A supplement to the site's existing lore articles, based on tidbits @/Squid has dropped around the site. If a piece of information has been officially included in the site, let me know and I’ll remove it from this collection!

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Pings regarding suggestions, questions, and other feedback are entirely welcome. I've worked through the Lore Q&A and the questions speedruns (one, two, three), but will happily take additional sources.

Related thread: developer quotes about gameplay features



World Science & Magic

Geography
Biology
Astronomy
Magic & Ascension

Everyday Life

Society & Family
Technology
Professions
Pastimes
Events & Holidays
Oddities

Characters & Creatures

Guardians
Not-Cats

Heritage & Culture

History
Myths
Superstitions

Relevant threads

• Writing system

World Science & Magic

Geography

Nobody's been able to get close enough to the Impact to find out what’s going on with the multi-story structure(s) on the world map. The magnetic force of the area prevents not-cats from entering. Null cats can get slightly further in than the others by about a quarter of a mile, but we're going to have to think of some other kind of technology if we want to learn more about this area.
Source: Lore Q&A

It’s impossible to get from Not-Earth to Earth, since the gate is high up in the sky. Some seek to build a very very tall tower to try to get there, but it is beyond the technological capabilities of not-cats at present and is widely regarded as a bit of a pipe dream.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-Earth’s sky is a hazy blueish-purple, and hail has cat ears.
Source: Lore Q&A + Lore Q&A

Crops fall into one of two categories primarily: 1) Earth plants brought by not-cats when they fell into Not-Earth; 2) Rediscovered feral varieties of native plants that were selected for a long, long time ago, but have since grown wild.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-Earth has caves that hold lots of mysterious things to be found.
Source: Lore Q&A

Tigerlily Meadow is located after the Heart of the Woods. It's quite the trek and is not made particularly often, but a few brave adventurers might have ventured close to it. The closer you get to Tigerlily Meadow, the bigger everything gets. Bugs are bigger. Flowers are bigger. Blades of grass are even bigger! Things also get much more colorful. The plant life becomes a rainbow of flowers, and wildlife tends to have very bold colorful spotting. The birds there are very loud.
Source: Lore Q&A

Dragonbreath Isle is very craggy, very volcanic, and also extraordinarily cold. It's difficult to even get close to it because of all the ice in the waters, but the eruptions can be detected from pretty far away anyway, so the not-cats are definitely aware of it. There are two main volcanoes on Dragonbreath Isle: one to the northwest and the other to the southeast. Each has two main peaks, such that when you look at them from far away, it looks like a cat with 4 ears. Large flying creatures live up there! Sometimes ice chunks wash down to the northeast coast of Nestor's Wood from Dragonbreath Isle, and fascinating archaeological finds can be found within.
Source: Lore Q&A

Map locations are tied to magical aspects, and Nestor’s Wood is likely affiliated with the null aspect just like Nestor.
Source: Lore Q&A

Biology

There are no other species yet, as far as lore is concerned. When they show up, different species likely will be able to have beans. Mer-cats are planned to share the same winds as the not-cats, but it's unclear if this would apply to all future species. Cats can be partners and adopt beans across species; this will be universal to all catlike creatures. They can all be buddies.
Source: Lore Q&A + Lore Q&A

Not-Earth has megafauna - lots of Very Big Creatures.
Source: Lore Q&A

Lots of creatures have been colloquially referred to as "not-creatures", such as all the not-squirrels, not-cardinals, not-foxes, and so on, but they aren't fully intelligent species that migrated from Earth, they're just sort of vaguely similar looking species. The not-cats might be the only ones quite like that, that they know of (yet).
Source: Lore Q&A

There are no not-cat breeds since not-cats have never been selectively bred, but since not-cats resemble cats in many ways, they may have some of the traits of what we consider as cat breeds. They're not selected for and are randomly occurring, unlabeled, and likely much less extreme due to the lack of line breeding type selection.
Source: Lore Q&A + Lore Q&A

Not-cats have thumbs and are therefore all polydactyl.
Source: Lore Q&A + Lore Q&A

Not-cats have different aging, but aren’t necessarily immortal. They are still susceptible to injury, illness, and so on, and while ascension is sometimes a rather long life stage, it does not go on forever. This is particularly noteworthy as life on Earth was very difficult for not-cats. They primarily lived in cities, which meant they were exposed to all the problems humans had going on. They may also just fizzle out into magical space dust after being ascended for a particularly long time.
Source: Lore Q&A

