Planet Zar: Nexus

List of Affinities

Absolution

APPEARANCE

Golden bodies possessing black markings in the form of spots or stripes. Typically sport masks or cheetah 'tear stains.'

PERSONALITY

Melancholy, unjudging, troubled

COMMON MUTATIONS

Almost always have bi-color manes, fading black to white or vice verse.

Ascetic

APPEARANCE

Exceptionally colorful and beautiful, Ascetic Amuni may be any shade of any color imaginable and are never just one, sporting glorious patterns and markings.

PERSONALITY

Self-disciplined, practice self-denial and moderation, controlled, quiet, serene, disapproving

COMMON MUTATIONS

While mutations are common, ascetics often perform body modifications such as wing clipping or hair sheering to lessen the benefits of their mutations.

Baptism

APPEARANCE

Soft blue or blue-grey, possessing simpe white and/or black markings. Symbolic markings appear on the face in white, outlined in black.

PERSONALITY

Serious, ambitious, pensive

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Belief

APPEARANCE

Various medium-to-light greys and silvers, with intricate markings in pastel shades. Beliefs often sport white and/or black points, with fairly minimal black.

PERSONALITY

Dedicated, faithful, understanding, trusting, gullible

COMMON MUTATIONS

Feathered and insectoid wings are common.

Beloved

APPEARANCE

Beloveds come in a myriad of deep red, burgundy, and brown. Their necks are always distinctly lighter than their bodies, and they often have dark, contrasting marks on their faces. Smaller markings in pale cream or white sometimes appear.

PERSONALITY

Devoted, emotional, poetic, tender, introspective, empathetic

COMMON MUTATIONS

Wings of varying types and sizes are quite common, with translucent insect-like wings being the most prominent. Beloveds also occasionally sport a unique mutation of living flowers, which grow out of their hair.

Birth

APPEARANCE

White or flesh-toned with red brindle. Occassionally births sport black points on the face, tail, or feet.

PERSONALITY

Chaste, innocent, attentive, curious

COMMON MUTATIONS

Rarely sport mutations.

Charm

APPEARANCE

Charms are smaller in size than other amuni spheres, and have a youthful air about them. They come in shades of bright pink and yellow, with white or cream colored underbellies and facial markings. Their eyes tend to be bright blue or green in color.

PERSONALITY

Youthful, jovial, high-energy, personable, charming (or obnoxious!)

COMMON MUTATIONS

Short tufts of hair on the head, like bangs, are the most common mutations. Feathers in various places on non-avian animals also appear, as to undersized or vestigial wings.

Commandment

APPEARANCE

Rich browns or brown-grey with bold black markings, typically in the style of blocky stripes.

PERSONALITY

Domineering, strong-willed, righteous

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Confession

APPEARANCE

Black, which slowly fades into white near the hind quarters and tail, or the reverse. Markings are usually blocky and bold, black or gold in color.

PERSONALITY

Skittish, enlightened, easily manipulated, honest, cautious

CURSE

Compelled to speak their wrong-doings, Confession affinties are incapable of keeping their own dirty secrets.

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Covenant

APPEARANCE

Cream or pale brown, with small, delicate purple and black markings.

PERSONALITY

Trustworthy, proud, exuberant

CURSE

If a covenant makes an agreement in written word, they are compelled to uphold it. They are incapable of breaking a pact once it's written down.

COMMON MUTATIONS

Horns, particularly rams horns, are fairly common.

Creation

APPEARANCE

Of a slightly larger size than usual, creations are always very noble and intimidating to look at. Their coats are dark blue to black in coloration, spotted with tiny pinpricks of white that give the illusion of stars. Very often they will also have minimal green (although rarely dark green) markings, especially notable on physical mutations such as manes and wings.

PERSONALITY

Creative, caring, protective, easily amused, usually eccentric

COMMON MUTATIONS

Wings of any size and type are particularly common.

Faith

APPEARANCE

Light green, with silver and blue markings. Often sport white or silver underbellies and points.

PERSONALITY

Faithful, devoted, trustworthy, optimistic

COMMON MUTATIONS

Always sport wings, but these are often vestigial and in unusual places.

