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Vorarephilia

2008-05-22T05:19:19Z

76.110.173.70: /* Soft Vore */

[[Image:Vorarephilia_small.png|thumb|200px|right|"Vorarephilia" by [[Lunar Prodigy]].]]

'''Vorarephilia''' (often misspelled '''voreaphilia''' or '''voraphilia''' because of their similar pronunciation), also known as '''phagophilia''' or simply called '''vore'''<ref name="straightDope">Adams, Cecil (2 July 2004) "[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040702.html Eat or be eaten: Is cannibalism a pathology as listed in the DSM-IV?]" at The Straight Dope. Accessed 4 April 2007</ref> for short, is a [[Sexual fetishism|fetish]] and [[paraphilia]] where arousal occurs from the idea of being eaten, eating another, or watching this process.<ref name="brathwaite">{{cite book |title= Sex in Video Games |first= Brenda |last= Brathwaite |publisher= Charles River Media |pages= ''p''. 20 |chapterurl= http://www.charlesriver.com/resrcs/chapters/1584504595_1stChap.pdf |isbn= 1584504595 |chapter= Defining Sex |date=August 30, 2006}}</ref> The fantasy may include digestion, which may be imagined to be painless. The word ''vorarephilia'' is derived from the [[Wikipedia:Latin|Latin]] ''vorare'' [swallow, devour] and [[Wikipedia:Greek language|Old Greek]] ''philia'' [love].

Vorarephilia is typically considered an "imaginary fetish" given that fulfilling vore fantasies in reality would be difficult to say the least; although the specific cases of [[Wikipedia:Issei Sagawa|Issei Sagawa]] in Paris, [[Wikipedia:Armin Meiwes|Armin Meiwes]] in Germany, and possibly [[Wikipedia:Jeffrey Dahmer|Jeffrey Dahmer]] in the United States, show that it is within the realm of possibility (though most vorarephiles are aware of the inherent silliness of their fetish, and are largely uninterested in the idea of cannibalism).

== Terminology ==
The term ''vorarephile'' describes someone who enjoys vore. Most vorarephiles describe themselves as being "[[Prey]]" — reportedly based on how animals are considered to be prey for other animals who are in a higher chain position — while others, who actually do the eating in the fantasies, are referred to as a "Pred" (derived from the word [[predator]]).<ref>[http://vore.got-game.org/VoregottenRealm/VoreDefinition.html "What is vore ? An attempt at a definition."] Accessed 26 February 2008</ref>

== Variates ==
=== Soft Vore ===
Soft vore describes scenarios where prey is consumed alive and whole, often without it being harmed before reaching the stomach. Because of its non-violent nature, soft vore is commonly regarded as more sensual and sexually oriented. Willing or unwilling prey in soft vore prey are either [[Wikipedia:digestion|digested]], [[Wikipedia:Asphyxia|suffocated]] or simply held in the [[Wikipedia:Stomach|stomach]]. Some vorarephiles who derive pleasure from watching animals eat other animals enjoy watching [[snake]]s eating, this is because they usually swallow their prey whole, a major element in soft vore.<ref>[http://aryion.com/modules.php?name=Conteudo&pid=12 "Soft Vore" ''Eka's Portal'']</ref>

Non-sexual soft vore is often used in a wide variety literature. These may be based on Native American folklore, such as one story where Coyote enters the stomach of a giant to rescue a number of people who were eaten alive, or the biblical story of [[Wikipedia:Jonah|Jonah]]. Soft vore is also used in current day cartoons and [[anime]] (which includes "Eat or Be Eaten: Panic in the Forest," an episode of the anime series [[Wikipedia:Naruto|Naruto]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0t1VHUeWBM]). Most of these are seen as a harmless sight gag or a minor inconvenience for a character.

