The Fierle (pronounced feer-EL-ay) are an elite group of animals known for humanoid intelligence and understanding. Their distinguishing feature is their heterochromic eyes, which are a darker or contrasting color around the pupil and a lighter color further out in the iris. The inside color often has a fiery look.
Communication
Though the Fierle can understand human speech, they cannot speak it. Only a few avians have been known to speak like humans. The Fierle have precise body and vocal language - which obviously varies based on the type of Fierle - which allows them to communicate with each other and humans. They can also communicate, using their vocal and body language, with regular animals of their species.
Fierle can project their emotions and mental images to humans. The stronger the relationship with the human, the clearer the signals. When a Fierle makes contact this way, the human often experiences heightened senses based on the Fierle's strengths, as well as a certain scent, temperature and color changes.
For instance, when a wolfin Fierle makes contact with a human, the human may experience a heightened sense of smell and smell a woody or doggish scent. They might see (if their eyes are closed, which is the easiest way to receive information from a Fierle) swirly lights, kinda like what you see if you close your eyes and push on your eyeballs.
They might feel a bit cold and notice that their vision seems tinted gray. Those sense-related changes are considered the Fierle's "fingerprint" - each Fierle has their own unique "fingerprint". History
The Fierle were created in the Beginning along with the other animals. They were designed to be the second-in-command over the earth and the helpers of humans. Though there were Fierle of every species imaginable in the beginning, most of the smaller or prey Fierle have gone extinct or into hiding. (Insects, rodents, small birds, etc.) The most populous Fierle now are wild cats and dogs, reptiles, equines, predator avians and other larger animals.
Reproduction
The Fierle "gene", if you will, is recessive. If a Fierle breeds with a non-Fierle, the offspring and all of its descendants will always be non-Fierle. Most species of Fierle form clans or herds - tigers with tigers, horses with horses - and breed within their clan to keep their purity. For most Fierle, breeding with a non-Fierle is equivalent to adultery. Many Fierle will banish or kill any clan-mates who do this.
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