.Information on litters.

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Breeding Rules

1. You must have 4 threads between the mating pair to breed. One may be the breeding thread.

2. Both wolves must be 2 years old or over to breed. Characters that are less than 3 years from their expected life expectancy span. (For example: A wolf that dies at 12 years old, can not breed once it hits 9 years of age)

3. The breeding thread must be started in order to submit a breeding form.

4. Both parents must have at least 10 IC posts to breed.

5. Rape cases by-pass the thread count rule but both characters must have at least 15 IC posts by the time of birth.

6. Please post forms in its own thread. Staff will reply with your pups there.

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Breeding Information

-- Pup species are decided by a random roll of the die. This is also true for number of pups but parent health is taken into account.
-- Coat and eye colors as well as mutations are influenced by their parents though other coat colors from the species the pup is are possible.

"Half-breeds"

--While rare, two different species of parents will result in one of their pups being a new species that is a blend of both parent species. The species will then be posted in the species list for other people to also create. Please keep in mind that this is a rare occurrence.

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Normal Aging & Passage of Time

Here at GC, one month in real time, equals 1 season (3 months) in game time. This means that is takes 4 months Real life for your character to age 1 year. I realize that this sounds fast but think of it this way.

The average character begins on the site as a 3 year old. Most species live to be between 10 and 15 years old at time of death. So let's say the character was to die at 12.

That is 9 years of IC play time. 9 by 4 is 36 months which translates to just over 3 years of OOC playing time. Most characters are abandoned or killed off long before they die of natural causes or by disease at old age.

With that being said, Winter is the last season of a year, with a new year starting in spring. With each monthly update, we include aging updates so that you do not forget to age your characters as there is some consequences (such as not being able to play that character) if this is not done.

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Pup Aging

Birth ----------- Birth ----------- The world is very dark right now...
6 Months ----------- End of Month 1 ----------- Exploration under careful watch takes place. Mother is more independent and Caretakers overtake most overseeing of the pups.
1 Year ----------- End of Month 2 -----------Learning takes place in this stage. Apprenticeships, some minor responsibilities are placed upon the pups.
1 Year, 6 Months ----------- End of Month 3 ----------- First Hunt, trials to see where the pups fits in social structure occur.
2 Years ----------- End of Month 4 ----------- The pup is now an adult and is an official member of the pack. They may begin courtship and take leadership positions.

During the first month, you may play them as a 3 month old. They are still very young at this point and very attached to their parents. Before they can be played, they must have a completed bio.