Hierarchical Social Structure

The Eruset have a strange form of social structure as they are a warrior, hunter species this being said outside of normal finds of basic society such as a doctor, forge workers, teachers and a village leader the Eruset’s hunting parties are usually pack focused giving them an odd offshoot hierarchy form of structure that is much akin to wolves. A pack of Eruset is supposed to consist of one Alpha, one Beta followed by two subordinates, however over the years lately it has been one Beta and three underlings as most Alphas nowadays prefer to hunt alone. It is extremely rare that you’ll see an Omega with the Eruset hunting pack usually whomever the Omega is their name is simply referred to as a runt, they typically grow up to be shorter and weaker than the rest so it is customary to place them on a different path that isn’t hunting, many omegas don’t last long and more often than not they are simply assistants like nurses or a teachers whipping boy. Outside of the normal hunting group the Eruset within village all look up to the elder for guidance or teachers for instruction

In a hunting pack the pecking order goes as follows

* Alpha

* Beta

* Normal Eruset

* Omega

Shared Abilities/Disabilities

Eruset collectively have nearly unmatched physical attributes in the natural world from strength to speed all the way to endurance coupled with their dragon like physiology they all have natural armoring in the form of scales under their skin over the years they have lost a lot of their dragon features but they show a penchant for survival and conquering.

* Dermal Scales / Natural armor scales

* Enhanced condition

* Enhanced Senses

* High Magical resistance – The Eruset have a curiously high resistance to magical attacks such as if a mage were to use pure fire magic or lightning magic the blow will be severely lowered while if someone enhances a physical object the magical enhancement won’t be completely removed just lowered and they will still take the initial damage from that physical object. If that physical object is thrown like a rock or brick they will take the full force of that object even if the speed and force are altered through magic but if it was ignited with magic than tossed the magical fire will go through the resistance check.

* Natural Weaponry – Claws, teeth and tails (Although in these recent years their tails are small and slender now)

* Adrenaline Rush – Like humans the Eruset have adrenal glands that secrete a specific hormone in situations of high stress that cause increased blood circulation, breathing and carbohydrate metabolism thus activating their fight or flight response. For an Eruset due to living in such a high stress environment for nearly their entire lives it is hard for one to be overcome by an adrenaline rush however when it does happen it is exceptionally more powerful often times sending them into a state of hyper focus.

* Thermal empowerment - The Eruset also have a strange natural ability to absorb heat from the sun and store it in their bodies as a type of energy that they can project through their hands, not strong enough on its own to do real harm on its own unless it’s been storing that way for a while then they can expel it through their mouths as a red or orange flame

Disabilities:

* Magical Crippling -The Eruset as a collective race have the inability to sense, manipulate or even perceive the flow of magic or mana, they are all magically ignorant and incapable of using spells even a toddler could use, and it’s as if mana itself rejects them, this being said they know of magic and have seen it used but their species is completely incapable of using it.

* Strange birthrates - Normal species can intermingle with other species and form hybrids however this is not that case with the Eruset. No matter what mates with a Eruset the baby born of the union will be a Eruset baby, a pure blood Eruset in fact has a higher change of being an Apex even if that chance is still remote; it is because of this strange phenomenon that many Erust men and women prefer to find a mate of another species to scramble the gene pool to reduce those chances.

* Apex - The Eruset have a strange form of subspecies called an Apex Eruset, an apex is much stronger than even an alpha, being able to beat one out in every physical quality there is including size. The back draw is that their primitive brains have a much higher influence on their decisions making their evolved brain close to nonexistent, mostly they all lack the basic ability to formulate plans and strategies and go from pure gut instinct this of course makes them more violent. Apexs are identified by their titanic strength, bigger size, poor mental conditioning, and all around short tempered. If an Apex gets out of hand in a clan, he or she will be exiled to wilderness and can be hunted down like any other beast.

Technology

The Eruset are very tribal, but that does not mean they their technological advances are stunted or slowed as the species have been blessed with a very adaptable brain. Their weapons work off of the mechanisms that interlock, extend, contract and change form; cogs and gears work to make these things possible so much so their entire civilization is capable of folding up into large caravans and migrating where ever the tribe sees fit to settle. Iron is a common resource on Ilium, but half of the time it’s not strong enough to cut a monster and even more so the average Eruset can break an iron or steel weapon just from overusing it; to combat this issue the Eruset have started to use the very monsters they kill as weapons. They will use scales, plates, teeth, the hide or anything else that can be seen as useful with the steel from the forge to create new weapons and with their mechanisms allow for a very versatile fighting. Armor and basic clothing are made with the monsters hide and plates combined with a little bit of cloth for protection as well as versatility, things can be slightly changed or altered depending on personal preference.