#telaun

There have been wars, civil and what you’re referring to, in the past. But what generally goes on is like an ongoing conflict instead of an outright war, specifically between the tree-dwelling Telaun and the underground Bneveri.

Male Telaun actually have next to no social requirements placed on them as far as their specific offspring go. Since there isn't 'marriage' so much as 'these two get together time after time and are considered permenant, don't hit on them' situations, all the male is really expected to do is... have sex. Whether or not the female will choose him as a suitor the next time she wants to breed depends totally on his performance, and whether or not he sticks around voluntarily. On the flip side, once the child is weaned, the mother can technically just hand it over to the clan and carry on with her life. 

The entire clan is responsible for raising children. As a result, all the kids of a given age group usually travel in packs, and will answer to any adult of their same tribe as if they were an aunt or uncle. There are still mothers and fathers, and their word overrules everyone else's save the leader's, but it's a less intense role than humans consider it to be. It's not odd for there to be children who don't consider anyone to be their main parent.

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Bneveri have family units, and both parents are expected to stay around and raise any children together. Much more humanoid, as far as families go. Children without main parents are always orphans, or considered orphans, and the closest blood relative is expected to take up raising them. If no blood relative is available or willing, it's up to the local social leader to either take them in or leave them on the 'streets.'

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Two in one night!

First up, Ioannes!

The Telaun as a whole are deeply reverent towards their gods. Ioannes is... not. 

So he's still outcast. Instead of scars marking him that way, it's his hair. When a Telaun is deemed unfit to live alongside society, their hair is cut to the skull. That way, no matter how far off the outcast is, they are always identifiable. When their hair grows back to a certain length, determined by what wrong they committed, an outcast may request readmittance to the group.