Alright, someone has mentioned that they got a little confused about the Carriers, probably by the way I phrased everything. And though that person claims to think they understand what I was saying, I thought I should make this up in order to help those that are confused.
Welcome to the Carrier Information chapter!
Basic Carrier Knowledge
A Carrier is a magical being that appears to be a normal human until they reach age fifteen, rarely changing when they are fourteen. It is not unheard of for a Carrier to suddenly become what they are at fourteen, but it is rare. Carriers are normally smaller than a Sire, but are very protective creatures. A Carrier is normally very gentle, being natural mothers, but when one of their children or Dominants are in danger, a Carrier will change their loving personality to a protective and vicious one.
Just like all Sires have wings in one shape or another, all Carriers have light-colored horns that sprout from their foreheads, wrap around the head until reaching the back, then dipping down at an angle to the base of the neck, making the horns shape a 'V' behind the Carrier's head. Like Sires, Carriers come in different colors, such as black, gray, red, blue, green, white, etc.
Their instinct is what guides a Carrier to potential mates. Their magic can gently feel what a potential mate is like, such as strengths, possessiveness, or anything else that would prove the potential mate worthy to the Carrier.
Carriers have a special magic that helps protect their eggs or growing children. When a Carrier is fertile, the magic protect the eggs. Just so one entire litter does not belong to one father, a Carrier's magic will protect other eggs from unwanted sperm while leaving one alone to be fertilized. In case of an unwilling mating (rape), a Carrier's magic will not allow the rapist's sperm to fertilize any egg.
As long as there is one egg unfertilized, a Carrier's magic will put the other eggs that are fertilized into a temporary stasis.
In a few cases, a Carrier will try to ignore their instincts, which will only make them go more towards those they have interest in or they will have no control over themselves. A Carrier in such a state will find a worthy male to mate with and have no control over their own body until the bare egg or eggs are fertilized. The male will also have no control over himself because of the sexual appeal a Carrier gives off.
When a Carrier is seen half naked, shirtless or pant-less (with or without underwear), whoever lays eyes on the Carrier will feel a strong sexual desire to mate with the Carrier. This helps a Carrier attract mates to them should their instincts take over, thus the mating would not be force by either side.
In such a case, the male that the Carrier mated with is called an "unofficial Dominant". The mating was not made of their own mind, but out of instinct and sexual desire. Neither partner had any control over themselves during the mating, so the male is "unofficial". The male can be a lover until the Carrier makes him an "official Dominant", but otherwise, the male would only be another lover.
"Official Dominant" is a term used by Carriers for the males they have mated with willingly and without the instinctual drive. Both parties were of their own mind with no other force to make them mate, but because the two wanted to mate. It must be mutual between both parties for the Dominant to be "official".
A Carrier has a "harem" of Dominants, both official and unofficial, and is also the only Submissive. A Carrier can have a variety of Dominants and can have up to eight, if not more. It depends on what features a potential male has that would interest a Carrier and if the Carrier will bring that male into the Harem. Few Carriers have less than eight Dominants, most have more than eight.
Normally, there is a struggle within the Dominant harem. A Sire is generally the highest rank, being the closest in species. Afterwards, the ranking goes by species. Though ranking does not cancel out disorder. To prevent any arguments or struggle within the harem from breaking out, the Carrier spends equal time with all Dominants and never favors one over the others.
In the case that some Dominants do not get along at all, separation is optional. It is not required to have all the Dominants in the same area. They are allowed to go where they wish, though most of the time, they stay near the Carrier in case of any potential danger.
Though if the Carrier and the harem are in the same building, for example a mansion, the Dominants can be scattered through the building and not have anything to do with each other. This generally helps to keep the environment peaceful and stress-free and it keeps the Carrier happy. Through time, the Dominants do eventually get along.
Carrier Pregnancy
Carriers are normally pregnant for four to five months with litters no more than eight, but no less than three. It is rare for a Carrier to actually bear a litter of eight since it would cause much stress on the Carrier themselves. Most Carriers have up to six or seven young in a litter, but there are some that have eight.
A Carrier can only give birth to pure-bred children because of their magic altering the child's DNA to keep them pure.
For example:
If the father of one child is a werewolf, the following are possibilities:
A witch or wizard - due to the human blood received from the werewolf and/or Carrier (in the case that the Carrier's mother was a human) and no creature blood active at all.
A pure werewolf cub – due to the Carrier's magic cleaning out most signs of human blood and leaving very little left to blend with the werewolf virus and blood to create a pure pup.
