Phase 2:Wyta Kin'toni Clan

Kin'toni Clan

Clan Name:

Wyta Kin'toni Clan

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Parent Groups:

Unknown

Descended Groups:

Unknown

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Areas Controlled:

Qan'Haar Isle

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Date Founded:

4E 350

Date Disbanded:

N/A

Biology

The Wyta are adapted to the coastal cliffs, tidal currents, saltwater spray, and sea caves of the Qan'Haar Isle. They are streamlined, with an low profile torso and an highly compressed, dense skeleton. The limbs are powerful and shortened. This build allows them to dive and navigate heavy undercurrents well. Being compact, heavy, and with short limbs also means they are slow and clumsy on land. The skin is smooth, rubbery, hydrophobic and is a mottled slate blue and pale grey with countershading.

Under the skin, is a thick, high-density layer of fat, to keep their bodies warm in the freezing temperatures of the deep sea. This also makes them prone to overheating on dry land and in warm environments. On the skin are modified, light-emitting skin cells, that they can control with thought, allowing them to "talk" even in the pitch black. On the chest and abdomen, they have rough, microscopic dermal denticles to allow for dragging themselves on the slick, plant coated underwater rocks.

This skin has a layer of thick lipids that are adapted to stop saltwater corrosion. Due to having this coating, any ambient UV radiation is trapped, making sunlight twice as deadly. They lack all hair, in replacement having a system of flexible, subdermal ridges that are adapted to reduce hydrodynamic drag in the water. The lack of hair, also does not help with their sunlight weakness. The brow bones have been heavily reinforced with thick keratin plates that curve downwards and are adapted to shield their eyes from waves, sharp coral and sharp rocks.

The eyes are adapted to be black in color, with spherical lenses and an hyper-developed tapetum lucidum. These eyes allow them to see well in coastal waters. Above the water, these underwater lenses cannot see well, being blurry and highly nearsighted. The ears are just an pair of small openings, containing an dense, wax-secreting gland. This wax is able to become a hard, water proof plug when exposed to water. Being reliant on bone conduction means they lack the enhanced hearing of other clans.

The nose is just a single slit like nostril located on the upper nasal bridge. It has a powerful sphincter muscle that can close the nose tightly underwater. The teeth are backwards hooked, and with grooved enamel for stopping even the most slippery of their marine prey escaping. The claws are short, heavily curved and blade sharp. The fingers are long and with thick, leathery interdigital webbing. The feet are long, wide and fan like, the toes long and thickly webbed for swimming. The feet are not adapted for walking on land, forcing them to waddle in a way that is tiring.

Inside, the muscle tissues have a large amount of myoglobin, leading to near black tissues. This also means they are prone to kidney failure when the muscle is damaged, forcing rest to heal. They have hepatic cell clots adapted to isolate and extract the large amounts of salt that they absorb though their skin while swimming. To purge this, they have specialized sublingual ducts. This also means they are prone to severe internal dehydration without fresh water or blood.

Miscellany

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