Fellowship

APPEARANCE

Fellowships most commonly sport a combination of cool greens, blues, and white across their hides in various flowing patterns. It can be complex or simple in design, but is always a mixture of all three colors.

PERSONALITY

Trusting, social, harmonious, diplomatic

COMMON MUTATIONS

Antlers of varying sizes, and loose, long flowing head on the head, neck, and/or tail are particularly common.

Forbidden

APPEARANCE

Green, yellow, and/or red, with black and/or green markings. Markings are curvy and elegant, resembling vines or serpents.

PERSONALITY

Seductive, alluring, shameless, deceitful, manipulative

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Fortitude

APPEARANCE

Fortitudes are naturally large and muscular in build, with handsome faces and proud, staring eyes. In coloration they are soft grey with sandy markings. Their underbellies and paws tend to be lighter shades than their base colors, even becoming so bleached as to appear white.

PERSONALITY

Just, courageous, forthright, committed

COMMON MUTATIONS

Tail adornments in the forms of horns, spikes, and clubs are quite common.

Glory

APPEARANCE

Most Glory Types are violet, gold, and blue, but other colors may be incorporated in small doses. Colors are usually displayed in large spot-like patterns, with one color as the base coat and others overlaid on top of it, sometimes overlapping and sometimes not.

PERSONALITY

Vain, boisterous, adventurous, nosy, chipper, self-centered

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Heaven

APPEARANCE

White with gold or vibrant blue markings, typically in the form of elegant swirls or tribal designs.

PERSONALITY

Pious, good-natured, kind, virtuous, chaste, wise

COMMON MUTATIONS

Almost always sport feathered wings.

Hell

APPEARANCE

Red or black with bold, jagged markings in darker hues.

PERSONALITY

Manipulative, vengeful, malicious, spiteful, exacting

COMMON MUTATIONS

Almost always sport horns or spikes of some manner.

Justice

APPEARANCE

Justice types are bold and bright. Their base color ranged from golden, to orange, to deep green. They generally sport black caps or capes over their head, neck, and shoulders, as well as bold geometric markings on the legs and body. Smaller, lighter marks may appear on the toes and face.

PERSONALITY

Courageous, empathetic, gregarious, quarrelsome

COMMON MUTATIONS

Long visible claws or hooves on non-hoofed animals. Horns or plates on the forehead.

Life

APPEARANCE

White with pied markings of gold, brown, and/or green. Eyes are most commonly blue.

PERSONALITY

Mysterious, proud, protective, nurturing, conceited

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Martyr

APPEARANCE

Mix of black and blue, with red markings. Markings are random and can occur in any shape, thickness, or area on the Martyrs body.

PERSONALITY

Morbid, melancholic, empathetic, protective, selfless, sacrificing

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Miracle

APPEARANCE

Deep purple or maroon with simple black and white markings. Markings are commonly points and masks, but rarely bands will occur.

PERSONALITY

Open-minded, mysterious, secretive, soothing, gentle

CURSE

Addicted to silver. Miracle affinities have an insatiable urge to collect silver and often adorn themselves with silver trinkets.

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Oath

APPEARANCE

Oath types come in various shades of brown and deep green. Their legs are darker than their main body, but they may still sport lighter colored markings on their feet and/or toes. Their markings tend to be very bold, rather than soft or gradient.

PERSONALITY

Honest, meticulous, steadfast in their beliefs.

COMMON MUTATIONS

Long hair over the feet (like that of a Clydesdale), and tufts of hair on the joints and chin. Ram and bulls horns occur with some frequency as well.

Promise

APPEARANCE

Rainbow gradient on a white or pale blue background. Occassionally rainbow markings can be so prominant as to appear to be the base color.

PERSONALITY

Wrathful, forgiving, trustworthy, committed, truth-telling

CURSE

Promises are bound to their word once given, and they must abide by the spirit of an agreement not just the "law."

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Purgatory

APPEARANCE

Grey, with black, white, and/or blue markings. These markings are usually drippy and oddly shaped, giving Purgatories a rather disturbing appearance.

PERSONALITY

Melancholic, lost, lonely, tranquil, serene

COMMON MUTATIONS

While wings are uncommon, they will always appear semi-transparent and ghost-like if found on a purgatory.

