Post by hipho on Jul 9, 2010 17:55:32 GMT -5
Personality:Mischievous, funloving
Physical Description:They stand at an average of two and a half feet tall, and weigh an average of eighty pounds. They have short arms and legs, and an oval-shaped head. Their skin is similar to a frogs, and they have sharp teeth and claws. Their feet have three toes, and their hands have six appendages, (four fingers two thumbs)OIMAGE ISNT MINE
Lifespan: Between sixty and seventy human years.
Homeworld:Keenah, a small planet on the outskirts of the Utir cluster
Languages:Greem, Lan
Example Names:Juko tan Bahook tak Tagoo(A first name, then tan which means 'born of' then their fathers name, then tak which means 'born from' and then their mothers name."
Level of Technology: Space-faring and possessing of a small fleet./Tribal(See next posts to explain)
Home life
Dwellings:Most choose to live in small tribal communities in grass huts. There are only a few big 'civilized' cities on the entire planet.
Attitude toward children:Little ones must be protected from predators, they will learn from the elders how to become good little Greemlan.
Attitude toward the elderly:They hold the knowledge of the universe, they are to be revered and honored. They teach the younglings how to behave.
Kinship ties:Younglings are typically raised by their mother until they reach maturity(in about one human week) then the elders of the tribe or city tutor them until they are one human year old.
Extended family:There is no extended family
Nourishment
Food:Tribes mainly hunt Grats, which are essentially small, hairless, violent mammoths that are about as big as the average Greemlan. They also fish on coastal areas.
Food production:In Cities most if not all of the food eaten is grown in giant greenhouses.
Special dishes:Dinks, which are small crustaceans which live in poisonous spine-covered shells at the bottom of the ocean. Chigs, which are small birds that are the same color as the sky, and fly very high in the sky.
Unpalatable dishes:There isn't really anything on their planet that the Greemlans cant eat.(other than building materials and dirt)
Tool use in eating:A small blade with a barb on the end is the only eating utensil they have.
Family dinners: Meals are usually held in a large cafeteria like area in the middle of the village or city.
Personal adornment
Clothing:Even in cities the only usual clothing is a loincloth
Symbolic clothing:No symbolic clothing
Clothing reflecting status:Simple head-hugging hats are worn by the well-off
Men and women
Primary caregiver:Female for the first week, elder male after that.
Gender relations: Male and Female
Roles of men:Hunter, gatherer, egg fertilizer, cook
Roles of women:Hunter, gatherer, egg layer, cloth maker
Marriage: Marriage is simple. Its an agreement between a male and a female that the male will always fertilize the females eggs and that the female will always lay them in the same place.
Marriage ceremonies: The ceremony is mostly just a handshake and males will often have more than one wife.
Visible signs of marital status: A ring piercing through the lip just below the nose. The ring has the name of their betrothed carved into it.
The Arts
Art:Supremely crafted weapons with intricate carvings are the only art the Greemlans treasure.
Artisans:Woodcarvers and Blacksmiths
Music:Old Weapons are often made into instruments (spears become flutes shields become drums ect.) The Greemlans see this as a fitting.
Crafts:See above
Social issues
Physical impediments:Some Greemlans are born abnormally tall, this is usually attributed to fertilization of the egg too quickly.
Mental disease:Some Greemlans are born with a learning disability though its effects are not large.
Slavery:Slavery is unheard of.
Murder:MURDER=BAD unless its a revenge killing
Infanticide:Twins are very rare as most of the time the twins will fight within the egg and kill each other.
War: War between tribes is common, and city dwellers dont have any wars.
Taboos:You may not fertilize the eggs of a female that you are not married to.
Punishment:Punishment for murder is murder, punishment for adultery is sterilization by way of red hot piece of metal.
Politics
Government type: Each city and tribe have varying governments, but most have a council that decides what to do.
Political organization(s): Two, The People and The Elders
Political figures: See above
Attitude toward other races: They are to be respected until sufficient evidence is given that they do not deserve respect. They are in awe of long-lived races, and look down upon shorter lived races.