=== Hard Vore ===
Hard vore describes scenarios where prey is subjected to injuries of being ripped and chewed. This type of vore involves [[Wikipedia:Cut|cutting]], [[Wikipedia:Bit|biting]], [[Wikipedia:Tear|tearing]] and usually also involves [[Wikipedia:Blood|blood]]. Although inherently there is no sexual characteristic to these portrayals, to someone with a vore fetish, they could be taken in a sexual context. Hard vore has sometimes been referred to as "gore" to separate it from soft vore.<ref>[http://aryion.com/modules.php?name=Conteudo&pid=11 "Hard Vore" ''Eka's Portal'']</ref>

Non-sexual hard vore is regularly portrayed in movies for mature audiences, such as the [[Wikipedia:Jaws (film)|Jaws]] franchise and [[Wikipedia:Deep Blue Sea|Deep Blue Sea]].<ref>[http://femme.fetishist.over-blog.com/categorie-10261802.html "Vore fetishism: Why and how?"]</ref>

=== Combinations ===
Being a [[Wikipedia:Fantasy (psychology)|fantasy]], any orifice may be thought of as capable of vore, but it's really just adding a body part to the word vore. This incorrect use of the word vore is now common place. Examples of this well known twisting of the word vore are the "genital vore" scenarios, witch includes ''unbirth''. Unbirthing involves being consumed by the [[vagina]] and taking refuge in the woman's [[womb]],<ref name="unbirth">[http://aryion.com/modules.php?name=Conteudo&pid=15 "Unbirth" ''Eka's Portal'']</ref> which is simply a "reverse birth" and, in a pure sense, can only be done by a female. It is sometimes referred to as "Female Genital Vore" or "vaginal vore." Others think of it as a mutual, erotic and consensual activity with no injury to the sexual partners involved — in that case it is not considered a form of vore.<ref name="unbirth"/>

"Male Genital Vore," commonly called ''cock vore'', refers to being consumed by the [[penis]].<ref>[http://aryion.com/modules.php?name=Conteudo&pid=14 "Cock Vore" ''Eka's Portal'']</ref> This involves the urethral opening at the top of the penis, after which they are pulled down the [[Wikipedia:Urethra|urethra]] to the predator's [[Wikipedia:Scrotum|scrotum]], in which prey is absorbed, digested, or turned into semen (sometimes known as "cum vore") and [[Wikipedia:Ejaculation|ejaculated]]. A lesser known variant involves the prey to be taken to the [[Wikipedia:Prostate|prostate]] for conversion to semen, or to the [[Wikipedia:Bladder|bladder]] for storage or digestion.<ref>[http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/cock-vore/ "Cock vore"]</ref>

Not well known, ''Anal vore'' describes being consumed by the [[anus]].<ref>[http://aryion.com/modules.php?name=Conteudo&pid=64 "Anal Vore" ''Eka's Portal'']</ref> In common scenarios, prey consumed through anal vore is often drawn up through the digestive tract to the stomach where they are digested in a normal fashion. Such is not always the case, as the prey may simply remain in the [[Wikipedia:Rectum|rectum]] of the predator for a varying length of time. ''Breast vore'' describes prey being engulfed into the predator's [[breast]] through the [[nipple]]s.<ref>[http://aryion.com/modules.php?name=Conteudo&pid=22 "Breast vore" ''Eka's Portal'']</ref> Prey consumed is usually then held in the predator's breast where they are occasionally transformed into breast milk.

== Related fetishes ==
''Macro vore'' is quite common, which describes being consumed by a large or giant predator.<ref name=voreclub>[http://www.freewebs.com/thevoreclub/charterinfo.htm The Vore Club]</ref> Commonly called "giantess vore" (when the predator is a female), is commonly a mixture of [[macrophilia]], a fetish for giants. In ''micro vore'', on the other hand, is a combination of [[microphilia]], in which the predator is smaller than its prey<ref name=voreclub/> (this often involves [[magic]]). ''Scat'' is combined with vore as [[coprophilia]], in which the prey has been digested (or pushed through the [[digestive system]] alive) and excreted out.<ref name=voreclub/>

[[Maiesiophilia]] describes a love of the pregnant female form. It can take various forms, from having the shape of being pregnant while not having the pregnancy, or with a vore scenarios, looking pregnant while holding prey inside their stomach.

Motivations behind the vore paraphilia vary but [[Wikipedia:Endosomatophilia|endosomatophilia]] (attraction to fantasies involving complete encapsulation of a living thing within the body of another living thing) and dominance/submission play are two common driving forces. Allowing oneself to be literally devoured could arguably be called the ultimate act of submission on the prey's part, and the ultimate act of dominance by a predator. It is easy to draw a connection between vore and the 'snuff' fetish, but in reality the overlap is far from complete. Death is frequently sidestepped or avoided in stories and roleplaying, though for some it plays an integral role in their fantasies.

