One family

Eight ways to be a kind

Every kind can take more than one form. Change the body and the family face stays, which is why they are all one family.

iconkind

The original. A head, a body, two legs, and a face the whole family shares.

Every other form is this one with something taken away or put back.

Meet the cast

merkind

iconkind minus the legs. Everything above the waist is the same person; below it, a tail.

The same face and the same badge, with a tail.

See the merkind

dinokind

A snout, a tail and back plates — and the head still more than half the figure.

The same face and the same badge, on a dinosaur.

See the dinokind

palkind

The animals. A coat, sometimes a tail, and a muzzle where the mouth would be.

The sheep, the cat and the fox are all palkind.

See the palkind

treekind

A trunk, a canopy, a face and roots. No costume, no hat, no badge and nothing to carry.

No hat, no badge and nothing to carry: a tree has everything it needs.

See the grove

fishkind

Seen from the side, because a fish is known by its profile.

One eye, on the family's eye line: what matters is where the eye sits, not how many there are.

The forms

jellykind

A bell where the head was, the family face on it, and a fall of rainbow tentacles. No legs, no arms, nothing worn, nothing held.

The soft frill at the bell's sides sits where the ear-pads sit on the humanoid head — the thread that keeps it family.

See the drift

tinykind

The babies. The family at its smallest — the same dome head, ear muffs and wide eyes, in a onesie, before a calling or a badge. Given for a new arrival.

Not a different body — the family within the family, the same kind at its smallest: Lumi, Niko and Eva.

Meet the babies