Meoduq

## Overview

### Pelt:

Extremely dense and soft, comes in a variety of loud patterns natural and non. While the patterns can be unnatural the color cannot be. They boast silken feathering on the limbs, as well as a robust mane that covers the neck and upper arms.

### Head:

Long and leonine on average. Wedge shaped with large eyes and strong jaws. Some are more squared and occasionally one will appear with smaller muzzles.

### Eyes:

Large and bright Mèoduq have feline eyes which slit and expand to allow seamless transition between lighting conditions. Many have tribal traits and quirks to their eyes which are explained on their subsections

### Ears:

Relatively large and highly flexible. Normally pointed but occasionally rounded ears do appear, especially in primitive bloodlines.

### Feet/hands:

Both feet and hands have dextrous digits, allowing for extremely efficient climbing. Their pads are textured, much like a gecko, while their retractable claws can grow up to four inches, making for deadly weapons.

### Tail:

Dual prehensile tails; these are often adorned with beads or jewelry depending on personal preferences, needs, and fur length.

## At A Glance

Mèoduq are a varied and intricate race, though retaining a tribal societal structure they are quite advanced both in technologies and societal dynamics.
Feline in appearance and biology the Mèoduq are known for their ability to adapt and learn, even in their own environment they quickly adjust to alterations and grow from them. This natural mutability has lead to several culture groups, which are organized into large clans and smaller tribes scattered through the wilds. Most mèoduq are adapted to arid climes, this being the primary terrain of their homeworld. A few however dwell near the mountains, where moisture gathers against the cliffs and forms dense jungle.

Due to their mutability each settlement tends to have a degree of defining traits distinct to their culture and environment; overall they are too similar to be proper subspecies, but nonetheless they are notable bloodlines and pedigrees passed down through generations, while remaining distinctly mèoduq overall.

**Overview

Racial overview, first impressions, Core traits and notes.

**### Etymology**

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**### Creation**

How they came to be; How they believe they came to be; Defining and shaping events in their history.

**#### Mythology**

How they believe they came to be...
Maajetrode was one of the first things ever to exist where Ješati floats. Wife to Nuutejem the two separated themselves and in doing so split earth from water when time began. Maajetrode forming the air and atmosphere with her body, while her mate formed the land as he stretched beneath her. At this time the world was dark, and this was a problem. Nothing could form on what had been created as nothing could see to form; thus Maajetrode lifted a single pearl, all that was left of the once-vast waters, and made from it a star she laid around her neck. From this single point, another inexplicably formed, and then winked at the land below. The first cat stepped from the sky onto land, curious, and once again darkness ruled. The cat however could see in this darkness, for her eyes still held their light, and she found a comfortable spot to do something no other before had, not even Maajetrode herself. The cat, Terpsichore, gave birth. A whole litter born, each with stars in their eyes.

There being no water however, as the kittens aged they grew ill, seeing this their mother cried and wept. Tears flowing in rivulets from her, and she realized she could use this. Her great claws scored the land and it welled up with water; both her own and his. This strengthened many of the kittens, but not all, and again their mother wept. No amount of tears however could heal the fallen, and so she carried them and tucked them into the feathers of Maajetrode where their eyes shone down, reminding their siblings they had been. Reminding their mother. Time and again she made this trip, and with each trip the bird noticed. The relentless trips to ensure her little ones, even as they were, were comfortable and recalled moved Maajetrode herself to sympathetic tears, and when the two combined the kittens came back. Now bipedal and aware as their matrons were, each gifted with nine feathers for their falling; That they may not fall so swiftly from then on.

**#### History**

Defining and shaping events in their history...

**### Ettiquete**

What is considered respectful? What is polite?
What is disrespectful? What is dispolite?​
Morality, Ethics, Honor and Taboos?
​Education, what do they instill in youth?
What have they been taught to think/believe and how does it affect them/others?
 *> AND What is required for someone/characters/individuals if they are to break this mold?*

**### Shortcomings**

Weaknesses unique to the species; ​How to kill one of them; Pregudices and Racism? Taboos and superstitions.

**### Relations**

Related Species and Races. Relations with other native races of planet.

