Phase 2:Omquaen Kin'toni Clan

Kin'toni Clan

Clan Name:

Omquaen Kin'toni Clan

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Parent Groups:

Unknown

Descended Groups:

N/A

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Areas Controlled:

Varel Coast

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Date Founded:

4E 98

Date Disbanded:

N/A

Biology

The Omquaen are adapted to the volatile, rocky, salt-aired Varel Coast. They are streamlined and laterally flattened of build. Their limbs are powerful, their fingers and toes are webbed. This allows them amphibious movement through shallow water and rough surf. The downside of this is being less able to run for prolonged amounts of time on land. Their skin is dark grey, slick and keratinized. It expels an thick, oily mucus. This allows for waterproof sealing and robust protection against salt corrosion.

They have a coat of dark grey, short, oil coated dense fur to allow for insulation against cold ocean currents and aiding in water displacement. This fur also leads to overheating in warmer environments. They have internal fat layers that are optimized to absorb the concussive force of crashing waves. This is so that they can move and hunt with ease in the waves. The eyes have an clear, tight-sealing nictitating membrane with polarized lenses. This allows them good vision both above and below the murky water surface.

They lack outer ears. The nose has nostrils that are high-set on the face and can be tightly sealed by muscular valves. This means they have protection from water during rough waves or dives. This also means they have a much weakened sense of smell while the nose is sealed. The fangs are short and serrated for gripping onto slippery, struggling marine life. With this, they can feed on aquatic prey. These teeth tend to leave large, messy wounds of terrestrial prey, wasting large amounts of blood.

They also retain a few dense molars adapted for crushing the shells of mollusks for essential minerals. The claws are short, thick and adapted to grip like suction cups. These claws allow them to grip even on wet, algae coated rocks, even in the crashing surf. These claws are bad at digging into soil or climbing vertically. They have hidden and retractable spines on their elbows and knees. When these are deployed, it allows them extra grip on surfaces and a way to injure predators or rivals. They have sensitive pores along their flanks and limbs that can detect minute changes in hydrostatic pressure.

With these, they can predict changing tides and incoming waves to some level. The lungs are adapted to be able to compress safely. This allows for superior diving depth and breath-hold capacity. These lungs do not deal well with sudden pressure changes such as decompression, leading to possible rupture. The kidneys, alongside specialized glandular filtration units are adapted to be able to process and also excrete excess sodium and other salts with high efficiency. With this, they can survive indefinitely on salt water and salt-rich marine blood.

They also have specialized gill-like vascular patches under the ribs to allow for extra oxygen while they are diving deep. These do not work in low-oxygen water. This also means they require a higher salt intake to survive, becoming ill if they do not have enough salt. They have hepatic cell clots that are highly adapted to resist common paralytic shellfish toxins and algal blooms. This makes them immune to local marine bio-toxins, such as those used in prey.

Miscellany

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