A Sire
A Carrier
If the father is a Wizard, the following are possibilities:
A witch or wizard
A Sire
A Carrier
If the father is a Sire, the following are possibilities:
A Sire
A Carrier
Carriers are normally born from a Sire father, so they do have the potential to bear Sire children even if the father of the baby is not a Sire himself. The human DNA normally comes from the Carrier, if not the father instead.
For example: If the father is a werewolf or a vampire, the child does have a possibility of being born human since werewolves and vampires are originally humans, only transformed. Which is why the wizarding community calls them "Half Breeds", because they were once human then changed into something else.
If the father is a Sire, then the baby can only be a Sire or a Carrier. There is little to no human blood involved, so the possibility of the baby being pure human is slim to none.
Concerning the Health of a Carrier
Diet: They mostly eats fruits and vegetables for the vitamins and meats for the protein, occasionally eating few sugary goods, during pregnancies. Most meats they eat are dry and do not have a lot of fat on it. Carriers get most of their hydration from either their drink or their fruits.
Otherwise, if not pregnant, a Carrier can eat just about anything they would deem healthy for their bodies, but do eat more fruits and vegetables than most of anything else they find.
Potion Ingestion: A Carrier cannot drink normal potions. In order for a Carrier or a Sire to drink a potion without any risk, they must add flakes of their own skin to the already completed or in-progress potion. If the skin flakes are added into an in-progress potion, then the potion is continued on normally with Carrier or Sire skin flakes brewed into it. If the skin flakes are added to a completed potion, then the potion must be shaken well until the skin flakes are thoroughly absorbed.
Should a Carrier ingest a potion that does not contain flakes of their skin, they will experience severe allergy-like reaction, such as throat and tongue swelling, body numbing rabidly, breaking out, and other such symptoms. They must either vomit the ingested potion out or combine their magic with another (such as their Dominant or someone close to them) in order to burn the potion out of their body.
Other potions with the skin flakes mixed in are only a temporary solution until one of the permanent solutions is available for use.
Magic: Unlike wizards, a Carrier's magic is wild, as well as a Sire's. If a Carrier uses a wand before their change, there is no risk. As soon as the Carrier changes, though, the magic becomes wild and a wand does nothing more than restrain the magic. If a Carrier or a Sire continues to use a wand for their magic, the magic will lash out violently, destroying the wand, and end up with the Carrier or Sire magic-less or with a weak amount of magic.
In order to successfully control their magic, a Carrier and Sire must used wandless magic. Unlike with wizards who find difficulty doing such, Carriers and Sires are able to do such easily, though have to build up their skills if they have been using wands at first. Once all extra magic is expelled, the magic is much easier to handle and control.
Other: Carriers are known to have a sixth sense, paranoia. When something bad happens to the Carrier (such as wrongful potion ingestion or a child stolen from them) once everything is right again, they becomes extremely paranoid of everything and nearly everyone around them. Normally if the incident does not repeat, a Carrier can overcome their temporary paranoia within a week or two.
The sixth sense of Carriers is also interpreted as a foreshadowing feeling. For example, if something bad was about the happen, the Carrier would suddenly become very anxious and unsure, wanting to leave the area and return to their Dominants and children. If something good was about to happen, then the Carrier would become hyper and excited for unknown reason.
Common Carrier Greeting
When one Carrier meets another and both are in disguise, they have a sign to show the other Carrier what they are. The Carrier Greeting is a discreet hand movement, making one think of different things should they see it being made.
The Carrier will bring their hand up to their forehead, similar to when one is trying to think or when one has an itch on their forehead and is gently rubbing it instead of scratching.
After the forehead, the hand is brought to the lips and kissing ones own knuckle, or once again giving the appearance of someone in thought or seen as a nervous gesture.
The final part of the greeting is for the hand to push back the hair in the exact lining as the Carrier's horns, a move normally seen as just trying to get the hair out of the eyes.
The greeting is not limited to Carriers alone. The greeting can be used against mothering creatures to show what a disguised Carrier is and the greeting is seen as from one mother to another.
Nesting
The closer a Carrier comes to labor, the more agitated they become. A heavily-pregnant Carrier will sometimes behave very aggressively if they are not in an area that they feel is truly safe.
The Dominants may search out areas for the Carrier to have the "nest", but the final decision is always up to the Carrier.
Most Carriers nest in unpopulated areas, such as a home at the edge of a small village, someplace where they would not truly be disturbed. Occasionally, they nest in a heavily guarded area, sometimes one of their Dominant's home or the home of someone they can trust or the home of an interest that they have not mated with yet.
