The Avizog - Public
Preferring to live high up in cities above the mountains and tallest trees, the Avizog, sometimes called birdfolk , can evoke fear and wonder to those who cannot fly. Like most of the other races, the avizog began as a group of humans devoted to a god, Orvalef this time, that underwent a ritual transformation to become a new race more in the image of their god. As with the other races, Most Avizog hail from the worlds under their King's command. In the Avizog's case, it is the Skyseas of Caelum, empire of Sky King Orvalef. Some settlements do exist as their own sovereign or as a part of one of the nations of the Free Peoples. Those few that would follow a Traitor King stay far away from Edash and his hatred for his sister and her children.
Basic Information
Anatomy
As avian humanoids, the Avizog possess a pair of arms, legs, and wings with a singular, beaked, head. Thier hands and bird-like feet have talons they can uses as weapons. Their skeletons are not hollow, and it is only by Orvalef's power that their wings can lift them.
Biological Traits
The biological traits that differ from humans are all from their partly avian nature.
Like the non-humanoid avian, the avizog have feathered bodies and wings. Their feathers provide them with insulation and aids in flight. Both the Completmentingaallowing them to spot details from great distances.
Like humans, the Avizog care for and nuture their young, however, unlike humans, the Avizog lay eggs that hatch instead of birthing live young.
Genetics and Reproduction
Like humans, the Avizog reproduce via sexual intercourse between a male and female. Unlike humans that give birth to live young, the Avizog lay eggs that hatch after six months.
Growth Rate & Stages
Once a fertilized eggs is successfully laid, the newborn inside gestates for six months.
Ecology and Habitats
The Avizog prefer the less extreme temperatures, often choosing temperate areas with a preference for mountainous or forested places.
Should the have the available resources, the Avizog will build floating cities if they can't find their preferred habitats.
Dietary Needs and Habits
The Avizog, like the humans they came from, are still omnivorous. However, if they can help it, the Avizog will eat mostly to nothing but meat, be it white or red.
Biological Cycle
All Avizog start life as an egg for six months, after hatching, they experience a biological cycle similar, but faster to, humans.
By the age of five, an Avizog is able to fly on their own. At the age of fifteen they are considered an adult with old age usually taking them at seventy-five years old.
Behaviour
The Avizog are often intelligent and noble beings with a strong sense of community and cooperation. Their behavior and psychology is shaped in part by their avian nature, and In part a deep connection to nature and the skies. Avizog are known for valuing freedom while respecting the law witch a strong but personal code of honor. Communities with Avizog tend to be more tight-knit, while2 those beyond Caelum often living in high, secluded locations.
Additional Information
Social Structure
If left to their own devices, the Avizog form more communal societies, with non-specialized duties and property belonging to the group instead an individual.
Facial characteristics
The face of the Avizog is distinctly avian, with a beak and feathers. While their eyes face forward like a humans, their eyes resemble those of a bird of prey.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Due to their natural inclinations, the Avizog can be found on all but the harshest of hot and cold worlds, inhabiting cities that are flying or in the best places for flying. While they can be found nearly everywhere, the greatest majority live in the borders of the Caelum empire.
Unless it is as a slave, existing in tortuous misery, no Avizog attempt to make a home in places controlled by the Traitor King Edash.
Average Intelligence
The intelligence of the Avizog is the same as humans, though they are wiser.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Like the birds of prey they resemble, the Avizog possess superior sight and hearing, and an improved sense of smell in comparison to humans.
Symbiotic and Parasitic organisms
The Avizog have no symbiotic species and can be afflicted by the same swath of parasites that can infest humans.
Civilization and Culture
Major Organizations
Though humans and other races make a home within Caelums' borders, the Caelum empire is the largest organization they have ever been a part of.
History
Like other races, the history of the Avizog begins long ago, back in the World-That-Was. Born in The Great Making from followers of Orvalef, they shared the skies with their cousins, the Sovabu of Urgada and the Croven of Edash.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Genetic Descendants
Average Physique
The Avizog have a lean and agile physique, well-adapted for flight. Their bodies are streamlined, with powerful wings, allowing for swift and efficient aerial movement. It should be noted, that even the most muscular of Avizog are still lean in comparison to humans.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Avoziog skin is a ghostly pale white, due to being perpetually covered by feathers. Coloring of these feathers are like those of various birds of prey, like falcons, hawks, and eagles.
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