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 enhanced manasense which they can use to sense the thoughts of other Arikata nearby in an aproximately 10 meter radius. However, unlike most eusocial intelligent species the Arikata also possess the ability for independent thought and personal thoughts which cannot be mind-read.

Fukukata

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Gakata

Gakata (Magian:ガ方) exhibit moth-like physiology and the ability to fly for short periods of time, they are also largely nocturnal.

Etncities Table

Traits that looks like this: "n/x", Example:(None/two) are showing the existence of vestigial traits that only reappear when entering sacred form.

Ethnicity / Subspecies	Clade	Number of total limbs	Number of arms	Number of legs	Number of eyes	Armour?	Horns?	Wings?	Mouth?	Tail?
Arikata	Insectoid	Six	Four	Two	Two	Exoskeleton	Two antennae	None/Two	Mandibles	?
Fukukata	Avian	Four	Two	Two	Two	None	None	Two	Beak	?
Gakata	Insectoid	Six/?	Four/?	Two/?	Two	Exoskeleton	Two antennae	Two	Mandibles	?
Hadakkata	Mamalian	Four/Six?	Two/Four?	Two	Two/Three	Calcified limbs	One-Three	None	Jaw	None
Hedorokata	Amphibian	?	?	?	Two	?	?	None	Jaw	One?
Kamakata	Insectoid	Four/Six	Two	Two/Four	Two	Exoskeleton	Two antennae	?	Mandibles	?
Kumokata	Insectoid	Six/Eight	Four/Six	Two	Two	Exoskeleton	None	None	Mandibles	None
Ryūkata	Avian/Reptilian	Six	Two	Two	Two	Scaled limbs	Two/Four?	Two	Jaw	One
Torikata	Avian	Four	Two	Two	Two	None	None	Two	Beak	?
Usikata	Mamalian	Four/Six	Two	Two/Four	Two	None	Two	None	Jaw	One

Biology

The Jūkata unlike most sentient species in Sparkalia are not comprised of biological material and instead are made up fully out of mana. Because of this the Jūkata do not have any internal organs and do not need to physically consume food, instead they merely absorb the mana within it however they require processed mana made by trees and animals and cannot consume environmental mana. The Jūkata also posses an additional sense that humans do not have, manasense(Magian:気検出, Mahō Ryōiki:Kikenshutsu). Using their whole body they can feel the mana contained within creatures and objects even when their eyes are closed which they use to navigate through environments in lowlight conditions.