Teru Tribe

The Teru Tribe , also known as Necrofamilies by the people of Sol Cluster, are a group of half-dragon people, which have a tail and horns on their head, and they have an average life span of roughly 200 years. They also protected the land of Sol Ciel from the Viruses with the Apostles of Elemia at the end of the Second Era. They were held responsible for the Grathnode Inferia incident after they broke their neutrality agreement near the end of the Sol Ciel-Sol Cluster war and take upon themselves to prevent people from traversing the Tower following the Covenant of Elemia.
There are 12 families, each with their own familiars and spells. From what is currently known, each of the Teru families are actually halfbloods from a Human and a different "non-Human" creature. However, none of the twelve creatures that gave birth to the current 12 Teru families are known at the moment.
==History of the Teru, and Current Lifestyle==
Although the knowledge of their origin is long lost, the Teru are the descendants of a human scouting party that was sent from Ra Ciela, the very party that originally discovered Ar Ciel. To survive their journey, they merged with the Genom Terefunken, becoming the first of the Teru.
The Teru first appeared in the history of Ar Ciel a long time ago, in the region of Justine. A group of humans who had settled within the hallowed Forest of Shelanoir encountered some strange creatures from another world, and began living with them. Eventually, they bred together, which gave birth to the first Teru.
The Teru them kept themselves mostly isolated from the rest of the world, living in harmony with the natural world, and protecting the sacred forest like the boy Ryugg, from their epic ZeeiFaLea myth, did.
However, many times they had to fight against the humans who tried to destroy their forests for their own personal gain, which led to many wars with the neighboring nations of El Duel and El Daijyella.
Eventually, they built their first settlements, beginning with the Justine Village. Their construction efforts then culminated in the construction of their largest temple, called the Grand Temple of Em Pheyna, in which the universal truth for them was finally consolidated. It was during this time that the Teru developed their abilities to talk with other forms of life, and managed to make a bond with them, which developed into the act we know as "finding a familiar" in the current times.
After some time, they began dispersing throughout the regions of Ar Ciel, which was when they finally made contact with the nation of El Elemia, located on the other side of the sea, in the region of Sol Ciel.
There, they cooperated with the Humans for the development and creation of Ar tonelico. However, since Ar tonelico was also the cause for the world losing its land and sky, the Teru regretted it, and as if it were to keep the people from repeating these mistakes again, they decided to watch over the tower's resources so no one would be able to use them. While they do possess very advanced technology and knowledge, they surprisingly live a primitive lifestyle. However, they also protect the facility that acts as a lifeline to this world: the Crescent Chronicle. However, they got much less strict about this and began opening to the Humans and Reyvateils again after Mir was finally defeated and redeemed.
In the setting of Ar tonelico II, Metafalss, they also had the role of helping with the design and construction of Infel Phira. They received the name of the People of Mio, given that they also had the role of supporting the Maiden of Mio, and resided in the Kanakana Pier. In the current times, the Teru population in Metafalss is rather low, with only a few pureblooded Terus still living, having jobs as Dive Shop clerks, and the other living ones are all halfbreeds between Terus, Humans, and Reyvateils.
On the other hand, in the region of Sol Cluster, setting of Knell of Ar Ciel, the Terus were hunted down like animals because of being the ones responsible for the Grathnode Inferia and the repeated Antibody invasions, and as a result, they were exterminated almost completely in a war decades prior to the game's start. Sol Cluster used to have the largest Teru population in Ar Ciel, due to having the Teru region of Justine as a neighbor, but as a result of this extermination, the already scarce Teru population was reduced to only the few that still remained in Sol Ciel and Metafalss.
==The 12 Teru Families==
Family 	Necrofamily Name	Characteristic Second Name	Characteristic Familiar	Unique Power
Munoph 	Ayatane 	Pel 	(None) 	Clairvoyance
Plune 	Gu 	Nene 	Gnome 	Translation (transportation)
Nino 	Homuragi 	Ray 	Owl 	Listening to Voices (from the Heavens)
Zeppen 	Urokai 	Plue 	Cat 	Transformation
Jemina 	Ryuuhi 	Ross 	Falcon 	Teleportation
Sarra 	(None) 	Ma 	Lilim 	Superpower (explosions)
Ougus 	(None) 	Zak 	Banshee 	Rain Prayer (Ability to change the weather)
Alca 	Hoshiwata 	De 	Flying Dragon 	Wish Fulfillment
Oca 	(None) 	Lu 	Pixie 	Puppet Manipulation
Noraph 	(None) 	Sora 	Koropokkur 	Telepathy
Deenel 	(None) 	Vee 	Dryad 	Growth Acceleration
Purarura	(None) 	Low 	Doppelganger 	Reincarnation
Note: The Necrofamily Name is only applied to the Families whose members participated in the Sol Ciel-Sol Cluster war, and were involved in the Grathnode Inferia.Ar tonelico: Official Materials Collection - Wave Science section, page 86.Ar Portal: Ar Ciel Technical Data Compilation Room, Issue 2
==Relationship Between the Teru and their Familiars==
The Terus can live approximately 200 years, and they are divided into 12 schools, depending on the form of the abilities they can use. When they reach the age for their coming of age ceremony, they are are sent out to search for a little fairy, and they cannot return to their home until then. The kind of fairy they need to find differs depending on the school to which they belong. When the fairy recognizes the Teru as worthy of him/her, he/she becomes his/her lifelong partner, and from that time onwards, it will be called his/her Familiar. Furthermore, the Teru are able to use powers that are even stronger than the ones the Moon Chanters could use. It was because of the exchange of [Magic] and [Science] between the Humans and Terus that their civilizations could progress and evolve, and the realization of Ar tonelico is also related to these exchanges.
==Notable Teru Tribe Members==
Jack Hamilton (true name: Harmonica De Pameli), Flute Ross Loria, Lyra Ross Ritel, Tastiella De Lu, Adagio Low Vitis, Andante Plue Vitis, Amarie Gelade, Lakra (true name: Sonia Ray Lacua), Chester Lu Whinoah, Ayatane Kureha Kirinami, Ayatane Michitaka Kirinami.
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