BECOMING MATES WITH SOMEONE

Here at Godless we like to use the word courting when one is searching for a mate. To spice up our characters love life and because we love diversity here at Godless we allow different sexual orientations. When two partners have finally decided that they want to be mates for life one - normally the male - approaches the alpha or alphess and requests that the two become mates and a ceremony be held. Generally, courting takes two or more weeks in real life. This helps prevent members from pairing characters up right away and encourages that your characters get to know each other.

• Have a realistic amount of posts between your characters before they can become mates

MATING TOGETHER

When two characters have become mates with one another the option to have a litter together becomes available. Same-sex couples who want a litter of their own have the option tohave Freya’s Blessing - more on this below, adopt or have a willing surrogate or donor lend a paw. This must be discussed between the three members outside of roleplay or in roleplay if you truly wish to add more spice and depth to the whole ordeal.

When the conception of the litter has been dealt with it is time that you as a member make something called a litter request. Litter requests are where both parents post their information based on their character's and they request for a litter. Litter's are done by the sites staff team so everything is done fairly! However, if you do not like the litter rolled by staff, there are items which allow you to change your litter to some degree. Your offspring request will remain pending until an admin goes over it, once it has been approved and dice rolls have been dealt it is recommended that you start an adoption thread. You can start a new topic with these codes in the post here.

• Forced-breeding is allowed. Staff realize this is a touchy subject, thus it is required all threads containing this content be marked as mature and have a trigger warning.
• You don’t need to have a mate in order to create puppies. Males can mate will any available and willing she-wolf that’s in heat. You have to obtain the characters permission!
• Graphic breeding is not allowed: please fade to black.
• Just as in real life, inbreeding is inherently risky: resulting offspring will have a chance of inheriting health problems or deformities - depending on how close the relatives are.
• Breeding with an infertile/sterile wolf will always result in a failed conception!
• In order for she-wolves to breed again, her current children must be at least 6 months old before she can have another litter, unless she abandons them.
• Godless has a breeding and birthing season. This means there is only a certain time when character’s can attempt to mate. Each time mating season is open, an announcement will be made by a staff member.
• Here at Godless wolves are capable of producing 'split litters', in which a litter of one she-wolf has two fathers. Mating threads with all potential fathers must be started within 1 OOC week of each other to qualify, additionally the Split-Fathers item needs to be purchased from the sites store. Participating characters need to have OOC permission from their players. Biologically each resulting pup will only have one eligible father.
• There are no post requirements for mating threads, however, they must be completed! 'Fade to black' count as exits.
• Players of active fae have 1 out-of-character week from their character's due date to post a birthing thread before the litter is considered a miscarriage. Players are exempted from this rule if they are on a posted absence.

PREGNANCY AND GIVING BIRTH

A successful breeding will result in an expecting female. A female character will be pregnant for a month rl time until her due date arrives. What is a due date? A due date is a generalized time period when a female can give birth that is given to you with the rest of your litter request details. As soon as the pups are born they become rpable by their respectable roleplayers.

• An admin will do a dice roll to see how many pups you're having, their genders and appearances. You can purchase an item which will let you pre-determine how many pups you will be having, but as for their genders and appearances, this is entirely random based.
• As soon as your litter request is approved you're automatically pregnant until your generalized due date. Any pups not adopted by your characters due date are considered "stillborn". You'll be refunded if you paid for litter customization and the customized pups were not adopted out.
• Pregnant females are relieved of their rank and duties until their pups are weaned. Alpha’s who are expecting are forced to 'step down' temporarily until the pups have been weaned. It is the responsibility of the second alpha or beta to step in as acting lead during this time.

STILLBORNS

It was mentioned earlier that pups who do not find roleplayers at the time of birth will be marked as a 'stillborn'. That is true, however, there is also the chance the pup may just naturally be stillborn due to some other reason via dice roll. Pups may alternatively be born unhealthy or have increased chances of being stillborn if they have a specific mutation or are born in less than ideal weather and or seasons.

Chances for stillborns

• Being small and thin (The size of the pup is determined based on the parents and their body structure but is ultimately still up to a dice roll)
• Fatal mutation present (heart complications, cancer, asthma)
• Pups resulting from an inbreeding have a 25% chance of being born stillborn or having a lethal mutation.
• Pups born out of season have a greater chance of becoming sick or being born stillborn. Each pup has a 30% chance of dying out of season. This chance may increase or dwindle each season.
• Abortion of any litter is only allowed with parental permission; both roleplayers must agree together!

FREYA’S BLESSING

Freya only gives her blessing to commited officially mated pairs. To qualify for Freya’s Blessing the pair must be incapable of producing children on their own, same sex couples included! Castrated individuals are exempt from this requirement and cannot be used as a workaround. To receive Freya’s Blessing one must travel to the Mother Tree and pray to Freya.


MUTATIONS AND BIRTH DEFECTS

With each roll, a staff member does there is a small 10% (25% if inbred) chance that one of the pups in your litter can come out looking a little… odd. A generated 100 sided die will be rolled and if it lands on a certain lucky (or unlucky) number the pup will end up having one of the birth defects/mutations listed below. Keep in mind, some of these mutations can seriously impact pack-life and could render the pup potentially an early retirement. Some of these mutations are a lot more common than others. Those that are more severe will have less of a chance of appearing. The specific mutation your pup gets is purely random and rolled on a mutation table.

• Blindness
• Partial limbs
• Twisted hind limbs
• Absent hind limbs (both)
• Missing limb (front or hind)
• Tailless
• Kinked tail
• Partial tail
• Heterochromia
• Deafness
• Folded ears
• Elongated k-9 teeth
• Vertigo
• No claws
• Anosmia (inability to smell)
• Heart complications
• Asthma
• Cancer
• Infertility

Thanks for reading!
Godless Staff~