Domestic Lazard

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Having been bred from wild variants, domestic lazards remain omnivorious and prone to scavenging. A lazard owner may feed a lazard a well-rounded diet and still catch them digging up their prize flower bed for a quick snack. Some domestic lazards retain more opportunistic tendencies than others and it's hit and miss how any individual lazard may act around food. Similarly with hunting: the drive to catch prey has been bred out of domestic lazards to a degree but they may still feel a drive to hunt under certain circumstances. However this bahaviour can be successfully encouraged or subdued depending on the lazard's owner's use for their mount.

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Domestic lazards have been bred for companionship and, as such, are naturally friendly, inquisitive and intelligent. Domestic lazards have lingering desires to feel part of a group as a result of having been bred from the two most sociable subspecies. As such, lazards willingly seek out a good bond with their owner; they particularly enjoy bonding with other domestic lazards. They are more intelligent than the average hors and can be trained to do all manner of jobs and tricks - they can be taught to respond to verbal and gestured commands and like to communicate back though head and ear movements and tail flicks.

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General Lazard Anatomy

Domestic Lazard-Specific Anatomy

• Heat sensing nerve clusters instead of eyes
• No visible nostrils
• Jagged mouths of which the pointed parts are teeth
• Small ears which always face backwards though can be moved slightly in expression
• Thick, strong necks to support their powerful jaws
• Quadruped limbs for mobility with two sets of additional forelimbs
• Four toes + a padded sole on mobility limbs
• A long tail for balance and maneuvering

• Thick, leathery skin; they do not grow fur of any kind
• A long tail for speed, agility and communication
• Additional forelimbs that are vestigial and no longer have a functional use

Classic is considered the 'default' color that lazards come in, though in truth it is simply the first domestic lazard colour that was bred from combining captive Arid and Coastal lazards. Stripes on standard Classic and dark Classic lazards are dark but stripes on light classic lazards become diluted alongside the base coat.

Golden lazards are generally darker and more yellow toned than classics. Golden was the second-most common colour bred from captive

Arid and Coastal wild variants. Golden lazard stripes do not become any darker or lighter when it comes to the change in tone of their base coat; stripes are always very dark and striking.

Slate is a coat colour mainly derived from Coastal lazard colours with careful amounts of Alpine lazard bred in over a number of years. As such, Slate lazards not only adopt cold colour tones but also generally have a thicker and more insulating hide courtesy of their sparse Alpine ancestors.

Much like Slate, the Granite morph began with influence from Arid, Coastal and small amounts of Alpine lazards alike. Similarly to Golden, stripes on this morph are always dark no matter the base colour variant.

Ash came from mixing generally high contrast Slate and Granite lazards. Their markings follow the same rules as Golden and Granite where the stripes keep their dark colors in every variantion.

Sunset was one of the first morphs created from a variation of Classic. This morph is well-known for its brightness and saturation.

Lavender is a morph built from the careful crossing of Classic and Slate lazards.

From the precision breeding of lighter Classics mixed with some Sunset + Lavender genes, Vanilla eventually grew into its own morph.

A fluke morph from breeding dark variations of Classic lazards. Many assume that Blood lazards have Armoured lazard ancestry because of this deep red colour but it's just a rumour and often a running joke among Blood lazard owners.

From crossing Blood and Lavender lazards, Rose eventually settled into its own morph.

Any of the above colour morphs always have one of these common marking types. Due to the engineered nature of lazard breeding, currently these markings cannot merge or mix togther on one individual - all lazards currently in existance have either striped, unmarked, butterfly or interrupted markings with no overlap.

Some lazards may have marking modifiers! These markings and mods aren't compulsory when making a lazard MYO but can be added for free if desired.

• Splash is a common domestic marking type that sometimes occurs in wild lazards as well. It is usually restricted to the chest, paws, and tail tip of the lazard and has an irregular, non-symmetrical shape to it. It is always a lighter color than the stomach color and can range from a few shades lighter than the stomach color, all the way up to pure white.
• Piebald is a common domestic marking type that sometimes occurs in wild lazards as well. The marking can occur anywhere on the lazard and has an irregular, non symmetrical shape to it. It is always a lighter color than the stomach color and can range from a few shades lighter than the stomach color, all the way up to pure white.
• Dorsal stripe is a commonly occurring marking modification in both wild and domestic lazards that connects the tail and main head and neck markings by a thin stripe that runs down the spine of the lazard. 
• Min fade coverage affects the fade coverage under the stripes, this can occur in both wild and domestic lazards.
• Max fade coverage affects the fade coverage under the stripes, this can occur in both wild and domestic lazards.

These marking mutations are less common in lazards! Adding speckled, brindle or racing stripe to your lazard requires Uncommon traits.

• Speckled is almost exclusively a domestic color that does not commonly occur in wild lazards and is even uncommon in domestic lazards. The marking takes up the majority of a lazards body, with only small spots of their underlying markings showing through. It is always a lighter color than the stomach color and can range from a few shades lighter than the stomach color, all the way up to pure white.
• Brindle is an uncommon marking type that causes faint stripes to be visible across the entire body of the lazard. This marking has only been found in domestic lazards and does not occur in the wild.
• Racing Stripe is a variation of dorsal stripe that only occurs in domestic lazards. The main head and neck marking are connected to the tail markings with a stripe along the spine, but a secondary stripe of the lightest body color occurs in the middle of that.

Melanistic and Albino lazards are rare and impossible to breed deliberately. Adding Melanism or Albinism to your lazard MYO requires Rare traits.

• Melanistic lazards have extremely high stripe coverage and incredibly dark and maxed out fade coverage. This mutation occurs in both domestic and wild lazards but is incredibly rare.
• Albino lazards lack all forms of pigmentation and appear to be a mixture of very light pinks and faint creams. The skin on their main body is almost transparent, gaining colour only from their blood. Their markings are opaque white or cream, which contrasts a bit with the rest of their body.  This mutation occurs in both domestic and wild lazards but is incredibly rare.