Summary
Most wickerbeasts prefer the company of their own species but can be receptive of others. In general they are social beings who do best in large, thriving communities, but this can vary from wicker to wicker. They are highly intelligent, some even being able to decipher ancient texts but that often gets overlooked by their brute strength. Wickerbeasts are very hands-on and quickly learn tasks that involve any type of physical labor. Some can grow bored of everyday activities and choose to pick up more complex ventures such as the arcane arts.
General BehaviorWickerbeasts always walk upright on their two feet, but can go on all fours during hunting to aid in speed and agility. Wickers have different personalities but overall are very open and accepting of one another. There are times when their tempers get the best of them and brawls occur, but they usually end within minutes and forgiveness is given.
With this being said, wickers are very confrontational and most do not stand down if they feel they are in the right. In the face of danger, many band together to defeat a single target. Some fight with their bare fists while others prefer the aid of a weapon. While some thrive off of company there are those who prefer silence amongst themselves. These wickers aren't treated any different from their extroverted kin, but they can possibly get into more fights if exposed to other wickers too long and become moody and more irritable. Due to this, those that prefer their own company become hermits and build a life outside clans and villages and only enter for the occasional visit with friends and family. |
Two hybrid wickers, Noni giving Urie, exchanging a gift.
In their more loving and affectionate state of mind, they express care a variety of ways from physical affection to giving gifts; the larger the gift the more affection they're trying to express. Areas completely off limits to strangers are their ears, tails, and horns. They only allow those extremely close to them touch them.
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Sounds
Their vocals have been described as near similar to raptors, but can mimic the sounds of other creatures, human voices, and even object sounds. These abilities are mostly used to their advantage while hunting using bait and capture methods, mimicing sounds or voices their target is most familiar with and bringing their guard down before making a strike. Outside of hunting, common forms of communication are through short burts of their vocals but they can speak human language for those unfamiliar with "Wick Speak".
Diet
Wickers are strictly carnivorous when it comes to their diet, only resorting to fruits and vegetation under extreme circumstances such as food shortages. They consume up to 3x their own body weight and can live off of fat stored within their bodies up to a month. Along with their carnivore diet, they much prefer fresh kill but are known on occasion to scavenge corpses if necessary.
Wickerbeasts & Humans
Due to their long standing tension with humans, wickers generally try their best to stay as far away from all human contact as possible, some even developing extreme phobias of humans.
Most try to remain as calm as possible in a human's presense but the longer they have to stay around them the more irritated they can become. Some become very stressed if they have to be around them for more than a week and begin to display stress induced behavior such as claw biting, excessively plucking hairs from their body, and loss of sleep and appetite.
At times, there are some who have developed nerves of steel or have very minor fits of worry around them and are chosen to act as messengers and ambassadors between the two.
Even more rare are those who genuinely prefer the company of humans and have an almost pet-like view of them. These wickers display affection towards humans the same way they would their brethren but in a more toned down fashion due to cultural barriers and build difference so not to accidentally cause harm. Those that have an attraction to human life eventually move onto cities as soon as the opportunity strikes and try their best to integrate into human society all while still keeping some parts of their own culture alive.
Most try to remain as calm as possible in a human's presense but the longer they have to stay around them the more irritated they can become. Some become very stressed if they have to be around them for more than a week and begin to display stress induced behavior such as claw biting, excessively plucking hairs from their body, and loss of sleep and appetite.
At times, there are some who have developed nerves of steel or have very minor fits of worry around them and are chosen to act as messengers and ambassadors between the two.
Even more rare are those who genuinely prefer the company of humans and have an almost pet-like view of them. These wickers display affection towards humans the same way they would their brethren but in a more toned down fashion due to cultural barriers and build difference so not to accidentally cause harm. Those that have an attraction to human life eventually move onto cities as soon as the opportunity strikes and try their best to integrate into human society all while still keeping some parts of their own culture alive.