== Vorarephilia and furry ==
Vorarephilia is a relatively popular topic for [[roleplay]] and [[art]] in the furry fandom as compared to the wider world, although it is still considered a fringe interest, shared to a greater or lesser extent by perhaps 2-5% of [[furry fan]]s. Its popularity may be due to the large number of predator/prey species matchups that mingle daily, although some vorarephile characters will eat just about anything with no regard for the conventional food chain. Likewise, the mixed animal/human nature of the fandom allows bestial behavior like vore to emerge naturally alongside mutual grooming and other animalistic traits. Furry vore is also made somewhat easier to act out and depict by the fact that many furry characters do not wear [[clothes]] to begin with - and those that are doing the eating often have claws to handle the rest.

The general sequence of roleplay goes something like this:
* [[Boy]] meets [[girl]]
* (optional) Non-vore roleplay of various kinds
* Girl declares that boy looks awfully tasty, either verbally or by nibbling on something
* (optional) Boy tries to appease girl with gifts of alternate foods
* Girl pounces upon boy
* Boy puts up a token resistance but lacks the physical strength to escape
* Girl swallows boy, either all at once, or (more commonly) over a series of [[pose]]s in which boy bemoans his fate (if swallowed [[tail]]/feet first) or struggles (if swallowed head first)
* (Optional) Boy is crushed into the (usually tight) confines of girl's stomach, and expires from digestion, typically falling unconscious first due to lack of oxygen

The above is just a rough guide of the most typical sequence of events - for example, each participant may be of either gender, or [[hermaphrodite|both]], or none. Vore may not be fatal - such consumption is sometimes offered as a "warm place to stay the night". Even if digestion occurs, the consumed participant typically "respawns" or "reforms" within a few minutes to a few days. This neatly sidesteps the major disadvantage of [[real life]] vore (that you only get to do it once). The level of realism in a roleplay varies from player to player, ranging from absurd and cartoonish to anatomically correct and theoretically feasible.

Vore is in many cases - even in the role-play form - a consensual activity. For every player who decides he wants his [[fox]] to go down kicking and screaming as he is ruthlessly gobbled up, there are more who enter a chatroom with the comment "I'm feeling tasty tonight." Some wish to be hunted while others offer themselves up on a platter, and not always figuratively.

Preferences vary so widely in regards to the 'ideal' vore scenario that MUCKs like [[FurryMUCK]] and [[Tapestries]] allow players to create publicly accessible tables of 'flags' to indicate their preferences and facilitate compatible pairings. Flags like 'no pain,' 'predator,' and 'soft vore' supplement broader flags not specific to vore like 'bisexual' and 'male-biased.'

Some popular places for vorarephiles include the [[Vor Cafe]] on [[Tapestries]] (adjoined by [[The Feedery]], which caters to [[fat furs]]), the [[Zaftig City]] mailing list, (for some inhabitants) [[The Giants' Club]] on [[FurryMUCK]], [[Jess]] and [[Avon]]'s [[Vor-com]], the largest vore MUCK [[Voregotten Realm]], and one of the largest Vore communities, [[Eka's Portal]].

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://aryion.com/index.php Eka's Portal]
* [[Wikipedia:Vorarephilia|Vorarephilia]] on [[Wikipedia]]

[[Category:Paraphilias]]
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Wandering Eccentric

2008-01-16T23:58:12Z

76.110.173.70: /* Falgrove Marsh */ sp

'''Ash''' (also known as '''Skarrbag'''; born 21st October 1983) is a [[furry artist]] who lives in [[Wikipedia:Hampshire|Hampshire]], England. His [[fursona]] is a [[dalmatian]], either a small, very friendly, puppy or a less social [[anthropomorphic]] dalmatian.

Ash has attended several furry meets and [[convention]]s, including the LondonFurrs meets, [[RBW]], [[Anthrocon 2005]] and [[Anthrocon 2007]]. He has also traveled to various parts of England and the U.S.A. to meet up with other furry friends.

In real life, he wears an Indiana Jones-style hat and long coat.

==The Ash Dance==
In the summer of 2007, a group of friends went to [[Wikipedia:Thorpe Park|Thorpe Park]], a theme park in Surrey, South England. The group of friends browsed the park, going on various rides until they came across a seemingly normal [[Wikipedia:Carousel|Carousel]]. Some decided to go on the ride, including Ash. Whist waiting for the next ride, the group stood around listening to the jolly music coming from the ride until Ash began dancing. He was recorded outside the ride, performing the dance, which was given the title of "Ash Dance".

