Valleyfolk cannot freely communicate with other creatures, and the level of verbal communication they have lessens the further away a species is from their own.

• Valleyfolk

  • Full communication, able to speak in full sentences verbally.

    • • "This is an example sentence."

• Foxes/Coyotes/Other Canid Creatures

  • Partial communication, able to speak in broken sentences verbally.

  • Faint "accent"

    • • "This example sentence."

• Bears/Cougars/Felidae/Ursids

  • Partial communication, can only speak in basic words, 2 or 3 words at a time.

  • More discernible "accent" when speaking. (i.e. felines may tend to hiss/sound raspy, bears growl with their words, etc.)

    • • "This... Sentence..."

• Birds/Small Carnivores (Weasels, Stoates, etc.)

  • Limited communication, usually has a tendency to "latch on" to a single word and repeat it.

    • • "Sentence! Sentence! Sentence! Sentence! Sentence! Sentence!"

• Rodents/Herbivores (Deer, Goats, Elk, etc.)

  • No verbal communication, but can still attempt to communicate through body language.

  • Attempts at communication are not guaranteed to get the idea across.

    • • "..." confused deer noises

• Familiars

  • If not bonded yet to their Valleyfolk, can only communicate on the same level of communication as the above corresponding species.

  • If bonded, familiars may communicate freely with their bonded Valleyfolk as though they were the same species.

  • Familiars that share a species may speak freely with one another.

  • If your character has a raven familiar, and another character also has a raven familiar, your characters cannot understand one another's familiar. The bond is unique to your character only.

    • • Irina has a bonded raven familiar, and so does Perseus. Irina can only understand her own raven and not Perseus's.

      • Irina and Perseus's raven familiars can talk with one another, and relay the messages to their bonded Valleyfolk.

      • If Irina has a raven familiar, and Perseus has a fox familiar, they would not be able to communicate with each other.

      • Familiars can be trained to say one-word statements to other Valleyfolk/creatures. The training system is currently in the works and will be released at some point in the future. Training is currently unavailable.

Other things to note in regards to communication/relations with other creatures:

• Your character CANNOT be raised by/travel with any other creature. Passing/repeated attempts at communication are fine, but your character cannot be considered part of a different creature's family.

  • • Your character can notice a cougar hanging out in the same area a lot and be friendly with it, but your character cannot adopt the cougar into their own family/be adopted by the cougar, and cannot become a travel partner of the cougar. The relationship should be left as small interactions they share, but they don't actively live together and care for one another.

    • Your character cannot be found as a pup by a fox family and be accepted into the family and raised by them.

    • Your character cannot travel with a herd of deer.

• Although your character may make repeated attempts to communicate with a different species, this does not over time improve their ability to communicate with said species. The level of understanding is static, and remains the same.

  • • There may be events in the future that temporarily allow more open communication with other creatures. Staff will alert if an event takes place that this occurs in.