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| ==Swutonsul Kin'toni Clan== | | ==Swutonsul Kin'toni Clan== |
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| ==Umvera Kin'toni Clan==
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| The Umvera Kin'toni Clan are adapted to the [[Elmatai Sullen Grove]]. They are hyperflexable and lean of build, with an ectomorphic frame and elongated clavicles to make it easy to slip through dense, tangled undergrowth. Their lower dense skeletal mass leads to them being strongly hindered by bone fractures from high-impact crushing damage or heavy blunt force as the bones are easy to break. Their skin is dark green and brown using phlobaphene pigments. This allows them to blend well with the wet tree bark and moss but also leads them to blister and burn significantly faster in sunlight.
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| Their hair is sparse, coarse and bristly, with an layer of hydrophobic sebum to stop waterlogging and fungal growth in the humid grove. The eyes are grossly oversized with an highly developed tapetum lucidum to allow them to capture even the faintest light under the trees. The eyes, having extremely sensitive retinas are vulnerable to bright light. Such light inc fire, can bring on blinding photoflash optical shock. The ears have large, high mobile pinnae to allow them to pinpoint the the sounds of prey in the thick leaf litter.
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| These ears are sensitive to high-frequency noises or concussive sonic blasts, leading to severe disorientation and temporary loss of hearing. Their noses are deeply convoluted and adapted for filtering and concentrating the iron smell of blood, even in the heavy, damp forest musk. The teeth are long, with deep grooves having micro-serrations for sawing though the tough hides of forest life. These thin, micro-serrated enamel edges are brittle and are easy to break by biting down on bone or armor.
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| The claws are short, heavily curved, and semi-retractable with thick fibrous ligaments. These claws are good for gripping wet tree bark and moss, but are poor at digging. They have splayed toes with soft, calloused pads on their broad and prehensile feet. Along with their claws, their lack of a rigid, supportive arch makes s long-distance sprinting on flat, open ground tiring and mechanically inefficient. Inside, their lungs have been repurposed into high-surface-area vascular sacks to become highly efficient at dealing with the stagnant forest air.
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| The joints are hypermobile, with collagen fibers in ligaments laced with elastic proteins. These allow the joints to partially dislocate and bend while not tearing to allow for movement in tight places. The joints being so lax, leads to a lack of ability to lift or push heavy structural loads. The liver is adapted into an hyper-dense cluster of "cell clots" for dealing quickly with forest toxins, local plant poisons, and mold spores. This system is adapted to local toxins and does not work for those outside.
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| The body also has an endocrine system that shuts down thermogenesis in order to match the exact ambient temperature. Being able to match the ambient temperature of the cold and damp forest allows them to be invisible to the thermal senses owned by some animals and kin'toni. This also makes them sluggish and prone to muscular lethargy in places colder or hotter then the grove.
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| ==Undmos Kin'toni Clan== | | ==Undmos Kin'toni Clan== |
