SIAE Registration Protocol N° 2023/00696
Frogs
The Frog people can be generally compared to a blend of pre-Islamic Malaysian society and members of Hylidae biological family.
Frogs are one of the three races of anthropomorphic amphibians that populate Yanìs, and are grouped in the subgenus of Amphibians together with Salamanders and Toads.
Physically, they are very small, among the smallest anthropomorphic races, with a height rarely exceeding 2.5 feet. They are similar in appearance to toads but much slimmer and have smooth and slimy skin that exhibit vibrant aposematic coloring. The colors of their skin can vary incredibly, with patches and spots of many different colors, but usually the main color is always bright green. They typically have well-developed discs at the tips of their fingers and toes, resulting in superior grasping ability. They too reproduce through oviparity, with females laying a pair of eggs in a water basin after fertilization occurs through sexual acts. After being born, tadpoles stay together in the water basin for several years during their period of maturation.
Although pretty shy and reserved, the Frog people are nevertheless very renowned, especially along all coasts bathed by the Yalathon Ocean. Nakajea Island is located on a strategic sea route that places it at the center of global trade and various cultures, being a point of contact between the East and the West. The Frog people island has been at the center of a dense network of commercial exchanges since ancient times, putting peoples of actual Kibaya, especially Mouse and Crane people, in close contact with different regions of Sarema and Cawat. These commercial and tributary relations then changed asset with the beginning of the territorial expansion of Orangutan people and the formation of the Iwara empire. Their conquest by Iwara's Orangutans was certainly not bloody or fiery, as Frogs are a people with a tendency for peace. Yet many were killed, especially among the ranks of Tiger mercenaries, who were unwary and too bold underestimated the danger of the Frog people's poison.
The Frog people have always had a flourishing artistic and artisan culture, developed together with literary exploration. Clear examples of this, beyond their highly philosophical and spiritual literature, are their monumental wooden elevated buildings, showily painted and often built deep into the dense foliage of equatorial forests. But not only that, because textile art is also of great value for them: batik, for example, is a technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to a whole cloth; tenun is instead an artful technique of weaving different colors of threads. Similarly, metallurgical art and silverware are also highly renowned, such as kris or keris, an asymmetrical display dagger with distinctive blade patterning.
They speak the Gyriaach language, common to all Anthro amphibian races, and the less commonly known language on the planet (perhaps a Mãori gibberish).
Religiously they are almost exclusively devoted to Kudan (deity of poisons and diseases), but since the conquest by Orangutans also thrive the cults of Vael Nhor (deity of magic and knowledge), Sia Mori (deity of arts and dreams), Najan (deity of agriculture and community), Dykren (deity of gamble and challenges) and Madra (deity of discord and deceit).
Their Ancestral Princes were Majapahit and Langkasuka, who taught their race that survival comes from finding the right hiding place and relying on one's own poisons. To a Frog, the possibility of avoiding clashes and battles is vital, and for this reason, if an army of Frogs were ever to enter a war, it would be announced by loud drum rolls and showily displayed flags in the hope of frightening the opposing army and inducing it not to fight at all.
Footnote
Typical of the Frog people is the use of a weapon called satthram, a unusual sort of chakram, or blade-ring, large enough to be used with both hands, holding it around pelvis like a hula hoop, but not that to be used by larger races.
