Mantarin

An insectile race made by Artifex as the cartakers and promoters of the city of Sancta Civitas
== biology ==
The infertile children of the Mantarin queen. The Grand Queen is a (0mp) sentient legendary beast three times as tall as a human who is the mother and leader of her race. 
Her daughters are the Mantarin’s workers and warriors, their architects and generals. Stocky, sturdy, armed with massive elbow mounted blades and capable of limited aerial maneuverability with their small wings these women stand, hunched, at about a head shorter than a human. 
The males meanwhile are laith beings of grace and beauty designed predominantly to be diplomats, negotiators and objects of admiration. To aid them in this role are able to release pheromones to influence those around them into being more calm and cooperative. The effect is subtle and cannot still a raging heart or force someone to do something they have no interest in doing, instead it simply smooths things over and greases the wheels of cooperation. They also have no immunity to their own pheromones, which makes it difficult for them to use it to manipulate others.
All Mantarin begin in a genderless Larval Stage for their infancy and then pupate into adult forms come puberty. Post pupa Mantarin have a turquoise complexion and are a bit smaller than full adults. They molt 3 times in order to reach their full size and acquire their white steel coloration.
== Abilities ==
All adult Mantarin have the ability to change the color of the white portions of their bodies, a power gifted by Cadien. All of them can take on any two tones with any pattern, while some rare individuals demonstrate the ability to have more than two, or the ability to have shades. All Mantarin use this color changing ability to display emotion, sometimes involuntarily. Other uses include camouflage, personal appearance customization and communication.
=== Emotion colors ===
* Yellow: happy
* Green: disgust
* Red: anger
* Blue: sadness
* Purple: confusion
* Black: Awe
* White: shock
Category:Mortals
Category:Species