Erok Ney'muh

Erok Ney'muh are a mostly feral sub-species of the Tellurian people. These sentient, tribal-esque creatures originated from a group of Tellurian colonists, who had landed on the Erok's home planet of Rak'eyut to build a colony. After being poisoned by Rak'eyuts volcanic ash, these Tellurians reproduced and mutated into the present day Erok Ney'muh. The Erok Ney'muh are a feared species amongst the galaxy for not only making their dwellings on other planets, but also their tendency to attack and feast on other sentient beings.

Biology and appearance
The Erok Ney'muh run on the same biology as Tellurians, though with a few differences. Sharp claw-like nails and large strong teeth that grow onto the outside of their mouths. Their appearance is differential. With thin body masses to the point of a malnourished appearance, usually rough pale to a charcoal black skin. The ferals of the species eyes are sensitive to sunlight and are hidden behind adorned headdresses. They hunt and see by sound and smell, while the rare borns do have relatively bad eyesight they are not as sensitive to sunlight. The average Erok Ney'muh has a very high energy depletion rate, causing the species to have to feed 2 times more than the average Tellurian. This frequent hunger is almost usually the cause of their attacks on other sentient beings. Tho strangely, the rare borns rarely go through this high energy depletion.

History
An alien vessel crash landed on Tellus, at the time still known as Earth. This vessel was secured by the Human government and placed inside an underground facility away from prying eyes. After a few years of study on this particular vessel the human government finally gave the decision to use their find. Collecting 50 willing volunteers, these men and woman loaded onto the vessel and were thus launched into space in search of establishing the first human colony on another world. With this vessels advanced technology, these colonists were able to travel fast across the galaxy.

After an entire year of space travel, these colonists finally discover a planet much like their homeworld. With vast opens plains, oceans, and jungles. They had found their new home. Settling their vessel down onto the surface and beginning construction of their colony for the future to come.

The planet proved to be hostile in some sorts, but nothing that could discourage these colonists away. And after 3 years of living about the colony, these humans had adapted to their new environment and made the planet their home. They gave the planet the name, Rak'eyut.

Unfortunately, these colonists were not prepared for what occurred months after. Volcanoes that the colonists had seen throughout the planet on their travels began to awaken and soon erupted, spewing black ash into the air. This ash clouded the sky but it was something the colonists had seen before on their own homeworld. But the colonists were very wrong. As days past, breathing in the volcanic ash things began to feel different around the colony. Fights broke out, people becoming more susceptible to violence every day. Some colonists being found murdered in their homes. the volcanic ash had poisoned them with a disease later known as Rak'nuhmayic poisoning, which is much similar to the mad cow disease on their home planet of Tellus. This disease turned the colonists violent and soon Feral.

After 150 years of being left alone on Rak'eyut, the disease had turned the colonists feral and had mutated them into vicious creatures presently known as the Erok Ney'muh.

Society and culture
The Erok Ney'muh are a very tribal-leaning people, their societies comprised of tribes or 'Hordes' of around 50 to 80. These Hordes are lead by a rare birth of the species, an intelligent individual that calls him/herself the Horde Master. One Horde Master to a tribe, each one leads their Horde independently of the others. These Horde Masters keep their tribes organized and make sure that their people are fed and protected.

Some Horde Masters even have taken to hijacking curious space faring ships and using them to transport their hordes to live on other planets if they feel that their tribe has been threatened. Though this sort of act is rare. But even so, most of these acts end badly for the more nomadic Erok Ney'muh. Because of their feral attitude, these hordes are usually labeled as non-sentient creatures and are quickly exterminated.

Rareborn
The majority of the species is quite feral, but on occasion a child within the species will be born with a higher intelligence than the rest. These intelligent Erok Ney'muh usually are seen as the Horde Masters, but some are occasionally found traveling about the galaxy on their own in search of more peaceful lives.

Unlike the average Erok Ney'muh, these Rareborns do not go through many of the same biological issues that their more feral counterparts do. Their eyes are sensitive to sunlight but not as severely as the Ferals, nor do the Rareborns have the same high energy depletion. Most doctors and scientists can only surmise that the Erok Ney'muhs un-poisoned Tellurian DNA is still dormant within a majority of the species which occasionally becomes reactivated during reproduction resulting in the Rareborns.

Horde Roar
Erok Ney'muh, no matter Feral or Rareborn, both are capable of a trademark roar that their mutation has allowed them to emit. Widely used to strike fear into an Erok Ney'muhs opponent and was even able to put large animals into shock to allow Erok hunters to catch game without waste energy chasing after them. This Roar is known throughout the galaxy as one of the most spine chilling sounds ever to be heard.

Behind the scenes
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