Polkan

Polkans are chimeric creatures that inhabit plains and fields of Welt.
== Description ==
Polkans are Chimeric creatures that ressemble lionheaded centaurs reputed for their mastery of weapons. Ferocious creatures, polkans are exceptionally muscular, with the body of a horse, the torso of a human and the head of a lion, complete with a mane of long hair.
== Habitat ==
Solitary creatures, they commonly roam plains and open fields. They are seen in all kinds of biomes, from snow fields to savannahs, but will actively avoid forests and rocky terrain. Whether polkans are nomadic or sedentary is still unknown as their ability to create weapons suggests permanent facilities, but recent data could very well suggest they are completely nomadic.
Polkans tend to herd horses, or inhabit areas near horses.
== Other race status ==
Their status as an other race is debated as they have been seen working as mercenaries for other races and use blins and lizardanth as warrior slaves on occasion. Their lifestyle habits are generally solitary, Polkans seemingly never interact with another save during courtship rituals.
== Courtship and reproduction ==
Intimately tied with their courtship rituals, Polkans possess intense intelligence and creativity for creating deadly and destructive weapons. Their right to mate with one another is based uniquely on combat prowess, the Polkans during mating season will invade each others territory and fight until exhaustion of HP, the loser will become the incubator for the next generation of Polkans. Unlike other animates who wrestle each other or attempt to intimidate one another, Polkans will make use of their deadly weapons such as swords, cudgels and bows to fight each other.
== Technology ==
How the Polkan craft their weapons is a mystery, as they make use of metals found on high mountain peaks, and fire salts but seemingly possess no forges or mines. It is theorized they use their natural firebreath to mold the metals into the shapes they desire and sharped their weapons on rocks. Their bowstrings are thought to be made of natural fibers. Polkan weapons are notable for their emphasis on high damage at close range. This is seen in their use of multishot bows, explosive swords and cudgels, and firebreathing. When fired in the air, their arrows usually hit the target with deadly accuracy.
=== Polkan Bow ===
Polkans are noteworthy for their multishot bows. They have secret fletching and bow construction techniques that allow for a bow to fire three or five projectiles at once. The secret is in the fletching and the bowcraft. The bow has a device called the bifurcation ring, which is placed where the arrow would fly through. While the technique does yield results in terms of damage, the arrows are unusable after firing as a result.
=== Explosive swords and cudgels ===
Polkan weapons have a unique feature that causes their weapons to unleash a fiery explosion when they strike the ground, indicating a usage of fire salts. Study of the weapons indicate that they somehow manage to infuse fire salts into the weapon with no recharging or expelling of the salts upon contact with the ground. It is of note that this ability only happens when the creature jumps high into the air before striking the ground, in which the weapon helps considerably.
=== Shields ===
Polkan shields are notable for their durability and their distinctive bladed edge, which serves as a secondary weapon. The denomination of shield is perhaps incorrect as it is far too small to protect the bulk of the creature. A common theory is that the shield is in fact a bladed handguard.
== Abilities ==
=== Firebreathing ===
Polkans have been seen breathing fire at times. Although the rarity of its usage indicates that it is more of a tool that they use (possibly in the process of creating their weapons) rather than a weapon.
=== Jumping ===
The creature is able to jump several meters in the air and land with tremendous velocity. 
=== Roar ===
Polkans roar before fighting, a notable display of pride.
== Known Polkans ==
=== Cursed Lands Polkans ===
The Polkans were never a part of any coalition as they are generally solitary and dominating creatures. Their only notable contribution to the coalition was their aid in neutralizing the Barbarcoatl and deducing the role of the fullheart in their creation. They are nonetheless accepted as part of the coalition as honorary members.
=== Brujalivian Polkans ===
The Polkans found in the Kurat of Brujalives are known to hunt Drodon, Drakes whose scales are used to make saddle-coats, and stomachs to make quivers.
=== Stable haunter ===
Stables are haunted by polkan centaurs that emerge from the depths, they are repelled by constructing the stables roof in the form of the horse god that protects stables. The polkans that emerge are armored in stone.
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