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[ilyria]

I love this pictew, it's perfect if you need to make a reference for a gelfling oc

[skekshroom]

Gelfling marriage HCs

Inspired by : This Post by @sunstar-of-the-north

these are SO CUTE I hope you don’t mind if I add on!))

After marriage, Grottons place their stones beside their homes. Each year on their anniversary, they will add another stone to the pile. The older and longer the couple have been together, the more stones they add. Divorces are uncommon with how close Grotton bond before they even attach any label, but should it occur, the stones are re-purposed somewhere else.

During Stonewood weddings, swords dances traditionally take place in two parts throughout the ceremony. The first is led by the guests and close friends of the couple, and the second is led by the couple. Stonewood engagement gifts are typically small weapons: daggers, darts, sickles, katars, small axes, tekkos, maduvus- anything handheld. At the wedding itself, the couple are gifted large weapons- the style depending largely on family, and blessed by the maudra. The weapon is usually a sword, but aruvals, kukris, bolos, axes, and spears are not out of the ordinary. 

After the wedding, marriage is finalized by the couple planting the large weapons into the ground beside their residence. The small weapons are hung inside the home, to protect it from the inside out. 

Vapran weddings are very artistic. During the engagement, the couple works on a tapestry that will be revealed during the wedding as the centerpiece (usually next to an ice sculpture done by an artisan) and other decorations. The tapestry is hung in the home, and the wedding celebrations kick off into full swing with the release of a unamoth. 

Sifa gelfling have perfected the art of honeymoon travelling. Its not common for most gelfling, but Sifa go on trips to destinations after their wedding to celebrate. Other gelfling who travel: Dousan, Spriton, Vapra but its much more rare.

It is common practice for engaged Dousan to consume urdrupe berries and relay their visions to a shaman, who would then interpret whether or not their union was ready for marriage. Its not a mandatory tradition, but it does give couples a bit of something to be extra proud of if they had their union verified by a shaman before getting married. 

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COLLEGE WILL NOT TAKE ME I WILL CONTINUE POSTING SEMI REGULARLY RAAAHHH

Anyways, here are some more gelfing traits, Dousan addition! :D

Did you know that there are species of desert hummingbirds can slow their heartrate down to 50 bpm?? wacky stuff.

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MORE GELFLING THINGS! This time more centered towards the Drenchen. These are just my head cannons and wild takes so obviously nothing here is like, fact, but I will probably do stuff like this with other clans in the future!

If there's anything you guys would like to see in the future let me know :D

[ilyria]

This is so cool, I absolutely love seeing head cannons that expand on the physiology <3 I'd love to see your take on Dousans

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MORE GELFLING THINGS! This time more centered towards the Drenchen. These are just my head cannons and wild takes so obviously nothing here is like, fact, but I will probably do stuff like this with other clans in the future!

If there's anything you guys would like to see in the future let me know :D

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I have always head-cannoned that each of the different clans would have different wing types but I never really sketched them out too much until now!

I will now go into why I made them the way they are, read if you dare •_•

Spriton: felt like the speedy and strong combo fit them pretty well so of course we had to go with the dragonfly-like wings.

Drenchen: pretty standard from the books here, more fin than wing as they’re meant to be used in the water more than air

Stonewood: these guys always reminded me of your stereotypical moth for some reason, maybe it’s because they hang out in the forest flocking around this one really big light but hey that’s just me.

Grottan: speedy and good at turning since they’ve gotta navigate all those tight spaces in the caves. Which, speaking of caves, there aren’t really a whole lot of flying cave bugs to go off of for this so we’re just gonna say that since the Grottans are sister clans to the Vapra they’ve evolved from there.

Vapra: since their mascot is the unamoth I wanted to use similar wing shapes and combined it with a comet moth. They’ve very pretty wings what can I say. They are easily the biggest wings out of the other 7 clans, with Grottan or Sifa in a close second.

Dousan: the smallest wings out of the bunch since the Dousan might not fly on their own as much considering the hot hot sun and the use of crystal skimmers for transport. They’ve got the little wing-tassel bits cause I feel like it would fit their vibe.

