Elamyn Kin'toni Clan

History

Long before the separation from the cruel and tyrannizing rule of the Eawa kin’toni clan, before the resulting revolution and its wars, before even the revolutionary group ‘Kuchamasa’ was made, there existed a small group who didn’t believe in Magdar as the supreme God. They were unable to outwardly express it, for the fear of being imprisoned or killed. They thought that being kin’toni - or any being - there must be someone who answers their prayers, who could be actually worthy of being called God.

As Magdar only pursued his own ambitions, this group couldn’t find their answer in him. They named themselves the Elamyn and decided to go around looking for the one who could be rightfully called God. Around that time Magdar’s rule had only begun and the secret shadow force, ‘The Unara force ‘, wasn’t formed. That still had 5 years to begin. Around this time Magdar used his forces to explore the earth and the kin’toni abilities, limitations etc. He worked for his kin’toni and tried to discover ways on how to defeat the zu’aan and permanently rule the whole Taerel.

He hadn’t imposed his restrictions about migrating or leaving the clan yet and so this group, under the cover of the night, left the Eawa clan to search for answers. They traveled at night, attacking and hunting anything, be it an animal or the zu’aan, drinking their blood and surviving. They were by now extremely unhappy with their failure and the inability to find the answer to their burning questions. As it happens that if some questions are kept unanswered for long, they could no doubt destroy the person looking for the answers.

The Elamyn looked towards the sky for help, the water, even the fire they built, but nothing satisfied them. Weary and bone-tired, they came to a land of thorny bushes and thick plants. Though the trees they traveled until they came to a tall hill. This hill was surrounded in thick bushes and trees, but they pushed though to the hill itself. And on top of this hill, was a beautiful, richly colored tree; with a jet-black trunk and extraordinarily large midnight blue leaves. Its branches fanned all around the meadow, lifting towards the sky.

This sprit-lifting beauty paired with the moon, looking like a ghostly-silver disc in the sky, was enough to make any tired soul feel like it had found its home. For a while all they could do was gaze in utter amazement at this breathtaking sight. Thus, the Elamyn decided to worship this tree and to make this thicket their home. They named this tree “Bahrus” meaning “The Shelter”. No one can deny the defining and the peaceful beauty of this tree, as anyone who looks upon it is immediately struck by its heart winning glory.

The thicket is a wonder too; with its carnival of scents that populate the air and sky which is littered with stars, there could be no exception when the Elamyn decided to call this thicket: “Farama ka tara” meaning “The thicket of the stars”. The Elamyn are still known to live there, peacefully worshipping Bahrus, who helped them find home. They chant its name before every hunt as they believe it helps them find better prey. Although it is also true that the once sweet-flower scented thicket, now carries a tang of blood in the air.

Biology

The Elamyn clan are adapted to live in the Osaye Thicket. They are small and streamlined to aid in moving though thick branches and plants. Their skin is rough and bark like and is mottled green and brown . The color bends into the Osaye Thicket. They lack all body hair as to avoid hair getting tangled on branches. Their bodies have a low center of gravity and muscles adapted to to powerful between-trees leaps. Their muscles are mostly fast twitch and more built on the legs and lower arms. These muscles have little endurance, leading them to struggle on open ground and in prolonged chases.

Their hands have rough gripping pads, curved claws and a powerful grip. The gripping pads are for better traction on onto slippery surfaces. The sharper, curved claws are to dig into bark and wood alike. The powerful grip aids in not falling and climbing. The hands and feet have an vibration detecting organ used to detect prey and threats inb the forest.The eyes are golden, with a reflective layer allowing them to see through the gloom. Their eyes have a clear third eyelid to protect from twigs and leaves whilst they are moving.

These eyes are easy to blind with bright light as they are adapted to darkness. Their ears are short, pointed and leaf like. The hearing is so sensitive that even the faintest noises can be heard from the campany of their thicket.This hearing can be easily overwhelmed by sharp and loud sounds.Their inner ears have adapted to aid with three-dimensional balance. Their fangs are short and able to inject a deadly alkaloid batrachotoxin-containing venom. This venom can cause paralysis and death by heart failure.

