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	== Physical Characteristics ==		== Physical Characteristics ==
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	The [[Garis]] are comparatively tall humanoids, often topping 12 Kol in height. They vary from humans most notably in the shapes of their heads and jaws, which have taken on canine-like features. In addition to their canine heads, their other canine features include a coat of fur, padded feet, and long tails. Whether for fashion or war, some [[Garis]] have been known to have their tails bobbed or completely removed.		The [[Garis]] are comparatively tall humanoids, often topping 12 Kol in height. They vary from humans most notably in the shapes of their heads and jaws, which have taken on canine-like features. In addition to their canine heads, their other canine features include a coat of fur, padded feet, and long tails. Whether for fashion or war, some [[Garis]] have been known to have their tails bobbed or completely removed.

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	=== Natural and Latent Abilities ===		=== 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.		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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	== History ==		== History ==
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	In the time since the first year, the [[Garis]] have had an isolationist history. Unlike those of other societies, the [[Garis]] had a difficult time to the loss of their memories during the Great Erasure. A shepherd awakening in the field did not instinctively know how to herd sheep as did every other substrain on [[Otan]].		In the time since the first year, the [[Garis]] have had an isolationist history. Unlike those of other societies, the [[Garis]] had a difficult time to the loss of their memories during the Great Erasure. A shepherd awakening in the field did not instinctively know how to herd sheep as did every other substrain on [[Otan]].

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| caption = The [[Garis]] (🔊 GARE-is) are a collection of canine, lupine, and vulpine humanoid people who live on the southern shores of [[Otan]].
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| substrains = [[Akimsilik]], [[Beybitsilik]], [[Ustemdik]]
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The [[Garis]] are a canine-humanoid people who live on the southern shores of [[Otan]]. They are made up of three substrains from which they form their triumvirate: the warlike [[Ustemdik]], the security-minded Beybisilik, and the naturally administrative [[Akimsilik]].

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.

== 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.

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.

== Physical Characteristics ==
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The [[Garis]] are comparatively tall humanoids, often topping 12 Kol in height. They vary from humans most notably in the shapes of their heads and jaws, which have taken on canine-like features. In addition to their canine heads, their other canine features include a coat of fur, padded feet, and long tails. Whether for fashion or war, some [[Garis]] have been known to have their tails bobbed or completely removed.

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.

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.
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== History ==
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In the time since the first year, the [[Garis]] have had an isolationist history. Unlike those of other societies, the [[Garis]] had a difficult time to the loss of their memories during the Great Erasure. A shepherd awakening in the field did not instinctively know how to herd sheep as did every other substrain on [[Otan]].

The early history of the [[Garis]] includes the re-formation 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]].
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== [[Garis]]i Substrains ==

=== [[Ustemdik]] Substrain ===
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'''Description:'''The [[Ustemdik]] (🔊 OO-stem-dik) are the lupine variant of [[Garis]] with strong wolfen features and an intimidating gaze. They inhabit The [[Garis Triumvirate]]'s southern regions.

'''Overview:'''The [[Ustemdik]] are another fur-covered variant of [[Garis]] with strong lupine features and an intimidating gaze. Their fur colorings tend to 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.

The [[Ustemdik]] live primarily in the [[Ustemdik Region]], the most highly populated region of the [[Garis Triumvirate]]. Their politics are routinely hawkish, and they are constantly in a state of preparation for war. [[Ustemdik]] created and maintain the [[Garis]] Border Patrol to make sure that undesirables (some would say any non-[[Garis]]) are rendered unable to visit the country. Exceptions are made primarily for the [[Dweorg]]es who do a brisk trade in metals with the [[Garis Triumvirate]].
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=== [[Akimsilik]] Substrain ===
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'''Description:'''The [[Akimsilik]] (🔊 AHH-kim-SIL-ik) 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]].

'''Overview:'''The [[Akimsilik]] have a natural instinct toward order. They love to organize and enumerate things, giving them great abilities toward 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.

Individual [[Akimsilik]] will, in rare cases, take on professions more commonly filled by other variants of their race. [[Akimsilik]] might serve as police or military officers, even in cities and towns outside of the [[Akimsilik Region]]. [[Akimsilik]] are rarely put in a front-lines role, however, and typically end up in branches such as detective work or military intelligence.
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=== [[Beybitsilik]] Substrain ===
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'''Description:'''The [[Beybitsilik]] (🔊 BAY-bit-SIL-ik) are a [[Garis]] variant with hyena-like features, including spotted fur and a short muzzle. They live on and guard the border regions of the [[Garis Triumvirate]].

'''Overview:'''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 humans, for that matter.

The [[Beybitsilik]] are concerned with harmony, i.e., the smooth and peaceful integration and lifestyles of all things. In peacetime, the [[Beybitsilik]] will concern themselves with watching over the interests of relations between themselves and the other two variants, which are also factions. [[Beybitsilik]] will often form the majority of the ranks in police departments, even in [[Akimsilik]] and [[Ustemdik]] cities. They are praised by all variants for their innate ability to de-escalate tense situations and find compromise between parties.
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