Sheppec species
Basic Information
Anatomy
The Sheppec are an isolationist and proud people, who are quite different from humans. The women are taller, and have more muscle mass than their male counterparts. The women are also more prone to back pain, and other related issues. Both sexes boast a large pair of horns, that are a major part of their society. The longer and more curled, the more respected they are.
There is a wide variety of coloration, skin color, and more in the species. Red eyes and pale white hair would be considered fairly normal, if rare and odd.
Genetics and Reproduction
A normal gestation period for the sheppec is 280 days, and is in internal pregnancy with live birth.
Growth Rate & Stages
It takes 20 years for a sheppec to fully mature, in the mean time they go throw 2-3 distinct growth stages depending on sex.
Women go through 3 distinct growth stages, one at age 4, where they surpass any brothers or younger sisters in height quickly. The second at age 12-14, which is the onset of puberty for them, this is where they will surpass their fathers in height. Then the final growth burst at ages 16-18, where they match or surpass their mothers in height. For the men it is simpler with two growth stages. Their first growth stage starts at 4, where they surpass any younger sisters in height, and at the onset of puberty, 14-16, where they match or surpass their fathers in height.
Dietary Needs and Habits
They are primarily herbivores, but can be opportunistic carnivores if they are pushed far enough. They farm their food, their staples being berries, lettuce, wheat, and other grains and fruits. They store their foodstuffs in protected bunkers and shelves, cooled to protect them from spoiling.
Additional Information
Social Structure
The sheppec people are a matriarichal society, with women, and especially royal or noble women at the top of the structure. Names, money, lands and titles all pass through the female line, and men are subsumed into their wives families. Though this is likely to change. There has been a big upheaval with younger generations, as the younger folks refuse to see eachother as anything other than equal. Younger men are taking up leadership positions, and more women are staying at home, raising their kids.
Facial characteristics
Facial feature wise they trend towards stronger jaws and defined cheekbones. They tend to be freckled, or are easy to freckle.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Women's names tend to end with an "a" or "ria", but the start can be almost anything. Men's names tend to end with "n", "ri", or "der", or any variation of such. Men's names tend to have a lot of variety, much more than their female counterparts.
The first name goes before the family name, but it wasnt always like this, it used to be the reverse. Children are often named after qualities, jobs, or other things like items or plants. It is seen as to embue their child with a good quality, or to ensure they excel at their jobs.
Powerful family names are as follows: Comed'cloud, the ruling family of Cambriene. Cambrie, a prominent family and former rulers of Cambriene. Shanei, a noble family. Suyo'ria, former duchesses of the Alluimni, lost a significant amount of power when the sheppec peoples were united under Adamana "The Foremost" I Cambrie 35 BA-48 AA. Gade is a common family name across Cambriene, and is usually held by farmers or descendants of farmers. Liuma is a common family name for those who live close to oak forests. Ruhey is a name associated with scholars or descendants of scholars.
Common Dress Code
During formal events, women are expected to wear a pair of stays, a full length or floor length dress, covered arms, and iron or steel shoes. Men are to wear well tailored, with a vest, surcoat, or other fitted garmets. They are expected to wear trousers, and iron or steel shoes.
Court dress is a very different game to simple formal wear. Women are to be firmly laced, and wear busks in their stays. Their dresses are requred to be floor length with a train no more than 3 feet long. The neckline of the dress must not extend past her stays, but also still exposes the tops of shoulders. Her sleeves must be long, if not the length of the dress itself, and jewelry is required.
Horns play a large role in how a sheppec person is perceived and the horns' coloration more. Darker horns are associated with strong homemakers or farmers and are ascribed as masculine, or manly. Lighter horns are associated with leaders and royals and are commonly ascribed as feminine. A man who has a traditionally feminine horn color will either be pushed into a leadership role or shunned for trying to step into a woman's role. The man will not be directly harmed for it, but will be more lonely or will try to change his horn color to better fit his assigned gender. Women who have masculine horns, however, tend to have it worse. To the wider society, it is seen as demeaning for a woman to have mannish horns, and may be prone to bullying, teasing, or pressured to change their horn color.
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