The clan has a pair of large venom glands on each side of the mouth that produces their dark brown venom. When full, these glands are engorged and visible on each side of the kin'toni's face. Their vocal cords have adapted to make animal like calls that blend into the forest. This has led them unable to speak common languages. Their hearts are large, six cambered and strong. It beats around twice as fast as the normal kin'toni heart. Their bones are lightweight but reinforced with carbon fibers. These bones are adapted for climbing.

Their digestive system is adapted to process their blood diet quickly. Around one to two days after a meal, the clan defecates out a black liquid mix of urine and feces. They have around twice the need for blood compered to the normal kin'toni. They have a small, secondary pair of lungs. This stores oxygen for high octane leaps across the canopy. These lungs do not hold enough for anything more then short leaps. Their bodies are good at thermoregulation as they need to dissipate heat from their movements and stay warm in the cold nights.

The central nervous system is fast, and the cerebellum enlarged. This is to aid their reflexes and spatial awareness. Their nervous system is sensitive to overload, such as from shocks. Some nearby clans use their electric organs in order take advantage of this weakness.

Culture

Elamyn kin’toni clan, proud as they are of their lands (named ‘Farama ka tara’), they have managed to use its blessings accordingly. The varying and vibrant shades of the flowers and other wonders, could only keep creativity away for so long. Soon, experimentation on these flowers took place, which in turn resulted in extracting colors from them to be used in dying clothes. They used this technique in bringing color to the linen which the zu’aan made clothes from. This simple innovation made their fabric unique, thus, increasing sales.

They connected with the other clans and, using the barter system, able to get a much diverse range of products for a clan of that time. All of them are now skilled in this art and take great pride in it. Over the years, other methods such as weaving clothes were also invented. They were the first to create the article of clothing that came to define the kin’toni as a whole, the cape. Cape was viewed as a luxury item and only the selected few could barter enough for it. It was dyed with a flower that took great time and care to grow, but when its color was extracted, it shone vibrantly and made the kin’toni wearing it look intimidating and flawless.

They display their skills in various festivals where kin’toni from all over the world come to view and buy their fabric. Apart from fabricating, the Elamyn take great pride in their homeland. Their festivals are designed to display the beauty of their meadow. Kin’toni from all over the world are invited to join them in this festival. Stalls displaying beautiful clothing, spices and freshly grown fruits and vegetables are elaborately displayed to catch the viewer’s attention. Meat roasted on a spit, prepared from their very own cattle is termed as savory and flavorful by many joyous eaters.

When the moon is at its highest that night, the kin’toni dance under the light of the stars, capes swirling in their wake, cups of ruby red blood passing around to drink. This festival is called ‘Lunarawa’ which comes on the night of the full moon, in the month of Rawa, once a year. Apart from festivals, the Elamyn clan also gathers under their tree monthly and tells its tales of its hunts and adventures to each other. It began as a way to introduce and tell the newly turned kin’toni of the way the clan works. Now, it has become a monthly ritual for the oldest of kin’toni to tell their life stories.

Their struggles and the way they have come to find this place. These kin’toni have games too; the most famous one being ‘Rujuj’ in which they all compete against one another by mixing dyes and creating new colors. The one with the most vibrant color, which holds its qualities even after dying, wins. The winner gets to sit at a place of honor with the clan’s leaders after the Rujuj, and eat with them.

Government

The Elamyn clan is ruled by a group of originals, the very first of kin'toni who came to this land. The group is composed of five people who take care of all matters concerning the tribe. The first is the one who is responsible for decision making and all the others report to him. The second is responsible for the military and its forces. He/she is also known as the head of the military and is the mastermind behind the planned invasions of the zu’aan cities, in order to make them one of their own. The third is responsible to see if everyone in the clan is working according to their jobs and also makes sure that they are well provided for. The fourth makes sure the trade of their clan is working smoothly.

This kin’toni takes special care that the exports of their clan are to be more than their imports. This kin’toni also watches over the fabricating process as it is the main source of income for them. The fifth kin’toni is a religious figure who advises this whole council on what their God, The Bahrus tree, would suggest them to do in a difficult situation. This figure claims that he ‘can hear the voice of the Bahrus speaking’ and so he is the one who relays it. This figure is a very influential figure and since the Elamyn are true believers, they believe and trust this kin’toni and are known to obey him.

