Monday, November 30, 2009

Cyclops

In addition to the main intelligent races of Ronar, there are a number of other 'sub-intelligent' races, or at least races created as such. Cyclops are one of them.

Originally, Cyclops were created by the gods in the place of the Unofotine, intended to be one with the rock and the land. However, the gods were unsatisfied with their creation, and created but created a single demigod, insead of a race. This demigod was to later be known as Tel'Aak-Reji, which in the language of the people he created in his own image means te stone king.

Cyclops are tall and humanoid, with broad shoulders and wide hips. Have tiny ears and noses, and a single massive eye. They have a small amount of hair on the top of their head, often only along the back of their head and the sides, which is always black. Their skin ranges in many of the colors of stone, from which Tel'Aak-Reji created them - normally grey, brown, but occasionally darker oranges or the occasional pale yellow.

While physically they resemble humans in most regards, and socially they are smilar to Unofotine, biologically they are fairly different. To gain depth perception with only a single eye, the cyclops eye must rapidly change focal distance, through flexing their iris, often as rapidly as once per second. This allows them almost as perfect depth perception as the other races. As their eye takes up the majority of their heads, their brain is stored in their upper pelvis, behind their stomach. As such, while few cyclops survive the loss of senses and the loss of ability to eat that comes with beheading, they are able to survive it if care is taken immediately, and the head is magically reattached. Some Cyclops have been known to, with proper care, live for months without a head.

Mostly, Cyclops are content to live under the ground, in the vast underground tunnels beneath the island of Raitdas, worshiping and living off the rock and ground. While they are considered sub-intelligent, and as a race they are not nearly as advanced as the other races, individuals have been known to interact with the other races with little to no difficulty, implying they need litte other than time to develop as a race.

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