KING RAPTORS [leLAntoraptor Molmovenator damediensis] ARE MAMMALIAN CREATURES HAILING FROM A LARGE, JUNGLE PLANET CALLED DAMEDION. THEY CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OTHER PLANETS, SUCH AS THE GARDEN WORLD, FERROS AND ROYAL BASTION. THEY ARE NAMED FOR THEIR ABILITY TO HUNT AND MOVE SILENTLY. THEIR COLLOQUIAL NAME COMES FROM THEIR STATELY, LION-LIKE APPEARANCE. looks
Anatomy MOST ALL KING RAPTORS HAVE BROW HORNS IN THE FORM OF SMALL, KERATINOUS POINTS OVER THE EYES. They can grow large enough to curl back. KERATIN PLATES WILL SOMETIMES ALSO COVER AREAS SUCH AS THE LIMBS, CHEST AND BACK. THEY WILL ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE FUR ALONG THE SPINE, TAIL AND NECK THAT CAN EXTEND OVER THE ENTIRE BODY; a RESULT OF THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR PLANET'S WEATHER OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS. FEMALES OR INTERSEXED INDIVIDUALS WILL LAY EGGS AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF GESTATION AFTER MATING. UNUSUALLY, THE EGGS WILL NOT BE CARRYING YOUNG UNLESS THE CARRIER RELEASES AN ENZYME THAT ALLOWS FOR FERTILIZATION BEFOREHAND. CAPABLE OF HYBRID LOCOMOTION AS BIPEDS OR ON ALL FOUR LEGS.
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THEY CALL THEMSELVES "TYRRAHKI", WHICH MEANS 'THE HUNTERS.' THEIR PRIMARY DEITY IS THE 'GREAT HUNTER KHAL', A LEGENDARY HERO. THEY FOLLOW it's TEACHINGS. THE GREAT HUNTER NEVER HUNTS MORE THAN IT NEEDS TO FEED ITSELF AND DOES NOT KILL FOR SPORT. Tenets THAT ALMOST EVERY RAPTOR CLAN RESPECTS. COMPETITION AND WAR, HOWEVER, IS ENCOURAGED, BUT ONLY WITH SPECIES THAT CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES, AS THERE IS NO HONOUR IN SLAUGHTERING THE PEACEFUL TRIBES OF THE PLANET. THE MOST COMMON FORM OF WORSHIP IS SACRIFICING TO THE GREAT HUNTER AND HOLDING GREAT HUNTS EVERY CYCLE. SACRIFICES TAKE THE FORM OF GIVING BACK TO THE PLANET THE BLOOD OF THEIR KILLS. THE DEITIES OF THE WORLD ARE USUALLY AMORAL AND REPRESENT THE NATURAL ORDER OR ASPECTS OF LIFE THE DENIZENS HOLD IN HIGH REGARD. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE GODS OFTEN VISIT THE PLANET PHYSICALLY IN THE FORM OF DEMIGODS. NAMING CONVENTIONS: NAMES ARE USUALLY DESCRIPTIVES OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S APPEARANCE, DEEDS, OR NO MORE THAN SOUNDS. E.G.: KAH, HUNDRED STAGS, BROKEN TAIL, RUNS FASTER THAN THE WIND, TEK, TOTO, KATAN, SILENT CALL, TRAVELER.
planet Damedion, as it is known to most of the galaxy, Or Khi vaal ["sacred hunting grounds"] to the inhabitants. Khi Vaal descended into an ice age very slowly over millions of years, allowing the dominant reptilian species to develop mammalian traits alongside their reptilian ones in adapting to the steadily changing climate. Currently emerged from it's latest ice age, Khi Vaal is resplendent with jungles, taiga and plains. The dominant genus' on the planet are the Reptasaurs and molmosaurs. Both families of creatures resemble Terran dinosaurs where molmosaurs are almost entirely covered in fur. Reptasaurs are a throwback to before the heights of the ice age and have considerably less fur coverage.
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