This whole council, also known as the ‘Mutashabah’ council, governs over the Elamyn clan. They give their reports at each sunrise and compare them with each other and if a problem occurs then, they stay back from their duties to solve it. This council constantly strives to make things better for their clan, even if they have to go to some extremes for it. The Elamyn believe that the clan is family and there is nothing better than working for them.mTogether, they have drawn maps of their area and made them available for every citizen in their clan.

They have also designed a clever way to travel during sunlight; tunnels. The entrance to this tunnel starts at the base of their tree and stretches for miles on end. It is also the way to escape the meadow, should an invasion occur. Two of their strongest kin'toni stand guard over it at all times. The hunters who leave for the hunt can move from one place to another with astonishing speed with the help of these tunnels. So, if a prey has managed to escape, instead of running behind it, they can emerge from the opposite end of the tunnel and catch it.

The people from the other clans are not allowed to travel through it, even their leaders. The kin’toni of the Elamyn clan are told not to tell any kin’toni from some other clan about these tunnels as they might find out ways to exploit it. These kin’toni are always coming up with ways to weaken the zu’aan, they consider it their sacred mission to rid the whole Taerel of these humans.

Military

The Elamyn kin’toni clan has a total of 307 trained soldiers in their military. These kin’toni, like all others, are well aware of their skills and use them for their advantage. Their keen hearing ability and their amazing climbing skills can come handy in a fight. The military of the Elamyn knows this well and has worked hard to use it effectively. The leaders of the Elamyn clan consist of a military Commander general too, who is the head of the whole military operation. There are some kin’toni under the Commander general who are responsible for overseeing the whole operation and reporting to the Commander general at the end of the day.

The first of these Generals is General Kuracha, who is a female kin’toni. She is responsible for overseeing the archery troops. These troops make up a large force of the Elamyn military, with over 200 well trained soldiers. These kin’toni are skilled in climbing quickly, in just about 3 minutes, and can camouflage themselves easily too. They still perched up on their place so quietly, no one has an idea if they are being followed or spied on. Their aim is deadly, with sharp arrows aimed to pierce hearts. These kin’toni are also quite talented with swords too.

They start their training 1 hour before sundown, under the Bahrus’s shade and train well into the night. The second commander is called General Nawaya and is directly responsible for overseeing the defense forces of the clan. He cleverly designs security round routes around the meadow. He also put his strongest soldiers on the guard of the tunnel’s entrance. These soldiers are only allowed to let a few specific kin’toni go through and that too if they have a permit to cross from the clan’s leaders. General Nawaya has also come up with various traps to ensure that no zu’aan dares come near their clan.

The third general is called General Maraya. She has only 7 kin’toni under her command. These are the deadliest and most sneaky spies in their clan. Maybe even among all the clans. They are all light footed, expert climbers and above all; quick-witted. Together with their general, they have found many cracks in the zu’aan forces and have managed to learn of their weaknesses too. They have expertly woven themselves among the zu’aan and have managed to easily get past the walled cities. In all their years of spying, no one had ever had a clue that they were anything other than what they were pretending to be.

These spies wield small daggers and since their fangs could be visible, rarely smile. They carry a mysterious aura about them where ever they go, so other kin’toni don’t know enough to trouble them. All three of these forces report to their respective generals, who in turn report to their Commander General, Wara Kaha. He is one of the leaders of the clan and is directly responsible for handing out missions to these troops. He is the mastermind behind the invasions of the tribes. The Elamyn clan are a successful clan from both military and financial point of view.

Religion

The Elamyn clan worships a tree called Bahrus which means ‘the giver’. They found it after a series of tests and have been known to worship it ever since. This tree is enormous with far-reaching leaves covering almost the whole meadow (Farama ka tara) in its shade. Its leaves are a midnight blue color and are the size of 56 to 61 cm, which makes them massive. The trunk of this tree is a solid, broad one; enough to let two kin’toni pass together easily. In the day, this tree doesn’t let the light of the sun pass through except through the smallest of gaps, which makes it easy for the kin’toni to sit in its shade and see the world beyond.

