Category:Tr'Cha

Tr'Cha

The Tr'Cha are an aquatic race that orginated in Gallows Lake until they were driven out in the Aervia War. A mass migration of a people who can barely survive out of water nearly extinguished their race altogether, but the few survivors managed to rehabilitate their race in the Kasson Sea, and the people consider themselves stronger for the experience.

Appearance

The Tr'Cha appear human from a distance, but on close inspection of their skin it is made up of billions of tiny scales. Their coloring ranges from pale greys, light blues and greens, and occasionally faded yellow and orange tints. They have mouths in order to consume food, but they breathe through a series of ventilation holes that are located down their spinal columns. They have thin wiry hair that does not crow past a few inches in their entire lifetime, and male Tr'Cha never gain facial hair. The anatomy of male and female Tr'cha are very similar until a certain age. Once female Tr'Cha reach maturity, which is the equivalent of 30 human years, they cannot leave the water. In a year long hibernation event the female Tr'Cha's legs fuse together and make a tail, and it is in this form that they spend the rest of their lives. The average lifespan for a Tr'Cha is about 120 years, but because of the dangerous hunting situations that adult females take part in, it is closer to 80 in their case.

Culture

The Tr'Cha are a very communal people. They do not have vocal chords like humans, and instead communicate in a series of clicks and guttural noises, but because of their trading relations with land dwellers, they have developed a form of sign language that has become more common then their actual language. Because of the unique qualities of the female Tr'Cha's adult transformation, males spend significantly more time on land, and females spend the majority of their adult lives hunting.

Hunting/Collecting 

Male Tr'Cha collect in groups of 5-8 to collect precious stones, pearls, and materials to bring back for crafting purposes. These journeys generally take 3-5 days. Female Tr'Cha, who train for deep sea hunting from a very young age, generally leave in groups of a dozen with a senior hunter. It can take a week sometimes even two to track, find, and eventually kill the creatures of the deep oceans. Common finds are Coral Sharks, Giant electric eels, and Lurkers , but longer trips can involve bringing back Whale Sharks, and even in the rare case, Leviathins.

Relationship with the Land

The Tr'Cha are known for two things, their prowess in hunting dangerous sea creatures, and their world renknowned craftmanship in jewelry. Their creations are sought out for the rare aquatic jewels and pearls they contain, and the absolute attention to detail they devote to their work, which they trade for weapons and supplies they could not create in their underwater cities (They have been able to gain oxygen breathing apparatus from above land that allows them to stay above for extended period of times). Regardless of this the Tr'Cha do not look upon those who dwell on land kindly, they are warriors and hunters above traders, and blame all land dwellers for the fact that they have to live in the sea with no chance of ever returning to their home.