![]() Pregnancy lasts about six months, but the infants born blind and unable to regulate their body temperature, requiring constant attention. Huli jing romances are intense in the months leading up to the fertile period, with female suitors competing for the attentions of their male targets. Huli Jing enter a state of heat each year for about a month in early spring, and outside that time they are generally infertile. Technologically, they’re rather traditionalist, regarding firearms and cannons as crude, but some cities in the new world have embraced the new weaponry. Huli jing are known for their illusions, but they’ve also made a number of advances in enchantments, using compulsions and wards to drive intruders away without harming them or even needing the guard to engage them. Illusion makes the process of creating art and sculpture faster, but it still requires the same amount of talent, and so creating beautiful works of art is a valuable skill for huli jing. Sometimes they create these works through illusion, sometimes the old-fashioned way. They create art, music, sculpture, and poetry of all sorts. Huli jing often become dabblers by virtue of their long lifespan. As such, much of their time is spent less concerned with survival, more so with enrichment. Illusion allows them to subsist quite comfortably off relatively meager food, clothing, and tools. The daily life of a huli jing in the city is rather laid-back compared to most commoners. A carefully-crafted lie is as intricate and valuable as a painting, and publicly unraveling one is seen as equivalent to tearing a painting up. It is regarded as extremely rude to call out a lie or illusion publicly, though most huli jing know a lie when they see one and there are ways to subtly let someone know you’re onto them. Huli jing respect deception and illusion as art, which leads to some unique social situations. Some even comb scented oils into their fur as part of the morning grooming. Many carry sprigs of good-smelling herbs tucked into their clothing. The cloak of illusion does not cover scent, and so smelling clean is often considered very important among the huli jing. Traditionally, a huli jing is expected to comb their fur head to toe each morning, though this is less common in frontier cities. Huli jing are quite conscientious of cleanliness, and usually bathe at least once a week. Some particularly talented illusionists can even make the patterns of their clothes shift and dance. Most huli jing only possess one or two of such garments, as the cloak of illusion allows them to recolor it in any number of patterns, designs, and styles. Most huli jing find the texture of silk to be quite enjoyable, and the lack of coloration makes it easier to colorize it with their cloak of illusion. If silk is unavailable, the huli jing will make due with whatever fabric they can find. Huli jing clothing is typically made of un-dyed silk, but otherwise resembles other fashionable garments of the area. Those with more tails are regarded higher still, until you get to the immortal nine-tailed huxian, who are often im positions of power such as priesthood or nobility. Huli jing with multiple tails are generally regarded with respect. Females do not have notable breasts unless pregnant or nursing. The fox form looks much like a regular fox, but it’s slightly larger than the average fox and has the same softer, more expressive face as it’s humanoid form. Both forms are covered head to toe in soft fur in patterns of orange, black, white, brown, and silver-gray. Their lower legs are canine, terminating in fox paws. The humanoid’s palms and fingertips are hairless, covered by black, soft, and somewhat springy flesh, like the pads on their feet, but much less rough. ![]() On average, the humanoid form ranges between 4’8” and 5’4”, with a fox-like head, though their features are softer and more expressive. Huli Jing have two natural forms, one a humanoid fox, and one pure fox.
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