Creating JauVon characters

If you want to make your own JauVon character and need some guidance and what can and can't be in the setting (without being an alien, of course) then this page is for you!

This will cover some basic questions and rules regarding making your own fan Vie (at least, if you want them to be considered canon)

Body types

First thing to note is their body structure. They have slim bodies, (bearing a few exceptions,) long limbs, wide hips, tiny paw feet, and overly large heads, eyes, and hands.

Keep in mind that JauVon people are very short compared to humans or your 'standard' anthro character. They stand around 90cm on average. (just a bit under 3ft)

Visuals:

Vie Bases

Example Characters

(Example of vie shapes)
Infant, child, and adult

Creating/Translating Characters

So you want to make something strange, or you have a character in another setting and wanna make a JauVon version?
Well here are some tricks to creation/translation that might help!

Ovie or Vivie

First decide if you want them to be Ovie, Vivie, or VieBreaker.


For some things this is easy. Fur? Prolly Vivie. Scales? Prolly Ovie. Both? Prolly breaker.

And for others, it's hard.

Example

Let's say your char is a shark.

That's not a mammal like a Vivie, but it's not really fitting to the egglayer feel of Ovie.
Here we have to play fast and loose with the idea of 'shark'.
Usually I make them Vivie(Chiuvi), because once in the JauVon shape they aren't that much different looking from whales and dolphins.

Now lets say you wanted to make a fish

A fish I'd make an Ovie(Chiuov), because scales and spiny fins feel more Ovie.
Like most things in the setting, its all about aesthetics and what *feels* right, there are no hard rules.

Fish as Ovie

Bearl Zmall, Adult by Lengna

Fish as Vivie

Elienia Medeni, Adult by Kiwi

Ben, Chi, or Dej

Secondly decide if your characters is of the air(Ben), water(Chi), or land(Dej).
This needs to make visual or asthetic sense more than logical sense.


For some things this is easy. Wings? Prolly Ben. Smooth skin/scales? Prolly Chi. Horns/antlers/spikes? Prolly Dej. More than one of these? Prolly A breaker (Though benuov often have scales on their lower leg bits)

And for others, it's hard.

Examples

Let's say your char is a snake.
It could be Chi or Dej depending on the smoothness of its scales.
Same with some lizards. A komodo dragon would prolly end up as a Chi, and a bearded dragon would prolly end up as a Dej.
If you wanted to make a dragon dragon it would prolly be a viebreaker! (and, depending on the kind of wings you give it, it may be a viebreaker from vivie/ovie as well as ben/chi/dej)

Now let's say you wanna make an otter.
They're furry, not smooth, but they have tiny ears and are water associated.
This all depends on how you wanna picture them, really.
Chiuvi can have fur, it's just usualy slick. So you can go Chi.
If you wanna make them more fluffy or have bigger ears, you may wanna go for Dej instead.
Again, there are no hard rules, just what looks like it fits best.

Final Say

If you're really worried about it, we don't mind working with you to get them juuust right! It's fun creating characters. And, if all else fails, say it's a Criolidhium poisoning mutation that makes them look that way ;p

Q and A

Can my character...

...be *insert gender identity here*

Yes! (They don't care that much about gender in the setting and there are little to no in-world ways to describe gender in general. But that doesn't mean you can't express them how you want in text or visuals or anything you like)

...be *insert animal here*

Yes... mostly. You can base your character off any real or imagined animal you like as long as you can make them fit into the JauVon 'mold' (more about how to do this in the main article)

...be a cyborg?

Only if they became that way in the alliance timeframe and beyond.

...have superpowers?

Only if they suffer from Criolidhium poisoning (and that has drawbacks). They can be cured or uncured, that's up to you.

..wear *insert clothing here*

Yes, but if its not multi-layered or embroidered or otherwise decorated 'fancily', your char would be considered odd in-setting (though if that's what you're going for, have at it!)

..look a way you already said no to?

Yes, actually. As long as it's just your character's source avatar! Those can look however your char makes them look.