**Government

The Mèoduq are structured into various tribes and clans, which meet up several times a year to compete and commingle; ensuring bonds stay strong and infighting is kept to a minimum. Each clan has specific celebrations the tribe celebrates, as well as an Event they host for all comers in a show of peace and prowess.
These grand Events are a facinating mix of intermingling cultural ticks and garb. Teaching the other tribes about themselves and vice-versa as everyone puts on their grandest dress and decorations. For some this is beading their fur, for others it is intricate layered garb or armor.
How the race is governed and the roles of leaders/individuals.What classes/castes are more valued than others?

**### Rulers**

How rulers are chosen *(power, vote, time, divine lineage...?)​*
What virtues are valued in leaders?
*Intellect, Cunning, Gentility, Nobility, Honor, Kindness, Veracity, Determination, Resources, Skills, Connections, Culture, Battle Prowess, Brutality, Greed, Drive, Ambition, Luck....?​*

**### Gender Roles**

Notable roles and ties to gender. Gender assotiations.

**### Rank and File**

Mèoduq have no hard and fast rules as to gender and rank nor task, there are taboos and superstitions of course; dark pelts make better hunters, as do females. Males are better builders and are slower, less flexible and more aware of pain than females who shrug more off. Still if one is good in a role they are allowed to pursue the same; if one is clearly unsuited for the task however they are expected to attempt others, learn what they are meant for and where they truly excell, rather than holding others back in efforts merely to accomodate their struggles.; this being seen as rude and even dangerous to the cats.

**#### Auld

 - Leader**

The Auld, or Aux in some tribes, is the leader of their settlement in political matters.

**#### Volur

 - Shaman**

The spiritual leader of the settlement and the healer, along with their aids or Volvai...

**#### Verndari

 - Guardian**

The protector, guardian of both the settlement and their culture alike. Passing stories to children and teaching them their role in the settlement while keeping them safe...

**#### Kaitsja

 - Warriors**

Warriors, defenders of the clan who fall under the tutiledge of the Verndari...

**#### Volvai

 - Healers**

Medics and menders under the Volur...

**#### Musèdrona

 - Mothers**

Wives and mothers, the general adult female populous...

**#### Musèdatro

 - Fathers**

Husbands and fathers, the general adult male populous...

**#### Mèoquona

 - Ladies**

Young women, adolescents at the age to be courting...

**#### Mèogatro

 - Gentles**

Young men, adolescents at the age to be courting...

**#### Mèoquette

 - Kittens**

Kittens too young to be on their own, learning and growing still...

**### Settlements**

Settlements and Social Structure. Locations of note. What cities/towns look like.

A tribal society overall you will see no grand cities and skyscrapers here. The felines choose to live with their traditions, and with nature, rather than focusing on technologies and artificial developments as many of their neighbors do.

**#### Clan Dynahier**

Dynaheir are blessed by Maajetrode and earned her sense of justice and order. They are particular in all things,from their construction and appearance to daily routines.

**#### Clan Myraria**

Myraria are one of the larger clans, blessed by Terpsichore they are artful and elegant felines. Each bears a mark of black and white in their coats, giving them their magic and their eyes are able to 'moonlight'; a process in which the pupils consume the eye and spots of light can be seen within. It is said these pinpricks of light are the past lives of a Myrarian.

**#### Tribes Viverdesc**

The Viverdicent are a domestic clan of gardeners and homemakers. They have skill forming life from little, and many of the oasis gardens were crafted by the Viverdecent tribes.

**#### Clan Tigurney**

Tigurney are blessed of Tetlitolloq and thus masters of game and challenge. They keep the Games and thus assist the peace between all the clans..

**#### Tribe Klawdja**

The Klawdja are the oldest clan, and their blood tends to show this. Producing larger clanmates oftimes with primal traits. They are a tribe of warriors, and blessed by Aimatochysía.

**#### Clan Skillixyr**

Wise and mysterious the Skillixyr are a tribe of mages and mystery. Renowned for their esoteric ways and libraries. They are blessed of Pamencheite and carry both her secretive ways and affinity with medicaments.

**#### Tribes Reporvio**

Reporvious felines are quick of wit and cunning. The Reporvio are a nomadic clan, travelling and learning while trading ancient lore and stories for the means to subsist before moving on to their next domain.

**#### Tribe Gravyne**

Gravyne are druids and healers, menders and mystics who dwell in the cloud forest of ---.

**#### Clan Piscopo**

Piscopo are a seaworthy clan, the best swimmers and fishers, many claim them the blessed of Nuutejem.