Others who have performed the dance are [[Miles]], [[Shema]] (as [[Tosca]]) and [[Mustan]].

==Eccentricies and Percularities==
Ash has a number of unuseual views and goals. The highest of these is the ambition of living in a castle, and using the premises and surrounding grounds as a means to generate income, both from low tech, and high tech applications. It is known that he has made comments about having unknown Benifactor/s, but the stage in this plan is not fully known.
Some of the plans surrounding the castle venture that havebeen mentioned include the useage of Kesler Energy, Nuclear Waste recyceling (using the Waste as a purification system), and server hostings.

A large amount of other goals that Ash is known to have relate to the final Castle project, including aquiring a Heat and Cryogenically Treated Techno-Wootz Demascus sword, and using either a ex-postal van, or large white van, as a fully equiped mobile base of sorts, with it's own bed, water and electricity. Ash is also rumored to be in the process of making a second version of the Legendary Great Coat (LGC).

==The Legendary Great Coat==
The Legendary Great Coat started out as a large Great Coat, or Long Coat, belonging to person's unknown in the 1960's. It was a heavy-duty coat that was resistant to knife cuts, and extreemly weighty. It was then passed onto to the Gentleman's friend, who kept the coat for 40 years or so, and eventually passed it onto Ash. in the early 2000's
Ash approached the British Army Tailors, and paid for the coat to be expanded upon, having a Flack Jacket incorporated into the design, providing addittional protection, and leaving the coat with a considerable weight. While the coa offered superior armour, the main reason for this costly tailor job was for the addittional weight. Dubbed 'The Legendary Great Coat' (or LGC), Ash continued to use the coat, daily, for a number of years.
Eventually the LGC was worn out by use, the rope used to hold the flack jacket plates starting to snap. Before the coat was rendered compleatly unuseable, Ash had to LGC retired, and keeps it ready for a possible final use.

Recently Ash has made mention of a 'LGC mk. 2' being designed, with the possibility of it being constructed in the not so distant future. It is possible that such a coat would incorporate Kevlar knife-proofing, and Ceramic plates to provide high knife and bullet resistance, and possible some electonic controls and applications built in, such as speakers, 'body tempreture conditing', and GPS locaters.
It goes without question that if such a coat was created, it would have a high cost, and would probably be quite valuable.

==Dog Tags==
Ash has a very strong attachment to the 'double dog bone' dog tags he wears. These tags are golden in colour, and marked with many scratches, with Ash's name, the words 'Dalmatian antihero' and a serial number printed on the front, with the reverse reading 'If found, look after. Loyal'. It is understood that these tags can actually be used, if the case arises, in the same way as a pair of Army dog tags. Similer dog tags can be found in most pet stores.
Ash has gone through aproximatly 3 pairs of dog tags over the years. The origenal pair now belong to Pepper (aka Painted Pup), and were replaced from being outdated. The second pair had to be replaced after they were bent around 45 degrees after an accident when an industrial drinks cage, full, fall over onto Ash. While the dog tags absorbed most of the impact from the corner of the drinks cage, they were permantly bent inwards. The current pair of dog tags are still in active use, and are showing signs of wear and tear.

==Falgrove Marsh==
Falgrove marsh is a fictional thick marshy forest that is cut off from other ecosystems by an assortment of Naturel Barriers. It shows signs of past settlement, with wooden gangplanks and posts, however is currently not lived in permantly. There occasional visitors to The Marsh, and an ongoing enviromental investigation into the flora and fauna of The Marsh.
Falgrove Marsh is connected to the fictional Castle that Skarrbag.net is based on.

The main animals currently brought to light by the various investigations into Falgrove Marsh are the rather popular Puppyleeches, Lesser Splyaps and the less known Greater Splyaps.

==Puppyleeches==
[[Image:Puppyleech_Phantasma_by_CunningFox.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A Puppyleech by CunningFox]]
Puppyleeches are a fictional species created by Ash with the assistance of [[Heather Gladden]]. They are available for anybody to freely use the designs to create their own Puppyleech, providing the basic species design is upheld.

They appear similar the same breeds as [[dogs]], have no legs and no lower jaw, feeding on blood much like normal [[Wikipedia:leech|leeches]] and requiring a small measure of blood once every week or so. They move by wiggling. They have the same loyal, friendly, and often vocal (through squeaking mostly) personalities as [[dogs]], and have been seen as adorable pets by some.

