Canaries

The Canary people can be generally compared to a blend of fictitious fantasy society and members of Carduelinae biological subfamily.
Canaries are one of the twelve races of anthropomorphic birds that populate Yanìs, and are grouped in the subgenus of Singers together with Hummingbirds, Paradisaeas and Parrots.

Physically, they are very small and light, never exceeding 3.5 feet in height and 30 kg in weight. They have a massive but slender appearance, with a round head and a short neck, a short conical beak, and a slightly forked tail. The plumage is often different, and in males, the livery is dominated by yellow-green tones, which are brighter on the head, chest, and belly, while the nape and back tend to be brown, and the undertail is white. They don't have wings and instead have fleshy, featherless legs (from the knee down) and arms (from the elbow down), both of which are pinkish and four-toed. Their chicks are born ovoviviparous, meaning they hatch within the mother's body, and families usually never have more than 3 or 4 chicks throughout their life.

The social organization of the canaries before the union dictated by the deity Sia Mori was quite variable and changed almost from one generation to the next. In some cases, there was a hereditary autocracy, while in others, the authorities were elected. The only recurring authority was the so-called "song master," who rates the skill and ability of each and directs them to a life-job. Their cities are mainly made up of large clusters of straw and mud dwellings, all built very close, often contiguous to each other, built around the largest trees' trunks and raised above ground. Their villages are mostly built in a circular or concentric way, with few beaten roads and large public buildings built on the ground. Being a people on an exclusively granivorous and vegetarian diet, they dress mostly in vegetable fiber clothes and dedicate a large part of their life to the cultivation of grains, fruit trees, berries, and, in very few cases, to the breeding of insect larvae and honey harvesting.

Obviously, their blithe and playful nature led them to develop very high artistic skills, especially in dance, singing, and theater, but also in painting, mosaic, ceramics, and carving. Although they are rare, and for this reason also extremely sought after and appreciated, there are also jewelers among their artists' ranks. On the contrary, blacksmiths and engineers are as rare as warriors and soldiers are, although over the years, a certain niche culture has developed in seeking for artistic beauty in martial arts, both hand-to-hand and with weapons, as well as Mesmerism and elemental magic.