Kaza'rak

==== Kaza'rak (Fireborn) ====
Height: - Varies
Weight: - Varies
Lifespan: Immortal.
Major features: Any skin tone, coloring alters with the season and place, serpent looking scales on parts of their bodies, pointy ears, claws, and horns in any colors.
Abilities: Pyrokinesis, Fire Manipulation, and each having a unique gift.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
==== Physical Appearance ====
The Kaza'rak are extremely physically fit for several reasons. First, their society revolves around discipline, and training is important. Kaza'rak is graceful yet strong and has a statuesque bearing. They are often full-featured and have unique, beautiful, glowing skin and serpent-looking scales on parts of their bodies.
From their temples, they have horns that are known to be unbreakable, and they come in a variety of forms and shades in any color. Kaza'rak skin coloring alters with the season and which place they are from. Their hair color comes in many shades as well. They wear their hair in numerous styles, none favoring long over short. 
A popular Kaza'rak hairstyle is with their hair simply down and decorated with beautiful jewelry of their most precious crystals. Their bodies tend to be hair-free as well, though most Kaza'raakian are quite capable of growing the hair on their heads to incredible lengths. 
The Kaza'rak tend to have Unique shades of eyes that slightly glow like they are on fire, with some even having white or pale gold irises. Any eye color is not uncommon. Their fiery gazes tend to give the Kaza'rak the overall impression of being 'fierce'.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
==== Common Traits ====
The Kaza'rak are commonly known for their quiet, steadfast, and stoic nature. They exhibit a patient and calm demeanor, rarely showing emotions openly. However, when provoked or when their loyalty to their own kind is threatened, their anger can be overwhelming and uncontrollable until their emotions have run their course. 
Their immense strength and resilience lie beneath their unassuming exterior, making them formidable opponents in times of conflict. Their loyalty to their own kind is unmatched, and they stand united against any threat that may endanger their brethren. They prioritize the well-being and prosperity of their community above all else, actively seeking ways to enhance the lives of their kin through resourcefulness and ingenuity.
While the Kaza'rak are not inherently good or evil, their decisions are always in favor of their own group. They are driven by a sense of duty and selflessness, ensuring the survival and prosperity of their kind for generations to come. Their selfless nature extends beyond protection, as they actively work towards the betterment of their society as a whole.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
==== Reproduction ====
The Kaza'rak women face unique challenges in reproduction, as conceiving can be a lengthy and arduous process, often taking years. However, it is common for them to give birth to twins when conception occurs. This twin phenomenon is seen as a special bond within the Kaza'rak race, and it contributes to the close-knit nature of their community.
Upon reaching adulthood and having received their calling, the child embark on a significant rite of passage. They travel to Valterin, the fire realm, where they undergo a transformative process in a cocoon-like state. This transformation is a sacred ritual, where they become adults and their connection to the flames solidified. The journey to Valterin is a sacred pilgrimage, and it holds immense significance in the Kaza'rak culture.
The arrival in Valterin always takes place by the volcano where Razuan, the God of Fire, first came to life. This sacred site is considered the heart of the Kaza'rak's spiritual connection to fire. When the Kaza'rak enters the cocoon-like state, they undergo a metamorphosis within the fiery realm. During this time, their essence is interwoven with the flames, and their calling to the power of fire is strengthened.
Upon completing the transformative process, the Kaza'rak emerges from the cocoon, appearing amidst the waves of molten magma. This birth-like event is a symbolic representation of their adulthood, solidifying their place as fully awakened Kaza'rak with their flame-gift.
(10 years in RP time = 1 month in RL time)
(A Kaza'rak receives their calling around the age of 18 in RP time = 2 months in RL time.)
(Valterin = The fire realm) 
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
==== Kaza'rak Pregnancy ====
Kaza'rak pregnancy is a profound and sacred journey that spans a significant period of time. When a Kaza'rak female conceives, she carries her young within her womb for a full year of roleplay time, equivalent to 10 weeks of real-life time. This extended gestation period is a testament to the resilience and strength of the Kaza'rak race, as they nurture new life within their bodies.
During the first two seasons of pregnancy, a Kaza'rak woman can shift between her two forms, alternating between her Kaza'rak shape and the form of her humanoid form while carrying the child. However, as the pregnancy progresses into the second two seasons, the mother's ability to shift between forms becomes restricted. During this time, she is bound to her Kaza'rak form as the child continues to grow and develop within her womb. The Kaza'rak community holds this period with great reverence, seeing it as a time of deep connection between the mother and her unborn child, as both are intrinsically linked to the sacred flames.
When the pregnancy comes to its completion, the Kaza'rak female gives birth to her offspring live. Throughout the entire pregnancy journey, the Kaza'rak mother is supported by her community, including family members, friends, and other members of the race. The birth of a child is an occasion of great joy and celebration for the Kaza'rak, as it ensures the continuation of their lineage and the preservation of their rich heritage.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
==== Family Life ====
Kaza'rak family life is centered around a profound sense of unity, loyalty, and fierce protection of their kin. The moment a Kazling is born, they are welcomed into a tight-knit and nurturing family environment. Kaza'rak parents, siblings, and extended family members take on the responsibility of caring for and watching over the young ones, ensuring their safety and well-being from the very beginning.
As the Kazling reaches the age of around 8, they begin their training under the watchful eyes of their parents, older siblings, or other experienced family members. This training is essential in preparing them to embrace their Kaza'rak heritage fully. They learn about their elemental powers and how to harness and control the flames that flow through their veins.