**### Law and Order**

What do they look down on? ​​​​​
What is right/wrong and how is it determined?
What are the consequences for violating Religious, Cultural, or Social norms and laws?

**Technology

What technologies do they have/have they made? What do they have acess to, (and where from?)
 What vehicles or transport do they have acess to? What is repeted, what designs do they enjoy; is there a reason beyond simple asthetics? Religious, Historical, Functional, ect.​​
How do they make weapons, armor or tools? Instruments?

The Mèoduq overall retain a tribal culture. They are however privy to the outer worlds, and you can see the strange clash of mutants wall huts wherein a clever tribemate has been working on a Sail or Racer, or some artifice weaponry. The cats are curious by nature, and tend to pick things up swiftly; magical enhancement is common natively, and they are quick to adopt things that assist their efforts, if loathe to give their traditions up for the same.

**### Resources**

What materials/fashion/fabrics are native and common and which aren't? What is most valued in the culture? Monetary/Trade systems. ​What is the value of a life?

**### Clothing**

Are clothes > *revealing or modest, martial, work-oriented, robes, elegant, soft, rough, course, patched, detailed, simple, intricate, warm and thick, loose and light?* ​
What materials/fashion/fabrics are native and common and which aren't? ​
What is taboo or otherwise unacceptable for garments? ​

**### Combat**

What technologies do they have/have they made?
What do they have acess to, (and where from?)
What weapons are most favored? (Bows, clubs, swords, guns, blasters, lightsabers, summoning, magic, energy...?)

**### Construction**

What materials are native and common and which aren't? ​ ​
What buildings/features of a city are the most prominent and why? (Fort, Barracks, Library, Temple, Palace, Corporate building, workplace, Schools...?) ​
What do homes and buildings look like?
What is repeted, what designs do they enjoy; is there a reason beyond simple asthetics? Religious, Historical, Functional, ect.​​
How do they make weapons, armor or tools? Instruments?

**### Cuisine**

What foods/spices are common?
Are there any holiday/cultural/class-specific foods?
How do they eat? (Utensils, chopsticks, hands, IV, pills, liquid...?)
Do people sit, kneel, recline when they eat?
Are meals public or private affairs?
Can wo/men eat together?
Do certain castes/classes eat together instead?
Are children allowed to eat with adults?

**### Medicine**

How are the sick treated?(Magic, Herbs, Potions, Prostetics, Bionics/cyborg...?)
How long do various methods take to work?(Instantanious magic? Double normal? Triple?)
Do the sick go to hospitals? Shamen? Astral healers? Other?
What technologies do they have/have they made?
What do they have acess to, (and where from?)

**Religion

How is religion expressed culturally/personally?*(Jewelry, Clothing, Tattoos, Body modification...?)*
What do religious sights look like?*(Temple, Pyramid, Altar, Grove, Totem, Stonehenge...?)*
What does worship/religion look like?
How prominent/influential is religion?
Is the religion(s) truly divine will, or is it a solely social fabrication?
Where did the religion/tradition come from?

**### Dieties**

What does worship/religion look like?
How prominent/influential is religion?
Is the religion(s) truly divine will, or is it a solely social fabrication?
Where did the religion/tradition come from?

**#### Maajetrode**

**Titles:** *Lady of Right. She of Order. The Law and Conscious. The Queen.* **Gender:** *Female*
**Depictions:** *Maajetrode is a great, long necked bird who's wings spread to form the sky. Her feathers are softly varigated, forming the clouds above.*
**Associations:**
**Colors:** *Cerulean, Plum or Navy.* || **Symbols:** *Clouds, Birds.*
**Minerals:** *Larimar* || **Animals:** *Birds, especially waterfowl.*
**Domains:** *Order, Laws, Morality, Sympathy, Sky*
**See Maajetrode for further details.**
Lady of Order and Right; she of law and conciousness. Maajetrode was one of the first things ever to exist where Ješati floats. Wife to Nuutejem the two separated themselves and in doing so split earth from water when time began. Maajetrode forming the air and atmosphere with her body, while her mate formed the land as he stretched beneath her.

