Shubunkin
For many people, belief describes reality. Its an attempt to understand a world that is sometimes scary and often unexpected. But for a very few people, belief doesn't describe reality.... belief defines reality. One such peoples are the muck and sea dwelling Fishmongrels. They are rumored to be godmakers. Whatsoever they believe in, becomes real through sheer force of their collective will and imagination.
Now here's the thing. They usually get taken advantage of. Powerful beings grow more powerful by subjugating and deriving worship from the hapless and rather unsavory fishfolk. But that was until one of them went on a journey and a quest for enlightenment. Something beyond what anyone expected of the often savage and cruel Fishmongrels. Bringing back word of his discoveries of understanding and wisdom, the prophet began to spread his teachings and realizations to a small community in the deep of the Relles Sea. Something happened, something unexpected. They began to believe, in themselves.
With the very same will, with which they could have crafted a god of nonsense and cruelty, they believed in each other, and they believed in what they could be together. All of that power, turning them into the Shubunkin. So named for their distinctively colorful bodies.
Where the Fishmongrels were drab and vicious, the Shubunkin were elegant and beneficent. Paragons of their former selves.
Now here's the thing. They usually get taken advantage of. Powerful beings grow more powerful by subjugating and deriving worship from the hapless and rather unsavory fishfolk. But that was until one of them went on a journey and a quest for enlightenment. Something beyond what anyone expected of the often savage and cruel Fishmongrels. Bringing back word of his discoveries of understanding and wisdom, the prophet began to spread his teachings and realizations to a small community in the deep of the Relles Sea. Something happened, something unexpected. They began to believe, in themselves.
With the very same will, with which they could have crafted a god of nonsense and cruelty, they believed in each other, and they believed in what they could be together. All of that power, turning them into the Shubunkin. So named for their distinctively colorful bodies.
Where the Fishmongrels were drab and vicious, the Shubunkin were elegant and beneficent. Paragons of their former selves.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
They are named for their vermillion brocade. Their scales vary in distinct and clear colors of white, orange, red, and black. But each of them is unique in the specific pattern an arrangement of colors across their bodies and their fins. The fins of course, are long and flowing, gliding softly on the water rather than slicing through it.
Geographic Distribution
