Phase 2:Om'cer Kin'toni Clan

Kin'toni Clan

Clan Name:

Om'cer Kin'toni Clan

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Parent Groups:

Unknown

Descended Groups:

Unknown

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Areas Controlled:

Torsh Dense Taiga Forest

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Date Founded:

4E 256

Date Disbanded:

N/A

Biology

The Om'cer are adapted to the very dense, shadowy, and harshly cold winters of the Torsh Dense Taiga Forest. They are lean and short legged of build. They have powerful shoulders. This allows for efficient movement through dense undergrowth and moving under low-hanging branches. This also means that they lack leaping ability and vertical maneuverability. Their rough skin is of dull, mottled green and browns in color. The hair is wiry, sparse needles of dark hair on their backs and limbs. These allow them to channel rain and snow melt away from the body.

This also acts to break up their silhouette. This hair can be shed quickly if grabbed. This allows them to escape the grip of predators. Regrowing this hair is very taxing on their energy reserves. The eyes are dull green in color, and are adapted to being able to see in the deep shadows of the forest floor. These eyes are also prone to blindness if exposed to light. The nose has wide and flared nostrils that have filtration membranes that warm air. The ears have small, movable cartilaginous flaps that can be moved to allow them to pinpoint the exact origin of distant sounds, even though the dense foliage.

The fangs are slightly curved and hardened. These fangs are adapted to thick hides of Taiga megafauna. This allows deep blood drinking even with thick skin and matted fur. These fangs crack if they hit bone or frozen flesh. The claws are multi-faceted and semi-retractable claws. These claws are broad at the base and taper to a sharp, reinforced point. These claws are adapted to tear though thick flesh, but get in the way of walking and small object use. The muscles in the neck and back are powerful, as these are adapted to allow them to survive being buried under heavy snow and debris.

They also have small, flat scales in their arms and chest to use air pressure to sense size and speed of large objects moving nearby. This sense is useless in high winds. The shoulder and arm muscles are changed to allow for quick, forceful digging so that they can excavate shallow dens in frozen earth. These muscles tire quickly if they are used for sustained activity. Joints in the elbows and knees are changed. The bone is partially replaced with shock-absorbing cartilage. This makes them able to silently move over frozen/uneven ground, but these joints are more prone to damage.

Their feet and hands have thick sponge-like pads to allow for quiet movement on dry leaves and snow. These pads are easy to damage with sharp sticks and stones. They have an glad to allow them to produce a cocktail of Taiga-specific terpenes and pheromones. This allows them to hide their presence among the dominant forest scents. It only works the Taiga, being useless outside. The hepatic filters are adapted to be able to feed tree resins for a short mount of time, and allowing them to feed on prey that consumes it.

Over-doing the pine resins leads to sickness, internal scarring and in some cases, death. The bones are adapted to special proteins in the calcium and iron driven to them. With this, the bones are resistant to shattering in extreme cold. This also means that the bones are very dense and heavy.

Miscellany

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