Prang
"Due to you technological progress, we hereby invite you to our Science Expo. We expect your best, doesn't have to be future flung or fancy though."
-1999 invitation to the Prang science Expo
Basic Information
Anatomy
A fat and round body with 2 arms and legs, a chubby pear shaped head a fin on head, pointy ears, teeth in mouth, 2 eyes, and unibrow. Their skin is green and their voice is metallic. The female of the species are larger and more muscular.
Biological Traits
Males tend to be small and chubby, women tend to be large, orc like and built to be masculine. They can also detect radio emissions, both AM and FM and have a metal voice (i.e. like they were speaking through a metallic speaker.)
Their bodies for some reason have a higher than average amount of metals in their cells.
Genetics and Reproduction
They reproduce similarly to reptiles.
Growth Rate & Stages
Similar to humans for some reason but they are birthed out of eggs.
Ecology and Habitats
Tend to live in technologically advanced cities. Many of their homes
Dietary Needs and Habits
Technically omnivorous but the usual is to eat insects. When traveling they tend to try out places that offer insect based delicacies. Most of their local food has a higher amount of metal in it. It is believed that because of this their voices obtained that metallic sound and it is also believed they can withstand several metals in their bodies.
Biological Cycle
Because of their reptilian heritage they prefer hotter climates and will slow down in colder climate. They will sometimes accommodate their living conditions to be warmer.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Normally hierarchical like with most humans. There are examples of similar systems like monarchies and democracies.
Facial characteristics
Chubby, pear shaped heads with a face, teeth and 2 eyes. Unibrows are comparatively more common amongst this species than in humans.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Normally found in cities with a relatively warm heating system or warm climates.
Average Intelligence
Roughly share the same intellectual characteristics as humans though they seem to be able to interpret radio waves.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
They are able to hear/detect radio waves to their annoyance. It should be noted that they absorb and detect electrical energy and their physiology has the equivalent of a transistor radio.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
el-vis, bil-e, ma-dona
Major Organizations
as with The Guild of the Flamecraft and The International Merchant Corp, the organization that visibly sticks out the most is the Science and Technology Communicate. The Prang do not understand why an organization would keep or horde the secrets to technology to themselves; they also believe these things should be shared to all. This is the basis for the Communicate. whatever discovers are found are passed through and verified by the organization then is shared with every Prang country. By the time they communicated with Earth they switched to sharing with whomever wanted or needed the knowledge. The communicate has secretly traded with The International Merchant Corp and The Council of The Rainbow Flame in the past for various reasons.
Beauty Ideals
Chubby is considered beautiful for men and muscles are considered attractive for women. Clean scales are also considered a mark of beauty.
Gender Ideals
Most Prang societies tend to be matriarchal. The men are stereotyped as the servants, house husbands of the species along with other positions humans would've considered womanly. The women have the stereotypes of strength and other things that humans would call toxic masculinity. This is where their gender ideals lie and over the past few decades aimed to rectify the inequality and aim to maintain a more eqalitarian gender ideal.
Courtship Ideals
Weirdly similar to Earth Humans
Relationship Ideals
Around Earth's 20th century, they grew to an egalitarian sort of relationship.
Average Technological Level
Because of their capability to hear radio waves and be bothered by them their technology do not incorporate radio waves. They have bypassed this obstacle by focusing on magical based technology. Because of this they have an above average understanding of magic and do not share the mystic view that other races have of it. They reached a level where they are capable of using flightcrafts and long distance communication through magical principles.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Prang and Etherian Common. Their speech patterns tend to be on the verbose side. A unique feature in Prang originated languages is the use of metal sounds, static and a theremin.
Common Etiquette Rules
Due to their historical gender roles the home is considered a man's space and disrespecting the home is to disrespect him.
Their organization structure is orderly and a tad militaristic and they usually avoid breaking it. Breaking it is has been seen as either a big deal, a red flag or just a nuisance or anywhere in between. Note that there is speculation as to why they are like this etiquette wise.
Common Dress Code
The typical clothing tends to be a silver onesie akin to one of those suits that an alien wears in one of Earth's 50's sci-fi movies.
Culture and Cultural Heritage
Historically, the men held roles of the house and of the paperwork while the women did the manual labor and military. This may have shaped the social sphere where the Prang were traditionally matriarchal with normal a male assistant under most Queens, usually the King or equivalent. There is a martial arts and warrior culture within the species total culture as well as one of subservience amongst males
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
It has been noted that a science expo occurs every few years. They accept contestants from other species.
This leads to another aspect of the species. Even though they don't show progress as obvious as other races, they are naturally more accepting of different type of people. They don't actively celebrate diversity though.
History
They have a history of conflicts with the flamemen and etherian humans. This includes wars and racism that stems back hundreds if not thousands of years. Unlike the Flamemen and Humans of the far past, they have less archeological evidence of cohabitation though that doesn't mean they didn't have a place. The records show of reptilian warriors smiths and artificers obviously linking the Prang to the other two. It has been speculated that the prang tended to be isolationists back then or were just simpler people. Until further evidence come out, this is just speculation with evidence.
In between then and 1945 there was as least 2 massive libraries burnt that caused setbacks in their progress. On a related note, since their capability of sensing radio waves prevented them from dabbling with transmitters, It is believed and accepted that they stagnated somewhat because of this until the discover and development of the foundation of magical technology. (This is a significant historical event to them.)
In 1945, Nelvana went to Etheria to deal with an invasion on a threat made by an emissary that found its way to John Keene . When she finally arrived after a detour to Statica, both Nelvana and John met a local king and discovered that Vultor tricked them into assaulting Glacia. They flew to a Glacian city fortress and invasion occured that wiped one third of Glacia. Nelvana stopped it before anything worse can happen. The Prang King survived and surrendered. He and King Rano opened communication and learned of Vultor's nature. A relative truce was made, a treaty and apology was signed and knowledge was swapped. From this Prang Headphones was developed.
They also took part in the 1972 Etherian social change.
The species have been known to CSIS though how, when and why is classified.
Historical Figures
Outside the expected kings, general, scientists. and inventors they have an inventor and scientist who created the foundations of magical technology. Which by many species standards is a little usual for technological development.
Common Myths and Legends
Thematically their legends are similar to Earth's. Content wise they usually focus and warriors of both genders and wizards. There is also a few legends that detail the origin of several species on their planet.
It should be noted that alternate dimensions and beings from other dimensions were a mere myth to them until recently.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Friendly with Earth Humans though not naive enough to be fooled by their negative traits. By 1950's they are neutral on Flamemen with an annoyance towards humans.
Scientific Name
Crocodi sapi electrus
Origin/Ancestry
A bipedal reptile
Lifespan
95 etherian years
Conservation Status
None
Average Height
3-4 feet for males. 5-7 for females.
Average Weight
90 pounds for males, 200 for females.
Average Physique
Chubby and small for males, muscular and large for females.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
They skin is scaley with the range of skin tones consisting of various greens. Like with humans they use this as an ethnic divide.
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