Category:Selkie

Selkies (セルキー) are one of the four main races from the Crystal Chronicles series.

"A tribe of individualists, the Selkies clothe themselves in furs and stolen goods. Their almost primal agility has led many Selkies to take up a life of brigandry and thievery." - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered.

Physiology
Selkies have a humanoid structure, and are usually seen wearing little clothing accompanied by animal fur. They have the largest range of hair colours, and are able to be born with up to three different colours in their hair. For their eyes they have round, black pupils and white sclera. While their skin tones are more natural, meaning they can be: ivory, peach, walnut, et cetera.

Selkie are born in quaternary gender, meaning they can be born as male, female, intersex or agender (genderless). Typically those who are male will be flat chested, develop facial hair and have a penis. While females typically have wider hips and busts, most being the size of oranges to melons, and a vagina. Intersex may have a mix of any of these traits, with their sexual organs potentially having a penis, vagina or both. While agender may not have any of these traits, or if they do, they do not identify.

Due to arrange of various events, selkies have gender identities. These can lie within the standard four, or outside of it. Though many stick with their gender assigned at birth. Some choose to go by different pronouns. Thus, as a society, it is more social acceptable to refer to people with the gender neutral pronouns, till otherwise stated.

Reproduction
The selkie can reproduce with their own, or with clavats and lilties. Their bodies tend to start becoming fertile around the ages of 8 to 13 years old regardless of their gender, but don't have a proper success rate till they're of the ages of 16 or above. Though it is more acceptable to have their first child from 20 and onward. They typically have between 1 to 2 children per birth. They usually settle with a having a total of 1 to 3 children.

Selkies give birth to live young. During the pregnancy, they will typically carry the fetus for 41 weeks (287 days) to 47 weeks (329 days). Anything under these times are considered a premature birth, while anything to or over 49 weeks being considered over due. If a baby is over due, it will require further medical assistance to bring the child into the world. If they are a hybrid, such as a selvat (selkie and clavat) they will be incapable of producing offspring with a lilty. But are still capable of having children with clavats or selkies, just a lower success rate.

If they are a mix of half and full, such as a selvat and selkie, they they will be referred to as selvat-selkie, they also have a higher success rate then a half, but still lower then a full. They are cable of having offspring with a lilty, they just have half of their normal success rate.

It is only when you have they are six eightieths that they're typically consider 'full', so if you had a selvat-selkie and a selkie hey would be simply referred to as a selkie. They also have a three-quarters of their normal success rate of been able to have offspring with a lilty.

Ageing
Selkie typically stop growing between the ages of 16-18.

Accommodation
When it comes to accommodation, there isn't really much given towards the selkies. Though luckly for us, by going over games, there are some places that state where they live.

Unsuprisingly, selkies are commonly found living in tent like structures through out most of the games.

In Echoes of time, the selkies with in the village is shown living in a round tent like structure. Though we only see the one tent within the village.

When we move on to Ring Of Fates, selkies are mentioned and showed living in town, there's no obvious siting as to where they live though. So it is presumed that they either live in one of the buildings in Rebena Te Ra, or they live outside the town (which is more likely) in the woods or outskirts in similar tents to Echoes Of Time.

Moving on to Crystal Chalice, the round tent like structures are shown once more, but this time with stone. These buildings are found in Leuda. It also possible they use similar buildings in the golden age instead of the ones from Echoes Of Time. They seem quite homey and rather warm.

When moving on to My Life As A King, the selkies are now living in buildings known as selkie dens. Though they seem more simliar with the buildings found in Leuda, they are more chimny shaped and far smaller, which could simply be down to providing more room to build. They don't seem anywhere near as homey as they did in Leuda. However they are cable of being two-story builds, which may make things better for the selkie.

If we then travel further through time, in Crystal Bearers the only known location for the selkies to live is in fact a location called the Selkie Guild, a ship which was wrecked in a cove. Though there's plenty of small box like shops and a bar to be found. There is no clear area as to were they may spend the night, though its probably on the boat somewhere. Most likely in the hold of the ship.

In War Of The Ages, the selkies go back to living in their round hut like tent dens. In some cases they even live in caves.

Jobs and roles
Selkies are best suited to be dancer, ranger and thief adventurers. While also ideally being carpenters, fishers leather-workers, merchants and woodcutters.