Phase 2:Siorm Kin'toni Clan

Kin'toni Clan

Clan Name:

Siorm Kin'toni Clan

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Parent Groups:

Unknown

Descended Groups:

Unknown

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Areas Controlled:

S'arana Crag

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Date Founded:

4E 68

Date Disbanded:

N/A

Biology

The Siorm are adapted to the steep cliffs, low ambient oxygen and rapidly changing weather conditions of the S'arana Crag. They are tall, lean and wiry of build. They have long, slender limbs and a barrel chest. The elongated, highly flexible musculature and low body mass allow for incredible agility on sheer cliff faces. The downside of this is their lack of fat reserves makes their vulnerable to starvation in leaner times. The skin is tough and densely packed with thick collagen. It also has an fine, dense layer of silvery-white down-like fuzz.

The surface layer of the skin is reinforced with thickened, leather-like collagen. On the inner layer of their skin, there is an dense, fibrous layer of protein This allows them to to resist abrasive windburn and micro-tears from ice. The downside of this is the skin is much less flexible then normal skin. This leads to it being difficult and painful for them to fully bend or curl their bodies. This makes it hard to hide in small rock fissures. The hair is thick, dense and rope like, and white in color. It is concentrated mainly on the head, nape, and spine.

The air is adapted to r provides significant insulation against the extreme cold. The hair also leads to overheating in warmer environments. The eyes are pale, milky blue-grey and appearing slightly over sized. The eyes have an triple-layered tear film made of cryoprotective fluid to stop the cornea from freezing in extreme cold. The ears have small external ears of highly flexible cartilage that are close to the skull. This ears are adapted to detect the low-frequency sounds of stressed glaciers and snow cornices.

With this, they have pre-warning of avalanches. As their hearing is tuned towards low frequencies, they struggle to hear high pitched sounds. Nose is long and has an series of highly vascularized, labyrinthine passages within the septum. This allow them to warm the air they breathe. This helps protect them from the cold air. These nasal linings are very prone to painful inflammation when exposed to warm, humid air. The teeth are thick, sharp and slightly curved inwards. These teeth are adapted for cutting through hide and frozen tissue.

Their claws are curved, very sharp and adapted for clinging to rock and ice sheets. Their joints are adapted with extra-strong, interlocking cartilage cells to stop dislocations and sprains on the uneven crag surfaces. On the poles and soles, they have receptors that allow them to sense the minute shifts in rock stress and shear through pressure. This allows them to find structurally sound footholds. The low-lipid tissues have an a dense, fibrous protein lattice that allows them to retain the heat from cellular activity.

The hyper-efficient thermal retention also leads to overheating in warmer climates. They have an pressurized internal air-bladder system that allows them to maintain a functional atmospheric pressure around key internal organs. With this, they are able to be resistant to high-altitude hypoxia.

Miscellany

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