Reproductive restrictions are related to incompatible magnetic forces. Null cats are still magnetic, but much less so than the others. The decreased magnetism allows them to go further into the Impact, but it doesn't allow them to get that much further than the others.
Source: Lore Q&A + Lore Q&A

You could probably stick magnets to a not-cat, but they would not stick very well because not-cats are a very irregular, fluffy surface and quite wiggly. The magnetism is also not particularly strong; they'd fall off at the slightest touch or movement. (If you shaved them they'd probably stick better, without the fur blocking the magnet.)
Source: Lore Q&A

Astronomy

Not-Earth seasons are probably a few weeks longer than they are on Earth.
Source: Lore Q&A

There are two moons. Both the not-moons are smaller than Earth's moon, and one of them is very much smaller. Their names would be the equivalent of Not-Moon and Moonbean, because the second one is seen as Not-Moon's baby moon. The moons result in slightly longer days (by about 30-45 minutes), brighter nights, and much more extreme tides.
Sources: Lore Q&A + Lore Q&A

Not-Earth has astronomical events. Not-lunar eclipses are even more common than on Earth, because there are multiple moons to cross over the path. Once in a while, a very pretty meteor shower occurs, where lots of little bits of rock and dust fall down to the planet - this is especially common in the winter months. The not-cats have noticed that there are a lot more particles and rocks and stuff circulating Not-Earth than Earth and occasionally it collides with the planet. Not sure what that's about really.
Source: Lore Q&A

There are constellations for each of the first four cats (north, south, trade, and null). There's a Nestor constellation! There are also constellations for each of the aspects which ties into the Creation Story of the Universe. There's also a constellation that looks like a cat paw. They call it the Big Galactic High-Five. Sometimes they jump up at the sky to pretend to high five it.
Source: Lore Q&A

Other planets exist in Not-Earth’s solar system, but they’re unnamed so far.
Source: Lore Q&A

The original cats were spawned out of the primordial bean cloud, a swirling haze of magical space/aspect dust that drifts through the galaxies and is faintly in the shape of a cat.
Source: Lore Q&A

Magic & Ascension

Not-cats have magical aspects, and aspects are influenced by the season of birth and inherent rarities. These aren’t guaranteed, but cats born in these seasons are more likely to have those aspects than others in the same tier.

• Seasonal influences
  > Spring: Flora, Stone, Sun, Essence
  > Summer: Growth, Magma, Sun, Essence
  > Autumn: Sea, Stone, Moon, Essence
  > Winter: Sky, Frost, Moon, Essence
  
  
• Aspect rarity tiers
  > Common: Flora, Growth, Sea, Sky
  > Uncommon: Stone, Magma, Frost
  > Rare: Sun, Moon
  > Very Rare: Essence

More on aspects can be found in the Mythology section.
Source: Lore Q&A

Ascended cats are seen as the wise village elders in a sense, but also as a source of protection. Think of them as knights that protect the village and the nearby areas. They definitely remain with their villages, and spend a lot of their time keeping watch, helping out, and so on, but they don't really do day job type work anymore. This is largely due to their increased obligations to help Nestor out and perform public service for Not-Earth as a whole. (Granted, they're like cats, their idea of a 'day job' is to do like 3-4 hours of "work" max before going back to fun and naps, so increased obligations is still not all that big of a time commitment.)

> Nestor has a special way to communicate with cats ascended to him in order to tell them when a not-cat out in the woods or elsewhere might be in need of help. If you're out adventuring and your party gets wiped, nearby ascended cats are the ones who will come to your rescue! They have impeccable timing due to Nestor's ability to "see" almost everything happening at once (and promptly call for help from the ascended cats).

> The not-cats in general are actually not sure why ascended cats are no longer able to make beans. Something about the bond with Nestor messes with their internal magnets.
Source: Lore Q&A

Everyday Life

Society & Family

Not-cats have no centralized government. Not-cats have only been on Not-Earth for a few years, so society is mostly small independent makeshift villages. Gardenhome, as the only major city, does have an elected mayor and city council, but that's the closest it gets. There are also some assorted infrastructure-related independent organizations, like the courier/postal service, but they don't really answer to anyone and are more doing it because it's useful. Not-cats aren't a particularly authority-focused type of species. They more or less do their own thing. Trying to rule over them would be, well, like herding cats.

