lifestyles
Halinhi have three different ways of living because they have only recently evolved as a conscious, intelligent species. Though your Hali doesn't necessarily have to fit in any one category, many Hali grow up in only one setting and are heavily influenced by their lifestyle. It would be nice for you to write your adopted Halinhi OC into their world with one of these lifestyles!
Note: it is possible for a Hali to switch life styles. Maybe one was born primitive, but later joined the reformed Halinhi, for example. Maybe a Hali was picked up and turned into a domesticated one against their will. Etc!
Note: it is possible for a Hali to switch life styles. Maybe one was born primitive, but later joined the reformed Halinhi, for example. Maybe a Hali was picked up and turned into a domesticated one against their will. Etc!
primitive
The primitive Halinhi tend to live in packs and hunt and gather together in the shrublands. They don't build or have structured job/cultural settings, instead they are nomadic and travel great distances to forage. It is a very rough and dirty lifestyle choice. While most of these wild Hali never were exposed to novel ways of living, some joined the primitive culture because they wanted to live more naturally. They can be loners, they don't always have to be in packs!
- Omnivorous diets are best for survival, they take what they can get.
- Less sophisticated, more aggressive, wild acting, nomadic.
- They have a very rigid social structure and are the most discriminatory to Hali with less tails.
- Shorter lifespan, most don't make it to 25 years of age.
- If they have items, its only natural things like plants, feathers, bones, etc.
- Most likely to be hunted by the humans living on Qaern.
- Do not form a life-long bond with one partner, tend to switch mates over time.
- Tend to only live where Hali originated from, the savanna or desert shrublands.
- Usually they have the lithe body type as they are very fit and built to survive.
- They make poor human pets because they dislike creatures with low amounts of tails and have poor temperament.
Reformed
Reformed Halinhi are able to construct nature-based homes like tree houses, rock/clay houses, or use caves. They have simplistic jobs like farming, hunting, and healing and can make materials like woven cloth and paper. They are more advanced socially and industrially than wild ones. They also have a simple form of government that enforces rules and helps to protect them. They like to learn a little bit from the humans, but like living simply and lack a lot of human-like technology.
- Being well-settled and having different forms of agriculture, diet can be up to choice.
- Peaceful, fair, organized, developed, stay in settled Hali communities.
- They tend to support social equality most, tail-number is newly taught as unimportant.
- Don't interact too much with humans, they live as equals but disagree on some stances so try to stay separate.
- Life long pairings are most common here. Partners have a home and family together.
- Can settle in any environment, they have the technology to live comfortably where they need to.
- Any body type may be seen, no selective pressure during breeding for this lifestyle.
- Can make their own simplistic cloth apparel. Still use some nature objects as decoration. Metals are a rarity.
- Some have their own pets since they have their own homes and land and most conscious mind.
- Don't become human pets unless they opt for it themselves. Humans kidnapping from their settlements isn't legal.
domesticated
Halinhi as domesticated pets are often are looked down upon by other Hali, or conversely, envied, but either way they are usually shunned by the other groups. Some live with personalities comparable to cats and dogs, but others live more like a family member of the humans. It depends on the breeder it came from and how their owner raised the Halinhi to be. If the owner teaches the Halinhi their language from an early age then the Hali will be more like a family member in personality.
- Humans have made their own kibble for pet Hali. Their diets can also consist of fresh foods and human food.
- Usually trainable, happy, lazy, relaxed, live in human homes.
- Some don't like being pets and may be angry, unhappy, scared, etc.
- They don't often care about tail norms because they don't know they exist.
- Often are bred to have the stout body type, but either is possible.
- Can live in any environment with their human owners.
- Often bred to have unique body traits and mutations.
- May have life long partners, but some are used by breeders and mate with multiple Hali.
- Humans adorn them in all kinds of clothing and apparel. Cloth, metals, jewels, anything.