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The Vounra, known alternatively as Kanirosians and sometimes even Kenamer, are a race of beasts that inhabit parts of the continent Kaniros. They are primarily known for their abnormal magical abilities.

Physiology
The Vounra are a proud and Intelligent species of humanoids. Vounra are bipedal beings with a bilateral symmetry. Their body comprise a head, neck, torso, and multiple limbs. The upper limbs, called arms, end in hands which have five fingers each; the lower ones, called legs, end in feet and have four toes each. Vounra also have a long tail, often reaching three times the length of their body.

The Vounra fingers have multiple points of articulation, and one of them, an opposable thumb that allow for fine manipulation. Finally, they have one head perched atop a torso, with sharp ears protruding horizontaly from the side of their heads

As is common to many humanoid species, Vounra have two sexes: male and female, with the latter being distinguished by their pronounced breasts, overall smaller stature and lesser quantity of body hair. Members of the Vounra race are unable to interbreed naturally with any other species.

Physical diversity
Despite overall physiological uniformity, baseline Vounra vary in appearance, and no two Vounra look exactly alike. One of the diversity factors is height. Vounra average 1.80 meters in height, although males are usually taller and heavier than females.

Their hair is grown, cut, and styled for aesthetic and ritualistic reasons. Their hair color range from white to black, sometimes with hues of red. In addition to those varied hair colors, their eyes come in shades of red, orange and gold. Gradiation of skin tone was also seen among baseline Vounra, usually limited to lighter shades of brown, ranging from pale yellowish brown to light brown. Diversity in appearance is seen in many Vounra populations, and no particular features seem to be traceable to specific isolated communities on any locations.

Life cycle
Vounra are sexually-reproduced animals, requiring the mating of an opposite sex couple to produce offsprings. While developing in their mother's womb, the child give her a distinctive "baby bump" accompanied by a significant weight gain. Being mammals, the females gave birth to live young, either one or several at a time. The delivery itself normally took place after 12 months of pregnancy. It was a painful process that could take as much as 2 days. In some circumstances, women could die during childbirth. During their first years of existence, Vounra babies were usually fed with milk from their mother's breasts.

The period during which a young Vounra developed from a child into an adult was known as adolescence. Regardless of physiological and psychological changes, the legal transition from childhood to adulthood depended on culture. While some societies treated their members as adults as early as the age of 85, others considered that full adulthood was only attained at 100.

Vounra do not slow down, weaken, or lose fertility with age, and older Vounra may be more fertile than younger Vounra. This longevity may be due to telomerase, an enzyme that repairs long repetitive sections of DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes, referred to as telomeres. Telomerase is expressed by most vertebrates during embryonic stages but is generally absent from adult stages of life. However, unlike most vertebrates, Vounra express telomerase as adults through most tissue, which is related to their longevity.

Culture
Though they were in an almost constant state of war, their civilization was quite sophisticated; they saw these acts not as cruel or barbaric, but simply basic aspects of existence. They were notable for engaging in supposedly primitive practices such as sentient sacrifices in the name of their gods. Their constant warring led to a thinning of the population.

Native Vounra culture included the Vounra language, live sentient sacrifices to the Vounra deities and use of ancient and arcane alchemy and magic. For the Vounra, war and violence were just as much a part of the natural order of life as peace or serenity. Their social order was very rigid, and while many rose to the title of Monarch, only one attained the position of Eternal Emperor.

One aspect that originated from Vounra was the position of Supreme Mage. One of the oldest and greatest strengths of the Vounra was their knowledge of sorcery. This great power allowed them to accomplish great feats.

Technology
Vounra relied upon Magic-powered technology. The Eternal Empire did not see magic and technology as being concepts at odds with one another. They were known to have built machines powered in part by Magical energies.

Trivia

 * The Vounra are heavily based on the Red Sith species from star wars.
 * The Vounra are actaually a beast race but are often confused for elves.