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| Species | Patagon |
| Order | Giant |
| Classification | Humanoid |
| Family | Large Giant |
| Sphere | Moons |
| Origin | Mysana made them from |
| Lifespan | 70-100 years |
| Habitat | The edges of lunar craters |
| Food | Large amounts of lunar fare. |
| Description | Patagons stand 14' tall. They are thin humanoids. |
| Procreation | Follows the mother with other giants. With other humanoids or pseudohumans, mixed nations people are possible if size permits. |
| Esoterica | Patagones are giants of lunar aether and mijjit. They use these along with astral aether, viridian aether, brumal aether, temporal aether, poioumenon, kor, yahas, mana, entropy, shadow, dumaqu, Damaskian power, mashoaab, fate, soul, symbolism, and Foundation. |
| Body | The lunar aether and mijjit in patagones makes them supernaturally large, strong, agile, resistant to cold, and regenerative. They heal slightly faster than other mortal beings. They practice jenjinkon, special exercises and diet that allow them to alter their bodies. By meditating for an hour each day, basking in the reflected light of the moon, climbing 150' each day, jumping for 10 miles every week, and consuming a special drink called lehe, which includes special lunar fungi, rare waters, and moon dust, they can transform their bodies. The most common features are larger feet (better for jumping in low gravity), reflective skin, third eyes, changing skin tones, and insectoid wings. |
| Farming | Patagones have intricate farms on the edges of lunar craters. On these farms, they raise moon rabbits, weki-molds, teal petal flowers, cyclical shrubs, lunar wolves, and teal panthers. The latter two are used as guard animals and companions. The others are all raised for food, including weki-molds, which are dangerous for most beings. Patagones innately know the cyclical needs of all of these living things. Their farms are crystalline structures built into the sides of the craters and extending out on lattices with crops being grown on the sides of the craters and the livestock usually in fields extending out from the craters. |
| Special Powers | As mentioned above, patagones have supernatural size, strength, agility, constitution, and healing abilities. They are able to alter their bodies and have innate understanding of lunar crops and livestock. They are also excellent keepers of time and have innate measuring abilities. Their skin is cold to the touch, and those not used to it can be harmed by how cold it is. |
| Weaknesses | Solar aether and brown aether can harm them. |
| Culture | The most notable feature of patagon society is that they do not regularly wear clothing, having little need for it unless a radiation storm or dust storm comes through. Patagones live in three-tiered societies on the rims of craters. The first tier is the elders, who live in comfort in crystal pods hanging over the open crater. They rule the community and make the rules. The second tier is the farmers and farmwives who tend the crops and livestock. They are the bulk of patagonian society and live along the rim and out in the fields. The third tier is the itinerants, who hire on at different farms and have no permanent homes. In a patagon farm, there are three genders as well: karkan (female), ahal (male), and kahas (literally "three" or "third"). The karkans take care of the fields and crops. The ahals take care of the livestock and buildings. The kahas take care of the children, the defense of the farm, and the rituals. Patagon children are raised by the kahas until they are nine years old, at which time they go to work under one of their parents (as ahal, karkan, kahas, or in rare cases, elder). Once they reach adulthood on their third and final growth spurt (at age 18), they stop being trained and are expected to take their place in the farm hierarchy. Those who have a late last growth spurt are very rare and are always cast out as itinerants. During the life of a patagon, they celebrate three major feasts: birth, adulthood, and elderhood. Community festivals are based around the phase of the moon and time of year. The first festival is the first full moon of the year, during which patagones dance a communal dance where tiers are forgotten. The second festival is the sixth new moon of the year, during which the patagones sing a communal song, with each tier having their own part. The third festival is the twelfth waning crescent, during which the patagones bathe themselves in moon dust and sleep outside. Courtship among patagones is based around their tiers--no one is allowed to court outside their tier, or they will be outcast as itinerants. Otherwise, courtship is left up to individuals.
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| Notables | |
| Sample statistics | PRO 8 ATH 10 STR 22 AWA 8 WIL 8 ROG 8 Farming 11 Special Powers [See Above] |
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