Jabrosky
Banned
This is a spinoff from the thread on lions and Amazons. Each of these races is technically its own species, although all are descended from Homo sapiens. I don't know what kind of feedback to request (suggestions?), but I wanted to share these concepts with the community anyway.
The Juoktari: Living in the world's tropical regions, the Juoktari are a tall and lean race with black skin and tightly curled hair. Although they are technically omnivorous, meat from hunting is a more highly food source than plant mattter. Women are the primary hunters and warriors in their societies whereas men are the spiritual and domestic leaders. Those men with the greatest religious or political clout tend to have multiple wives, some of whom hunt and fight while a small remainder help their husbands run the household and children. Those men unlucky enough to remain bachelors may choose a celibate life of monasticism. Juoktari women can lactate for a longer proportion of their lifespans than women of other races, allowing grandmothers to nurse their grandchildren while their daughters are away. Juoktari can run faster and have greater agility than the other races, but this comes at the expense of raw physical strength.
The Balerians (formerly Valerians): This white-skinned race of Caucasian descent lives in the world's temperate to subarctic regions. They have stocky builds, with women carrying a lot of body fat and the men having broad shoulders and robust musculature. While women and children live in matriarchal villages and have predominantly vegetarian diets, men spend their adult lives roaming alone or in small "bachelor clans" and prefer meat. Balerian men usually visit women's villages only a few times a year for breeding and rarely involve themselves in childcare. Balerians are the physically strongest of the races.
The Taridim: These olive-complexioned, diminutive desert-dwellers resemble the Semitic peoples of our world's Middle East. Indiscriminately omnivorous, the Taridim carry prominent humps of fat on their buttocks (steatogypia) to store energy while crossing the barren wastes of their homeland. Unlike the other races, both Taridi men and women are solitary for most of the year, with women raising children all by themselves. Occasionally multiple Taridim may congregate in one area for commerce and breeding, but more often than not encounters with conspecifics are hostile. Taridim have superior physical endurance and can go without food or water for longer periods of time than the other races, but their evolution into a solitary species has eroded their social intelligence in favor of greater aggressiveness.
The Shanji: Descended from Mongoloid people similar to our Asians and Native Americans, the Shanji are a short and moderately stocky race who live primarily in temperate forests. Monogamous nuclear families without strictly enforced gender roles compose their societies; as a result of their gender equality, the Shanji have a remarkably less sexual dimorphism than the other races and a more peaceful culture. They are predominantly vegetarian and agricultural although some coastal and riverside communities supplement their diet with seafood. The Shanji have long, elf-like ears and superior hearing to the other races, but their eyesight has atrophied as an evolutionary trade-off.
The Juoktari: Living in the world's tropical regions, the Juoktari are a tall and lean race with black skin and tightly curled hair. Although they are technically omnivorous, meat from hunting is a more highly food source than plant mattter. Women are the primary hunters and warriors in their societies whereas men are the spiritual and domestic leaders. Those men with the greatest religious or political clout tend to have multiple wives, some of whom hunt and fight while a small remainder help their husbands run the household and children. Those men unlucky enough to remain bachelors may choose a celibate life of monasticism. Juoktari women can lactate for a longer proportion of their lifespans than women of other races, allowing grandmothers to nurse their grandchildren while their daughters are away. Juoktari can run faster and have greater agility than the other races, but this comes at the expense of raw physical strength.
The Balerians (formerly Valerians): This white-skinned race of Caucasian descent lives in the world's temperate to subarctic regions. They have stocky builds, with women carrying a lot of body fat and the men having broad shoulders and robust musculature. While women and children live in matriarchal villages and have predominantly vegetarian diets, men spend their adult lives roaming alone or in small "bachelor clans" and prefer meat. Balerian men usually visit women's villages only a few times a year for breeding and rarely involve themselves in childcare. Balerians are the physically strongest of the races.
The Taridim: These olive-complexioned, diminutive desert-dwellers resemble the Semitic peoples of our world's Middle East. Indiscriminately omnivorous, the Taridim carry prominent humps of fat on their buttocks (steatogypia) to store energy while crossing the barren wastes of their homeland. Unlike the other races, both Taridi men and women are solitary for most of the year, with women raising children all by themselves. Occasionally multiple Taridim may congregate in one area for commerce and breeding, but more often than not encounters with conspecifics are hostile. Taridim have superior physical endurance and can go without food or water for longer periods of time than the other races, but their evolution into a solitary species has eroded their social intelligence in favor of greater aggressiveness.
The Shanji: Descended from Mongoloid people similar to our Asians and Native Americans, the Shanji are a short and moderately stocky race who live primarily in temperate forests. Monogamous nuclear families without strictly enforced gender roles compose their societies; as a result of their gender equality, the Shanji have a remarkably less sexual dimorphism than the other races and a more peaceful culture. They are predominantly vegetarian and agricultural although some coastal and riverside communities supplement their diet with seafood. The Shanji have long, elf-like ears and superior hearing to the other races, but their eyesight has atrophied as an evolutionary trade-off.
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Acolyte
Myth Weaver
I don't have much to suggest, but cool. Is this from your Sekhmetka project? I notice you have a pronounced interest in African culture and tribal/primitive cultures in general. Your work has an anthropological vibe 
