Editing Theriads (section)

=== Hybridization ===
There are no limits to what creatures a theriad might resemble. This is still true, even when a theriad is having a child with a non-theriad: hybrid children are nearly always indistinguishable from pure theriads. This quirk is the root of much of the prejudice against theriads. It is often viewed as the theriad curse, that anyone tainted by their blood will be beastly like them. For caelians already obsessed with maintaining the "purity" of their traits; ignii who view all other species as weak; and humans insecure about their place among the more powerful species, theriads are an easy scapegoat.

That said, curiously, hybrid traits ''are'' seen among theriads, though it is exceptionally rare. The appearance of these traits simply has no relation to any of the other species. Two theriad parents without a drop of mixed blood can have a child with ignii wings, or caelian halos, or ianthina tails, or any strange mutations that tend to appear in hybrid children. Some have heard stories of hairless, hornless children who nearly resemble humans, and entire folklores have sprung up around hybrid children born to a parent of an entirely different species and a theriad.