Phase 2:Kinper Kin'toni Clan

Kin'toni Clan

Clan Name:

Kinper Kin'toni Clan

Other Names:

Unknown

Parent Groups:

Unknown

Descended Groups:

Unknown

Demonym:

Unknown

Languages:

Unknown

Religions:

Unknown

Government Type:

Unknown

Population:

Unknown

Areas Controlled:

Samgh Forest Hill

Allies:

Unknown

Rivals:

Unknown

Date Founded:

4E 470

Date Disbanded:

N/A

Biology

The Kinper are adapted to the dense, humid woodlands of the Samgh Forest Hill. They are compact, with an highly flexible skeletal frame and shortened, powerfully built limbs. These are adapted to allow for swift movement though even the dense underbrush. These short limbs mean they have very short strides, and a struggle to keep up with their prey in wide open spaces. The skin is mottled in shades of bark brown and lichen grey for breaking up their outline in the tree trunks. The hair is dense, moss like and dark green in color.

It grows on the head, shoulders and upper back. This hair is thick and sponge like and therefore retains moisture from the wet hair and is so a breeding ground for fungi. The eyes are large, black and spherical, the pupils hypersensitive slits for tracking horizontal movement in the dense trees. These eyes are massive enough that they are highly vulnerable to wounds like scratches and blinding. The ears are wide, leaf shaped and having thin, highly vascularized skin adapted for hearing even the rustling of leaves and small game.

The nostrils are wide and flared, with hyper-developed nasal turbinates for filtering and isolating scents in the forest ait, but these wide, open nasal passages are also vulnerable to toxic spores, often used as weapons. The teeth are adapted to be sharp shearing blades for cutting though tough animal hides and sinew. These teeth are unable to crush of grind. The claws are short, thick and retractable, for climbing though trees or gripping. But these claws are also costly on the localized metabolic energy due to the complex muscular mechanism required.

This leas to finger cramp if gripping is used for too long. The toes are long, flexible and hand like with opposable toes for grasping branches and roots. This also means that flat, rocky terrain is painful to walk on due to the unnatural angles the digit are forced into. These feet have tissue adapted to have a large amount of micro-capillaries able to swell to make an soft, pressurized suction effect on smooth bark. These are easy to damage on thorns or sharp stops, leading to lameness and blood loss.

The rib cadge has changed to have ribs connected by highly elastic, rubbery cartilage joints in order to allow the chest to compress during tight squeezes. The lack of rigid bones also means that their organs are highly vulnerable to blunt force attacks. Around the heart is an tough sac made of interwoven collagen fibers, grown so that heart is not damaged during tree trunk collisions. The balance centers of their inner ears have changed to have fluid-filled chambers that can give an a flawless sense of orientation, even while leaping though the tree tops.

The digestive tract is able to quickly consume the blood of woodland mammals. This system is unable to process the cold, low-iron blood of lifeforms like amphibians or reptiles due to an lack of enzymes, leading to vomiting and diarrhea. The hepatic 'cell clots' have been adapted to deal with the high levels of toxic tannins and plant alkaloids in the local water source. They also have an set of oxygen-storing vascular networks to aid them storing oxygen underwater and during tree top chases.

Miscellany

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