Plumasapiens

Plumasapiens

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## General Info:

The Plumasapiens is a sentient species originating from Propus V, they have a rich history and culture and have colonies/settlements in the neighbouring solar systems, and upon that have also terraformed their neighbouring planet, Ceviir. They have four legs and two arms, arranged in a way not dissimillair from centaurs. They have an insectile face like that of a jumping spider, with two large, primary eyes and two smaller, secondary eyes, and their lower jaws have lengthened into two flexibel pedipalps which act as secondary arms, able to grab and hold small objects.

## Biology:

### Taxonomy:

1. Life
2. Propoformes
3. Canthoformes
4. Gnathoformes
5. Neognathoformes
6. Podognathi
7. Amphicanthids
8. Terrestricanthids
9. Dromeodae
10. Tetragnathids
11. Neotetragnathids
12. Cephalobrachids
13. Barocephalids
14. Simiadae
15. Archaeosimiadae
16. Plumasapients
17. **P. Modernii**

### Reproduction:

The Plumasapients exhibit sexual reproduction, with distinct male and female individuals. Naturally, mating occured during the hottest time of the year, triggered by environmental cues such as temperature or photoperiod. During this time, males engage in elaborate displays to attract females, showcasing their physical features such as the cyan and lime crest and vibrant tail. Females select mates based on these displays and other factors, ensuring the passing on of favorable genetic traits.

This is the natural method that the Plumasapients use, though just like humans, this method has become obsolete because of their sentience, with romanticism becoming the new primary way that this stage works. However, during the heat of summer, the males' tails do gain their vibrant colouration.

After mating, the female enter a short period of gestation, forming an ootheca within the womb. The ootheca is technically an egg, but its held within the womb until the young is about to hatch. This means that the Plumasapiens uses a technique known as ovoviviparity, which entails that they adopt a method of gestation within the grey area between ovoparity, the laying of eggs, and viviparity, live birth. Instead of an eggshell, the ootheca is covered in a web-like membrane that easily breaks, allowing the weak infant to escape without too much effort.

### Pedipalps:

The Plumasapiens' lower jaws have lengthened into two flexible and fairly strong pedipalps, this is a feature harboured by all members of the Cephalobrachid clade. These pedipalps have two pseudofingers at their end which can grab and hold objects. These pedipalps serve many functions, among which are eating, manipulation of tools and environment and communication.

### Secondary Eyes:

The Plumasapiens have two sets of eyes, their primary ones, which they mostly use at both long and short range. And two smaller eyes which are an ancestral feature that all terrestrial vertebrates on Propus V have. Their function is to see whats going on behind the plumasapiens, and only see things from seven metres away, just enough to be able to react to an ambush.

## History:

### Rising civilizations:

The first true kingdom was established in 7200 YA in central Plumica, known as the Ezerab Kingdom, this rather enigmatic civilization used a more advanced form of farming, using irrigation pipes and cattle in the form of domesticated Barotopsids, also referred to as Coh'v. Other civilizations began to appear, among which are the Januhk Kingdom, a seafaring society, the Elyiu valley civilization, a brief and solitary kingdom and the Nequai.

Fast forward 1500 years, a Januhk ship is carried away by the wind, all the way from southern Plumica to the Eastern coast of Central Acheas, where they become stranded. These people are the ancestors of all native Achean civilizations that would come to be. Meanwhile, in Plumica, the Ezerab Kingdom has collapsed due to a number of bad harvests and a massive drought, and their land is quickly taken by the fairly young Thercan Kingdom. Which, after invading the smaller kingdom of Kahnar, rebrand to the Thercan Empire, or basically the Plumasapient moniker for one; *K'ker'ravh.*