Heh, this is why I ask. Sorry for delaying your bedtime by a half hour, I know it always just goes nooooooo why'd I have to look when I'm about ready for bed. So glad you did though. :)

I wasn't too sure about how well the gods were supposed to be known or fleshed out or physically present in this world, Lacchi's generally not a big part of the pantheon as I know it, nor overly interested in being godly(the trickster characteristics are very much present), so I usually find that he can manage interactions as a dog fairly well. And, where the magic allows, I would give him telepathy or reverse, uncontrollable kinda-werewolfism... But! that is for another time. I don't need him for this, since I already wasn't sure, and the point about making a god being a rather sweeping generalisation, whoops, did not think about that. My bad. I'm not entirely certain how he entirely missed the point of the rp, though?

The suggestion to just play an intelligent animal, I could certainly go for. And more questions coming your way, heh. If this doesn't turn out, I'll either just play a dog or go for that jester position. See if I can't pull that off. I like fools. Or some other person. Who is not fourlegged. :P

I have an idea that sounds a bit similar to winter wolves, large wolf-like creature, lives in pairs or packs and protects those theybond with, along with their territory. I say bond because it's a little more than human with dog, but a human and a dog could probably manage the same level of closeness if they really wanted to. Dunno. Anyway, they look like giant wolves, but have been tamed by the natives of the archipelago, might still be in the process of domestication though, but a king might like to have one nearby. They are roughly of the same intelligence as a dog, but probably with a greater capacity to learn human things, and can communicate through images. (though that probably doesn't fit well with the magic here, I don't think...) 
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Yep...