Here is Leppäkerttu's mother Helmikana (Guinea fowl (literally translated Pearl Chicken), cat who first agreed to have the kings kittens and then had an affair with enemy colony cat. She is a wild card she doesnt give a fuuck
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Here is Leppäkerttu's mother Helmikana (Guinea fowl (literally translated Pearl Chicken), cat who first agreed to have the kings kittens and then had an affair with enemy colony cat. She is a wild card she doesnt give a fuuck
It is super hard to talk about Ukko and Naakkatar lore cause
-They were born in different bodies than that they mainly use (aka Naakkatar was originally silver and Ukko brown)
-They swapped names with each other. So Naakkatar was born as a silver cat named Ukko and Ukko was born brown cat named Naakkatar
I really want to blur the line of "where one cat ends and another begins" but still make them their own persons. I want to make their relationship weird to others cause it does symbolize both queer relationships and being trans and how others just might not get it at all and find it scary
Here are our main characters Naakkatar and Ukko!
Naakkatar ( she/he, mainly uses the body with brown fur. Name means Jackdawness): Mom friend, no nonsense, leader material. But Ukko makes her relax and her playful gossipy side comes out more.
Ukko (he/she, mainly uses the body with silver fur. Name means An old man and is also short for "ukkonen" = Thunder): flamboyant, smart and pretty anxious. Trusts Naakkatar to keep him safe.
-They are cats from different colonies that were promised to be each other's mates as soon as they were born, partly to ease the tensions between the colonies, partly to help with the gene pools.
-They are trouble makers, not very polite if not needed, smart and very very loyal to each other.
-They are qpr!
-And trans!
-When one of them is in the silver body, they use "he/him" and when they are in the brown body they use "she/her". Their genders are a mess and I won't even try to label them. Huge part of the body switching is their genders.
The twin colonies -lore!
Some lore I have managed to brainstorm about Ukko's and Naakkatar's home colonies. All of this can still change + I don't know how big part of the story any of this is yet.
Twin colonies:
-Two cat colonies who live on a small island in the middle of a river.
-They absolutely hate each other and have been in war since. Since forever.
-Or they were until a huge battle took place and killed such a big part of both colonies that they decided that it is time for peace.
-To achieve this they married Naakkatar and Ukko. Crown prince of one colony and kitten of a well liked family from another colony.
-Both colonies hate and fear "unnatural" stuff (aka creatures like She from Jumalanpelko) so good that Naakkatar and Ukko dont start doing anything weird like switching bodi-- oh fuck
-The colonies dont have names yet so lets call them The Kingdom and Swans
The Kingdom:
-Lead by king/queen. The role is inherited by the ruling cat's bio kitten (usually oldest but can also be the kitten who fits the role best)
-VERY strict pecking order. King/queen has all the power. (Swans make fun of this since usually cat colonies don't have such dictators as leaders)
-Polygamous (you can also just have one mate but it is rare), pretty fine with queer cats (as long as you are still having babies)
-Having kittens is an honour and cats are encouraged to have litters cause WE NEED SOME CATS TO BEAT UP THE SWANS
-Some cats in The Kingdom have blue eyes! These are mostly in the royal bloodline but have spread
The Swans
-No clear leader. Swans are lead by the most well liked families
-Monogamous. All cats are to get married before they turn one. Some families arrange the marriages, some don't. You don't HAVE TO marry but you will be side-eyed and everyone thinks you will steal their wife/husband and you won't get to make big decisions (The Kingdom makes fun of this since this isnt natural for cats. Swans go "well at least we arent little hoes")
-Marriages are always to have kittens (so they can have more dudes to beat up The Kingdom) so no no for queers
-They have last names! Usually when cats get married they take the last name of what ever family is more popular at the moment.
-Cheating/having mates outside/before marriage is A BIG NO NO, it isnt rare for cats to get killed for that (more often mollies since having kittens can't really be hidden, tom cats can just say "fake news didnt happen")
-Since (even tho it is super forbitten) it isnt rare that cats have kittens with cats from the other colony The Swans also have a few blue eyed cats (and they are side-eyed cause WHERE DID YA GET THOSE EYES HUH) and if you have a blue eyed kitten (even if it was something they inherited from their grandparents ect) you will have to do some explaining.
So yeah wouldnt want to live in either one of these
Body switching rules (as of now, these may change):
-Ukko and Naakkatar werent born with this ability, they learned it as their relationship grew
-There is no clear reason why they can do it, they just can.
-They can switch bodies no matter how far away they are from each other
-Body switching is usually done together (one starts it, another feels a pull and goes with it) but one of them can force other to switch (it becomes this mental fight where who ever happens to be stronger at the moment pushes the other from their body)
-If one body dies the soul inside that body goes with it
-They see both of the bodies belonging to both of them
Which one Ukko and which one is Naakkatar?
Sorry but with how much body-switching they’re doing, I don’t think I can tell them apart in their actual bodies and they kind of blend into one cat in my mind-
Lmaoo valid
Ukko mainly uses the silver body and Naakkatar the brown one.
In the comic it will be easier to tell cause Ukko has blue speech bubbles and Naakkatar golden ones no matter what body they are in (also they have different body language)
And thats also kinda the point! They are two cats and one cat. They are weird
Ukko and Naakkatar complement each other pretty well and fill the others weakness with their own strength
But
Both of these bitches suck at fighting
Meet a possible character for the comic! The reason I am wondering how much Naakkatar's and Ukko's og colonies show up in the story (aka not REALLY needed but I like this character. If she wont be in this comic maybe in some other project)
We will call her Leppäkerttu (Ladybug) but I will try to come up with shorter name since I bet these long finnish names are difficult lol.
She is Naakkatar's older stepsister from kings first litter but um. She kinda looks. 100% like. A popular tom cat from the enemy colony. Hm.