> Individual villages may have different dynamics going on, but any nobility structure in a specific village would probably not apply outside of that village. Essentially, a cat could theoretically be a king in their village, but the village next door would probably not actually see them any differently from any other random neighbor.
Source: Lore Q&A

Almost all of a village's activities are communal. Luncheon is the obvious one, but gardens, construction of buildings, living in buildings, hunting, saying hi to Nestor, and more are all done together in groups. During the mid-day, it's very common for the not-cats to take naps in a big warm pile, and village-wide storytime around the fire is an important midnight activity.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats enjoy different foods, starting with the delicious meals in the Luncheon area. Stews are always popular, but the most "luxurious" and special/tasty treat might just be the Starfruit Jelly. Toasted crickets are the tasty popcorn of the not-cat world.
Source: Lore Q&A

Regarding baby booms - all of these cats were urban strays on earth in a fairly harsh environment. They've suddenly been dropped back into their natural habitat, which is cozy and fairly nonthreatening and easily fulfills a lot of their needs like food and shelter. It seems only natural that they would see this as a good time and place to start a family.

> Plus, with so many cats appearing, they're meeting a ton of new individuals. (Think first term college in a dorm when everyone starts dating for a bit.) Nothing bonds you to your friends more than falling out of the sky and building a cottage with your own two paws.
Source: Questions Speedrun v3

Parents in not-cat society take their beans everywhere. Tiny little babies might be found curled up in gathering baskets with the sticks, or tucked into backpacks or homemade cloth slings. It's said they get good on-the-job experience by participating as full members of the village from day one. Once they get a little older, you'll often see a small collection of little kittens bounding after their parents all throughout the day, "helping" with their day jobs, and so on. Not-cats will even drag their babies down into the mines. The entire village is really quite involved in the raising of kittens, so they all more or less mutually look after each other.
Source: Lore Q&A

Beans are typically born outdoors in the most open area, surrounded by family and friends, so that the not-cats around them can feel the direction of the wind as well as possible. The wind direction is deeply symbolic and is said to tie closely to the little one's personality, magnetic forces, and so on. (Hence why it is called a wind in the first place.) After they figure out what all the beans' winds are, each bean is given a name and carried home in either a basket or wool sling to a nice cozy nest of feathers or blankets for a good family nap.

> Even in inclement weather, the parents will try to be as outside as possible. Usually this means the beans will be born at the mouth of a cave or under the overhang of a cliff. Having beans when there is no wind around is considered very bad luck, so most not-cat parents would rather climb a mountain in a blizzard than bring beans into the world indoors.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats don’t really ‘need’ pride and don’t have Earth’s ideas of gender roles and expectations as Earth. Their identities are fluid and based on their own feelings and probably change regularly, so it's unlikely that in the not-cat language they would have any special "lgbqt+ identity" because all of it is just the normal experience of being a not-cat. Not-cat society has not defined gender roles at all, nor has it othered anyone for their identity, who they decide to partner with, etc. It's not that they have no gender at all; they do have pronouns and winds and such. It’s more like an all-you-can-eat gender buffet where a not-cat could change their name or pronouns or the way they dress, or be partners with any particular cat, and nobody would think anything of it.

> Regarding celebrating pride: not-cats lived on Earth in cities for a long time. It's likely that they were exposed to human culture. They may have identified with some of it, liked it, or picked it up. They might be the world's biggest allies to human pride, or maybe they just think it's neat and fun to have flags and celebrate their identities, or maybe they heard a human talking and went 'hey I relate to that experience" and brought it with them to Not-Earth.
Source: Lore Q&A

Technology

Not-cats have sailboats and rowboats, and a particularly bold not-cat might attempt to tame and ride atop a great beast, but there aren’t other forms of transportation. Sometimes they do persuade monsters to pull carts, but there aren't really currently any larger domesticated creatures to serve as a more reliable steed or carriage-puller.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats have not invented electricity and do not have internet access. They do want to attempt to build steam trains someday though.
Source: Lore Q&A

