The main inspiration is the polar bear with their face tainted with blood, they feed on seals, I think they're very beautiful when their face are full of blood, it means they're healthy and full.

1-3-4 are lowkey just normal bears so I don't have much thing to talk about them, they're just silly.

Stardust on their nose because their ancestors once tried to sniff the stars, then the cosmos answered and gifted them with the starry nose.

This is based on the cosmic egg in Slavic's culture, the egg is their origin.

7. The Stargazer, the bear tribe that seek the meaning of cosmos the sky above and the stars. They're blessed with the hue of the cosmos.
8. The Cloudpiecer, the polar bear tribe who seeks the stars above the cloud, piercing throught the clouds, they're blessed with the darkest hue of the night.

In ancient Slavic history, the word "bear" is lost to the time since they fear the word will summon the bears. So they came up with the new word "Medved" means "bear", the original form of the word is "Med Vedaet" means "knows where the honey is"
Very cute way to call them imo

5. Honey Bear, the tribe who lives in the forest and was blessed with abundance foods and honey. Known for their kindness and rusticity.
They're also good at healing magics and rituals.

2. The Blood Bear tribe, the tribe who went throught so many wars their fur is tainted with blood, after generations, their face is just as red, not by wars and bloodshed but their natural fur, a reminder of a cruel time they had been throught.

I drew Yuri as a Blood Bear.

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