>>34256864Might as well share my own aspects that I expanded upon because I was bored one day at work.Growing up, sneasel are basically kittens and cared for by their parents and the greater pack until 2-3 winters pass. Once the 3rd winter hits, their claws and senses are good enough for their first hunt and the goal of the first hunt is simple: find a spearow and kill it. Once dead, take the red feathers and present them to the pack. These feathers will be what the sneasel will wear behind their left ear and as tails for the rest of their lives.
The size of the feather is determined by the size of the bird killed, not by gender. In sneasel tradition and instinct, gender doesn't matter- what primarily does is their skill in hunting. In this instance then, a shorter feather means, to the pack and to sneasel in general, that your skills, strength, and senses are not good enough. Vice versa for those who obtain longer feathers. Those with short feathers are generally assigned as guards and caretakers of future litters, foragers, and craftsmen if needed.
The opposite is true for those who manage to get a long feather, either from a burly spearow or from killing any other sort of bird with red feathers they could find. These sneasel grow up, and are trained as, hunters, warriors, and guardians of the territory the pack controls. Rarely, these very sneasel are the ones to evolve into weavile.
Tradition largely places value on red feathers but in certain regions across the world, feathers of other colors are just as valid. Blue feathers are obtained by killing tailow or swellow and yellow feathers can be obtained by killing pidgey, pidgetto, or pidgeot. This does mean sneasel can have feathers that are gray (unfezant line), white (pelliper line), brown (various lines), green (xatu line), orange (talonflame line), and so on.
I have a few other little things I expanded upon but I'd rather save it all for when I have everything down for sure.
