Animas?

I'm posting this here because I very much doubt that anyone wants me to post in the plot thread, never mind if it's even possible in the first place. What I want to know is, what is the anima's relationship with wolves? From what I know, they are very much like Philip Pullman's Daemons, except that they never settle and cannot turn into large animals. Are there other differences? Not much is described about them, besides the fact that they feel what their partner feels, and vise versa. I know that they can speak silently to their wolves, and that if one dies, then the other dies as well.

But what about the other features that Daemons possess? Are they different, or do aminas share these characteristics as well? Ordinary Daemons cannot go farther than several meters from their human, or intense pain stresses their bond and generally drives one or the other to return to their other half. Also, it is taboo for a human to touch another person's Daemon, though other people's Daemons may touch each other. Is this also the case with animas? Or Are they just shape-shifting animals connected to the wolves through an empathetic link?

The most comon and true, besides what comes from WWs post is this:

• They can share thoughts, hiding them from each other at will
  
• When one dies, the other dies
  
• They can shapeshift at will, they cant change into large animals
  
• They dont settle, but they have a perfered form
  
• Pain is shared
  
• Animas can touch other animas
  
• The wolf and its anima can touch each other
  
  

Less sure of:

• There is a set distance that they can go from each other
  
• They can change their appearance(fur color/markings/ect) at will
  
• The anima can feel the wolf's pain instead and vice versa
  
  

Unknown:

• Wolves can touch other wolve's animas
  
• Animas can touch other wolves besides 'theirs'
  
  

WW just added a "can and cant do"s post, if you didn't already see it. You should be able to find what ya need there =]

Okay, we have this one coming up in characters. Can animas be dogs? And if so, what is the size limit?

No, animas can not be dogs. Dogs pretty much merged back into wolves over some hundred years when the animals first reached Senti [yes, you started rping as a resident that had been there for several generations]. I'll edit the Anima topic later when I have time.