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==Morphology and Physiology== | ==Morphology and Physiology== | ||
Adult Nusriza tend to mate for life, with the female laying a one to two eggs at a time. The offspring hatch after approximately 120 days and are both morphologically and physiologically distinct from their adult forms. The juveniles resemble four-legged, flying lizards and grow in size for about 15 [[Galactic Year|Galactic years]]. At this point they reach adolescence and become highly sexually active, aggressively mating with other juveniles in a period known as the [[Quickening]]. This enthusiastic mating does not fertilize the females, but wearies the juveniles into a extremely nutrient deprived state. This state causes them to desire the meat of a creature called the [[Algerion|algerion]]. The unique enzymes in this | Adult Nusriza tend to mate for life, with the female laying a one to two eggs at a time. The offspring hatch after approximately 120 days and are both morphologically and physiologically distinct from their adult forms. The juveniles resemble four-legged, flying lizards and grow in size for about 15 [[Galactic Year|Galactic years]]. At this point they reach adolescence and become highly sexually active, aggressively mating with other juveniles in a period known as the [[Quickening]]. This enthusiastic mating does not fertilize the females, but wearies the juveniles into a extremely nutrient deprived state. This state causes them to desire the meat of a creature called the [[Algerion|algerion]]. The unique enzymes in this creature's meat causes a physiological change that matures the Nusriza into its adult form, strengthening their rear legs for walking upright, causing their forelimbs to becomes more dexterous, and causing their wings to shrivel and fall away leaving them flightless. Some juveniles are not receptive to the algerion's enzymes and are stuck in a perpetual state of sexual frenzy, often dying of exhaustion and starvation. However, healthy Nusriza enjoy a particularly long lifespan among the [[Younger Races]] of approximately 160 years. Adults are mainly insectivores, enjoying a variety of insects prepared in a myriad of ways. | ||
'''Height ranges:''' 142cm - 201cm | '''Height ranges:''' 142cm - 201cm | ||
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By 31 AE, many Nusriza had become disenchanted with the [[Echanism|Echanine]] religion that ruled their race causing the [[Echanine Schism]]. By 35 AE, the dissenters became the dominant force in Nusrizan culture allowing it to practice [[Kith|kith]] and join with several other races to form the [[Song Dominion]], both which had been previously prohibited by Echanism. | By 31 AE, many Nusriza had become disenchanted with the [[Echanism|Echanine]] religion that ruled their race causing the [[Echanine Schism]]. By 35 AE, the dissenters became the dominant force in Nusrizan culture allowing it to practice [[Kith|kith]] and join with several other races to form the [[Song Dominion]], both which had been previously prohibited by Echanism. | ||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
Nusriza live communally in collections of unrelated families called [[Throng|Throngs]]. They usually share | Nusriza live communally in collections of unrelated families called [[Throng|Throngs]]. They usually share their unique buildings that rise above the clouds, designed with entrances for the winged young to come and go. When an individual reaches age 17 after the period the quickening, they are initiated into Nusrizan culture through a ritual known as the [[Seventeen Mirrors]], a two day even in which seventeen individuals honestly critique the individual on the first day and extol his or her virtues on the next. | ||
[[File:Frixion.jpg|right|thumb|A high rise home shared by a [[Throng]]]]. | [[File:Frixion.jpg|right|thumb|A high rise home shared by a [[Throng]]]]. | ||