Jūkata

Jūkata (Magian:十方) are a sentient humanoid species in Sparkalia that exhibits many diverse physical animalistic characteristics partially based on ancestry and almost exclusively lives within the borders of Kaidokoku which is also the only majority Jūkata country.

Etymology

Jūkata in the Magian means either "the ten directions" or "the ten peoples", the name comes from a legend that when the Jūkata were created they split into ten tribes and spread out over the land in ten directions one for every tribe: North, North East, East, South East, South, South West, West, North west, Up and Down. And as they lived apart they slowly changed to adapt to the environment becoming the ten ethnicities/subspecies.

Ethnicities

Jūkata are divided into 4-5 clades, these clades being: Insectoid, Mammalian, Avian/Reptilian and Amphibian. These are even further broken up into ten different ethnicities or subspecies based on physical characteristics such as height, strength and number of limbs. The ten groups are: Arikata, Fukukata, Gakata, Hadakkata, Hedorokata, Kamakata, Kumokata, Ryūkata, Torikata and Usikata.

Arikata

Arikata (Magian:アリ方) are a subspecies of Jūkata who's phenotypical traits exhibit an ant-like appearance and biology. Arikata also happen to posses the only form of eusociality in all of the Jūkata due to their ability to sense the thoughts of other Arikata nearby in an proximately 10 meter radius. However, unlike most eusocial intelligent species the Arikata also possess the ability for independent thought and private or personal thoughts which cannot be mind-read by other Arikata nearby.