Sage Beasts and Beast Folk

HIstory: Soon after humans were created and had snuck out of their gardens, stolen fire and moved to your standard dawn of civilization an odd sort of occurance happened. Many a newly spawned witch would place a curse upon another human transforming them in part or whole into animals. Being the petty sort of people they would often use these powers on eachother or an anoying apprentice.

At the same time there were a vareity of priesthoods that practiced shapeshifting into sacred beasts. So suffice to say we soon ended up with a high number of highly magical people stuck in some form of animal or a mix of animal and human. Said types began interacting, breeding and even improving their status. Thus many of the earliest magical empires such as Kitsunetochi or Equestria were ruled primarily by Sage Beasts(Talking animals) or Beastfolk(Some mix of animal and human form).

This has carried over into modern times as the various Sage Beast types and Beastfolk are known for their longevity and magical skill with various stereotypes based on the animals in question.

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