Phase 2:Dhiordan Kin'toni Clan

Kin'toni Clan

Clan Name:

Dhiordan Kin'toni Clan

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Parent Groups:

None

Descended Groups:

None

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Areas Controlled:

Xhtl Brushland

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Date Founded:

4E 238

Date Disbanded:

N/A

Biology

The Dhiordan are adapted to the hot, arid, open Xhtl Brushland. They are tall and lean of build, to lower contact with the hot ground and for convective cooling in the breeze. The downside of this is an lowered ability to absorb blunt force impacts. Their skin is colored in patches of browns, beiges and other earth tones in color, for camouflage. They have no body hair, but the skin has microscopic, flexible hydroscopic tubules for condensing dew during the cool desert nights These are used as an additional source of water.

Their eyes are red-brown in color, with an permanent, horizontal, polarized membrane that acts like natural sunglasses. This filters glare and heat haze for superior long-distance visibility across the plains. The downside of this is a significantly reduction of how much light is available. This makes their vision worse in overcast periods. They have very large, concave ears adapted to wicking away heat and hearing. The ears are able to hear the subtle, wind-carried sounds of distant prey across open terrain.

These ears, by having large amounts of blood vessels under the skin, also can wick away heat. The downside of the large ears is that they are easy to damage. The downside of their hearing is being easy to overcome with loud noise. The nose has a complex, internal heat-exchange capillary system for cooling inhaled air and recovers exhaled moisture. The teeth are flattened and shovel-shaped, adapted for scraping mineral deposits from rock and biting into water containing plants for moisture. The teeth struggle to make deep puncture wounds in large prey.

The claws are short, thick and scoop-like, adapted for quickly digging small depressions into the ground for cover or water collection. The claws are blunter than normal, and are not good for close combat, nor are they good for climbing. Their feet are large, with padded soles for spreading their weight for silent travel and to stop them sinking into sandy patches. As they lack specialized gripping surfaces, wet rock and other slick surfaces are dangerous. The feet also impair climbing.

They have a large and dense network of blood vessels that are clustered near the skin surface of the torso and neck to wick heat quickly via evaporative and convective cooling. The downside of their shallow placement is a vulnerability to significant blood loss from shallow wounds. Their resting metabolic rate, is incredibly low to survive long times without water and food. The downside of this is being slow to to react to immediate threats. The bones are adapted to be light and porous, to lower weight for rapid, long-distance travel and heat dissipation.

The downside of this is the bones are fragile, and falls and crushing wounds are deadly. They have specialized subcutaneous reservoirs beneath the flanks and shoulders that are filled with excess water, to act as an back up supply of water. These show as visible, soft bulges that are susceptible to rupture if struck hard. The hepatic system has evolved to rapidly process and neutralize potent fast acting neurotoxins found in the region's lifeforms. This adaption is limited to the toxins of local lifeforms, leaving them vulnerable to non native toxins.

Miscellany

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