Professions

Courier / mail cats do all of the hard work of delivering packages! It's a fairly common job for not-cats sent to the city, though in more dangerous areas ascended cats might take on the work. Mail Courier is a job that will come out with the Village Lodge that a cat can be assigned to.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats raid your storage room for various other items (that not even you knew about) to work with and/or go out to gather more resources when they finish their jobs early. This lets them do work like turning 3 sticks into 4 sticks.
Source: Questions Speedrun v2

Pastimes

Not-cats spend at least 3-8 hours a day on personal grooming, hygiene, and fashion. They have to look maximum cute and have clean paws so they don't get their floors and blankets dirty! They also probably spend a large amount of time each day tending to their belongings: cleaning and repairing their trinket and house, moving items, arranging collections, redecorating, and so on.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats have an instinct to befriend monsters and other animals as pets. It's not unusual for a cat to challenge a random other animal to a duel and then win its friendship and companionship. They also like to tend to their herds. The three animals not-cats have domesticated are bunnies, mini-pigs, and chickens, all of which are not-equivalents and not fully like their human versions.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats love to sing little kitty songs. One of their favorite songs is about the magic and wonder of a pinecone. They also have nursery rhymes! There's also a cute little song about the winds where the kittens nyoom to the right pretending to be blown by the north wind, and then nyoom to the left pretending to be blown by the south wind, and then spin in circles (thanks to the trade wind) before falling over when the winds all stop (null wind).
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats have many games! Many of their games circulate around a set of wooden tiles with symbols of the winds and aspects painted on them (a typical set has 4 copies of each). Think of it like the cat version of a deck of cards, there are infinite games you can play.

> They've also got a ton of active games. For example, there is a leather ball with a feather tail that they usually paint a "star" on and hit it back and forth with their paws, called Star Ball. It's customary to play this game in the autumn with the prizes being first choice from the decorative gourd pile. Not-Cats are also known to be fond of pole vaulting, as well as the slightly more dangerous "stick throwing", in which they yeet a stick as far as they can.

> Another favorite game is rock stacking competitions, which requires great balance. These competitions can get incredibly tense as the stacks get higher, with the whole village crowding around and holding their breaths to try to avoid anything that could knock down the towers.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats sometimes know how to read and know some human language. At least one not-cat has probably at one point in time encountered a warriors book. Whether they liked it or not probably depends on the individual. It’s unclear how relatable it would be, since in Warriors, the cats don't usually engage very much with modern human life, whereas the not-cats were pretty well aware of things and tried to sort of integrate themselves into urban areas. They probably got a good laugh out of it, though. (Imagine a bundle of not-kittens crowded around a Warriors book having stolen it from a bookstore because it had a cat on it, like when a bunch of 10 year olds stay up late at a sleepover and secretly watch a soap opera or something.)
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats are notorious thieves, and don’t take stealing quite as seriously as humans do. It may be inconvenient, but most not-cats don't really care that much if their neighbor steals a few sticks or a leaf from them from time to time. They have a more flexible sense of ownership over their things, except for their trinkets. Trinkets are special and not to be touched. Ambushing friends, neighbors, relatives, and enemies as a prank is also a vital activity.
Source: Lore Q&A

Events & Holidays

Not-cats prefer to have one very BIG holiday each season, rather than a bunch of little holidays. The four seasonal ones all last a solid week (in-real world time, in game it's more like three weeks), and it doesn't leave much time for other small celebrations! They do sometimes celebrate the day their village was founded as "founding day" and have an extra special luncheon, and there are celebratory parties for birthdays and such, but generally they save all their energy for the big seasonal festivities.

• Snowmelt: The first day all the snow melts away marks the beginning of the new year and is a big time for celebration. The next week is full of the celebratory planting of flowers, flower-themed decorations, and it's traditionally the best time for new relationships, friendships, and starting families.
  > Not-cats will send each other decorative letters, candies, bouquets of flowers, and so on to make sure everyone in their lives knows how appreciated they are. It's really about celebrating what you have and looking forward to the next year!
  > The entire week will be full of flower-themed activities such as flower-crown making events, village-wise dances held nearly every night, and a huge array of seasonal cookies and candies.
  
