Tabian

Eleanora    The Tabian      Tabian

The Tabian [ Tab - ee - an ] arethe apex creatures of Eleanora.
They have a heavy Irish inspired influence, accent, jargon,
and have four races.

Table of Contents

Appearance

Behavior

Life, Diet, Quirks

Hair

Clothing

Race

Appearance

The Tabian is a humanoid lapine creature with strikingly bright eye colors and an assortment of natural fur pigments that mimic nature. Their long rabbit ears are stiff with a soft round tip, and are pointed softly back in the neutral state. They have sharp fang-like incisors that can be intimidating when they smile. Face appearance is mostly human, but with a long flat rabbit nose and a wide bridge base, further gifting the species their truly unique appeal.
The average height of females is 5'4 (160cm) and males 5'8 (170cm). However, this can vary with race. They are fast runners, jumpers and expert climbers. They have astonishingly clear sight that can notice movement up to 3 miles (5 km).
Hand and foot nails are commonly kept sharp. Feet are rabbit like and flat, with skinny toes and long claws. They have no foot pads.
Skin, fur, eye color and patterns depend on the Tabian's race.
Acceptable Mutations:

Albinism (All white, pink eyes, sensitive to light)

Hypopigmentation (all black or all white)

Heterochromia (One eye is a different color than the other)

Unacceptable Mutations:

Limit to four fur colors including the hair. (Dea and Gierra races are further limited in this)

Coloring hair is possible in natural colors or using mediums found in nature.

No neon colors.

Behavior

Tabians are intelligent and inquisitive. The diversity of personality will vary from being to being, and yet, they all share the same primitive desire to quickly turn on a dime and sprint. Prey animals would flee from danger because of fear; the Tabians on the contrary, are quite brave. They have deep, natural sense of awareness and are subjected to daydreaming and getting lost in an aloof state- especially when left alone for long periods.

Resilience and Life

Tabians are fiercely resilient. They take an immense amount of pain before crumbling, tend to hide ailments and heal twice as fast as humans by comparison. The average lifespan is approximately 80 years.

Diet

Diet consists of plants, fruit, vegetables, nuts, bird, fish, and animal by products such as eggs and dairy. They do not eat 'red meat.’ Some have been known to try, but the Tabian biology cannot process red meat and will thus be instantaneously rejected.

Quirks

Tabians cannot swim, they sink like a rock! Therefore they are terrified of the ocean. Yet, there are Tabians of the Dea race that have overcome this...

Bathing in cold water is most preferred. Hot springs is considered to be a luxury only briefly enjoyed.

They are fascinated by the concept of luck.

The Tabian mind tends to wander easily. They require a strong social system to keep themselves 'tethered' to reality.

Hair

Search for Nordic hairstyles on Pinterest, and become inspired. Tabians love to keep hair traditionally long to braid and wrap jewelry or feathers into. Keeping it short however, is not uncommon. Shaving part of the head, locks, and buns are also popular styles.

Clothing

The common clothing style is a single cloth wrapping in just about any way that can be imagined, in all parts of the world. They may also wear button ups, collared shirts, vests, suspenders and dresses. They are not keen to heavily embellish clothing unless they have a social role that warrants it. Tabians would rather add charms, more wraps, and jewelry to themselves.
Favorite colors by region:

Eleanora - Bright colored dyes in most colors, autumn colors are most favored. Crimson, orange, yellow, green, sky blue.

North Eleanora - Dark colors, navy, black, forest green, brown.

Dea - Earthly colors, cream, ivory, grey, black, brown, sea teal and crimson.

Gierra - Black and white, yellow, gold.

Footwraps and Accessories

Leather, feathers, beads, metal charms, rings, arm bands, tattoos, piercings... Tabians love them all. This is a trait has never died; it is a celebrated echo from their distant ancestors. The most prized item a Tabian could own and wear are pearls. They are the 'diamonds' of this world. If a Tabian is wearing a pearl, they are either wealthy or incredibly lucky! How could this be? Well, as it is stated before, Tabians cannot swim.

Tabians don't typically wear over-toe-shoes in their daily life. Instead, they wear footwraps, made of any textile available from cotton to leather and in any color with the toes and claws free. They can have thick leather soles for climbing trees all day or mountain climbing. Tabians that work the outdoors prefer to be barefoot. The law enforcing or military personnel may wear boots.

Race

There are four races of Tabian. Each have their own distinctive colors, patterns, and behaviors. Irish jargon and cuture is continental, but the depth of which varies by region. Locality also influences the domestic culture such as clothing, speech draw, colors favored, and food. An individual can be one race of Tabian but belong to another side of the world; race does not dictate area of residence. However for this wiki it is predominantly grouped in such a way!
Click below to read about three of the four races. The fourth is currently a secret and not yet published.