Editing Yaref (section)

== Characteristics ==

=== Social behavior ===
Yarov exaggerate the nature of human society to some extent, often having a very positive attitude associated with love, hope, and compassion. They also reflect the social context in which they originated. However, this is also contributed to by the general conception of a level of animacy somewhere between humans and non-human animals. Yarov are also rather impressionable to humans overall, along with being much weaker in general.

Yarov, rather notably, are particularly happy with taking much less "animate" roles than humans. This is for the most part a result of the fact that they have native magical capabilities and therefore historically relied less on tools and technology; other contributing factors include their general impressionability, strong social motivations (such as to be 'helpful'), and for yarov of Liruzon the social context in which they originated. 

=== Physical characteristics ===
Yarov appear as many different things, from animals, to objects, to forms very similar to humans. Regardless, their forms are rather abstracted and do not take the internal structure or biological function of the things they represent. They have just enough physicality to enable their manifestation, resulting in exaggerated poses, proportions, and behaviors, inconsistent physical details, and rapid healing and recovery. They eat, and sleep, and talk, and feel pain, and joy, and have families, but they do not have stomachs, nor brains, nor lungs, nor nerves, nor hearts, nor reproductive organs. They also have extremely simplified and abstracted versions of physical needs, essentially being just a simple [[Yahiric food|sustenance]] requirement

Yarov utilize "magic" to express themselves, though physical manifestations of yareva expression (along with other such things) are not considered "magic" in-universe. This can also be used for attacking or healing, or for other practical effects.

=== SOULs and death ===
Yarov have [[SOUL|SOULs]], though except for [[Boss yaref|boss yarov]] the SOUL is not actually distinguishable from the yaref itself, and vanishes upon the yaref's death. Yarov given [[determination]] have their physical forms break down into a vague, amorphous state at the point where they would have otherwise died.

Yarov usually weaken with age. At the end of a yaref's natural lifespan, it enters a "fallen down" state where the body persists albeit unconscious. Within days to weeks, the yaref dies and turns to dust as the projected form dissolves. This dust carries an "imprint" of the yaref's identity the same way a human corpse does for a human.