Physical Description:They stand at an average of two and a half feet tall, and weigh an average of eighty pounds. They have short arms and legs, and an oval-shaped head. Their skin is similar to a frogs, and they have sharp teeth and claws. Their feet have three toes, and their hands have six appendages, (four fingers two thumbs)OIMAGE ISNT MINE
Lifespan: Between sixty and seventy human years.
Homeworld:Keenah, a small planet on the outskirts of the Utir cluster
Languages:Greem, Lan
Example Names:Juko tan Bahook tak Tagoo(A first name, then tan which means 'born of' then their fathers name, then tak which means 'born from' and then their mothers name."
Level of Technology: Space-faring and possessing of a small fleet./Tribal(See next posts to explain)
Home life
Dwellings:Most choose to live in small tribal communities in grass huts. There are only a few big 'civilized' cities on the entire planet.
Attitude toward children:Little ones must be protected from predators, they will learn from the elders how to become good little Greemlan.
Attitude toward the elderly:They hold the knowledge of the universe, they are to be revered and honored. They teach the younglings how to behave.
Kinship ties:Younglings are typically raised by their mother until they reach maturity(in about one human week) then the elders of the tribe or city tutor them until they are one human year old.
Extended family:There is no extended family
Nourishment
Food:Tribes mainly hunt Grats, which are essentially small, hairless, violent mammoths that are about as big as the average Greemlan. They also fish on coastal areas.
Food production:In Cities most if not all of the food eaten is grown in giant greenhouses.
Special dishes:Dinks, which are small crustaceans which live in poisonous spine-covered shells at the bottom of the ocean. Chigs, which are small birds that are the same color as the sky, and fly very high in the sky.
Unpalatable dishes:There isn't really anything on their planet that the Greemlans cant eat.(other than building materials and dirt)
Tool use in eating:A small blade with a barb on the end is the only eating utensil they have.
Family dinners: Meals are usually held in a large cafeteria like area in the middle of the village or city.
Personal adornment
Clothing:Even in cities the only usual clothing is a loincloth
Symbolic clothing:No symbolic clothing
Clothing reflecting status:Simple head-hugging hats are worn by the well-off
Men and women
Primary caregiver:Female for the first week, elder male after that.
Gender relations: Male and Female
Roles of men:Hunter, gatherer, egg fertilizer, cook
Roles of women:Hunter, gatherer, egg layer, cloth maker
Marriage: Marriage is simple. Its an agreement between a male and a female that the male will always fertilize the females eggs and that the female will always lay them in the same place.
Marriage ceremonies: The ceremony is mostly just a handshake and males will often have more than one wife.
Visible signs of marital status: A ring piercing through the lip just below the nose. The ring has the name of their betrothed carved into it.
The Arts
Art:Supremely crafted weapons with intricate carvings are the only art the Greemlans treasure.
Artisans:Woodcarvers and Blacksmiths
Music:Old Weapons are often made into instruments (spears become flutes shields become drums ect.) The Greemlans see this as a fitting.
Crafts:See above
Social issues
Physical impediments:Some Greemlans are born abnormally tall, this is usually attributed to fertilization of the egg too quickly.
Mental disease:Some Greemlans are born with a learning disability though its effects are not large.
Slavery:Slavery is unheard of.
Murder:MURDER=BAD unless its a revenge killing
Infanticide:Twins are very rare as most of the time the twins will fight within the egg and kill each other.
War: War between tribes is common, and city dwellers dont have any wars.
Taboos:You may not fertilize the eggs of a female that you are not married to.
Punishment:Punishment for murder is murder, punishment for adultery is sterilization by way of red hot piece of metal.
Politics
Government type: Each city and tribe have varying governments, but most have a council that decides what to do.
Political organization(s): Two, The People and The Elders
Political figures: See above
Attitude toward other races: They are to be respected until sufficient evidence is given that they do not deserve respect. They are in awe of long-lived races, and look down upon shorter lived races.