They don’t favor it much, but believe that their tree blessed them with a cool shade in the cruel daylight. While most the kin’toni sleep in the day, one can easily find a few troubled ones sitting comfortably in the tree’s shade, praying for their troubles to be over.This tree has never shed its leaves. Its colors don’t change throughout the change of seasons and it doesn’t grow any bigger. Many kin’toni believe that it won’t change. “A constant presence”, as said by their preacher and the fifth member of their government’s leaders, Rana Tataya.

He is the first of those who came here and has survived for long. He saw the revolution, the time before that and now the way life goes on here. He is an original, one of the very first super soldiers. He also claims that he can ‘hear the Bahrus speaking and telling them of their rights and wrongs’ and that he is ‘merely a messenger’. He is known to preach under this tree about the wonders of their God. It was he who told them that cutting a tree, any tree is strictly prohibited.

“Trees are life. Bahrus gives us life. He is the all superior, he sees everything. He forbids cutting down any other tree as well. Take its leaves, its branches, build your huts with stones and cover it with them, but never ever split a tree root from its soil”, he says. The obliging kin’toni believe him and do as he says. The punishment for crossing it could be banishment or death. The kin’toni are superstitious that way. They are careful not to step on any leaf while hunting in the forests. They appreciate their meadow and respect it.

This tree rarely gives fruits and when it does, its only a handful, which is not enough for the whole clan. The fruit is triangle-shaped, with pink and yellow spots all over. It is a bitter sweet fruit which has more seed than fruit on it. The fruits are distributed to the leaders and if some is left, then to the top ranking kin’toni, the elite class. These kin’toni keep the seeds in a respectable, high place in their houses and are to bow to it every time they pass by. They bow to the Bahrus too whenever they pass by it, or even if they are far away and have secured good hunt for the day, they recite its name and bow along.

Miscellany

The Elamyn clan has built tunnels under their tree. The entrance to it starts at the base of their tree, as just a hole in the ground. The ladder goes down to a broad passage way which branches off to several other tunnels. The Elamyn were careful not to touch the roots of their tree while digging these tunnels. Building these tunnels was hard work as they had to measure the distances and calculate the risks etc. without much technology. The digging process took about 15 years to complete. The tunnels are supported by stone beams, but aren’t much stable as their calculations weren’t accurate.

These tunnels are each, wide enough to transport 3 kin’toni walking shoulder to shoulder. So, as it isn’t too broad, it can get stuffy and hot. Especially in summers. In winters it provides respite from the harsh bites of the wind. Immediately after going down the ladder, a spacious corridor shows multiple tunnels leading to their respective places. No two tunnels ever lead to the same place. These tunnels can go on for miles till they end. The tunnels are also split into branches so as to expand the area covered.

Since the kin’toni can see in the dark, these tunnels are not lit with any torches and have very poor visibility for the zu’aan. These tunnels were first built as a precaution against an attack, to quickly move out of the meadow without being seen. Should the invaders surround the meadow, the kin’toni would be trapped. To prevent that and to get most of their kin’toni out, they built this. Over the years it became a quick way for them to go hunting. The prey would loose most of its blood and its quality of the meat by the time the hunters would reach home, this tunnel came handy in putting an end to that.

The military has placed many of its kin’toni to guard the Bahrus – and the tunnel’s entrance too. This tunnel is called the ‘yataha Bahrus’ or ‘branches of Bahrus’. Apart from their tunnels, the clan gives great importance to discovery and education. They are constantly practicing and developing new ways to dye clothes, make weapons and to sunlight-proof their houses. They also developed spices and herbs from their gardens. The kin’toni of the Elamyn clan have become great trader kin’toni up till now.

They have sold their products in bulks to get a variety of weapons from the weapon making clan, Kelwori Kin’toni clan. Their capes have cemented the identity of all kin’toni in the eyes of the zu’aan. Its clever sharp cuts and its collar, combined with its red color, gives it pure elegance. Their methods of crushing flowers to bleed colors from them to enhance their own beauty have been widely appreciated. They have been known to draw leaves on their cheeks using these flowers colors. The shape of the leaf is of, of course, the Bahrus’s.

Their cattle are also bred and taken care of with great care. They use their own spices to add flavor to their meat which is roasted on a spit.

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