antilang. no. 4 - Succinct Speculations

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taylor skaalrud

Asyll Bestiary: Urai Biology Physically the urai are myriad, their potential variations unbound, and the only limits on population are the abilities of the augur caste and the resources they require. The most common caste designs include: the urai, the augurs, and the cyclopeans. The standard urai are versatile, featuring a hollow waist allowing for both bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion, digitigrade legs and tail inspired by the Murčd for flexibility and stability, and limbs with three digits each. The augurs liken physically to the urai caste but focus on mental aptitude and psychic prowess over their more balanced counterparts. Paragons of honor, the cyclopeans, named for their great psychic eyes, possess by far the largest base form, combining a heavy arthropodal carapace, several armored legs, and a pair of complex forelegs that function both as raptorial claws as well as chelae. These immense anenurai act as aegis for their more fragile counterparts, protecting others and augmenting themselves with their psychic abilities – they also find utility in physically demanding tasks

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