• Midsummer: The fourth week of summer is dedicated to tournaments and competitions. This event is less about celebration and more about friendly competition. There are dozens of athletic events that not-cats will compete in, and the winners will all get fancy little prizes. There are even special kitten competitions so that the babies can participate as well!
  > Since it's such a big deal, a lot of not-cats will go full energy into working out in the first couple of weeks of midsummer preparing. Typical events include various races, hurdles, jumping and climbing competitions, pole vaulting, wrestling matches, stick throwing, swimming, rowing, and more.
  > For the less athletically-minded cats, there are also some more finessed competitive events, such as crossbow archery, balance beam, and rock stacking. Even if not-cats don't participate, they often delight in watching.
  > This event often stretches beyond the immediate village and region-wide competitions are common, which means the region-wide competition locations are also crowded with entrepreneurial not-cats hoping to sell special goods, treats, and more. The tournament grounds are very often surrounded in a vast open market of buying and selling.
  
• Leaf Day: Kind of counterintuitive, but Leaf Day is not just one day and in fact an entire week. This is a harvest festival, and happens the fifth week of autumn. Not-cats collect and celebrate the bountiful fruits and vegetables of the season with gourd-carving, feasts, and (much like Snowmelt) seasonal treats and nightly dance parties. Leaf Day also comes with traditional friendly games of star ball, as explained in an earlier post, as well as lots of fun jumping and playing in leaf piles.
  > This celebration heavily mimics the Spring one in structure and types of events, but from another angle. While Snowmelt is celebrating the year to come, Leaf Day celebrates the year that passed. It's not uncommon to see not-cats expressing thanks for all the things they enjoyed that year and appreciating what they have accomplished.
  
• Candlelight Festival: This event is pretty heavily contrasted with the other three. While the others are loud and energetic and celebratory, candlelight is quiet and reflective. In the fourth week of Winter (the height of the season), not-cats decorate their villages with glittering silk ribbons in blue and purple and light candles across every surface they're able to. This is the time of the year where they quietly reflect and meditate, and also honor the not-cats that have passed.
  > It's not all somber though. The lighting of all the candles and the placing of little treats around the village draws the Winter Ghosts out of hiding, and the not-cats spend much time engaging in gift exchanges with said ghosts. Not-cats will leave little coins and treats and, after looking away or leaving them unsupervised, they'll find shimmering wrapped gifts from the ghosts in their place.
  > Now, to clarify, the "ghosts" in this sense are not malicious, nor were they ever not-cats. They're simply invisible presences that live in the forest and prefer the cold and still and foggy. The not-cats do not know who they are, only that they exist, are somehow tied to the Aspects, and deserve to be honored.
  > Another common activity during this week is to celebrate Nestor and Ascension in general. Ascended cats will get special gifts and kittens will often dress up with fake antlers and eyes as if they too were ascended.

Source: Lore Q&A

Oddities

Not-cats have dialects, but because they’ve only been on Not-Earth for a few years, the accents are more related to where on Earth they migrated from. Currently, it’s a bit of a transitional period where the language is likely to change significantly into a new sort of "Not-Earth Dialect" over the course of the next multiple generations.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-Cats LOVE pinecones. They just adore them. It's like their favorite thing. Acorns are equally good, but nothing compares to a good pinecone.
Source: Lore Q&A

Each cat often prefers to have a 'treasured item’, like an emotional support belonging. They carry their trinket with them everywhere, and hate to let it out of their sight. Common trinket choices include special sticks, leaves, acorns, and rocks, and some cats even choose a book that they really enjoy. How these are found is a bit of a mystery; one day a not-cat is wandering the woods, the next they see a really neat rock that they have an emotional connection with and decide to keep with them always, or until they find a new trinket to keep instead. Trinkets are a kitty's most favoritest item in the whole world and it makes them feel happy in their hearts to possess it.
Source: Lore Q&A + Lore Q&A

The belly rub danger level is defined by an equation.
> danger = 1 - ( (benevolence + extroversion) / 20 )
Source: Lore Q&A

Characters & Creatures

Guardians

It's unclear whether each world map area has a unique guardian. Nobody has ever been far enough from Nestor's Wood to really say yet. The not-cats certainly haven't seen another guardian, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
Source: Lore Q&A

All the cats that are ascended to Nestor share some of his special abilities and help him out. There aren't any right now, so he is a very busy moose. Other than that, he doesn't really have any sorts of helpers. Just a magical moose and his big hoard of kittycats. You have also heard that there might be monsters in the woods, though they're not so friendly.
Source: Lore Q&A

