#yaina

Yaina are a predatory cousin of the tribal Grothia, divinding from a common ancestor soon after the cataclysm that turned Sedah into it's current ash clouded state. Unlike the heavy built tefravore Grothia, the Yaina evoved to be rather lithe and flexible and quite silent, allowing them to stalk and chase prey while easily avoiding larger predators. Another feature seperating Yaina from Grothia is their mouth, with Grothia mouths essentially gone due to their tefravore diet, Yaina mouths are large and filled with sharp teeth. Two mandibles side their mouth, used both to help keep struggling prey from escaping their jaws, and as a social feature, each twitch giving a different message. Hook like claws are held back much like an Earth feline's, only flung forward for attack and to latch to surfaces or large prey. A blade like crest upon a Yaina's rear is both to keep predators off their backs, and is long distance communicator, vibrating at different intervals at a frequency that Yaina ears are particularily sensitive to. This allows the Yaina to organize themselves silently, mainly to plan the most efficient way to take down prey. Despite their differences, Yaina and Grothia share some characteristics. A glass like lens covers eyes for protection in both species, a hunch with respiratory function is common, they both have iron in their skin, but most of all they both have intellect. Both use this intellect to organize their groups and define status and plan migrations and defenses, but Yaina use it more to become hyper efficient hunters. Perhap this is why, when the two rarely encounter each other, they rarely get along.