Harat-Shar

A quote here about them probably a stereotype.

A libertine society, part of Team Cat.

Has their own system Defense Force (Homeguard), has the only legal slavery in the Alliance.

Vital Statistics (At a Glance)

Pronounced (??)' pronounce here (??)'. Singular is Harat-Shar. Possessive is (??). Plural is Harat-Shar.

Species Type: Pelted (primarily feline influences, based on big cats)
Origin: Engineered
Frame Type: Bipedal; some Harat-Shar are digitigrade and some plantigrade
Average Height:
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Gravity Preference:
Homeworld: Harat-Sharii
Native Language:

Appearance and Physiology

Appearance

Because the Harat-Shar segregated based on what the physical characteristics of “wild catness," they are less homogenous in form than the other Pelted. They can be either digitigrade or plantigrade; can have humanoid faces or true muzzles; can have four fingers and claws, or five fingers and nails. These traits are linked: the more humanoid one looks, the more humanoid one’s characteristics; but one can have short, feral-looking Harat-Shar, and tall, human-like ones. Harat-Shar can be almost any wild cat pattern. Cheetah-patterned Harat-Shar are rare, have a specific phenotype (gangly, delicate, or rangy), and because of arguments during the Exodus are subject to some discrimination.^[1]

Harat-Shar refer to their intraraces by the big cats they most resemble: lionine, tigraine, pardine, pantherine, cheetahine, and so on. As Reese explains, "“Tigers are animals. Tigraines are people.”^[2]

Physiology

Society

An Alliance species. There is a notable cultural split between homeworld Harat-Shar and colonyworld Harat-Shar.

Homeworld Harat-Shar

Stereotypes

Will jump anyone who is willing. (Hey, just because it's true doesn't make it not a stereotype!)
Knows all about kinky activities. (This one is less likely to be actually true.)
If there are Harat-Shar behind a door and you wonder whether they're engaging in carnal activities, best to assume the answer is "yes". (Again, just because it's true...)

Common Family Structures

Harems (one man with multiple wives) - children consider all of the wives their mothers, and have many words for "mom" as a result.
More general polygamy (two men and two women, for example^[3])

Religions

Many Harat-Shar worship the Battleangels, a group of griffin-like beings, one for each of the intraraces (pardine, tigraine, etc.). Part of the reason that the cheetahines sometimes suffer discrimination is that they forked this religion, adjusting it into one that features a Christ-like figure named Kajentarel.^[1]

Native or Common Dress

Females in harem-style marriages often wear face veils.
Slaves wear no clothing.
Non-slaves like wearing their birthday suits, too, if they can get away with it.

Naming Conventions

Russian-esque first name plus a "train" name
The train name is rarely mentioned in Alliance contexts, so in practice, homeworld Harat-Shar use a single name.