Solar

The solar mutation activates only when an individual inherits both melanism and the carrot color in some form. This mutation alters both coloration, fur texture, and markings- unlike the lunar mutation, which affects only color placement.

Solar Riardi develop glossy fur and undergo a lifelong color transformation that mirrors the cycle of fire. Their fur shifts from a vibrant carrot-orange in youth to a brilliant crimson-frosted orange at their peak. As they continue to age, this deepens into a blazing vermilion with dark frosted tips before finally turning solid black in old age.

Additionally, blackened areas begin to develop on their faces, hands, paws, tails, and/or ears. As they reach their eldest years, these darkened regions fade to ashy grey, resembling cooled cinders from a once-roaring fire.

For ore riardi, the solar mutation behaves differently, due to their metallic fur structure. Instead of transitioning through fiery reds, their fur takes on the color of blue flame, with white faces, hands, paws, and possibly tails (a 50% chance). If their tail fur is white, it develops a blue frost. If their tail fur is blue, it develops an orange frost. As ore riardi age, their blue-flame appearance becomes frosted with bright orange at its peak, before this frosting deepens into black. In their final life stage, the blue coloration retreats into their skin, turning it a deep, vivid blue, while their fur darkens into a pitch-black shade that absorbs light completely.

See “Health Condition: Eclipsed” for further information.

_Mutation: Ashed Solar (9/2025)

An Ashed Solar riardi happens when they have inherited melanism, ultra-bright, plus a stray polar mutation from an opal riardi in their heritage. All fur colors are lightened, resulting in a much paler-colored solar riardi. The Polar mutation enables both melanism and the ultra-bright to simultaneously be expressed. The solar mutation in the Ashed Solar riardi displays a unique, hellebore hue (#FFA280), and is a unique hue which can never be passed on to offspring (unless said offspring also inherit these same genetics, resulting in more ashed solar riardi).Over their lifetime, the ashed solar riardi will have a very pale, almost white coat with soft, orange tips (indicating their melanism). Over time, their fur will gain its black frost. The ultra-bright mutation will mature into the hellebore color. Their hands, paws, tails, and/or ears are a dove-grey color- not lunar- and as they age, this color will slowly gain its black frost.