so I really like making up fake genetics for things that don't exist and I've had this kind of just. in my head as a guide since I started designing cathar but I wanted to actually put it down on paper/screen properly. because as long as I'm doing this I might as well overdo it.

I based them partially on domestic cats, partially on big cats, and partially vaguely human-like or just pulled out of nothing because it seemed plausible and I wanted to do a particular thing but also have a solid reason for it.

additional notes:

- as is hopefully obvious, this chart doesn’t display every possible cathar coat, it just lists/gives general examples of different genes to mix and match in tons and tons of ways.
- you can’t make every possible cathar in SWTOR with these genetics. that’s a feature not a bug; the whole reason I started putting so much work into designing my own cathar is because I personally find the game’s character creator to be uh. bad. at least if you rolled some dice with this chart you’d be pretty much guaranteed to get something halfway decent looking.
- blue cathar aren’t the same thing as blue cats: a blue cat is just a dilute black. with cathar, blue refers to a specific gene that represses all the rufousing in the coat and turns it all a cool grey/slate color. without that gene, unlike cats, they don’t really get that blueish look even if they’re dilute.
- most cathar have some degree of fading in their markings, if not significant amounts. complete fullbody markings that are sharp and vivid all the way through the way they appear on the chart are actually fairly rare (you usually see it more in the ones with tropical/savannah ancestry than the northern ones but not always)
- with agouti, the markings are always the darker part of the coat. you can’t get blonde stripes on a deep brown background. this is how it works with felines.
- the only reason I didn’t add dilute agouti is because I ran out of space and wrist integrity; if you want a general idea of how it looks just google blue/lilac/cream tabby cats.
- there are no tortoiseshell cathar because the red gene doesn’t work the way it does in cats and it’s not co-dominant with black. it’s about as rare as red hair in humans and it basically goes over the top of whatever other genes are at work, and turns it all orange. despite affecting skin and fur (all genetically red cathar have pinkish skin and burn easily), the red gene has no effect on eye color. this is because eye color variety is fun.
- I also didn’t include any eye colors except in relation to strong colorpoint for the same reason. they’re space aliens they’re allowed to have funky eyes, just follow your heart.
- in case anyone’s wondering, Aric Jorgan is a standard black agouti with maximally faded markings.