Nestor is only dubiously corporeal. They probably don’t shed their antlers, but if they did, they’d dematerialize quickly. Similarly, their eyes are like glowing light sources; a not-cat or small bean chasing after one would be a bit like chasing a laser pointer.
Source: Lore Q&A + Lore Q&A

Nestor is unaligned or null aspect, similar to how snowy cats are null wind.
Source: Lore Q&A

Nestor’s name stems from the word for "nest" as a nest is the birthplace/origin place of a cat. It's a source of comfort and protection and family, and is where the story of every not-cat's life begins. It's fitting for an entity that is historically joined with not-cats as a species in a spiritual and existential sense.
Source: Lore Q&A

There are normal meese but no other special moose like Nestor - they are the only one! Nestor isn’t a moose, but Nestor also isn’t a not-moose. Not-moose implies they’re an alien species from Not-Earth, such as not-cats and not-cardinals, but Nestor is more of an ambiguous supernatural entity.
Source: Lore Q&A + Lore Q&A

Not-Cats

Brian (he/him) and Whiskers (they/them) are partners who met at a tavern at the Not-Earth equivalent of 3 AM after both ending up there - Brian was a regular and Whiskers was Very Lost. Whiskers was trying desperately to get someone to give them directions, and Brian just walked over and started enthusiastically rambling about his extremely extensive plan for a get-rich-quick scheme instead. Somehow, Whiskers accidentally agreed to take part in this scheme, and instead of regretting their decision, they decided "eh well I might as well go along with it." Gay hijinks ensued, and the two now have the most lucrative item-flipping business in Gardenhome.
Source: Lore Q&A

Brain Josh is confirmed. We don't know who Brain Josh is, or where they came from, we only have questions.
Source: Lore Q&A

Heritage & Culture

History

Not-cats have been gone from Not-Earth for thousands of years; they don’t remember why they left and Nestor doesn’t want to talk about it. There don’t seem to be any remaining not-cats or similar species on Not-Earth. Bones, items, and building remains have been found, but only archaeological evidence seems to be left. Recovering their own history and heritage is a very strong passion of many not-cats, so it is something that is actively being investigated. Every not-cat on Not-Earth either migrated from Earth or was born after Nestor created the door, and not much is known about not-cat history.
Source: Lore Q&A + Lore Q&A

On Not-Earth, not-cats often took up human jobs as a way of "working" for food in a sense - for example, a lot of not-cats used to work on old sailing ships specifically. That said, there probably weren't a ton of not-cats living as modern house pets because it would be a very isolating experience that they would likely struggle with. Not-cats tend to cling together in larger groups to tell stories and make friends and work together, so avoiding becoming trapped in a house or shipped across the country would be a pretty high priority. They wouldn't want to be separated from their families and friends - and if they did, it's likely a heist would get them free.

> Fortunately, they have thumbs, so they're very difficult to contain. It's not unlikely that there were at least a couple not-cats living as pets for the free food and then opening up the door to go back out to their families as soon as the humans went to bed. Plus, with cats mostly being like barn cats and such even 100 years ago, they were probably much more open to the coming and going lifestyle of the past. It's also not unlikely that they were breaking into and entering homes and businesses to steal free food.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats legitimately thought they were cats, but didn't think too much about it and assumed that (actual) cats just spoke a different language. Not-cats got decent at reading and communicating with actual cat vocalizations and body language so they did interact with each other; they just didn't seem to speak quite the same language and kept to their own.
Source: Lore Q&A

Trade winds always have double features in depictions, especially of the first trade cat - they've got both winds represented! Their dual-tone coats make it sort of look like they're two cats molded together, and so that's often how they're reimagined in legend.
Source: Lore Q&A

Myths

Not-cats have divided the world and everything in it into 10 metaphorical/magical categories. Each aspect is sort of a part of the Universe that was created.

> The first, strongest, and oldest aspect is Essence. Essence is, well, everything. It's like Time and Space itself. When the universe was first created, Essence was the only thing that existed.

> From Essence, Sun (light) and Moon (darkness) appeared. The aspects of Sun and Moon cycle between each other throughout the day, always taking turns. They're partner aspects - without one, you can't have the other. Rather than in conflict, they are seen to love and support each other. Sun is associated with joy, music and adventure, and Moon is associated with safety, healing and rest.

