Ki-hi-ru stories

Ki-hi-ru stories are stories about Artic Foxes with the ability to shapeshift.

They are told by Polar Bears and Artic Foxes. It's unknown if other creatures tell Ki-hi-ru stories.

Lore
In the Ki-hi-ru tales, Artic Foxes disguised themselves as polar bears in order to fool real polar bears into taking them as their mates. If the Polar Bear finds out that they've been duped they disown the Fox. In The Den of Forever Frost, The Ki-hi-ru stories are discovered to have some truth to them as Savanna discovers that the Mistress of Chimes isn't a Polar Bear but an Artic Fox Masquerading as one. Unlike the folktales however, not all Artic Foxes posses Ki-hi-ru abilities.

The Quest of The Cubs
When First and Second are staying with Lago, they acknowledge how the Ki-hi-ru folklore depict her people as shapeshifters but inform Lago that they're well aware that they just stories and know that Lago isn't a Ki-hi-ru.

The Den of Forever Frost
When Savanna is seeking out the Mystress of Chimes she tracks her scent to a room where she finds an Artic Fox in the She-Bear's place talking to Jameson. Savanna realizes that the Artic Fox is the Mystress's true form and realizes that the legends of the Ki-hi-ru are true to some extent. After Galliya assumes her Polar Bear form, she appolizes to Savnna to mistreating her and explains that she plans to disable the Timkeepers from the inside but needs Savanna to carry it. Savanna stubbornly refuses to assist Galliya any further and jumps into the pool in order to escape the Clock Tower before the Mystress of Chimes could stop her.

The Keepers of the Keys
Galliya mentally notes how she is still physiologically a fox regardless of what form she is current in as her fox instincts are still present when she is in her Polar Bear form. Unlike an actual Polar Bear, Galliya still posses the innate desire to sleep like an Artic Fox. Galliya reminisces how she and her younger sister Lago enjoyed the Ki-hi-ru stories of their kind. Galliya also recalls how she discovered her abilities when in her youth, she overheard her father discussing that a distant relative of his was rumored to have Ruu Blood in them to her mother. Galliya decided to test herself to discover weather or not the rumors regarding her ancestor were true. Galliya succeeds in shapeshifting. Galliya wanted to tell Lago about her shapeshifting abilities, but since Lago was a very young kit at the time, Galliya decides against this in case Lago slipped up and got herself or Galliya in trouble.

Known Ki-hi-ru

 * Galilya
 * Galilya's Distant Great-Aunt.