**#### Nuutejem**

**Titles:** *The Primordial, The Waters, Lord of the Depths, He of Chaos, The Tom.* **Gender:** *Male*
**Depictions:** *Nuutejem is usually depicted as some form of turtle or similar creature, his shell becoming the lands the clans now live on.*
**Associations:**
**Colors:** *Brown, Taupe, Green, Teal.* || **Symbols:** *Shield, Shell, Stone, Mountain.*
**Minerals:** *Granite, Slate* || **Animals:** *Turtles, Fish*
**Domains:** *Deep water, Caverns, Chaos, Motion, Change, Primordial Energy, Growth.*
**See Nuutejem for further details.**
Lord of Chaos and the primordial. Keeper of depths and caverns, the land itself. Nuutejem is the eternal father, Ješati itself is his flesh and bones. Chaos is not disturbing for the mèoduq, but a primitive and powerful font that inspires greatness and change. Chaos is challenge and motion, without wich the land stagnates. This is seen in the fissures of stone and the patterns of lightning, the way flames dance and water ripples. Growth is a part of chaos as is life and thus Nuutejem convinced his wife to form each into themselves, creating the world as the mèoduq know it. Were it not for his change there would be no land and no planet, no life, only stagnation and nothingness in space.

**#### Terpsichore**

**Titles:** *Lady of Arts and Dance, She of all Beauty. Prestidigitator.* **Gender:** *Female*
**Depictions:** *A slim feline, adgile and whippy, traditionally female. Pale-furred with flowing whorls in her coat that ripple and move as she dances.*
**Associations:**
**Colors:** *Pastels, Silver and Yellow* || **Symbols:** *The Lunar Eye, The Moon, Jars and bottles.*
**Minerals:** *Moonstone, Silver* || **Animals:** *Domestic Cats*
**Domains:** *Arts, Dance, Performance, Inspiration, Eloquence, Elegance, Showmanship*
**See Terpsichore for further details.**
Terpsichore; Lady of Arts and Dance, Beauty and what is deemed beautiful. Performance, Inspiration, Creation, Birth, Eloquence and Elegance. She is a divinity of showmanship and one-uppery. Always flaunting and showing, as any good cat should.
Terpsichore teaches one how best to act, and how to wound the soul rather than the body. Cutting one down slowly without physical harm; for that would hardly be sporting, would it? She is the cat with a mouse, the planner and creator, keeping one step ahead of foes as she dances through obstacles.

**#### Pamencheite**

**Titles:** *Lady of Night. Taker. Tearer. Hunter in the Night. She of Fang and Claw.* **Gender:** *Female*
**Depictions:** *Seen as a small wildcat usually with dark pelt and pale markings, traditionally smokey patterns beneath vivid spots.*
**Associations:**
**Colors:** *Black, Silver, Gold, Turquoise* || **Symbols:** *Two Eyes, Star, Fang or Claw. Hunting bow or spear.*
**Minerals:** *Turquoise, Copper, Pearl* || **Animals:** *Wildcats, Occelot*
**Domains:** *Night, Death, Birth, Protection, Hunting, Rain*
**See Pamencheite for further details.**
Lady of Night; Taker. Pamencheite is said to be a combination of Terpsichore and Aimatochysía by some, and a sister to them by others. All know her as the Taker; shielding souls to Heviisila and into their new lives. Matron of Children and young mothers she is a sympathetic soul, who protects travellers from injury and villages from vermin; especially those that are venomous. As an amalgam of her 'sisters' Pamencheit is said to carry the sun in her right eye and the moon in her left. The tears she shes creating the Mèoduq where they fell and giving them streams and lakes to drink from in their early years, soon after Order and Chaos split apart and formed land itself.

**#### Aimatochysía**

**Titles:** *She of Slaughter, Lady of War, Mistress of the Massacre* **Gender:** *Female*
**Depictions:** *A fierce and large cat, generally pimordial or lehoia, golden furred and lightly marked but with bloodred points.*
**Associations:**
**Colors:** *Red, Orange, Gold, Maroon* || **Symbols:** *Blade, Scythe, Solar eye.*
**Minerals:** *Steel, Iron, Sunstone, Bloodstone.* || **Animals:** *lehoia, Lions, Large predators.*
**Domains:** *War, Combat, Illness, Healing, Protection, Family*
**See Aimatochysía for further details.**
She of the slaughter; Mistress of Massacre and Motion, ever changing ever focused. Aimatochysía presides over war and those slain in combat or birth; those souls she most favors forming an entourage of birds and butterflies ever moving with her. While she is fierce as any mother scorned Aimatochysía is still mother, and is sought for protection and peace in troubled times.
She is also Blighter, capable of giving and taking away illness from those who seek her aid. Her magics starving off disease and storing the same to be unleashed on foes in her harsh breaths.

