Creature:Redstriped Dwarfgronk

This page will probably be as short and shitty as everything else i write.

Since the Redstriped Dwarfgronks are isolated i will simply call them Gronks, there are for example also Whitethroated Emperorgronks and Herzgronks, but these have no contact with these particular gronks.

Biology
These gronks would according to us be about human sized, but everything is relative, put one of them and a Emperorgronk together and you can understand why they are classified as dwarves.

They have the classical pear-shaped body, but unlike the other gronk-species they are much more stocky, with a short neck and limbs. The neck and back is covered with dull spikes which serves as mediocre protection, the throat is red, hence the name.

The antenna are used for smelling, the gronks have a very keen sense of smell, which helps then locating prey in the heavy vegetation, though, the insistent stench of fish in most villages often dulls the senses of villagers.

The suckers on their hands and feet are a remainder from earlier in their evolution, they are now adapted to landlife and are more like the pads on mammal paws.

Unlike humans, gronks cannot sustain a good health while only eating vegetables, but can survive and thrive with a diet composed of only meat.

Their mandibles are small and weak in comparison to other gronks' and therefore tools are needed for effective hunting and killing.

Culture
Because the gronks are isolated from other types they have a very unique culture.

Society
The society is all about clans and divine law.

All gronks are part of a clan, clan identity is more important then personal identity. Before a gronk distinguishes himself he will just be a part of a clan, not a person of his own. He will just be a "Nteka", not "Qaii the Nteka", a nameless part of a clan. If someone fails the clan then they will most likely be stripped of their name and be banished from the village or whatever area the clan has power over.

All clans are part of a caste, either "Maeke", the warrior caste, "Zarmbadke", the fisherman caste (all workers, like potters and weavers), "Sonhaletke", the entertainer caste.

Members of a clan are all of the same caste, but they can be whatever they wish as long as they don't intrude on the other castes duties.

Women are neither allowed to fight or fish, female members of the Maeke often become entertainers, learning to dance and tell stories. Female Zarmbadke will often be given the duty of tending the villages' livestock and collect eggs or fruits.

Maeke, the warrior caste. Originally hunters, the Mae were vital to the survival of the tribe and soon came to dominate.

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