Phase 2:A'voreld Kin'toni Clan

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The A'voreld are adapted to the hot, chemically volatile, and geologically unstable Rinfenus Volcano. They are short, squat and heavily muscled of build, as to have stability and resilience in a seismically active, and corrosive environment. Their skin is tough, thick, calloused and mottled dark grey and black in color. The skin contains high concentrations of silicate minerals, to protect from thermal heat. The skin is not resistant to the cold, often cracking in colder environments.

The thick callousing and scar tissue means that the clan is unable to absorb oxygen though the skin while underwater, meaning they have to rely on breath-holding. The clan's members have dense armored bone plates on their back and shoulders, as armor from minor concussive shockwaves from vents and from small volcanic rocks. The eyes are lava-orange in color. Their eyes have an thick, clear nictitating membrane as to protect from airborne ash and superheated particulate matter.

Their ears are long, pointed and wide, containing a large number of small blood vessels to help shed heat in the hot environment. Their hearing is tuned as to be able to detect low-frequency seismic rumblings, in order to be able to predict imminent eruptions or ground instability. The inner eye is adapted to have superior balance and equilibrium. This is so they are able maintain footing on slopes and during tremors. Their noses are small, with an specialized nasal gland that secretes an alkaline mucus.

This mucus neutralizes incoming acidic vapors and prevents respiratory tract corrosion. Their teeth are short and pointed, and are adapted to catch small prey. The clan has gills behind their jawline, adapted to filter toxic sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide out of the air they breathe. Their claws are dense, containing metallic compounds, short and blunt. These claws are used to carve temporary shelters into the hard, basalt rock faces for immediate safety. The feet are large, wide and with long toes containing microscopic friction pads.

These are used to grip the uneven, slick, loose volcanic rock and ash without slipping. Their blood is highly metallic, and is adapted to operate at an elevated temperature and this prevents cellular damage from extreme environmental heat. The downside of this is that colder environments are hostile to the clan. Their digestive tract contains extremophilic bacteria to allow them to extract nutrients from sulfur-rich, subterranean fungal blooms. The clan require some levels of metallic compounds to keep the metal levels up in their claws and their blood.

They also need silicate minerals for their skin, leading them to eat rocks for the metal and silicates. This reliance of supplements of silicate minerals and metallic compounds means they are mostly stuck in the mineral rich Rinfenus Volcano. The bones are dense, and thick, as to withstand high-impact falls and crushing pressures. The downside of these bones is that they are unable to swim as they sink to the bottom of water bodies. They are able to enter torpor to survive times when there are intense, prolonged, and lethal volcanic gas clouds.

Their healing is focused on dermal tissue, as to focus on quickly healing burns and chemical corrosion on their exposed skin.

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