kapuchuRace: Cosmopolitan collection of Nāga (top half human, bottom half serpentine), Aqrabuamelu (head, arms and torso human, everything else human), Arachne kin (Sentient, intelligent giant spiders, capable of communication), and hybrids.
Population: 807
- Nāga: 131
- Aqrabuamelu: 142
- Arachne kin: 456
- Hybrids: 78
Color: Teal
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Starting Tile: Desert
Biography/FunFacts:
- Originally three separate desert tribes, the Nāga, Aqrabuamelu, and Arachne kin were known only on terms of uneasy peace. A common enemy found in the Locusta (Locust folk), united three into one. Years of ridding the desert of the threat have decimated the numbers of all three tribes, but created the Red Sand Alliance.
- Government of the RSA takes from all three of the previous tribes, as well as incorporating new elements. Aqrabuamelu and Arachne kin was matriarchal, Nāga were egalitarian/patriarchal. "The council"-- the decision makers for the RSA-- consists of two elected grand matriarchs from the Aqrabuamelu and Arachne kin tribes, as well as the 'Alpha' from the Nāga, typically a male, the Alpha is a battlehardened male who earns the title by beating all others who want to claim the role in a grand tourney. Criminals can sometimes choose to fight in this tourney for freedom.
- The Nāga are the most militaristic of the tribes. Men are trained as soldiers from birth, women either as maids to pleasure those soldiers, or spies. Their spartan society has given some of the best soldiers and strategists to the world.They provide a much needed battle edge to the RSA. Their gestation takes the absolute longest of any of the tribes, two years, and typically, it is the first hatched right to eat the other eggs in his clutch for nourishment. Meaning one sexually mature Nāga woman can only typically give birth to one baby every two years.
- Aqrabuamelu like their distant cousin race, the Arachne Kin, are quite different from the Nāga. Aqrabuamelu are probably the most "equal" out of all three official tribes, males, while typically seen in guard or soldier roles, are equal to women, despite the latter holding every position of power in the tribe. While Nāga females might typically become accomplished spies, the Aqrabuamelu are true experts in subterfuge. They specialize in smuggling, stealing, assassinations and all matters stealthy. Their gestation time is that of a normal human, with an average clutch size of 2 or 3.
- Arachne kin are a practically all female tribe of traders, scientists, writers, Inventors, weavers and craftswomen. The were led by a Grand matriarch and a Broodmother before the Locust wars, they have since become the de-facto leaders of the RSA. Their domination in numbers has always been tempered by a general lack in war prowess, however their newfound power in the RSA senate and council has led the united tribes to rely more on science and trade than war. The broodmother keeps the misshapen male drones in her palace, she can produce an eggsack with 50-100 spiderlings every three months, however only 1/3 of these will survive their first few years of life due to Arachne Kin's weak immune systems.
- Hybrids are only beginning to grow as a race in their own right, Arachne Kin give them the best treatment out of all the tribes, seeing their potential as ambassadors and public faces. Hybrids have recently begun to rally for seats in the senate and a place in the council.
- The common religion of the Aqrabuamelu and Arachne kin is The Eight of the Sand, Nāga follow the ways of The Mist.
