "oo" sound. Welfins use these howls to communicate over long distances with pack members. Each pack can have anywhere from 4-30 members, and they have a ranking system similar to wolves. There is typically one or two alphas, and in very rare cases there may be a third. Multiple alphas are not necessarily mates. The rank directly below is the beta rank; this consists of the adult siblings of the alpha(s). Directly below the betas are the Deltas, which are direct relatives of the alpha(s) of any age. The lowest rank is the subordinate rank, which is a rank consisting of wolves who are not genetically linked to the alpha(s). These are often wolves who were split from their previous packs or loners who were taken in by the pack. Although there is a ranking order, welfins are not as strict about it as grey wolves, and only use rank as a means of organization while hunting, eating, or selecting a new alpha. There may also be a nanny or two if there are pups. When it comes to mating, welfins are very unlike wolves. Any wolf in the pack may have a mate, but it is rare for couples to breed, as each member understands the effort of raising pups. Therefore, only one or two litters are raised at a time, and the pups are taken care of by the entire pack. If too many pups are born at a time, a couple may even go as far as killing their pups to ensure that they can help take care of another's. |
The Windy-Mountain pack
This pack is a relatively large group which lives in a valley next to Mt. Windy.
Alpha(s):
Fang♂, Beta(s): Luka♀, Storm♂, Delta(s) Wessia♀, Subordinate(s): Risa♀, Flower♀, Taron♂, Pup(s): Moku♂, Ferris♂, Aija♀, Pairs: Luka♀xTaron♂ (parents of Moku♂, Ferris♂, & Aija♀) Relationships: Luka♀-Storm♂-Fang♂ (siblings) Moku♂-Ferris♂-Aija♀ (siblings) Risa♀-Flower♀ (aunt-niece) |
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