Uru-tsh

Overview

dwelling within the Urush (Great Forest) on the edge of the Red Coast, they are the vanguard and guardians of the Old Continent and its secrets, acting as the only port of egress into the mysterious nation save the great channel known as the Bloodway which denies all access to outsiders. they are a powerful and wealthy nation who shun high technology in exchange for gifts of patronage from their unseen benefactors within the Old Continent and as such are seen as primitive, but powerful.

The Urush is a dangerous and violent place of predator and prey, and while the Uru-tsh are powerful and protected by their benefactors, they too must be weary of the dangers of the forest as the Hela and other creatures lurk waiting for prey. To this end they live within large protected settlements flanked by massive inward facing housing structures which act as both habitat as well as defensive wall preventing any entry save by heavily defended avenues around which a great clearing of cursed earth is made to prevent entrance by more capable adversaries.

## Biology and Appearance

### Physiology

(Royal family)

The women of the royal family are tall and athletic (more than regular nobles), although they do not develop very visible muscles, they are the only type of nobleman who does not shave his head and generally have beautiful and smooth white hair or some other light color, they also have wide hips and thighs (considered very attractive in their society). Men have similar characteristics but to a lesser extent.

(Nobles)

Tall, slender and sinewy, they are highly intelligent and considered to be beautiful by those that behold them as they live luxurious lives. like all Uru-tsh, they possess dark skin but prefer to keep their bodies hairless and shaven.

(Workers)
Short, stocky and heavily muscled, they are generally unintelligent and considered brutish in appearance given their lives or hard labour and constant work. like all Uru-tsh, they possess dark skin but prefer to keep their hair in a neat braided ponytail with the sides shaved.

## Society and Culture

### Government

The Uru-tsh have a system of feudal houses, where a group of well-trained nobles of the same family rule over a specific area or terrain, then there are other, higher houses supervised by a matrialchal monarchy, Depending on the performance seen by the house in question, you will have more popularity and rights with important matters.

### Religion

The Temple - at the centre of each city state of the Uru-tsh, sits a massive obsidian pyramid made of carved rock and painted in blood, these temples sit as a testament to the pacts drawn with the benefactors of the people and act as meeting places for the most holy and influential as within great meetings are held to divine the will and intentions of those who protect by communing with them through the use of sacred idols, created by those that protect for the specifical purpose of allowing thier inhuman minds to more capably communicate with those they consider to be vastly inferior.

### Social Status

Mansati - She is the supreme empress generally chosen from an extensive number of sisters by a group of elders, this empress has passed many tests and made great promises, to kill and tame beasts, to dominate the native energy of the planet known as "Hakynn" and to show wide intelligence and cunning.

Fahamis - They are the direct sisters of the mansati, and the second in power of the royal clan, they are the right hand of their sister taking care of important issues if she is very busy, when the mansati something happens to her one of them remains as temporary mansati.

### Military

Service in the military guard of the Uru-tsh is considered the greatest avenue to political and social prominence within the society and as such the majority of those serving within the institution are from the (Noble) caste, most becoming officers or functionaries within the organization, however a number of (Workers) are also present and are used as basic infantry, seen as expendable by their peers the position as seen as a great honour by the (workers) but also dangerous role, often leading to bloody and painful death. veteran (Workers) are considered to be highly prized and as such are taken care of by their (noble) patrons and more often have greater numbers of children to more partners)

## History

### Origin

The uru-tsh were a species of primitive dark-skinned humanoid (believed to be of Terran descent) who was one of the first non-hakin humanoids to inhabit hakar-yat in the midst of the event known as "The Arrival of the Gods" teleported by the strange phenomenon of space portals on the planet.

They acclimatized and began a primitive civilization, using as its basis the strange properties of the planet

### Expansion

While the hakin developed in the lush jungles of the south, the Uru-tsh did so in the dense forests of the north, populating everything that the new hellish fauna of hakar-yat allowed them, those who found good areas settled and formed great defenses. and thus form the first cities in the north, the expansion stopped when it entered with tribes of other intelligent species that had acclimatized to hakar-yat, with a higher development some inhabitants ended up as slaves and others going south.