Tips on creating JauVon characters

If you want to make your own JauVon character and need some guidance and what can and can't be in the setting (without being an ailen, of course) then this page is for you!
This will cover some basic questions and rules regarding making your own fan Vie (atleast if you want them to be considered canon)
First thing to note is thier body structure. They have slim bodies (baring a few exeptions), long limbs, wide hips, tiny paw feet, and overly large heads, eyes, and hands.
Example

Keep in mind that JauVon people are very short compaired to humans or your 'standard' anthro character. They stand around 90cm on average. (just a bit under 3ft)

Creating/Translating Characters

So you want to make something strange, or you have a character in another setting and wanna make a JauVon version?
Well here are some tricks to creation/translation that might help!

Ovie or Vivie

First decide if you want them to be Ovie, Vivie, or VieBreaker.

For some things this is easy. Fur? Prolly Vivie. Scales? Prolly Ovie. Both? Prolly breaker.
And for others its hard. Lets say you're char is a shark.
Thats not a mamial like a Vivie, but its not really fitting to the egglayer feel of Ovie.
Here we have to play fast and loose with the idea of 'shark'
Usualy i make them Vivie(Chiuvi), becasue once in the JauVon shape they aren't that much different looking from whales and dolphins.
But a fish I'd make a Ovie(Chiuov), becasue scales and spinyfins feel more Ovie.
Like most things in the setting, its all about asthetics and what *feels* right, there are no hard rules.
Here's an example of a 'shark' as a Chiuvi

Ben, Chi, or Dej

Secondly decide if your characters is of the air(Ben), water(Chi), or land(Dej).
This needs to make visual or asthetic sense more than logical sense.

For some things this is easy. Wings? Prolly Ben. Smooth skin/scales? Prolly Chi. Horns/antlers/spikes? Prolly Dej. More than one of these? Prolly A breaker (Though benuov usualy have scales on thier lower leg bits)
And for others its hard. Lets say you're char is a snake.
It could be Chi or Dej depending on the smoothness of its scales.
Same with some lizards. A komodo dragon would prolly end up as a chi, and a bearded dragon would prolly end up as a dej.
If you wanted to make a dragon dragon it would prolly be a viebreaker! (and, depending on the kind of wings you give it, it may be a vie breaker from vivie/ovie as well as ben/chi/dej)
Now lets say you wanna make an otter.
They're furry, not smooth, but they have tiny ears and are water assosiated.
This all depends on how you wanna picture them really.
Chiuvi can have fur, its just usualy slick. So you can go chi.
If you wanna make them more fluffy or have bigger ears, you may wanna go for dej instead.
Again, theres no hard rules, just what looks like it fits best.

Final say

If you're really worried about it, we don't mind working with you to get them juuust right! Its fun creating charcters. And, if all else fails, say its a Criolidhium poisoning mutation that makes them look that way ;p

Q and A

Can my character...

...be *insert gender identity here*

Yes! (They don't care that much about gender in the setting and there are little to no in-world ways to describe gender in general. But that doesn't mean you can't express them how you want in text or visuals or anything you like)

...be *insert animal here*

Yes... mostly. You can base your character off any real or imagined animal you like as long as you can make them fit into the JauVon 'mold' (more about how to do this in the main article)

...be a cyborg?

Only if they became that way in the alliance time frame and beyond.

...have super powers?

Only if they suffer from Criolidhium poisoning (and that has drawbacks). They can be cured or uncured, that's up to you.

..wear *insert clothing here*

Yes, but if its not multi layered or embrodered or otherwise decorated 'fancily', your char would be considered odd in setting (though if thats what you're going for, have at it!)
Pintrest board on thier fashions

..look a way you already said no to?

Yes..actually. As long as its just your character's source avitar! Those can look however your char makes up them look.