Kleures are not as strong or fast as their adult counterparts, and they do not have wings to fly. They are resistant to cold and can survive in light atmosphere. At the Rite of the Full Moon, kleures enter adulthood enter into a six month growth spurt.

Adult kluddes live without much air pressure or oxygen, and they are immune to cold. They cannot survive under heavier atmospheres, though, and without supernatural aides or with water-based support, they will be crushed to death (including on Shem). When the moon is facing away from Shem, kluddes can become invisible for a minute or so (about four times per day) and change their size to be a few feet taller or shorter with proportionate weight changes. When it faces Shem, they are stuck in whatever shape they were in and become visible. If a kludde does go to Shem, they can survive by covering themselves in water. If they submerge in high tides, they will regain their strength entirely for a day.

On the moons, kluddes gain strength from reflection and deep thought and concentration. Pensiveness gives them strength and shapeshifting powers, as it turns into lunar aether within them. If they are alone, they can become too lost in thought and become images instead of physical beings. Powerful kluddes mystics can avoid this by releasing lunar aether through breathing techniques.

Kluddes have affinity for lunar eagles and wolves (both lunar wolves and grey wolves on Shem).

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Kluddes are trappers, warriors, mystics, wolf-handlers, eaglers (as opposed to falconers), and sages. They live in tribes in the lunar mountains and study the stars, Shem, the movements of the moons, and the light. They are very territorial. They are led by elder sages, faithful, and mystics. Each tribe has a council, and every tribe is independent unless a powerful leader unites them.

Because they are territorial, they also command the landscape of their territories, shaping them and designing the roads, paths, and even the mountains themselves in extreme cases. Sometimes, they use this to trap outsiders who enter their territory, intentionally designing the paths to confuse. Some tribes will kill outsiders and some will demand payment, offer services such as rides or food. This is a common way tribes trade with outsiders. Their trappers do this when the trapping season is low, especially. Their hunters and warriors take advantage of the lunar atmosphere and gravity to develop a special style wherein they leap upon the backs of targets and crush them, using aetherial tricks to do so.

Kleures are raised by three parents--the two biological and either an aunt, uncle, or grandparent, usually--each one taking turns at caretaking. The child is trained in the family's three main crafts until within a few years of the Rite of the Full Moon. A few years before their rite, they begin preparing for the rite by studying under a sage, faithful, or mystic in the tribe, one outside of their family. This involves long trips with just their mentor out into the wilderness to meditate. When they are ready, they are guided through the Rite with two other members of the tribe (if no others are ready, they will travel to other tribes to find kleures to do the Rite with).

Once a kleure is an adult, a kludde, they begin their life working their primary craft, which they have been trained in from birth, or they switch to a new craft based on their Rite (though this is rare). Courtship revolves around the three festivals kludde hold each year, and usually starts before the Rite. No kludde may get married before their Rite, however.