After finding a suitable nesting area, the Carrier does calm down and the pregnancy is very gentle for the rest of the time. About a week before labor, the Carrier will suddenly start cleaning everything or making sure nothing in the area will harm any of the young ones in the litter.
Carrier's Way of Childcare
The first sign of a Carrier coming into their inheritance is a rash on the chest that will stay there for about a week. When the rash fades or when a Carrier finally does shift into their other form, there are a total of eight teats on the Carrier, four on each side from the chest to the stomach.
Gender does not matter on how these extra teats are forms. If the Carrier is female, the extra teats do not become new breasts. A female Carrier will still only have her original breasts instead of developing six more with the new teats. They develop this way to avoid suspicion on what they really are should they be in human form.
If the Carrier is male, there are no breasts, only four pairs of teats. They will not develop more than that. Once again, this is developed in this way to avoid suspicion on what a disguised Carrier truly is.
These teats will swell slightly to show that there is milk for the young, but nothing obvious. Normally, the number of teats filled with milk will match the number of young in the little.
For example: if there is a total of four in a litter, than there will only be four teats filled with milk. If there is a total of five in the litter, then only five teats will be filled with milk.
Before a Carrier finds their mates, they have dreams of children that they will birth in the future, subtle hints towards who their future mates will be.
When the litter is fathered and born, the Carrier normally does not leave the "nest" (Which could be anything from a mansion to a hut) for a few days, preferring to curl up around the new litter to protect them from harm or to be on stand-by should the young need anything or even just for bonding time. It is generally the Dominants duty to find food for the Carrier and to bring the food to the Carrier during this time, as well as protect the Carrier and young.
Also during this period, the Carrier prefers it if the Dominants sleep in the nest as well. Even after this period, the Carrier would always prefer their Dominants sleeping around them. But if, for some reasons, the Carrier is separated from the nest, the Dominants will generally stay with the young to protect them. Depending on what happened to the Carrier depends the number of Dominants looking for him or her.
For example: If the Carrier has been forcefully removed form the nest while the Dominants are away (hunting, perimeter checks around the "nest", etc.), half of the Dominants search for the Carrier. If the Carrier had voluntarily left the nest for certain reasons (leading threats away, educational purposes [in the case of a Carrier still young enough to be in school], etc.) then no Dominant looks for the Carrier except for the occasional check-in to make sure the Carrier is safe and unharmed.
Carrier normally do not do well when separated from their young and Dominants. Considering certain circumstances in certain situations depends on how harsh the Carrier takes the separation.
For example: If a Carrier was kidnapped, the separation deals a great amount of damage to the Carrier, generally resulting in the Carrier refusing food, drink, or even sleep. If a Carrier left on his or her own terms, then the separation is not so bad, all they feel from it is constant worry.
When a Carrier separated from his or her children and Dominants is reunited with their harem and young, the Carrier is normally not seen by others very often, preferring to make up for lost bonding time with the young and Dominants.
Carrier HistoryWhen Carriers were first discovered, humans believed them to be not that different from wild animals from their way of breeding and thinking process. This is untrue. Carriers are more humane that animalistic, they just thinking in a more animal-like way concerning certain terms.
For Example: Carriers would refer 'pregnancy' with 'carrying'. They also prefer saying words such as 'nest', 'litter', and other such things. These terms are what made humans think Carriers were not that humane and were nothing more than creatures for breeding.
Carriers were from a unknown evolution that happened when many magical creatures were dying out. None are sure what they and Sires evolved from, but because of both, the dying species were repopulated.
Most humans see Carriers are pure creatures because all they ever show is the goodness in their hearts and the ability to not care what their mates are. Carriers are normally kind-natured and didn't attack without a reason. Sires were seen as the aggressive half of the species and were labeled Dark because many believed they raped their victims. Sires do no such thing. Concerning Sires and Carriers, mating is mutual.
Unfortunately, because of the way humans once treated Carriers and Sires, the species started to die down or go into hiding. Carriers were often raped by humans that wanted to continue their bloodlines yet the carrier wanted nothing to do with them. Sires were often killed, which was why the species developed human forms. To hide.
Carriers and Sires can often control what their human forms look like. They can keep their appearances similar, for the exception of the extra features, or they can change themselves completely, such as making themselves unattractive.
Since the humans began taking advantage of a Carrier's kindness and weakness, most Carriers would want nothing to do with them. Not to mention they believe the humans can keep their own population from dying down without their help.