Loranor Panther Huntress

A Panther Loranor Huntress from the forests of Bierteno in eastern Aels.

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P H A N T E R , Felidae Panthera Pardus

<sub>Race: Leoparth
Class: Cat People.
Specie: Loranor

Other names: Phanter-men, black Leopard-men

Allegiance: Independent</sub>

For long, it was thought the Phanter to be an independent race of the cat-people, the Loranor, that lived in Aels, Zarhuy and Hieyoks, and there would even be Phanter nations, as the city state of Bourden. However, it was later identified that instead was a melanistic color variant of any loranor.

Close examination of the color of these black loranor will show that the typical markings are still present, but are hidden by the excess black pigment menalin, giving an effect similar to that of printed silk. This is called "ghost striping". Melanistic and non-melanistic Loranor can be littermates. It is thought that melanism may confer a selective adventage under certain conditions since it is more common in regions of dense forest, where light levels are lower. Recent, preliminary studies also
suggest that melanism might be linked to beneficial mutations in the immune system.

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Old description: More info later:

but basically here as a comparisson with other Loranor shown so far in this gallery, with many mixed ancestors, here is how Loranors without hibridization looked like.

In general happened to the beast-peoples they looked much more animal, before centuries of living, comunicating and breeding with other peoples, as humans, kanovs, orcs, elves, dwarves and so on.

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