Welcome to Canis Major

a wolf and animal rpg (role-playing game)

Canis is a writing community for play-by-post (forum-based), freeform roleplay set in a fictional dream world in the intrusion fantasy genre. Most characters on Canis are wolves; many play elements are focused around wolves and canids, but the world makes room for a large variety of other animal characters such as dogs, horses, cats, bears, deer, and many, many more.

Our community is focused on flexibility, creativity, and collaboration. That boils down to a few important features:

  • There is no set activity requirement to write
  • The setting and plot are member-created and staff-supported
  • The game is continuously improved to increase fun and decrease stress

Learn more in our Rulebook!

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Formation
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01-06-2025, 12:38 PM (This post was last modified: 01-06-2025, 12:38 PM by Kyo.)
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01-06-2025, 08:19 PM
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It was easy to forget it's winter when the sun bakes overhead and the wind is cut by jagged rock, but now that the heated ball grew ever closer to caressing the horizon, the chill was beginning to feel more apparent. So much for making it to the mainland today. The mist from the falls they passed was enough to tell that the water was nothing less than freezing. There had to be something along the key though. The island was too big not to offer relief from the sharp winds that would surely come on the ocean breeze once the sun had set.

No sooner had the thought graced her head had she felt Kyo's nip. At first, she thought the wayfarer was messing with her. The dragon's head whipped, a glare set in her eyes as Kei flicked her tail away from his offending teeth, only to soften when she realized what he was looking at. Perfect. Kei quickly turned for shelter, padding past the falls until sand slipped between her toes. That was...strange. They weren't exactly at the shoreline yet, and the waves definitely did not rise this high up the mountain. Sand? She glanced Kyo's way, wondering what he made of it.

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01-06-2025, 11:29 PM (This post was last modified: 01-06-2025, 11:30 PM by Kyo. Edited 1 time in total.)
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01-07-2025, 11:09 AM (This post was last modified: Yesterday, 08:13 AM by Kei. Edited 1 time in total.)
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“No— no it’s not that. Just…odd.” Was she a fan of sand? It was fine until you go to clean your fur and find coarse grains on your tongue, but the sensation of soft sand was nice in the moment. “Unless the falls used to run through the cavern it just doesn’t make sense. Nothing to cause it, nothing to bring it.” Unless whoever lived here last spend moons shoveling the beach with cupped shells to make… a den??

Another glance around the hollowed room showed it to be a single cavity, but deep. There was plenty of room to house more than a few wolves. “Could be a den site... Providing the wind doesn’t cut the falls.” That would make sense actually. Less so for the light colored sand in a dark rock cave, but as to how the cavern was made in the first place.


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01-07-2025, 10:34 PM
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Yesterday, 08:13 AM (This post was last modified: Yesterday, 08:13 AM by Kei.)
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Fair 'nough. The words are muttered under her breath as she idly follows Kyo from a distance. A dedicated training spot wasn't a bad idea, especially for the Shinobu and Ronin. Most of what they had seen so far was slippery rock and dense jungle. There was the beach, but that was also fairly open.

A cave offered one more thing consistently that out there didn't. A darkened environment. Not a bad idea. Mistakes will hurt less and you might not be able to rely on your vision. Especially when most of the old Order's moves happened in the veil of night. What are you worried about running for? It's training; they aren't going to go fleeing from a fight. If they tried, then they picked the wrong path to follow.

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