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Tallu is a eigth tailed sorcery fox living in the middle of a National Park of the Himalayan mountain side. She specializes on Potion Making and the crafting of magic tools.

She has a amiable relationship with a local Village that seeks her aid when someone is sick, as most doctors are weeks from their village. In exchange Tallu orders Milk, Lama fur and other goods of the Village for free if she needs them. 

She is currently trying to gain her ninth Tail.

A high in Tail count Fox (he requests his tails are not to be told) who wears almost constantly an illusion to hide a number of scars. 

He actually has only one eye he sees with and most of his body is filled with gruesome scars from The Napoleon wars, the first world war and the second world war in which he participated. 

Asil is a warrior Fox and Second of the Himalaya Mountain Skulk and it's probably (self proclaimed) most handsome member. (the prettiest title goes to his best friend and Boss River) 

A mysterious powerful Fae related to the element of water whose daughter was kidnapped by a Serial Killer. 

A high in Tails fox (number of tails is a secret) and leader of the Himalayan Skulk. 

He is an effimate Fox looking almost frail and feminine outwardly. He is also among the smaller foxes around worldwide despite being one of the most powerful. 

He has gone with Asil through many wars and formed his Skulk with him after the second world War. 

Rika is apprentice to the Library Master of Cordoba and a chatterbox when she is nervous. While it does not show in her behavior or acts she is actually highly intelligent and speaks over 10 languages fluently being capable of n times more in understanding. 

A giant Library build between 929 and 1031 by the Kalif Abdurrahman III with a collection of 500.000 books. It is an actual historical library you can go visit if you are ever in Cordoba.

In this version it's a sealed off library under a desert ghost and librarian called Giacomo, who co. founded the library and his apprentice Rika.

Fact: Bazaars exist in Alexandria, although not the shadow Bazaar.

The Shadow Bazaar is a giant Bazaar where one may get everything, the legal and the illegal. It is not difficult to get inside and most stores are like normal markets, mobile, a few fixed stores also exist few and far inbetween most of them old and established.

Each foxtail stands for a newly gained and often unique Magic ability. Foxes gain their tails through passing their own Magics exams, where they prove their own magic that they can wield thier new ability. These are often dangerous and related to the ability they later on gain.

One other way to gain Power is to make so called Fox Deals where a Fox fulfills a human wishes and in exchange gain something from them. Either their soul or something of same value. 

The threshold and hardest to pass is the so called Nine-tails exam. It stands for the leap from eight to ninth Tail. About one in five or ten foxes doesn't make it out of their Nine-tails alive. 

The number of tails can rise from Nine-tails but it is rare and these Tails afterwards are only gained through either special circumstances ot life threatening situations. 

Fox shifters that are magically and combat wise weak but known for their wealth of knowledge. Many among them count as spellmakers or potionmakers they create unique Magic and Potions to make up for their deficits. They grow slower then other foxes and seldomly see a need for soul hunting.

Most Skulks see them as irrelevant, those who haven't done so however often thrive. 

One out of about fifty foxes is born a sorcery Fox. 

Fae is a description for a large number of magical beings that are usually 'Spirits of Nature'

One has to notice though,  what can be described as such varies greatly. Modern society has transformed many fae whose abilities were tied to the habitate they lived in into something else. They have gained new abilities and lost old ones and while most of them are perfectly harmless there are a few, called named ones, that possess powers so great they can raze entire cities to the ground. 

One thing among Fae to notice is though. They don't lie, their definition of truth is flexible but they never outright lie. 

Sorcerers and Witches. They are the same upper category of magic, being born human in either case, they are Magic users with one major difference. 

Witches deal with natural Magics. They use the Magic energy of Nature around then to cast their spells. Affinity towards nature or a specific element, often a preference, determining their level of strength. 

Sorcerers deal with Demon Magic or so called artificial Magic where Magic is gained through means other then affinity. Similar to sorcery foxes many among them are potion and spellmakers. 

The name of a drug used in medicine, to daze or completely knock someone out before the operation. It works well on magic users since normal morphium usually wears off to fast.

Either a poisionous plant, or a designer drug acting like speed. It gives you hallucinations and makes you hypersensitive while at the same time hyperactive.

It is only allowed in very small doses and even that is hard to get. One of it's primary places of distribution is the Shadow Bazaar in Alexandria.

Combined with Honeysuckle it either works like an Aphrotisiac or it completely takes the human/rational side of a magical being out.