A puppyleech's mouth contains promary two top canines and two lower canines, which cause a mark in the prey's skin. The puppyleeches saliva has enzymes in it that prevent the blood from clotting while the saliva is present, and also removes any pain from the wound. This pain-numbing saliva is often too effective, leaving the area around a puppyleech'sbite feeling somewhat tingely, and with an odd warm feeling. The saliva enzymes also break down after a couple of hours, and the resulting chemicals premote healing of the wound.

There are three main types of Puppyleech, Soil types, Water types, and Plant Types. Soil types mainly stay on the ground, very occasionally burrowing ito softer soil for concielment and can be moderatly active on occassion. Water types are far more active, and are often found in or near water. They have been known to hunt prey. plant type puppyleeches are the least active, often laying on leaves and other plant matter, waiting for a passing animal to drop onto. Physically, there is little difference between the breeds as to their type, as some breeds have been known to switch between types. The easiest way to think of it is the breed of dog's activity level is often an indicator of its puppyleech equivalent's type.
Only the soil puppyleech type is known to occassionally burrow under the skin of it's prey, to leach on excess amounts of fat tissue, effectivly causeing positive weight loss.

Puppyleeches are semi-social, and will sometimes form small groups of closely-knit individuals who interact with each other, but rarely hunt together. There are occasions when large puppyleech groups can be observed, such as when a larger aggressive preditor is in an area. On these occasions they can attack en mass, and while puppyleeches individually are low-risk, they use leeching on a large scale to kill larger animals if needs be. It is worth noting that puppyleechs, even when large amounts of them are feeding, seldom kill a prey amial, often disattaching before any serious damage is caused from blood loss (useually at point of unconciousness)

Puppyleeches in the wild are more or less found exclusively in Falgrove Marsh.
Wild puppyleeches average a length of between 10 and 20 centimeters, and domesticated puppyleeches can reach a legnth of up to 30 centimeters. There are reports of a wild puppyleech called [http://cunningfox.deviantart.com/art/Puppyleech-Phantasma-36184599 Phantasma] which defies this, and a few other rules regarding puppyleeches.

[http://search.deviantart.com/?section=browse&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5&q=puppyleech Several images of Puppyleeches] have been uploaded to deviantART, and both [[Ash]] and [[Heather Gladden]] encourage artists to upload any artwork of Puppyleeches.

==Splyaps==

The splyap is a fictional species class designed by Ash and Dalspots.

The Splyap catagory of animal is split into two distinct sub-species, the Greater Splyap, and the Lesser Splyap.

==Lesser Splyap==
The Lesser Splyap is a 4 to 5 feet at the shoulder tall canine-appearing animal. It has very fluffy, blue, furr, and rather long legs. It is built for running and for eating.
The lesser splyap has an unuseual jaw system. Not only can the jaws open, but the lower jaws can also split into two halves. This, combined with an extreemly elasic internal membrane and large size, means that the Lesser Splyap is capeable of eating very large meals, up to and including human-sized animals whole. To eat, the Splyap will works its jaws somewhat gently over the prey, in a similer manner to a snake, with the lower jaws splitting to wrap over the prey as eats. They are known to select food on taste, and will enjoy the flavor of their food.
Due to it's light build and relitivly weak jaws, the Lesser splyap cannot attack another animal untill the animal is weakened enough to eat. Instead, it's attack stratagy is to chase down an animal by surprise, wrap it's jaws around the head, and eat the food as fast as possible. Due to the inward-pointing dull teeth, mildly anathetic saliva which dulls the senses, and rapid swallowing rate (thought to be possibly as fast as 20-30 seconds for a human meal if pushed), it's prey seldom has time to mount a decent defence. Due to it's feeding mechanism, all Splyaps are solidary hunters.
The Lesser Splyap's main flaw, aside it's light build, is the main reason that are often made pets. To prevent yourself being eaten, or to stop a Lesser Splyap from fully eating you (and mak them spit you out), simply avoid acting like prey, and try to pet it. All Splyaps adore petting and attention, and will activly crave it.
While Splyaps make good pets, and will not useually hunt most animals that do not act like prey, a Splyap will instinctivly draw things in it's mouth inwards, without intention, for consuming. A simple solution is to pet the Splyap, of if already petting and say your free arm is being swallowed, a gentle tap on the nose will often suffice. Failure to do so may result in one's self being accidently eaten.
If eaten by a Splyap, try not to panic. Calling out for help can bring people around who will prod the splyap's belly untill it spits you out. You have between 10 and 15 minuets time betwen being injested and feeling lightheaded from lack of air.
It is worth noting that on the whole Splyaps do lick and nibble on creatures and individuals they are fond of, so it is useually best to be prepaired to prevent ones self from such a situation to avoid any misconceptions.

