Phase 2:Vytheri Kin'toni Clan

Kin'toni Clan

Clan Name:

Vytheri Kin'toni Clan

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Parent Groups:

N/A

Descended Groups:

Unknown

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Areas Controlled:

Shauren Iceplains

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Date Founded:

4E 63

Date Disbanded:

N/A

Biology

The Vytheri are adapted to the very cold and wind-swept Shauren Iceplains. They are powerfully muscled, stocky and broad in build with short limbs. This is an adaption to minimizing surface area exposure and maximizing strength. The downside of this is being less able to climb and run then other clans. The skin is thick, white and with an thick layer of fat underneath. This fat allows them to withstand the cold of the ice-plains. Their hair is a thick coat of dense, doubled layered fur with an hollow-core structure in each hair strand that traps air.

The downside of these two adaptions are being prone to overheating in warmer environments. The eyes are pale blue in color, and have an oil-based tear film to cornea from freezing or becoming damaged by ice crystals and wind. In warmer climates, the tear film work as a foe as it blinds them. The ears are small, close to the head and heavily insulated with cartilage and dense tissue. The hair is adapted to sense shifts in barometric pressure. This allows them to accurately predict severe weather changes.

The nose has exceptionally long, convoluted passages lined with thick, moist tissue in their noses that act as heat exchangers to warm the air before it gets anywhere important. The sense of smell is enhanced in order to track scents that are trapped within or under ice and snow. The downside of this is that their sense of smell is much weaker in non-frozen air temperatures. There are adaptions so that they can hold their breath for a significantly longer duration than other kin'toni. This is an adaption to be able to burrow under the snow for shelter.

The teeth are flat, short and blocky and adapted to resist cracking and fracture from gnawing on hard materials. This is an adaption to feed on frozen prey and ice (for water intake) but this also makes drinking blood harder as the teeth are not sharp. The claws are hooked and long with an micro-serrated edge and curved shape for gripping on glacial ice and sheer ice walls. These claws are easy to dull by digging or hitting hard things. The knees and elbows contain pressure-sensitive cartilage for detecting crevasses beneath thin snow.

They also have large keratinous spines along their shins and forearms to aid climbing ice. These make clothing need to be custom made to fit and make wearing metal armor on the arms impossible. The feet have anti slip, dense, stiff fur that coats the soles of the feet and between the toes for traction on polished ice and snow. The arteries and veins in the limbs are adapted so that warm arterial blood can warm the cold venous blood returning to the core. The muscle fibers each have an extra layer of protein sheathing that retains heat generated by movement.

This allows their muscles to work well in the cold. The tissues have large amount of proteins that actively bind to and inhibit the growth of small ice crystals. The downside of this is an need for more protein rich blood. Alongside that, they have an high urea in their blood and tissues during the coldest periods to act as an osmolyte.

Miscellany

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