Back in early 2012, I made a species of felines that I named the Aryans, after the Saknskrit word Arya. However, because I was unaware of the fact that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis had coined the term for White Supremacy purposes, I received a lot of negative feedback. Over the five years, I continued to use the name, hoping that I could change the views of the word.

However, with the Neo Nazis rearing its ugly head not so long ago and the term being brought back... I have actually been thinking of a new name for them.

Introduced originally as a Furcadia character, the very first of my Aryans, named Tryn Dominara, had humble beginnings as a Fae Furre. Since she was based on predominant feline features, most notably the Lynx, Tiger, Lion, and Sabertooth, I got to thinking this week on a new species name again.

And it had come to my attention that no matter what I managed to come up with, it's coined for other characters. Even Faeline was taken by a user on Weasyl, so I can't use that species name either. One other name that had come to mind was Faelynx, but it too is taken.

However, after searching for a variant of Faeline - in which the i is substituted for y, to make the name Faelyne - I found no matches. As such, I believe it is safe to give the species a new name.

From now on, the will no longer be called Aryans; henceforth, they shall be known as Faelynes. I would like to thank you all for putting up with their old name for the last five years, and hope you all enjoy their new name.