Purity

APPEARANCE

Solid white, most often without markings. Markings, if any, will be gold and minimal.

PERSONALITY

Chaste, innocent, temperent, kind

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Redemption

APPEARANCE

White, with green and gold markings. Usually sport bands on legs and markings along spine/back. Always sport some sort of marking around the eyes.

PERSONALITY

Proud, noble, brave, vengeful, steadfast

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations.

Sacrifice

APPEARANCE

Gold or golden yellow in coloration, with tints or highlights of silvery white. Occasionally solid white markings, normally points or ‘irish’ are seen. All sacrifice-types, whether solid gold or otherwise, have flowing red markings. These markings appear around the eyes and on the neck most commonly, but also may be present down the back and sides.

PERSONALITY

Proud, understanding, chaste, compromising

COMMON MUTATIONS

Sheep/bull horns are fairly common. Somewhat less common, but more naturally occurring in sacrifice types than any other, are feather plumes along the spine.

Scripture

APPEARANCE

Resembling parchment, scriptures are beige, cream, khaki, or very rarely white. They sport thin, spidery black markings that resemble written language.

PERSONALITY

Intelligent, studious, knowledgeable, fussy, self-important, preachy

COMMON MUTATIONS

Often near-sighted.

Secret

APPEARANCE

Pink or purple with inky black markings in highly intricate patterns.

PERSONALITY

Secretive, withdrawn, seductive, mysterious

CURSE

Secret affinities are incapable of revealing another's secrets, even if witholding this information brings harm to themselves or others.

COMMON MUTATIONS

No comomon mutations.

Serenity

APPEARANCE

Serenity types are delicate, ephemeral looking creatures. They come in shades of muted indigo to pale lilac, with cream and peach colored undersides. Their markings are not ostentatious or bold, but vary greatly between individuals.

PERSONALITY

Serene, mediating, blissful

COMMON MUTATIONS

Serenity types are often seen with leonine tufted tails and elegant horns and/or antlers.

Shame

APPEARANCE

Vibrant red or pink, sporting few (if any) markings. Markings, when they do occur, are black or green and bold.

PERSONALITY

Emotional, shy, withdrawn, worried

COMMON MUTATIONS

Can occassionally be hairless or otherwise missing patches of hair.

Spirit

APPEARANCE

White, with flame-like markings, silver being the most common color. Red, blue, green, and gold may also occur

PERSONALITY

Righteous, noble, mysterious

COMMON MUTATIONS

Are often insubstantial or translucent

Tithe

APPEARANCE

Golds, silvers, and whites play across their fur in spotted patterns. Stripes are uncommon but not unheard of.

PERSONALITY

Unyielding, tenacious, sharp-witted, detail-oriented, greedy, gluttonous

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations

Virtue

APPEARANCE

White, with markings of green(prudence), red(justice), blue(faith), light blue(temperance), violet(hope), yellow(charity), and/or orange(fortitude). Each color represents a different virtue. Usually one or two will be dominant over the others. It's extremely rare to get a Virtue with all seven colors.

PERSONALITY

Varies upon dominant virtue

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations

Wonder

APPEARANCE

Navy, from blue-ish to purple, in coloration, very soft and soothing tones. Their coats are mottled and streaked with silver and soft aqua tones, giving them a “salt and pepper” appearance. Markings may be soft pink or yellow, and appear as very simple designs on the face and along the sides. Wonder types always sport an equal number of large circle or star shaped marks somewhere on their bodies, symmetrical on both left and right sides.

PERSONALITY

Curious, engaging, experimental, open-minded

COMMON MUTATIONS

Wonders almost always have some mutation, including antennae (rarely seen in other spheres), feathers and fins on mammal animals, and wings of various sorts.

Worship

APPEARANCE

Dark gold with bold white markings outlined in black. Markings are often blocky in their base form with more intricate inner designs.

PERSONALITY

Subserviant, pious, devoted, dedicated

COMMON MUTATIONS

No common mutations

Zealot

APPEARANCE

Deep purple, with extremeties splashed a vibrant red as if stained with the blood of their enemies.

PERSONALITY

Fanatical, committed, violent, prejudiced, wrathful

COMMON MUTATIONS

Elongated claws and various spikes and spines.