Wanted to finish drawing out some hcs for fire spirits and how their having kids and all of that work
Headcanons under the cut!
-Fire spirits can reproduce with or without a partner, but due to the close knit nature of them they tend to do the latter, and it’s even common for a whole group to have their wicks/kits together
-Fire spirit fire is magic in nature, in the sense that it’s very similar to ‘regular’ fire, but has some other properties: Such as being able to only spread so far before being completely stopped via their will(Like the areas you have to unlock in the forest), and, importantly for this, they can use it to create more fire spirits
-Said fire is used to burn wood/other flammable and readily available resources depending on location. If there’s more than one fire spirit, the ashes that are resulted from it are mixed together before the ashes are molded into humanoid shapes. After a certain amount of time a new fire spirit emerges, the more volatile the magic of the flames(Mostly determined by the age of the fire spirit. Ex: A fire spirit who just reached adulthood is more volatile and powerful than one on death’s doorsteps) the less this time is
-Fire spirits will very soon afterwards do their death ritual, having very little to no contact with their offspring. Some even perform the rituals before the new fire spirits emerge. This is mainly due to there being a set amount of fire spirits that can exist at once, with the population always the same and new fire spirits actually being created through reincarnation on previous lives
-Fire spirits are blue at emergence. They burn much brighter than adults, and with little control over their own self tend to cause forest fires and the like. All fire spirits are afab. They are hungry critters and consume a lot of flammable materials, which may or may not be an issue if there is civiliation near where they live. They will eventually begin to cool down as they get older, with those close to death being almost burned out and dark in color
Fire Spirit Reproduction with Non-Fire Spirit Partners
-A rare thing. Not many fire spirit groups live close enough to civilization to even meet those outside of their race, and even then not many fall for outsiders or outsiders to them. Fire spirits are a fast aging and dying race, and as such tend to burn out or do their rituals before getting close enough to somebody outside of their groups. Even if this were to happen, many would choose to not reproduce with their partners due to said not long life, as well as their offspring being long living and throwing off the balance of their live to dead ratio of the limited number of fire spirits there can be. Basically also making this frowned down upon in their society
-All of this makes Conductor/Conway a special case. As such the means of his creation was a little special as well. There was fire magic and wood involved, but also feathers from his father used in the burning. He was also only a single wick/kit instead of a group of two or more, common among fire spirits who choose to reproduce without a partner
-While taking up a spot for a living fire spirit, half-fire spirit offspring don’t exactly fit the bill of a fullbred. They live much longer than the short life of a fire spirit, don’t have as much magic, and are more physical in the sense they arient just beings of fire. Like fire spirits, however, all hybrids are also afab, and this can continue for several generations. And while they have little magic, rather than being purely made of it, they are still dangerous and can be set off by strong emotions that can wreak damage. Hybrids, like full, are also harmed by water, but more so like an allergic reaction rather than physically getting harmed/damaged. However, unlike fire spirits, hybrids cannot die from water exposure, doesn’t make dealing with it fun, though. Hybrids will also suffer from the urge to want to do their death ritual when they are much older, like elderly. Though it’s less intense than a fire spirits’, and it takes them longer/more years before they have them
-Conway specific hcs: His mother actually didn’t perform the ritual until much much later. She felt the constant urge to do it after having Conway, but wanted to be in his life for as long as possible. This eventually ended when conway was about 4-6 and she was getting close to burning out, and had no choice but to do the ritual or not be reincarnated later on/lowering the number of fire spirits even more than she already had by having Conway
That’s about all I could cook up! Hope I articulated everything well lol