==Greater Splyap==
The Greater Splyap is a creature that is rarely domesticated, and is rarely even seen in the wild. They have less furr then the Lesser Splyap, and stand between ten and fifteen feet tall. It is far more heavilly built, and lacks the blue furr colour. While somewhat friendly, and attention seeking lik the Lesser Splyaps, the Greater Splyap is slightly more voratious, having to eat more to sustain itself.
Unlike the Lesser Splyap's split lower jaw, the Greater Splyap has a split lower jaw and a split upper jaw, effectivly four jaws, able to close each and work over a caught prey with ease. Due to it's size, unless it has caught a larger animal, the Greater Splyap often taks it's time with eating food, often savoring the taste while it eats its living victem. The same anathetic saliva and 10-15 minuet time window in the stomach remains, however.
It isnt advisable to have a Greater Splyap as a pet unless you are confident you can handle such a pet.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Skarrbag}}
* [http://www.skarrbag.net/ Skarrbag.net] - personal homepage
* [http://foxidal.livejournal.com/ ''Ash's Den''] - Ash's [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://skarrbag.deviantart.com/ Skarrbag] on [[deviantART]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/skarrbag/ Skarrbag] on [[Furaffinity]]

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Wandering Eccentric

2008-01-16T23:52:07Z

76.110.173.70: /* Splyaps */

'''Ash''' (also known as '''Skarrbag'''; born 21st October 1983) is a [[furry artist]] who lives in [[Wikipedia:Hampshire|Hampshire]], England. His [[fursona]] is a [[dalmatian]], either a small, very friendly, puppy or a less social [[anthropomorphic]] dalmatian.

Ash has attended several furry meets and [[convention]]s, including the LondonFurrs meets, [[RBW]], [[Anthrocon 2005]] and [[Anthrocon 2007]]. He has also traveled to various parts of England and the U.S.A. to meet up with other furry friends.

In real life, he wears an Indiana Jones-style hat and long coat.

==The Ash Dance==
In the summer of 2007, a group of friends went to [[Wikipedia:Thorpe Park|Thorpe Park]], a theme park in Surrey, South England. The group of friends browsed the park, going on various rides until they came across a seemingly normal [[Wikipedia:Carousel|Carousel]]. Some decided to go on the ride, including Ash. Whist waiting for the next ride, the group stood around listening to the jolly music coming from the ride until Ash began dancing. He was recorded outside the ride, performing the dance, which was given the title of "Ash Dance".

Others who have performed the dance are [[Miles]], [[Shema]] (as [[Tosca]]) and [[Mustan]].

==Eccentricies and Percularities==
Ash has a number of unuseual views and goals. The highest of these is the ambition of living in a castle, and using the premises and surrounding grounds as a means to generate income, both from low tech, and high tech applications. It is known that he has made comments about having unknown Benifactor/s, but the stage in this plan is not fully known.
Some of the plans surrounding the castle venture that havebeen mentioned include the useage of Kesler Energy, Nuclear Waste recyceling (using the Waste as a purification system), and server hostings.

A large amount of other goals that Ash is known to have relate to the final Castle project, including aquiring a Heat and Cryogenically Treated Techno-Wootz Demascus sword, and using either a ex-postal van, or large white van, as a fully equiped mobile base of sorts, with it's own bed, water and electricity. Ash is also rumored to be in the process of making a second version of the Legendary Great Coat (LGC).

