Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5914541-20131019153409/@comment-26184065-20150607234739

Pla Kad (Thai for "fighting fish"): A betta-based Wesen. Males have a truly spectacular woge: bright iridescent colors and a surrounding aura like rippling veils. The trouble is that they woge uncontrollably whenever they see another male or their own reflection in a mirror. It causes adrenaline to flood their systems, so that they have to fight something before they can calm down. Females are modest and like to travel in look-alike groups (like cliques). As there are many more females than males, these cliques form natural harems whose members are courted collectively by the passionate, volatile males.

Rumor has it that some are kidnapped to be exploited in high-priced private shows that are illegal even in Krung Thep (Bangkok). Being forced to woge and fight several times a day drastically shortens their lives.

Maybe some Pla Kad could be lured to the US with a promise of open land where they could live peacefully with their harems far from other males (and mirrors).