Sifa: since the Sifa are kind of the melting pot of all the clans I wanted their wings to be a bit of everything, the top wing shape and size from the Grottan, Vapra, and spriton, with the wing tassel things from the Dousan, the bottom wing shape from the Stonewood, and some webbing(?) connecting the wings together from the Drenchen (they’re out on the water a lot, who says they aren’t water comparable?). Essentially they are a mess. Wings can change depending on if they are related more to one clan than another, and they are by far the most varied wings out of all 7 clans.

AND THAT IS ALL I AM NOW GOING TO BED GOODNIGHT EVERYONE.

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I'd love to see some headcanons you have for gelfling children who are adopted/orphaned and how they're handled in comparison to those who are not. (Such as if a Dousan finds a Sifan, or something like that)

So, we have a very wonderful example of what happens to orphaned gelfling because there is an example of an actual orphan in the show and books! Kylan! He is serving as my focal point for most of, if not all of, my headcanons in this list.

General Orphan Affairs 

Orphans are very rare 

Gelfling parents aren’t very likely to die without a massive fight 

The mamma and papa bear instinct is STRONG with gelfling

Usually if one dies the other takes over the household 

If they need/want to get remarried that’s okay 

It’s hard being a single parent

They do have to get the blessing of their children before remarrying 

When/If a child becomes an orphan what happens to them depends on the clan and the circumstances

Clans don’t adopt children from outside their own clan 

The Sifa are the only ones who do 

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Gelfling Clan Dance Examples

I’ve spent far too much time thinking of all the headcanons @sweetsistergingerspice came up for the different styles of dancing that each of the clans presented, so I have comprised a small list of real-life video examples of what I think it would look like. I took a few liberties with my own ideas combined with the hundreds of hours I spent watching dancing videos online.

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[zombiekiller52]

I created different varieties of Gelfling wings so as to practice with different designs and shapes. These were a lot of fun to do. The designs are inspired by different animals, birds and insects. These are just fun personal Headcanons of mine of how I think each Gelfling tribe having different wing shapes, colors and patterns.

Drenchen: Based on flying fish fins since it's described in the novels that Drenchen wings are more like fins and aren't the greatest for flight (my favourite one to draw), muddy brown and dark green in coloration. speckled or mottled patterns

Grottan and Vapran: are similar since they were once one clan but split (won't spoil any more than that) I gave the Grottan star patterns on their wings and snow flakes on the vapran I liked Deet's wings so I kept them relatively similar. Pale purples, blues and silver.

Dousan: based on Scarab beetles since scarabs are often associated with deserts. Reds, oranges and yellows, some purple and dark blue. sunset Colors.

Stonewood: shape of wings based on common house finches. Shades of brown, orange and amber

Spriton: based on grasshoppers. Different shades of green and pale yellows

Sifan: wing shape based on Caspian terns, quite long and narrow. Longer gliding. Different shades of blue, purple and white and yellow

[l4wlii]

I love drawing these beautiful creatures plz send h el p,,

which one is your fave?

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Spriton Clan Funeral Headcanons

This is a continuation of my funeral headcanons series, so please be wary if you are sensitive to the topic of death and funerals! Again, this will deal with what happens to the body, the funeral itself, and what happens to their possessions once they die. 

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[autisticjen]

been thinking about animal inspired gelfling clans:

vapra - reindeer

sifa - otter

drenchen - crocodile & amphibian

stonewood - deer

grottan - bat

dousan - cheetah

spriton - hare

[domibomz]

Mira took the boys home to the highlands in the mountains around Har’ar (Where I like to believe she lived before she came to the castle for guardwork) to meet her mothers, two farmers living an honest hard working life but happy to have each other and a daughter that they’re beyond proud of! And the boys she brought home don’t look too shabby either, she must be keeping good company at the castle. They do look a little nervous though. And … Sweaty. 

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Seladon: OMG guys you won’t believe, THE SKEKSIS ARE EVIL?!?! Everyone: You’re a little late to the party fam

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comics are still in progress so have a funny little thing of rian and gurjin being ... very sneaky

[kurjakani]

Messi insists on SkekAwl visiting one of the podling drinking spots theyve been to… Surely as a traveler SkekAwl has visited podling villages, but I imagine he’s never bothered to squeeze into those little root pubs before. Inspired by talking w gamey & that one scene where the podling lady buys Rian a drink 😭😭😭 i like to think that everyone in Thra know skeksis r mad cute.