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Kindred
Feline Kindred
The Feline Kindred contains compatible cat-derived Beastfolk Lineages, presently including Averesh, Torevai, and Ravunai.
Shared Architecture
Feline Beastfolk arise from cat-derived awakening patterns that converge on a shared sapient architecture strongly enough for their Lineages to remain reproductively compatible. This shared inheritance does not require every Feline Lineage to resemble the same ancestral cat or possess the same coat, size, claws, senses, or movement style.
Predator-derived attention to motion, position, balance, and sensory detail can shape what a Feline notices. It does not make Feline peoples aloof, curious, solitary, territorial, playful, or culturally predatory.
Known Lineages
Averesh, Torevai, and Ravunai are the presently established Feline Lineages. Their differences in inherited form are stable enough to justify distinct Lineages, while their deeper architecture remains compatible enough to place all three within the same Kindred. Their relationship demonstrates that Lineage describes stable inherited populations within a broader ancestry rather than isolated species that merely happen to look similar.