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The Snow-Claw Clan; a Historia
By: The Snow-Claw Clan Date: September 19, 2014, 2:19 am
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The Snow-Claws were first introduced and developed in my first
arc. If you prefer to enjoy learning about them through a
collaborative story rather than reading a history on them, you
can find the Arc here:
The Clash of Snow and Song
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Notable Snow-Claws
Karahl
Kyro (Karahl's younger brother)
Vallarticus (Karahl's and Kyro's father)
Nava'an (Karahl's and Kyro's mother)
[s]Guiver (the first Snow-Claw; deceased centuries ago)[/s]
Dava'arus (current leader of the Snow-Claws)
Veldin (Karahl's and Kyro's cousin and Sonic's OC)
Kai Zaa (Sonic's OC)
Jangren (MissV's OC)
Veladin "Din" (Tikal's OC)
Zeiris (Karahl's old friend, haven't seen each other in years.
Currently unnamed.)
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Who Are the Snow-Claw Clan?
The Snow-Claw Clan are a clan of ninja 'big cats' whom have been
at war with their rival ninja clan, the Songbird Clan for
centuries. Snow-Claws are few in numbers (less than fifteen) in
present day due to losing such a war and have retreated by
scattering across all of Mobius to save what was left of them.
In the past, most recent years, the Snow-Claws have been trying
to increase their numbers in hopes to someday re-challenge their
enemy to avenge the dead.
Having lost thousands of their own over a span of approximately
nine hundred years, Snow-Claws alive today have been raised and
conditioned to absolutely loathe the Songbirds so much that the
instance that they see one; their goal suddenly turns to kill
upon sight, no questions asked. As a part of their lifestyle
since the beginning of time, Snow-Claws have been infamously
known for their cannibalistic traits in which they have
traditionally followed to present day; and have enjoyed it.
Their Ninjtsu skills are highly valuable as they use it to not
only to stay hidden from threats, authorities and escaping
captivity but also use it on the offence when taking out
selected targets.
Who and What Started the War?
Guiver, the designated 'Father' figure of the Snow-Claws, was
the first mortal to stand up against the Songbird's Goddess as
his own family and clan were endangered by the Songbird's
lifestyles. Since one cannot kill an immortal God, Guiver
developed a technique to trap the Goddess of Bloodshed and
Sacrilege in a necklace; preventing her from indulging in
sacrifices and bloodshed in her name to make her more powerful.
Her gain in power was in turn to reward her loyal Followers by
granting them anything they wished, or was often referred to as
their 'Paradise'. However, upon his mortal death, Guiver's soul
was also locked away in the very same necklace due to the
sacrifices needed to be made for the desired end result. In
addition, since he was the first one to develop such a technique
- and survived - no research had been conducted at the time to
attempt to prevent such a fate.
Outraged, the Cultist leader of the Songbirds, Mardius, set out
his revenge and murdered Guiver in cold blood. Ever since then,
the two clans have been targeting members of the other clan for
their own revenge until it spiralled exponentially out of
control and became a never ending bloodbath over the centuries.
Social Hierarchy:
Interestingly, Snow-Claws maintain a pretty primitive social
hierarchy; it's almost animalistic. Whilst their interactions
significant members of the clan is very much like a pack of
animals and an Alpha Male/Female, their intelligence and
interaction with others outside their clan is kept up with the
times.
[list]
[li]There has only been a male leader in all history of
Snow-Claws.[/li]
[li]Length of extendable teeth increases with experience on
Mobian kills, not age.[/li]
[li]When two Snow-Claws meet the first thing they do is expose
their teeth to each other. The one with larger teeth demands
dominance and respect.[/li]
[li]Cannibalism within clan members isn't unheard of. Traitors
get devoured by the leader.[/li]
[li]Only Allarius has his fangs so long that he is unable to
retract them. Thus guaranteeing him rights to be the leader, as
well as his skills. He is also the most experienced Ninjtsu
Master within the Clan that is alive today.[/li]
[/list]
Why Do Snow-Claws have Super Strength?
Asides for the reason as to how they discovered it? Think about
it, it takes an immense about of strength to rip apart a living
being. It also takes a really, really strong digestive system to
digest bones within hours of consumption.
Why Are Snow-Claws Cannibals?
See question below.
How Did the Snow-Claws Become Cannibals? How Did the Snow-Claws
Discover Their Super Strength?
When the Snow-Claws first started to quickly dwindle in numbers,
they were shocked to find that the Songbird members they thought
they had murdered kept coming back stronger than ever. Baffled
by this supposed impossibility, they started to panic about a
solution.
Until one day, one of the Snow-Claws, Zeiris, was captured by a
Songbird and the new prisoner was tortured and started almost to
death. The Snow-Claw found a window of opportunity and killed
the Songbird whom captured him in the first place. Out of sheer
paranoia that this Songbird was coming back for him again, as
well as his starvation, Zeiris devoured the Songbird. After
eating so fast and furiously, in such a primal way that he had
also tapped into a hidden gift bestowed upon Snow-Claws which
hadn't been discovered in their clan before: super strength.
Such a discovery was made when Zeiris realised upon his
reflections that he had managed to not only tear apart the
Songbird with his bare hands, but also devoured his bones
without a problem.
After escaping the prison, Zeiris found his clan again and
recounted his experiences. At first he got mixed reactions of
shock, disgust and disbelief at the thought of devouring their
foes but they also regrettably agreed that it was the only
method to date to ensure that the targeted Songbird won't come
back. Zeiris was then laughed at by his allies about his claim
of super strength, especially when he failed to demonstrate it
again.
Later one they were fighting the Songbirds once again but this
time Zeiris was able to tap into his Super Strength again when
in the face of danger and his secret lust for more Mobian flesh.
Shocking his allies once again, this time demonstrating right in
front of them, only a very select few dared to follow in his
footsteps. A majority didn't, but those who did also tapped into
their hidden strength. Years passed by and eventually the
concept of cannibalism was widely accepted - and liked - by the
rest of the Snow-Claws and they too discovered their super
strength. Turns out that Super Strength was unlocked when a
Snow-Claw is faced with a situation where the primal instinct to
survive is mixed with overwhelming hunger.
Later generations of Snow-Claws found it easier to tap into
their hidden talents, so much so that their teeth had evolved to
become retractable within their gums and jawline. Snow-Claws of
today find that tapping into their Super Strength becomes second
nature and their strict Ninjtisu training prevents them from
losing control when in front of other Mobians; or 'prey'.
Snow-Claw Skulls:
Mobian Anatomy is weird... but I've made the eye sockets smaller
because if I was very accurate with Mobian proportions these
skulls will look freakier with massive holes in their skulls
lol. Skulls were drawn as a fusion of a tiger's and a human's.
They look like demon skulls...
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[list]
[li]Skulls drawn in blue are when teeth are at normal length and
skulls in red are when they are extended.[/li]
[li]Like snakes, Snow-Claw's lower jaws are joined together by a
flexible muscle. This is so that Snow-Claws can dislocated their
jaws at will in order to be able to not only get bigger bites
into their targets, but are also able to use their longest fangs
in the same bite.[/li]
[li]As seen in F and G, Snow-Claws have a set of thick teeth
pointing towards the throat; this is so that once they have a
grip on a target they simple cannot pull out without risking
potentially lethal damage to themselves. (This is also found in
IRL animals like crocodiles and snakes.)[/li]
[li]When the four largest fangs extend to double their initial
length, a second row of smaller teeth also extend from the
gums.[/li]
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