> From the cycles of Sun and Moon, three additional aspects are created: Stone (the earth and the mountains), Magma (heat and fire and change), and Frost (cold and winter and preservation). Magma and Frost are rivals who are locked in an eternal battle, while Stone is the unfortunate battleground that they are forever arguing around. The seasons are seen as a result of their eternal conflict.

> From Stone, and due in part to the constant warring of Magma and Frost, the final four aspects formed: Sea, Sky, Growth, and Flora. Sky is the source of all the winds and the air and clouds and weather, whereas the sea is the oceans and rivers. Sea and Sky work together to make the Stone habitable and are what bring life to the universe.

> Thanks to these two, Growth and Flora can exist. Growth is the wild forests and beasts of the earth. It is often associated with dense forests, survival, and carnivorous animals. Flora, on the other hand, is associated with beautiful flowers, fireflies, and herbivorous animals. It is the gentle love and joy and celebration that accompanies Growth. Sometimes, Growth is associated with the death side of life and death, while Flora is associated with the birth side.

> They're visually arranged in a circle more or less like this (both as constellations in the sky and when generally talked about).

More on how aspects affect cat biology can be found in the World Science & Magic section.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats reproduce when a north or trade cat and a south or trade cat love each other VERY much. A magical elk with beautiful white wings flies down from the sky and nose boops each not-cat. One week later a basket full of beans is mysteriously left on their front porch. At least, that's what they tell the kittens.
Source: Lore Q&A

Most not-cats believe that Nestor was created by a powerful sense of hope and need amongst all of the not-cats in a time of deep hardship. Their collective longing as a species amidst the trials and tragedies of life was so powerful that it manifested itself into a very real, physical presence: Nestor. All their little kitty hopes and dreams and wishes were simply so strong that they assembled up in the ether and compressed themselves into a guardian who could look after them.

> It's largely believed that without the not-cats there would be no Nestor, and without Nestor, the not-cats wouldn't be around anymore either.

> The reality of the situation is that it is much more complicated than this, but the general idea that Nestor is a personification of not-kitty hopes & dreams that somehow intermingled with a magical force/entity is not too far off the mark.
Source: Lore Q&A

Not-cats love oral storytelling, and there are many stories and fables passed down through the generations. They are particularly fond of inserting themselves and Nestor into human historical events. They also have dozens upon dozens of stories about the first 4 cats! They've unfortunately lost most of the knowledge their ancestors had about Not-Earth, but as they explore they might be able to uncover some of those old stories.

> They've been making do by making things up about their new surroundings since. For example, the world map has stories about the magical cats made of clouds that live at the top of Cloudnap Mountains and the dragon kitties that live in Dragonbreath Isle, where they curl up in little pools of lava, and the smoke coming out of the mountains is the purring of litters of beans.
Source: Lore Q&A

Everyone has come up with their own theories on the Impact, but because the folklore is so fragmented, you can find 100 stories and none of them are consistent. Built by not-cats? Aliens? Monsters? A bunch of giant moose?
Source: Lore Q&A

Superstitions

There are no real myths or superstitions about solid not-cats, but solidness is considered "pretty." The first null not-cat was solid with no whitemarks (the only of the four not-cats of myth to be solid), a detail that solid null kittens are very excited about.
Source: Lore Q&A

Many not-cats consider the direction of the wind to be extremely meaningful, even though they know the winds are genetic and not caused by the wind. For example, wind from the north is sometimes considered a sign that difficult times are ahead, while wind from the south is often considered a sign of good fortune, healing, and prosperity. Wind that cycles between coming from the east and west is considered a sign of great change approaching and can be a source of inspiration for not-cats who were uncertain about whether or not to make an important decision.

> There are some exceptions to the above. Not-cats going into a battle often consider a north gust of wind to be a giver of strength and power! A trade wind before a fight usually means it's time to rethink and turn back, because the future is undecided.

> As for the null winds, it’s considered a sign of very bad luck if the wind dies down to stillness. Low wind means high fog, which is associated with ghosts and other things that might lurk in the night.
Source: Lore Q&A

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Finally completed! The collection is currently up to date with the Lore Q&A and the questions speedruns.

@Duke

WHOA this is such a good compilation! It'll serve as a great jumping-off point when I finally get around to starting on my village lore!

I’ve re-read all of this an embarrassing amount of times.