**#### Tetlitolloq**

**Titles:** *Wildking, Lord of Games, Beastmaster* **Gender:** *Male*
**Depictions:** *A large feline, often with vivid blotches on his pelt not unlike a jaguire.*
**Associations:**
**Colors:** *Greens, Jewel Tones, Slate Blue* || **Symbols:** *Flowers, The Game Staff*
**Minerals:** *Lapis, Carnealian, Fossils* || **Animals:** *Jaguires, Insects, Deer, wildebeest.*
**Domains:** *Nature, Flora, Passion, Games, Resolutions*
**See Tetlitolloq for further details.**
Lord of the Wildland; commander of nature and natural process. Tetlitolloq oversees all that is wild and untamed in the world. Passions, storms, earthquakes and wild beasts. His pelt is covered in blotches, once these were vibrant colors but now they are shadows since he tore the originals free to give flowers to the land. With Pamencheite he taught the mèoduq how to hunt and fend for themselves; she teaching how to utilize the carcass, and he how to forge weapons to assist them.

**### Temples**

What do religious sights look like?*(Temple, Pyramid, Altar, Grove, Totem, Stonehenge...?)*
 What materials are common and sacred; which aren't, and why? ​ ​
How prominient/common are places of worship? Are there shrines in addition to formal places? ​
What is repeated in architecture of religious sites, what designs do they use to denote sacred spaces; is there a reason beyond simple asthetics?
What tools and objects are associated with religion and worship? What Instruments?

**### Worship**

Worship and practices. How is religion expressed culturally/personally?*(Jewelry, Clothing, Tattoos, Body modification...?)* What does Worship look like. What does religious piety entail? How common are different practices?

**#### Rituals**

Notable practices seen across the culture. Notable taboos and legends. Common rites and rituals.

**#### Rites**

Notable points in worship, coming of age ceremonies, trials and tests of faith...

**#### Revelry**

Festivals, holidays and the like. The most common and widespread occasions and celebrations.

**### Followers**

What does worship/religion look like?
How prominent/influential is religion?
Is the religion(s) truly divine will, or is it a solely social fabrication?
Where did the religion/tradition come from?
How is religion expressed culturally/personally?(Jewelry, Clothing, Tattoos, Body modification...?)

**#### Priests**

What are the roles/Qualifications of a priest?

**#### Practices**

Offerings, Practices, Rites and taboos.

**#### Variations**

Notable Variations on common practices. Notable sites and taboos within worship. Notes.

**### Notes**

Other notes

**Entertainment

What entertainment do they enjoy/partake in?
What do they look down on?
What do they do to relax?
What do they do to have fun? Challenge themselves? Others?

**### Hobbies**

What do they do to relax? Collections? Common practices, arts, games. What do they do to have fun? Challenge themselves? Others?

**### Leisure**

Relaxation, meditation, what they do to unwind and calm themselves. Self-soothing, Self-care. Recreation.

**### Arts**

Professional Art, things seen as notable to culture, admirable, sellable or displayable. Crafts the society values as opposed to doing simply to pass time. Things others note them for crafting.

**### Sports**

What do they do to have fun? Challenge themselves? Others?

**Marriage and Courtship

What are the Sexual norms and morals of the race?
Age of maturity, Rites of maturity// courting rituals.
Courtship superstitions and expectations.
Marriage Practices.

**### Comming of Age**

Coming of age. Ceremonies, expectations, rituals and practices. What they are taught in/for adulthood...

**#### Women**

Any rites and notes for women growing up and maturity.

**#### Men**

Any rites and notes for men growing up and maturity.

**### Courtship**

How partnerships are forged. How one expresses interest. Who initiates? How long does it last? Are couples arraged? Can the woman reject or initiate? Can men? When is a couple considered maritable/Official? What is expected of parties/parents before marraige?

**### Marriage**

What do weddings look like? What tabboos and traditions surround the event? What is expected of the husband or bride to be? Their Parents? What is worn? what is given? How is it officiated?

**### Procreation**

How long is a pregnancy? How many children are common? What genders are common or is it notable? What is notable in birth(cauls, birthmarks, twins, genders?)? Zodiac/Astrology? How does one prepare for children? What are the roles of a parent in having children? In raising them?

**Language

Racial overview, first impressions, Core traits and notes.

**### Common Words and phrases**

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