During the training period, the family comes together to support the young Kaza'rak, fostering a strong sense of camaraderie and unity. They engage in physical exercises, combat training, and spiritual practices, all of which are integral to their growth and development. The parents and elders impart their wisdom and knowledge, passing down the sacred traditions and rituals that have been preserved through generations.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
==== Language ====
The Kaza'rak communicate through two languages: Kaz-tongue and Common. Kaz-tongue is their natural language, and they often communicate with this in Kaza'rak form. Though some use it as humans, it takes practice, as the human tongue simply isn't meant to imitate those sounds. It also allows for communication with other serpent creatures. Depending on where they travel, they do speak multiple other languages as well. Due to the nature of the Kaz, learning languages comes fairly easily to them, so they are able to blend into other cultures quite easily. It's not uncommon for a Kaza'rak to be fluent in three or more languages, depending on where they traveled.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
==== Fashion ====
Kaza'rak fashion is a vibrant and opulent display of their love for beauty, colors, and precious materials. Despite their exalted skin, they take delight in adorning themselves with elaborate clothing, makeup, and jewelry. The Kaza'rak see fashion as an artistic expression of their individuality and social standing, and it plays a significant role in their culture.
For Kaza'rak women, elaborate makeup is a common practice. They use a wide range of colors and intricate designs to enhance their natural beauty and express their creativity. The eyes are especially emphasized, often lined with kohl or adorned with mica dust to create a striking effect. Caretakers for the elderly and children are skilled in cosmetology, ensuring that even those who cannot do it themselves are adorned beautifully.
Hair is another important aspect of Kaza'rak fashion. Most women prefer to wear their hair down, as it is considered the most popular and admired hairstyle. For those who do not style their hair in intricate updos, they keep it exceptionally long, showcasing its luxurious beauty. Fine chains of precious metal are sometimes woven into their hair, adding a touch of elegance and prestige.
Jewelry holds significant importance in Kaza'rak fashion. Both men and women wear jewelry as a symbol of power, rank, and personal style. The jewelry they adorn themselves with is often made from precious metals like gold and silver, studded with gemstones and crystals. The richness of the metals and the number of precious stones worn indicate the costliness of the clothes and the wearer's social status.
Kaza'rak clothing is typically made from lightweight, breathable materials like silk, cotton, or linen. The fabrics come in a wide array of colors and patterns, reflecting their love for vibrant hues. The upper classes or those aspiring to such positions wear clothing embellished with silk, crystals, or exotic animal pelts, showcasing their affluence and elevated status.
For men, clothing is similar in materials but may include light armor on their wrists, shoulders, or other body parts, particularly for those engaged in combat or leadership roles. Footwear is often minimal, with many preferring to go barefoot or wear simple sandals made from various materials. The wealth and social standing of the wearer can be gauged by the number and quality of precious stones adorning the straps of their sandals.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
=== Brief History ===
The history of the Kaza'rak is intricately entwined with the rise of Razuan, an ancient God, and his romantic tale with the Archangel Alina, who once resided in the heavens. Alina fought valiantly for the heavens during the war against the demons. After the war, Alina ultimately chose to descend to Ertha, forsaking her celestial wings to experience a life on Ertha where she met Razuan. Razuan and Alina's union led to the birth of their twin daughters, marking the beginning of a new chapter.
After the tragic demise of Razuan and Alina, their twin daughters, Dramira and Iris, were left to face a world in turmoil. With their once-glorious Aza'raak Empire now in ruins, they knew they had to find a way to survive and reclaim their home. As a means of protecting each other and preserving their legacy, it was decided for the twins to grow up separately, each guided by trusted elders to learn and hone their individual abilities. Dramira, inheriting her father's resilience and her mother's wisdom, grew up under the watchful eyes of the ancient elders who had served her family for generations. Guided by their teachings and driven by an unwavering determination, she yearned to restore Aza'raak to its former splendor and bring back the glory that once adorned its majestic spires. 
Her journey was arduous, fraught with challenges and setbacks, but Dramira never wavered and she finally manage to win the great war. As the years passed, she gathered loyal followers, each eager to contribute to the revival of their homeland. With united hearts and hands, they worked tirelessly to rebuild what had been lost. Through her tenacity and leadership, the Aza'raak Empire slowly began to rise from the ashes, shimmering with renewed hope and promise. As the Empire flourished once again, word of Dramira's valor and the potential for greatness among the her people reached far and wide. Beings from various races and cultures across Ertha were drawn to Aza'raak, seeking to forge new lives in the resplendent capital under Dramira's benevolent rule. The population of the empire expanded, forming a diverse and vibrant community, united under the banner of Aza'raak.
Over time, Dramira's devotion to her people led her to discover a latent power within herself. She found that she could channel the essence of her Father's bloodline, bestowing upon her devoted followers the gift of flame. With this newfound ability, she ignited the spark of fire within their beings, unlocking a unique potential in each and turning them into Kaza'rak. The gift of flame spread like wildfire, fueling a wave of enlightenment and empowering the Kaza'rak race to new heights.
Kaza'rak, a race that has always been fascinated with their own history, now finds itself, thousands of years after the reclaim of the Aza'raak Empire, where the pre-Aza'raakian ancestors had been. With so much of their history lost, it is paramount to preserve what they have left, even at the cost of building upon it. The glory of the race comes before almost all else, and while this makes the regulation of bloodlines far more important than it has ever been, it also opens up social positions to those who can distinguish themselves and the Kaza'rak race through personal achievements and skill.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
==== Important information ====
* The Calling
* Unique Ability
* Ka'Rubian