# Introduction The Inari are a vulpine people, able to switch between a humanoid folk-form, and a unique [[Fox]] form. Inari are usually seen as quick-witted and untrustworthy by others. And yet, most people believe that doing business with an Inari is a quick way to success, so long as you earn their loyalty. # Description Inari have two forms: **Folk** form and **Fox** form. They are born in folk form, resembling most other heritages and only distinguishable by their carnivorous teeth. Around puberty they begin to grow a tail and an additional set of furred ears at the top of their head. Some grow fur and pads on their palms and base of their feet, and even find their nails becoming claw-like, but this is simply their body going through the process, and these recede in time. Approximately around the age of 20, Inari achieve maturity, which is marked by their ability to fully become a **Fox**. It is rather common to go to bed in their folk form and to awake in their fox form. Many a young Inari has panicked over their unexpected maturity, and over the next day or two must learn to adapt to control their new ability. Soon though, Inari find themselves changing with ease. Maturity can happen early or late, and Inari that change are considered adults, regardless of age difference. Woe to the elder sibling that finds themselves still treated by society as a child while their younger sibling is seen as an adult. There have been cases where puberty has taken to the age of 30 before maturing; this, however, is a rarity. Inari have a lifespan of roughly 300 years, only outpaced in their longevity by the [[Jotunn]]. Inari may have red, orange, brown, grey or black fur. Yellow, white, and golden fur are only seen among Inari with many tails. Tails connect Inari to their sensitivity to **Aether.** In the most gruesome circumstances, if all tails of an Inari are severed, they are trapped in their folk form with their stubbed tails. Inari have one tail during puberty, but over time and high exposure to magic, they may find themselves continuing to mature and growing additional tails, with a maximum of nine tails. Larger tail numbers are seen as status symbols, and more than four tails are usually only seen among the upper echelons of experience. # Frame - [[Entity Size and Weight|Size]]: Medium Middleweight - Height Range: 120-190cm - Speed: +2m - Lifespan: 3 centuries # Physiology - [[Taxonomy]]: Folk, Samsaric, Beast, Aethereal - +Reflex - [[Foxshift]] - **Dusksight** +16m # Auxiliary Traits - [[Will o' Wisps]] - [[Shadowslip]] # Tail Affinities Character starts with one tail after going through puberty. Some characters may start the campaign with two tails, if allowed by the narrator. Characters gain an additional tail for each chapter of the campaign completed, for a maximum of 9. For every tail an Inari has, they may use [[Starlight Pearl]] once during the current chapter.