Pelted

The species of the Peltedverse.

The Pelted are races created by human scientists blending animal DNA with their own genome to create sentient human-animal hybrids. Following their exodus from Earth, they went on to form the Alliance, later joined by both Earth and the Eldritch.

The core races of the Alliance are truly races: they can interbreed. In fact, the major races were created by selective breeding during the Exodus, and helped create the cultural differences that can be seen now in the different races.

History

I should probably move the "pre-formation of the Alliance" history block from Alliance over here.

The Races of the Pelted

First Generation. These were engineered by humans on Earth.

• Karaka'A
• Seersa
• Aera
• Naysha
• Malarai

Second Generation. These were segregated into cultural groups during the Exodus.

• Harat-Shar
• Asanii
• Hinichi
• Tam-illee

Third Generation. These were engineered by the Pelted themselves.

• Glaseah
• Ciracaana
• Phoenix
• Guardkin (Sean)

Physiognomy

Note:

• Four Digits: claws
• Five Digits: nails

Apparently there is a 'claw bed type 2' which gives one to wonder. I'm going to guess that one is semi-retractable and the other is fully-retractable; since Kellen has the Type 2, I should look through that story to see if there's any reference to his hands and decide based on that.

Faces

Demi-muzzle strata

• Stratum 1
  • 5+ animal teeth
  • more likely to have manes than hair
  • ears usually set back from face
  • usually born with bifurcated lips
• Stratum 2
  • 3-4 animal teeth
  • blunted faces
  • still more likely to have manes, but first eyebrows start showing
  • ears still set back from face
• Stratum 3
  • 1-2 animal teeth
  • fur is finer and shorter: hair is more hair-like and less mane-like
  • eyebrows common
  • ears closer to face
• Stratum 4
  • no animal teeth
  • Type A: no fur at all
  • Type B: Some very fine fur
  • Hair is finer, like human hair
  • ears close to face

Bodies

For the digitigrade species (or the digitigrade members of species with both plantigrade and digitigrade members, like the Harat-Shar and Hinichi). These are also known as primary load-bearing member muscular (as opposed to the plantigrade stance, 'primary load-bearing member skeletal')

Nominal

• Nominal Body Type A (short, muscled)
• Nominal Body Type B (short, less dense, builds muscle less easily)

Attenuated

70% more prone to posture and bone problems than the nominal body types

• Attenuated Body Type A (tall, muscled/dense)
• Attenuated Body Type B (tall, rangy/thin/willowy) (rarest healthy body type)

Retrograde

There is exactly one retrograde body type, Retrograde Body (sometimes known as Dwarf Body). Digitigrade individuals with the Retrograde Body Type are throwbacks to the original designs, which were about three feet tall. The Retrograde Body Type is the actual rarest body type, but it's not a normal or standard one; healers consider it a disability because of the many health problems that are genetically linked to it.