SIAE Registration Protocol N° 2023/00696
Camels
The Camel people can be generally compared to a blend of Judaic society and members of Camelus biological genus.
Camels are one of the fifty-five races of anthropomorphic mammals that populate Yanìs, and are grouped in the subgenus of Grazers together with Antelopes, Giraffes and Llamas.
Physically, they are quite tall and heavy, easily reaching 8 feet in height and weighing more than three quintals. The most evident feature is their large hump on the back, and some individuals can have two distinct humps. Their thick coat becomes particularly long on the lower neck area and can take on various shades of beige, ranging from very dark to very light. Their legs end in hooves formed by two fingers covered by a thick calloused layer, while their hands have five fingers that are visibly similar to large nails.
The Camel people, being large herbivorous merchants able to travel long distances with minimal effort, have always had a deep-rooted culture of racial exchanges, trade routes, diplomatic meetings, and financial management. Within the Camel people, there are distinct ethnic divisions, most of which are mainly the result of geographic ramifications from an original community. A series of conclaves were founded by Camel settlers in various locations of the Great Sarema Desert, often at great distances from each other, resulting in effective and often long-term mutual isolation.
About a century before the Tale, the Lion people invaded the Camels' territories, destroying their capital and deporting notable ones, which was the beginning of their diaspora. Ancient writings tell of how whole Camel people were deported to Kemethiron, but in truth, many stayed in the desert, accepting a convenient annexation to the Pharaoh's kingdom. After these grim events, many Camels began to worry about the possible loss of their origins and traditions, and these concerns increased even more fervently after the subjugation of the Antelope people, who were forced to abandon all that was of their culture.
In that period, therefore, the figure of ribbī, the head of knesset, was born who, besides being a spiritual guide, is also an authoritative teacher entrusted with the higher education of distinguished scholars. It's certainly no coincidence that the first official college for Scribes, where they can learn the meta-magical art of enchanting scrolls, was born in the scorching sands of that desert.
Unlike Antelopes, who are suffering a penalty for their pirate actions, Camels have met a better fate. Although they too live in slavery, they can preserve their traditions, live in mud-brick houses, and can travel and trade, gaining a thin profit after giving all gain to their rulers.
They speak the Commal language, common to all Anthro mammal races, and the most commonly spoken language on the planet.
Religiously they are mostly devoted, as their owners impose on them, to Jimbasi (deity of courage and nobility), Rowana (deity of family and hearth), and Ayrus (deity of time and prophecies), but here and there, allowed by benevolence, still survive some cults of Ekoari (deity of commerce and crafting), and Cilldyn (deity of stars and streets).
Their ancestral princes were Moshe and Miri, who taught their race the sacred importance of oases and all sources of water, which are bearers of life and supporters of prosperity, as well as the sacred danger of sandstorms, bearers of despair and loss. The long journey of each Camel's life is like a river flowing through the sandy gullies of the desert, meeting other races, cultures, and new possibilities. And even when sand and cataclysms should submerge the river's waters, they will keep flowing underground to then give rise to new oases.
