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OtanSysop: /* Garis Substrains */

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Garis Substrains

OtanSysop: /* Society and Culture */

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Society and Culture

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OtanSysop: /* Physical Characteristics */

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Physical Characteristics

OtanSysop at 21:08, 23 September 2025

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65.38.94.55: /* Economy and Trade */

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Economy and Trade

65.38.94.55: /* History and Politics */

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History and Politics

65.38.94.55: /* Crime and Punishment */

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Crime and Punishment

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 ===[[Akimsilik]]===
-[[File:Akimsilik.png|left|200px|An [[Akimsilik]] ]]
+[[File:Akimsilik.png|left|250px|An [[Akimsilik]] ]]
 The [[Akimsilik]] are a Garis variant with vulpine features such as a narrow snout and fluffy tail.  They live mostly in the [[Akimsilik Region]] of the [[Garis Triumvirate]].  The instincts to order and enumerate things give them great ability for bookish professions.  The most powerful among them tend toward spellcaster professions, or those without the knack for magic might try bookkeeping or other administrative professions.  The [[Akimsilik]] have an instinctive form of OCD, and it makes them uneasy when things are out of place or unaccounted for.
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 ===[[Beybitsilik]]===
-[[File:Beybitsilik.png|left|200px|A [[Beybitsilik]] ]]
+[[File:Beybitsilik.png|left|250px|A [[Beybitsilik]] ]]
 The [[Beybitsilik]] sport hyena-like features with a short snout, and their heads are often crested with a mane that starts from their foreheads and goes down past the back of their necks. The hyena-like features are cosmetic, however, and do not offer enough genetic variation to prevent [[Beybitsilik]] from mating with other [[Garis]] or even [[human]]s for that matter.
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 ===[[Ustemdik]]===
-[[File:Ustemdik.png|left|200px|A [[Ustemdik]] ]]
+[[File:Ustemdik.png|left|250px|A [[Ustemdik]] ]]
 The [[Ustemdik]] are another fur covered variant of [[Garis]] with strong lupine features and an intimidating gaze.  Their fur colorings tend range from black to white with all shades of grey in between.  It's possible to have brownish and reddish tinges where an [[Ustemdik]] has traces of another variant within it.  Ustemdik fur is more coarse than the other variants and they feature a long brushy tail.
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 ===[[Half-Garis]]===
-[[File:HalfGaris.png|left|200px|A [[Half-Garis]] ]]
+[[File:HalfGaris.png|left|250px|A [[Half-Garis]] ]]
 The [[Half-Garis]] are a variant of the [[Garis]] race with additional with additional [[Human]] bloodlines.  They may have varying amounts of fur of nearly any color, and nearly any color of skin beneath.  Similarly their hair patterns may vary with exposed furless skin on some or even much of their bodies.  [[Half-Garis]] will typically have a tail, but rarely of the size of their full-blooded cousins.

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	==Society and Culture==		==Society and Culture==
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	In Otan, there are few governments nearly as effective as the Garis Triumvirate, making their society run like a well-oiled machine. There is a variety in their societal goals, which shifts slowly but dramatically over time. Their default way of life is to build, strengthen, and improve their daily lives.		In Otan, there are few governments nearly as effective as the Garis Triumvirate, making their society run like a well-oiled machine. There is a variety in their societal goals, which shifts slowly but dramatically over time. Their default way of life is to build, strengthen, and improve their daily lives.

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    | climate               = Moderate
    | terrain               = Forests
-   | height                = 12 Kol (6'/180cm)
+   | height                = 12 [[Kol]] (6'/180cm)
-   | weight                = 8-12 Tas (80-120 kg)
+   | weight                = 8-12 [[Tas]] (80-120 kg)
    | wingspan              =
    | skin_color            = Variable

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	While their lower limbs resemble those of a large canine, their arms are decidedly more human, having the full range of motion enjoyed by ordinary humans. Their fingers are tipped by claws rather than fingernails, but they do not experience a loss of dexterity because of this variation.		While their lower limbs resemble those of a large canine, their arms are decidedly more human, having the full range of motion enjoyed by ordinary humans. Their fingers are tipped by claws rather than fingernails, but they do not experience a loss of dexterity because of this variation.
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		+	==Natural and Latent Abilities==
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		+	The three varieties of Garis have their obvious differences, but share many of the same characteristics between them. Firstly, they all possess a keen sense of smell and can tell individuals apart from a distance. With a familiar person, they can sense that person's mood from scent alone.
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		+	Despite a heightened sense of smell, they seem to have a terrible sense of taste, taking delight in food that most other occupants of Otan would find disgusting, even horrific. Their eyesight is a mixed blessing as they are often colorblind, though many can see well enough in low light.

	==Society and Culture==		==Society and Culture==

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 Like all the people of Otan, their history was forgotten, save that of the past two hundred years since the Great Erasure. From dreams, magical divinations, and various canine instincts, the Garis have come to believe that they once ruled the cosmos. They consider their peaceful existence on Otan to be a form of exile, with their eyes always to the stars.
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 The lupine and hawkish Ustemdik beat the drums of war continually. Except perhaps after a significant defeat on some battlefront, they urge the Garis to go to war without pause.  Their hyena-like counterparts, the Beybitsilik, on the other hand, are security-minded and interested only in maintaining and strengthening the territory the Garis already hold.  The vulpine Akimsilik hold the balance of power, and when they side with the Ustemdik, they set loose the dogs of war.
 ==History==
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 The early history of the Garis includes the reformation of their Triumvirate government, another aspect of Garis society that they did not have an automatic feeling for. Some believe there was no such government before the Great Erasure, though it is impossible to determine this. The remainder of Garis history mostly involves attempting to re-learn what was lost in the Great Erasure and to decide how the Garis should fit in the world of Otan.
 ==Garis Substrains==

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	To the rest of [[Otan]], the [[Garis Triumvirate]] is one of the more remote countries on the continent with few [[Garis]] interested in relations or trade with the rest of [[Otan]]. It is certainly rare for them to bother with learning the common [[Otani language]] and [[Garis]] trade is mostly limited to exchanges for metal with the [[League of Dweorgen Miners]].		To the rest of [[Otan]], the [[Garis Triumvirate]] is one of the more remote countries on the continent with few [[Garis]] interested in relations or trade with the rest of [[Otan]]. It is certainly rare for them to bother with learning the common [[Otani language]] and [[Garis]] trade is mostly limited to exchanges for metal with the [[League of Dweorgen Miners]].
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		+	==Trade==

	==History==		==History==
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−	~~==Trade==~~

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	==History==		==History==

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 ==Law==
-==History and Politics==
+==Politics==
 [[File:GarisFlag.gif|text-top|100px|left|link=Garis Triumvirate]]
 The [[Garis Triumvirate]] is the only country under [[Garis]] control and exclusively governed by the [[Garis]].  They possess one of the most unusual governmental systems in all of Otan.  Their tribal nation, naturally divided them into three factions, features one seeking external conquest, one seeking internal and external peace, while the last seeks only to administer, regardless of which of the other two factions has the most sway.  This latter faction, sometimes referred to as the [[Garis Administrati]] are made up nearly entirely of [[Akimsilik]].
 To the rest of [[Otan]], the [[Garis Triumvirate]] is one of the more remote countries on the continent with few [[Garis]] interested in relations or trade with the rest of [[Otan]].  It is certainly rare for them to bother with learning the common [[Otani language]] and [[Garis]] trade is mostly limited to exchanges for metal with the [[League of Dweorgen Miners]].
 ==Economy and Trade==