Pandoran

The People who rule over Pandora. They are the dominant specie of the planet.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Pandoran are a bipedal hominid spieces with four limbs, a pair of horns and a tail.

Genetics and Reproduction

Pandorans are a intersexual species and all healthy individuals can carry and sire an offspring. Once an Indidividual as fallen pregnant, they will experience a growth spurt, growt more msucular mass and have their sense sharpened. Their breats will develop. Those who have sired the offspring will experience similar but less drastic changes such as increasedd body mass and more hair grow. They hit menopause around their fifties.

Growth Rate & Stages

A Pandora grows to a even pace untill it reaches it's thirties were it's aging slows down significantly.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Pandorans are capable of being omnivorous, but do need a consititent amount meat to survive.

Biological Cycle

During winter Pandorans are know to be less energetic, more clingy, tend to sleep longer hours and are overall are more tired. They also tend to get cranky.

Behaviour

Pandorans acts like big felines. They purr, growl, hiss, snort. They cuddle so theu can pass each other smell. They like laying in the sun. They are very territorial and protective of those they care about. They have an extremely antaganoistic relationship with Beasts and the sight of one is enough to make someone go completely feral.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Pandoran live in large extend families called clan. A Clan is composed of many small families, all tied togheter by common ancestry. The leader of the clan are the matriarchs who are the strongest carrying individual. despite this Matriarchs serve more as a spoke person for the rest of the clan. Member of the same clan can recognize each other by smell or the shape of their horns.

Facial characteristics

Their eyes have many color variation. Blue, Yellow, Green, Brown, Black are common. Gold, Violet, Red, Orange, Grey are lees common. They have feline pupils. They have also horn who greatly differ in both shape and size.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

All around the Planet, Even on the Moon

Average Intelligence

Very Intelligent, they built and inveneted many great things.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Pandorans posses an inhinted senses of earing, sight, touch and smell. they also use their tale to pick up smaule vibrations.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Each clan has their own way to name a child. There is no universal way to do it and as such many type of naming convections exists

Major Organizations

Nominally all Pandoran swear alligance to the Empire as the unnifying force of the Planet. In reality the people loyalty lies in their regions, nations, city state and temples. The only real central religion is the worship of the Moon and it varries greatly betwen each region.

Beauty Ideals

Thought not universal Pandorans do like long tails, big horns and sharp canines. The more feral someone is percieved to be the better.

Gender Ideals

Pandorans compcept of gender varries with age, profession and marital status. A pandoran can change "gender" many times over the course of their lives.

Courtship Ideals

A Pandoran wishing to enter into a long lasting relationship with someone else must prove to their intented and their family, that they have what it takes to be a good partner. This may include : ceremonial challenges, huning trophies, serving as a servant to the other family. Many cultures have more specific way to test a future partner

Relationship Ideals

A Relationship is like an equal partneship. Pandorans expext their partner to cherishe them, work with them, fight with them and live with them. There is no supperior or Inferior in Pandoran relationship.

Average Technological Level

Have mastered space travel, holographic projection, clean energy producing, making the surface respirable.

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Imperial Standard is used universally. But there exist thousands of other Minor laguage and dialects in the Empire.

Common Etiquette Rules

One does not step on the tail of someone else as it is extremely painfull and is considered to ask for a fight.

Culture and Cultural Heritage

Each region have their own culture, religion, customs and traditions. The fact that they are very similar changes nothing to them.

Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals

The respect of elders is ingrained in many clan and the worship of the ancestors is to be respected.

History

Many legends across the world and history, tell the tale of the birth of the Pandorans. They say they were the children of the Mother of all creation itself : the Moon. They were born on her white surface and they grew wise and strong, raised by a wise star. Then one day the Moon told her children that it was time that they go to the world below. To take back the green lands from the Beasts clutch. 
And so the Moon sent her children below, on a vast jungle. The Pandorans, over the generations grew stronger and acclimated more and more to the land. They fought Beasts all day and grew stronger with each generation. Until the day, they Pandoran chose to spread beyond the jungle. To spread to all lands. Since then the pandoran have ruled over land, sky and sea and shall continue for all eternity under the eye of the smilling moon.

Common Myths and Legends

Pandoran believe that they are the children of the Moon and are destined to rule over the planet. 
They also believe that when an individual dies, tehy soul float toward the great cosmic tree and bath in the lake at it's rots. Once one had bathed in the lake they are purified of the good and the bad of their past life and ready to start a new one.

Scientific Name

Pandorus Lunarus

Lifespan

around 500 years

Average Height

7,5 ft to 8 ft

Average Physique

Tall and Very Strong. No matter the body type they have a lot of brute strenght.

Related Organizations

• The Unified Empire of Pandora