Althuman Code - A Rework of the Dragon Code
Notice: Radqueers are not allowed here. You may not use the Althuman code if you are or support Radqueer ideology. Transspecies is not Radqueer and never will be.
For context on what the dragon code is, read here. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206225118/http://www.wyrm.org.uk/dc/
This is meant to encompass any and all species and experiences.
To start off, identify how you percieve yourself to be alterhuman. This could be Ph for physical, Ps for psychological, S for spiritual, B for biological, or T for transspecies. There are other identities here that can be interpreted and written as needed, this is just an "Identity at a Glance" piece and is meant to give an overview, so if you don't quite understand what a symbol means you can check a bio.
Next off, what is your species or identity? After you list your perception, add the first 5 letters of your SPECIES if you can. If you have a subspecies, add the first two letters of the subspecies at the end. If you have less, just use what exists in the word. For example, I'm a vampire bat in a general sense. I would write GBatVa.
Now we have a general idea, but we don't exactly have many descriptors. Next we will place appendages. + represents arms, × represents legs, < represents wings, / meaning tails, and = meaning any other specified limbs. For the bat example, we would write GBatVa××<<. This looks much better.
What if you have another specified limb, such as a fin? You will write it after the set of =s you use. Here's what a biological sharkdog may look like.
BDogSh××××===fin/.
After describing the main appearance portions, you describe colors. Up to three main colors are mentioned if needed. The same rules of species apply to color. You write the color and then where it's at first, except using five letters for both. I'm personally an albino vampire bat. My face and membranes are pink, but my fur is white. I would write GBatVa××<<whitefurpinkmembr.
This is what some completed Alterman codes would look like with translations underneath.
SOrca/===finBlackbodyWhitesecon
Spiritual orca, with one tail and three fins, who is black and white.
PsCooki××++TanDoughBluehairBlueeyeci
Psychological cookie, with two legs and two arms, with tan dough, blue hair, and blue eyecings.
PhRapto××+/<<WhitebodyPinkfeath
A physical Raptor with two legs, one arm, a tail, and two wings, with a white body and pink feathers.
Sadly, this code is not meant to encompass fictionkin of characters unless you describe the features of the character themself. Anyone interested may coin a fictionkin code for themselves. I do apply under the label.
This is not meant to replace the Dragon Code for anyone who still uses 2.0 or still wants to upon seeing this. This is just a more encompassing system to give a glance of an alterhuman/otherkin identity while still staying relatively short and close to the original.
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