Xakarids

The Xakarids are beast-like creatures, their the least evolved of all the sentient races. The Xakarids lived in the dry Lands since their origins, before the Tribal age they were the highest predator to roam the dry lands, that gave them the advantage to have the time to slowly develop their first tribes, as years goes by, they became more intelligent, they formed their own civiliztion and Language, but their beast side still remains, infact they are an aggressive race and still attached to strenght trials as form of jurisdiction.
Distinctive talents: exeptional quickness and strenght, faster healing and regeneration.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Skull: 30 cm high; 50 cm long; 40 cm wide; jaws long and narrow, 4 holes for eye bulb, 3 tiny hornes in the upper head, lateral crest bones.
skeleton: prominent vertebral spines, 3 pairs of large ribs.
Arms: 1.10 m lenght, 5 clawed fingers of which 1st and 5th are thumbs. legs: 0.80-1.00m lenght
skin: thick and smooth, the color range from Yellow to dark grey based on melatonin levels.

Ecology and Habitats

The species live mostly in the dry lands, but they can also live in other habitats as long as the climate is not too cold.

Dietary Needs and Habits

They're carnivorous

Additional Information

Geographic Origin and Distribution

Southern Delisia

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

high hearing

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

prefixes: Xor-; Tar-; Mak-; Gox-; Ras-; Kor-; Lex-; Dek-.
name ending: -Xar; -Rak; -Nex; -Ik; -Cor; -Ox; -Ax.

Major Organizations

Yahda

Beauty Ideals

Male: Heavy muscles; large crests, long eyes, narrow waist, thick tail, large jaws, grey skin.
Female: narrow waist, tiny upper hornes, narrow and short jaws, long eyes, Yellow skin.

Gender Ideals

usually the males start the curtship.

Courtship Ideals

the Xakarids "in love" brings a dead prey, personally hunted to his "beloved one", if the "courted" eat the prey offered means that it accept the courtship. if a Xakarids have more than one suitors, they must prove themselves in the "Garluk" (a fight between all the suitors).

Relationship Ideals

Monogamy.

Average Technological Level

Tribal age: Fire; Spears; axes, ropes, skins treatment, bandages, Language, rules
Varianis age: sword, shields, writings, bowls, stone cutting and building, laws.

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Yahdan: spoken by all Xakarids.
Swampdan: a dialect of the swamp Xakarids
Some also speaks the Prime language.

History

Tribal Age: the Xakarids lived of hunting, the lack of animals in the dry lands and the blood swamp leaded them to many fights between tribes, in particular the Jieba tribe which their members lived in the middle of the dry lands. These wars between tribes lasted for the all tribal Age long. The most considerable battle was the battle of the swamp, where an huge army of swamp Xakarids tried to enter the dry lands, but they were defeated by the army of Jieba and Krisc altogether, these two tribes made a truce just to stand togheter against the swamp xakarids for the battle to come. Meanwhile the Xagug tribe had an hard time on expanding South due to the presence of the Jierba, to avoid conflicts and meaningless losses, they tried to expand their territory in Yidsra, where they will face goblins and orcs for many battles to come.

Varianis Age: During the time of the Varianis expansion in Delisia the Xakarids never faced them, once the varianis saw the dry lands and swamps Beyond the senak mountains they quickly losed interrest in conquering those places.
In the early years of the varianis age the Jierba and the Krisc kept to battle with each Others, while the Xagug went on with their inroads in Yidsra.
In 733 Baxar, the chief of the Xagug tribe understanded that with their alone forces the Xagug would have never beat the goblins, nevermind the orcs; so he tried to make an alliance with the Other tribes, after the agreement, they formed the alliance that later became the nation of Yahda.

Historical Figures

Baxar

Scientific Name

Xaridis habilis

Lifespan

70 years

Average Height

1.35-1.75 m

Average Weight

50-80 kg

Average Length

2.50 m

Geographic Distribution

• Blood swamps
• Dry lands