Phase 2:Pasomsul Kin'toni Clan

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The Pasomsul are adapted to the warm, wet, stagnant-watered, muddy Tembrae Marsh. They are wide and rather flat of build, with legs that are long and muscular (able to make large jumps). This makes them good at moving though water and dense mud, but slow on dry, uneven grond. Their skin is dark muddy greens and browns, velvety, and extremely porous. It has an thin layer of slippery mucus, making it slimy and aiding cutaneous oxygen absorption in water. This mucus has an faint, unique clan scent to allow clan members to identify each other by smell alone.

It also makes trying to hide their clan harder as other kin'toni can pick up this smell. They also have an compound that actively inhibits the growth of bacteria and fungi. This allows them to be immune to common marsh-borne pathogens and rot. They are highly susceptible to abrasion and dehydration if they go into dry air for too long. They only have very fine, very sparse hairs on the back of their neck and spine. These act as vibrational dampeners to reduce sound propagation during submerged movement.

The eyes are small and high set to allow them to remain submerged but still have vision. The nose has an a tight, circular sphincter that can close completely. This allows them to avoid getting water in their noses but also means they cannot scent track underwater. They lack outer ears, in replacement, the tympanic membranes and inner ear structure are adapted to deal with vibrations traveling through both air and water. This hearing is much sharper underwater then in air, leading to poor hearing in air.

Along with the mechanoreceptors in their skin, this allows them to detect and interpret the extremely subtle pressure waves made by movement in the stagnant water. This allows them to find and identify prey. This sense can be blinded by heavy rainfall. The fangs are slender and slightly flexible. These fangs are adapted to go between the gaps in scales and shells of marsh fauna, but tend to break on thicker hides. The mouth and throat have a set of feathery filaments for filtering out fine mud and particulates from ingested water.

This allows them to drink the muddy marsh water. The fingers and toes are long and webbed, with small non retractable claws. These claws are adapted for digging in mud, and are not good for climbing. The powerful arm and leg muscles allow them to dig swiftly into the mud to hide themselves for ambush or defense. They also have padding in the bones and joints to hide their mechanical vibrations. This means they can move silently though the dense mud without prey knowing. The heels have a glad that can excrete a unique pheromone.

This pheromone allows them to leave a strong, directional chemical trail in the water. With this and their sense of smell, they can retrace paths taken or communicate with clan members. They also have an hepatic system that is highly evolved for neutralizing the neurotoxins and venoms of local lifeforms, to allow them resistance to native poisons, but not those that are not native to their region.

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