==The Legendary Great Coat==
The Legendary Great Coat started out as a large Great Coat, or Long Coat, belonging to person's unknown in the 1960's. It was a heavy-duty coat that was resistant to knife cuts, and extreemly weighty. It was then passed onto to the Gentleman's friend, who kept the coat for 40 years or so, and eventually passed it onto Ash. in the early 2000's
Ash approached the British Army Tailors, and paid for the coat to be expanded upon, having a Flack Jacket incorporated into the design, providing addittional protection, and leaving the coat with a considerable weight. While the coa offered superior armour, the main reason for this costly tailor job was for the addittional weight. Dubbed 'The Legendary Great Coat' (or LGC), Ash continued to use the coat, daily, for a number of years.
Eventually the LGC was worn out by use, the rope used to hold the flack jacket plates starting to snap. Before the coat was rendered compleatly unuseable, Ash had to LGC retired, and keeps it ready for a possible final use.

Recently Ash has made mention of a 'LGC mk. 2' being designed, with the possibility of it being constructed in the not so distant future. It is possible that such a coat would incorporate Kevlar knife-proofing, and Ceramic plates to provide high knife and bullet resistance, and possible some electonic controls and applications built in, such as speakers, 'body tempreture conditing', and GPS locaters.
It goes without question that if such a coat was created, it would have a high cost, and would probably be quite valuable.

==Dog Tags==
Ash has a very strong attachment to the 'double dog bone' dog tags he wears. These tags are golden in colour, and marked with many scratches, with Ash's name, the words 'Dalmatian antihero' and a serial number printed on the front, with the reverse reading 'If found, look after. Loyal'. It is understood that these tags can actually be used, if the case arises, in the same way as a pair of Army dog tags. Similer dog tags can be found in most pet stores.
Ash has gone through aproximatly 3 pairs of dog tags over the years. The origenal pair now belong to Pepper (aka Painted Pup), and were replaced from being outdated. The second pair had to be replaced after they were bent around 45 degrees after an accident when an industrial drinks cage, full, fall over onto Ash. While the dog tags absorbed most of the impact from the corner of the drinks cage, they were permantly bent inwards. The current pair of dog tags are still in active use, and are showing signs of wear and tear.

==Falgrove Marsh==
Falgrove marsh is a fictional thick marshy forest that is cut off from other ecosystems by an assortment of Naturel Barriers. It shows signs of past settlement, with wooden gangplanks and posts, however is currently not lived in permantly. There occasional visitors to The Marsh, and an ongoing enviromental investigation into the flora and fauna of The Marsh.
Falgrove Marsh is connected to the fictional Castle that Skarbag.net is based on.

The main animals currently brought to light by the various investigations into Falgrove Marsh are the rather popular Puppyleeches, Lesser Splyaps and the less known Greater Splyaps.

==Puppyleeches==
[[Image:Puppyleech_Phantasma_by_CunningFox.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A Puppyleech by CunningFox]]
Puppyleeches are a fictional species created by Ash with the assistance of [[Heather Gladden]]. They are available for anybody to freely use the designs to create their own Puppyleech, providing the basic species design is upheld.

They appear similar the same breeds as [[dogs]], have no legs and no lower jaw, feeding on blood much like normal [[Wikipedia:leech|leeches]] and requiring a small measure of blood once every week or so. They move by wiggling. They have the same loyal, friendly, and often vocal (through squeaking mostly) personalities as [[dogs]], and have been seen as adorable pets by some.

A puppyleech's mouth contains promary two top canines and two lower canines, which cause a mark in the prey's skin. The puppyleeches saliva has enzymes in it that prevent the blood from clotting while the saliva is present, and also removes any pain from the wound. This pain-numbing saliva is often too effective, leaving the area around a puppyleech'sbite feeling somewhat tingely, and with an odd warm feeling. The saliva enzymes also break down after a couple of hours, and the resulting chemicals premote healing of the wound.

There are three main types of Puppyleech, Soil types, Water types, and Plant Types. Soil types mainly stay on the ground, very occasionally burrowing ito softer soil for concielment and can be moderatly active on occassion. Water types are far more active, and are often found in or near water. They have been known to hunt prey. plant type puppyleeches are the least active, often laying on leaves and other plant matter, waiting for a passing animal to drop onto. Physically, there is little difference between the breeds as to their type, as some breeds have been known to switch between types. The easiest way to think of it is the breed of dog's activity level is often an indicator of its puppyleech equivalent's type.
Only the soil puppyleech type is known to occassionally burrow under the skin of it's prey, to leach on excess amounts of fat tissue, effectivly causeing positive weight loss.

