I was thinking about that when I said it; however, whatever such rights there are were specifically disclaimed by the creators for non-commercial use. This resulted in an explosion of unofficial norn breeds (http://creatures.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Unofficial_Norn_Breeds) (among other things), of which mine is one (http://www.creaturesvillage.com/wafuru/e/kai.html).

The point I was trying to make is that I don't need to go to either CL or the breed creator if I want to commission a picture of my character - regardless of rights - because you can't "legally own" a whole species; just specific depictions of them; or their names/similar depictions when used to mark a product; or substantially similar depictions if protected by a design patent.

The issue I had with was that the typical position of fans is not logically consistent - some argue for ownership of their own species while copying others. (This is not true for everyone in the fandom.)