Hello everybody, Sei here at... wow, 5 am. So, as some of you might have seen via my vast edits over the last hour, I've changed the name of Yuanrang to Yuanren. It rolls off the tongue easier, at least to me, and I honestly wasn't using proper chinese with Yuanrang so Yuanren is just... Me being Kubo for like 5 minutes. In-story, Yuanren is derived from the ancient language that was once spoken by the original Beast Realm residents, or maybe from the language of the dragons, or whatever helps you sleep at night. Not really something we need to worry about. Yuanren is just a shorthand name that exists so we don't have to keep saying Beast Realm. But anyways...

MORE IMPORTANTLY

I've finally established a groundwork for what Yuanren, the Beast Realm, is and stuff. Yuanren is a world split into seven main territories, as you can read in the skeleton article for Yuanren. Each is ruled by a "Beast King", that territory's ruler. And every region has a different population of some kind. One territory might be home to the Kitsune and Okami, another might be for Yuki-Onna and others, et cetera. But it doesn't need to split up this black and white either, there can be different clans of the same species and all that. Simple enough, I hope.

Now, since Yuanren appears to be the agreed-upon Beast Realm for the FC, and therefore, the default Beast Realm for BFF for those that don't want to go through the trouble of making their own, I've decided it would be far more proper for me to open up the territories to you all. Which is the purpose behind this thread.

Currently, I've claimed one of the territories, which is labeled right now as "Unnamed Territory" on the Yuanren page right now, pending an eventual name for it, that is home to a Kitsune clan and others. So that means six territories are still open for you guys, so on this thread, if you'd like to claim one of these territories, just ask so on this thread.

Now, before you ask to claim one, some things to keep in mind. Because Yuanren is the default BFF and FC Beast Realm, it means whatever kind of territory you create will be open to free use in other people's stories and works, without requiring permission. This also means allowing others to create settlements, villages, towns, locations, and what have you, in the territory you've claimed. Essentially, claiming a territory entitles you to three things: naming the territory, the right to create that territory's "Beast King", and to decide the overall features of that territory's region, history, and climate. That means you set the guidelines for the territory but others have free reign to add in locations, moments and events in history, and other stuff in your territory without needing permission, so long as it doesn't change or violate the established guidelines you set. So do keep this in mind.

With that said, requests are now open. I'll leave this open for three days to see how many people want to claim a territory, and if it ends up being more than six, well... We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.