Puppyleeches are semi-social, and will sometimes form small groups of closely-knit individuals who interact with each other, but rarely hunt together. There are occasions when large puppyleech groups can be observed, such as when a larger aggressive preditor is in an area. On these occasions they can attack en mass, and while puppyleeches individually are low-risk, they use leeching on a large scale to kill larger animals if needs be. It is worth noting that puppyleechs, even when large amounts of them are feeding, seldom kill a prey amial, often disattaching before any serious damage is caused from blood loss (useually at point of unconciousness)

Puppyleeches in the wild are more or less found exclusively in Falgrove Marsh.
Wild puppyleeches average a length of between 10 and 20 centimeters, and domesticated puppyleeches can reach a legnth of up to 30 centimeters. There are reports of a wild puppyleech called [http://cunningfox.deviantart.com/art/Puppyleech-Phantasma-36184599 Phantasma] which defies this, and a few other rules regarding puppyleeches.

[http://search.deviantart.com/?section=browse&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5&q=puppyleech Several images of Puppyleeches] have been uploaded to deviantART, and both [[Ash]] and [[Heather Gladden]] encourage artists to upload any artwork of Puppyleeches.

==Splyaps==

The splyap is a fictional species class designed by Ash and Dalspots.

The Splyap catagory of animal is split into two distinct sub-species, the Greater Splyap, and the Lesser Splyap.

==Lesser Splyap==
The Lesser Splyap is a 4 to 5 feet at the shoulder tall canine-appearing animal. It has very fluffy, blue, furr, and rather long legs. It is built for running and for eating.
The lesser splyap has an unuseual jaw system. Not only can the jaws open, but the lower jaws can also split into two halves. This, combined with an extreemly elasic internal membrane and large size, means that the Lesser Splyap is capeable of eating very large meals, up to and including human-sized animals whole. To eat, the Splyap will works its jaws somewhat gently over the prey, in a similer manner to a snake, with the lower jaws splitting to wrap over the prey as eats. They are known to select food on taste, and will enjoy the flavor of their food.
Due to it's light build and relitivly weak jaws, the Lesser splyap cannot attack another animal untill the animal is weakened enough to eat. Instead, it's attack stratagy is to chase down an animal by surprise, wrap it's jaws around the head, and eat the food as fast as possible. Due to the inward-pointing dull teeth, mildly anathetic saliva which dulls the senses, and rapid swallowing rate (thought to be possibly as fast as 20-30 seconds for a human meal if pushed), it's prey seldom has time to mount a decent defence. Due to it's feeding mechanism, all Splyaps are solidary hunters.
The Lesser Splyap's main flaw, aside it's light build, is the main reason that are often made pets. To prevent yourself being eaten, or to stop a Lesser Splyap from fully eating you (and mak them spit you out), simply avoid acting like prey, and try to pet it. All Splyaps adore petting and attention, and will activly crave it.
While Splyaps make good pets, and will not useually hunt most animals that do not act like prey, a Splyap will instinctivly draw things in it's mouth inwards, without intention, for consuming. A simple solution is to pet the Splyap, of if already petting and say your free arm is being swallowed, a gentle tap on the nose will often suffice. Failure to do so may result in one's self being accidently eaten.
If eaten by a Splyap, try not to panic. Calling out for help can bring people around who will prod the splyap's belly untill it spits you out. You have between 10 and 15 minuets time betwen being injested and feeling lightheaded from lack of air.
It is worth noting that on the whole Splyaps do lick and nibble on creatures and individuals they are fond of, so it is useually best to be prepaired to prevent ones self from such a situation to avoid any misconceptions.

==Greater Splyap==
The Greater Splyap is a creature that is rarely domesticated, and is rarely even seen in the wild. They have less furr then the Lesser Splyap, and stand between ten and fifteen feet tall. It is far more heavilly built, and lacks the blue furr colour. While somewhat friendly, and attention seeking lik the Lesser Splyaps, the Greater Splyap is slightly more voratious, having to eat more to sustain itself.
Unlike the Lesser Splyap's split lower jaw, the Greater Splyap has a split lower jaw and a split upper jaw, effectivly four jaws, able to close each and work over a caught prey with ease. Due to it's size, unless it has caught a larger animal, the Greater Splyap often taks it's time with eating food, often savoring the taste while it eats its living victem. The same anathetic saliva and 10-15 minuet time window in the stomach remains, however.
It isnt advisable to have a Greater Splyap as a pet unless you are confident you can handle such a pet.

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