Penguins

The Penguin people can be generally compared to a blend of Inuit indigenous society and the different members of the Spheniscidae biological family.
Penguins are one of the twelve races of anthropomorphic birds that populate Yanìs, and are grouped in the subgenus of Walkers together with Dodos and Ostriches.

Physically, they are of medium to short stature, barely reaching 4,5 feet in height. They have an elongated and slender body, although their legs are short and give them a slightly funny wavy walk. They don't have wings and, unlike other Anthro birds, their arms and legs are covered in short feathers up to wrists/ankles, their webbed hands and paws are dark in color. Their feathers are black on the head and back, while the chest is white in the lower part and the upper part gradually changes in different color shades. Their beak is quite long and black to orange in color. Their chicks, distinguished by a paler color of ear spots and darker legs, are born ovoviviparous, meaning they hatch within the mother's body, and families usually never have more than a pair of chicks throughout their life.

The Penguin people are among the original inhabitants of the Antarctic coastal regions and among the earliest settlers and civilizers of Mirook, along with their neighbor enemies, the Walrus people. Although the Penguin people are a cultured and peaceful people, they stand on an ancient hereditary monarchy, which is a direct genealogy of the firstborn of their Ancestral Princes. Each village is ruled by a village chief, who is headed by a regent, who governs a territory of about ten to twelve villages, which is headed by the King of Penguins.

Lohudonist animism is still present and strong, and the main religious personality is always a Shaman, often a female who, during ceremonies is said to fall into a trance thanks to the sound of drums.

The Penguin people territory is mainly composed of tundra: at best low and treeless plains where the ground is perpetually frozen, if not actually of desertic icy plains. Despite this, however, they are able to build huge megacities, even several tens of square kilometers wide, in which they live in ice houses called igloos. These igloos can often have the most varied forms, from common dome houses to magisterial palaces or even skyscrapers. Inner heating, lighting, and cooking are mostly achieved by lamps fueled with seal fat, animal skin beds, and furniture made of scrap lumber. The Penguin people main activities are hunting and fishing, and during hunting trips into the sea, they often use kayaks (a small leather boat with a single paddle). Traditional magic too is highly appreciated and the Penguin people cannot help but exploit its powers of matter Transmutation.