Basic Information
They have pure white skin and pure Black hair, though there are groups with pure black skin and pure white hair.
They have a massive resistance for cold and live on the ice.
They have special fur which grows off their necks, shoulders and legs which is white.
They also shed their fur in the hotter seasons.
They live in Edudweni regions where cold snaps hit on a very regular basis and the water freeze over.
They are land and water people with skin dry enough that it makes them shed skin on a regular basis.
Additional Information
They have pure white eyes with very tiny dots for pupils. This lets them see in extreme light but limits their night vision.
Civilization and Culture
A man and a woman's tattoos are a person's beauty symbol. They speak entirely of a person's fertility, are a person's skills, a person's most profound failures.
The ideal relationships are one, not of love but did it lead to a foundation, are you making or maintaining? How many children do you have and how far along are they?
Instead of a handshake as most races have taken from humans, they actually have a four part hand shake looking for specific grouping.
The first part is to join hands with generally the weaker hand, the right hand and lock hands squeezing.
The point is to test strength, it's easy to put strength into a person's strong hand.
Secondly comes to the left hand to the shoulder, generally this will lead to them pulling the collar to examine the neck and collar bone.
This is to test for the pressures of childhood and teen adolescence and how you thrived.
The third will generally act as the second and last phase of the handshake for all non Khepuza because this is always considered to be extremely awkward and intrusive. It startsby holding the neck, cupping the cheek, examining the neck. This also involves examining the chest stomach, and if there is a third person, the back.
This is the test of adulthood and choices. The more there, the more they picked up.
Fourth is most likely the most surprising of all is when thy pull each other in and will reach into a person's pants. Outer and inner thigh.
This is the test of leadership, and 'faith' there they specify. Which is something for the focused and outstanding. It's not uncommon for a person to have nothing. Or even one scar. You can general tell by the third part of the greeting.
There is a fifth handshake but this pretty much is asking a person open up, from looking at the inside of a person's mouth to... other areas. To any one to have marks beyond the fourth is the marking of a monster. A living legend. Acting as a general, in power, even without election.
This is something that may seem like is silly but once the handshake is completed. Their knowledge of each is deeper than most races and cultures.
Good work is everything. And Everything thing is god.
But work is not something that can be presented by a sight generally and a Khepuza can't just walk with certificates. So they build a system of tatoos which are key to greeting any Khepusa.
Laziness is death, nothing could be worse than being called lazy. So it's rare that someone will directly be called lazy, unless they WANT a fight.
So what will happen is that their people will ignore you. Some going as far as starving people to death.
To fake a tat, is to be tortured and killed. That tattoo along with all tattoos will be removed.
The Tundra Wars
It is considered that at one point the entire Tundra had long belonged to them. Now they are gone from land, pushed out by the Black Air Raiders.
The Khephuza consider themselves to be a once peaceful and ancient race. Their numbers slowly grown due to their somewhat slow birthrates.
They grew to their hundreds of millions with their strength and borders in constant growth.
But then they contested the Black Air Raiders. Powerful war ready races who's slow numbers matched their own. And at first all was well. They contained their disputes but the fight over the Tundra grew heat and an inter species war was created.
Despite the Black Air Raiders people's ability to create war, the Khepuza withheld. Fortress and containment of the cold. They attacked the Black Air Raider supplies and went as far a pushing multiple Black Air Raider borders back.
But the Black Air Raiders were not resting on their laurels. They attacked Black Air Raider supplies and went as far as pushing multiple Black Air Raider borders back. But the Black Air Raiders, were not resting on their laurels. They had, worked around Sefefo people and several other tribes and declared war upon the Khepuza at the same time, from other failed payments, slowed payments, slowed payments or old disputes and jealously.
This thanks to the Black Air Raider Sky Jaguar Queen's diplomatic relations, turned other races away from the Khephuza chocking support. This put them into a position of weakness. The Black Air Raiders offered support in multiple disputes and with the help of the corsairs, movements was quick and the Black Air Raider cut their routes in half and suffocated. The people of the Tundra were isolated and were displayed sparing no lives by the Frost Dragon's ensuring their unconditional surrender.
But the war was not over. As they had debts to pay.
This was then handled by the Black Air Raiders and the Siqcawu people. They worked together that Khephuza were able to maintain their lands. But with the Human surge, even with The Black Air Raiders, the Khepuza and the Sefefo were reduced to owning about two territories each.
Survival
The history of the Khepuza is one of survival and how they ensured that the value of every member of their race out does that of any other. They act as a whole and do not specialize butt as individual groups, must grow and adapt in order to keep them ahead.
Fishing is their main form of food gathering, which is why they cross over to the frozen waters. So they can harvest fish.
In the hotter seasons their tribes take advantage of the busier movement hunting and using busy times to sell their wares.
The more adventurous take week long expeditions to hunt whole meat. A successful to hunt whole meat. A successful hunt generally leads to the whole being 'floated' as closely as possible but generally the entire tribe will move either all the way across or meeting the whole 'floats' half way.
The relations between Black Air Raiders and the Khepuza are generally very cold, their history if war and the complete defeat and destruction of their culture.
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