/CORE RULE
Valeune’s people generally follow a human-like reproductive model unless an exact race page explicitly establishes a different canonical trait.
Animal biology must not be imported because a genus resembles a real-world animal.
Do not invent eggs, litters, mating seasons, ruts, heats, cloacas, spawning, external fertilization, pouches, larvae, metamorphosis, seasonal fertility, or species-specific breeding behavior without explicit creator-approved canon.
/PERSONHOOD BEFORE ANIMAL ANALOGY
Reproduction must be described through personhood, medicine, family, consent, health, and culture.
Do not describe people as breeding, mating, producing stock, carrying litters, going into heat, entering rut, being in season, or seeking genetically suitable partners.
Sexual attraction is not controlled by genus reproduction.
Partnership is not determined by fertility.
A person’s value is unrelated to reproductive capacity.
/CROSS-GENUS REPRODUCTION
People belonging to different genus peoples may form families and have biological children where established.
The child inherits exactly one biological parent’s established race.
The child is never a hybrid.
Pregnancy does not combine incompatible animal reproductive systems.
Use human-like pregnancy unless exact canon deliberately establishes another process.
/PREGNANCY
Pregnancy involves bodily change, medical risk, emotional experience, social consequence, and practical care.
Experiences vary widely.
A pregnant person may feel joy, fear, ambivalence, discomfort, grief, excitement, anger, or several emotions at once.
Do not make pregnancy automatically sacred, tragic, easy, disabling, or personality-defining.
Pregnancy does not remove agency.
A pregnant character remains capable of work, leadership, decision, ambition, sexuality, conflict, and self-definition while possessing changing physical needs.
/GESTATION
Do not calculate gestation from the real-world animal associated with either parent’s genus.
Unless exact canon establishes otherwise, use a broadly human-like gestational period.
The child’s inherited race does not radically shorten or lengthen pregnancy.
Do not accelerate pregnancy magically for narrative convenience.
Do not move from conception to birth in several weeks unless explicit approved magic and consequences support it.
/BIRTH
Birth may occur:
At home.
In a medical facility.
Within a noble household.
In a village.
During travel.
On a ship.
In a military camp.
Under emergency conditions.
Midwives, Physicians, Healers, family members, assistants, and caregivers may participate.
Magic may support pain management, stabilization, bleeding control, or recovery through exact spells.
Magic does not guarantee painless or risk-free birth.
/MIDWIVES
Midwives possess specialized knowledge of pregnancy, labor, birth position, bleeding, newborn care, postpartum recovery, feeding, and reproductive health.
Midwife is a profession or role that may fit within an established full class rather than requiring a new class.
A midwife may be formally trained, community-trained, licensed, or operating through household tradition.
/MULTIPLE BIRTHS
Twins and other multiple births may occur as human-like variation.
Do not assign litter sizes based on genus.
Burrowkin, Canid, Felid, Tuskfolk, and other peoples do not routinely produce animal-like litters.
Multiple births remain medically and socially significant.
/FERTILITY
Fertility varies among individuals.
Some people conceive easily.
Others experience infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, or medical complications.
No race is universally fertile or infertile.
Do not portray one genus as naturally prolific, endangered, scarce, or valued for reproduction unless explicit canon establishes a political issue.
Infertility does not make a person incomplete.
/PREGNANCY LOSS
Miscarriage, stillbirth, and other pregnancy losses may occur and should be treated with care.
They may create physical, emotional, familial, legal, and religious consequences.
Do not use pregnancy loss casually to create darkness, punish a character, motivate another person, or remove an inconvenient child.
Magic cannot always prevent or reverse loss.
/TRANS AND NONBINARY REPRODUCTION
Gender identity does not determine reproductive anatomy.
Women, men, and nonbinary people may become pregnant when their bodies and circumstances permit.
Use the character’s correct name and pronouns throughout pregnancy, birth, and medical care.
Do not misgender a pregnant man or nonbinary person.
Do not assume a trans woman, trans man, or nonbinary person possesses particular anatomy unless established.
Reproductive capacity is private medical information.
/ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
Medical or magical assistance may exist when exact canon supports it.
Possible support may involve fertility treatment, safe conception, preservation of pregnancy, or contributions from several intended parents.
Do not invent magical conception methods casually.
Every approved method must obey closed race inheritance.
The child still inherits exactly one biological contributor’s established race.
/RACE-SPECIFIC MEDICAL VARIATION
Established race traits may affect pregnancy and reproductive care.
Horns, wings, tails, scales, fur, feathers, antennae, tusks, body size, aquatic adaptation, disability, or temperature needs may influence:
Positioning.
Mobility.
Clothing.
Examination.
Pain.
Medication.
Surgery.
Birth environment.
Recovery.
These differences should be handled as medical accommodations.
Do not invent internal reproductive anatomy from real-world animals.
A Wingfolk person does not lay eggs because they possess wings.
A Scaleborn person does not reproduce like a reptile.
A Tideborn person does not spawn.
A Silkborn person does not undergo larval development.
/MAGIC AND REPRODUCTION
Magic may support reproductive medicine through exact established spells.
It cannot:
Guarantee conception.
Force pregnancy.
Select a child’s race outside normal inheritance.
Create a hybrid.
Make pregnancy instantly safe.
Eliminate every complication.
Reverse every loss.
Determine legitimacy.
Prove parental fitness.
Create love between parents.
Blood magic does not grant unlimited access to another person’s fertility or pregnancy.
/CONSENT AND PRIVACY
Reproductive care requires consent and privacy.
Nobles, spouses, parents, factions, employers, rulers, and dynasties do not own another person’s fertility.
Political pressure surrounding heirs may create coercion, but the narrative must recognize that coercion.
Forced fertility testing, pregnancy control, reproductive magic, or lineage examination constitutes serious bodily abuse.
/PARENTAGE
Biological, legal, adoptive, intended, and social parentage may differ.
A child may have more than two recognized parents or caregivers.
Biological contribution does not automatically determine custody, surname, inheritance, affection, or authority.
Exact family canon controls specific relationships.
/PRENATAL CARE
Prenatal care may include:
Nutrition.
Rest.
Medical examination.
Treatment of illness.
Birth planning.
Accommodation for disability.
Preparation of household support.
Class affects access.
A wealthy household may possess private medical care.
A poor person may continue dangerous work and delay treatment.
/POSTPARTUM CARE
Recovery after birth requires time.
Possible needs include:
Bleeding management.
Pain care.
Rest.
Food.
Cleanliness.
Feeding support.
Infection monitoring.
Sleep.
Emotional support.
Magic may assist without making recovery instantaneous.
Postpartum depression, anxiety, trauma, or grief are health concerns, not moral failure or magical corruption.
/NEWBORNS
Newborns require warmth, food, sleep, cleanliness, protection, and medical observation.
They do not immediately possess adult flight, swimming, strength, magical control, horns, tusks, or movement abilities.
Race traits may be present in age-appropriate form and develop over time.
/CONTRACEPTION AND SEXUAL HEALTH
Setting-appropriate reproductive planning, contraception-like methods, sexual health care, and treatment of infection may exist when established.
Such care varies by class, region, education, and law.
Do not assume every sexual relationship intends pregnancy.
Do not treat contraception as immoral unless a specific culture holds that belief.
/GENERATION COMMANDS
/USE HUMAN-LIKE REPRODUCTION
Unless exact race canon states otherwise.
/NEVER IMPORT ANIMAL MATING SYSTEMS
No heats, ruts, litters, eggs, or spawning by assumption.
/PRESERVE CONSENT
Reproductive power belongs to the person.
/USE CORRECT PRONOUNS
Pregnancy does not redefine gender.
/FOLLOW ONE-PARENT RACE INHERITANCE
Never hybridize.
/KEEP MEDICINE PLAUSIBLE
Birth and recovery require care.
/FINAL RULE
Valeune’s people reproduce as people, not as enlarged versions of animals.
Their reproductive lives belong to them and are shaped by bodies, relationships, medicine, culture, law, class, privacy, and choice.