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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5252704" data-attributes="member: 92511">CentaursCentaurs of Orea live in numerous tribal clans known as “hyrds”. They&nbsp; generally stand between seven and nine feet tall, four to five feet of&nbsp; horse and roughly three to four feet of human torso. Their general size&nbsp; and mass make them significantly stronger than the average human,&nbsp; including their females. Though they usually only utilize it in defense. Coloring is primarily all shades of brown with instances of grey,&nbsp; roan, and black. Dappling is not uncommon. Mane/Hair and tail color&nbsp; runs the gamut from white through all shades of grey and brown to black.&nbsp; Palamino centaurs are blond. They are extremely rare and considered&nbsp; great beauties among their people (and often to other races as well).&nbsp; Warriors and shamans are often tattooed with various tribal markings&nbsp; that are supposed to imbue the centaur with enhanced abilities&nbsp; (strength, sight, speed, etc.)or magical blessings. Centaur hyrds are a loosely tribal society led by a&nbsp; chief/chieftess who will call the hyrd together for religious&nbsp; ceremonies, battle, or other matters of import to the whole. A hyrd will&nbsp; also have a shaman that is generally a fringe member of the society,&nbsp; possibly acting as shaman for more than one hyrd. Some hyrds live in&nbsp; settlements that are stationary, farming and roaming an established&nbsp; territory as that hyrd’s hunting grounds. Other hyrds are nomadic,&nbsp; generally referred to as “plains centaurs.” Hunting and gathering as&nbsp; necessary with the migrations of game. These groups will always seek to&nbsp; avoid other races and civilized areas. Settled or roaming, centaurs are&nbsp; untrusting by nature, particularly of magic, but sometimes trade with&nbsp; neighboring realms. They are very skilled in the tanning and dying of&nbsp; leathers, the flora and fauna of their region and highly sought as&nbsp; guides or trackers for their keen senses.&nbsp; Most centaur hyrds are known to hail from the Kiari Hills in&nbsp; Grinlia but other hyrds or lone centaurs can be found just about&nbsp; anywhere in Orea. (It may be worthy of note here that the sage Belbin&nbsp; once claimed to have viewed from afar a hyrd of centaurs on the&nbsp; grasslands of the southern Orean Plains that were zebra-striped.) They&nbsp; are usually encountered in &quot;out of the way&quot; natural settings, commonly&nbsp; woodlands. Their general distrust of magic (except among their shamans)&nbsp; make a centaur a rare find in R’Hath. Their disposition towards&nbsp; woodlands and plains means they are not found indigenous to Thelitia,&nbsp; though centaurs have been known to appear in their arena bloodgames.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5252704, member: 92511"] [b]Centaurs[/b] Centaurs of Orea live in numerous tribal clans known as “hyrds”. They generally stand between seven and nine feet tall, four to five feet of horse and roughly three to four feet of human torso. Their general size and mass make them significantly stronger than the average human, including their females. Though they usually only utilize it in defense. Coloring is primarily all shades of brown with instances of grey, roan, and black. Dappling is not uncommon. Mane/Hair and tail color runs the gamut from white through all shades of grey and brown to black. Palamino centaurs are blond. They are extremely rare and considered great beauties among their people (and often to other races as well). Warriors and shamans are often tattooed with various tribal markings that are supposed to imbue the centaur with enhanced abilities (strength, sight, speed, etc.)or magical blessings. Centaur hyrds are a loosely tribal society led by a chief/chieftess who will call the hyrd together for religious ceremonies, battle, or other matters of import to the whole. A hyrd will also have a shaman that is generally a fringe member of the society, possibly acting as shaman for more than one hyrd. Some hyrds live in settlements that are stationary, farming and roaming an established territory as that hyrd’s hunting grounds. Other hyrds are nomadic, generally referred to as “plains centaurs.” Hunting and gathering as necessary with the migrations of game. These groups will always seek to avoid other races and civilized areas. Settled or roaming, centaurs are untrusting by nature, particularly of magic, but sometimes trade with neighboring realms. They are very skilled in the tanning and dying of leathers, the flora and fauna of their region and highly sought as guides or trackers for their keen senses. Most centaur hyrds are known to hail from the Kiari Hills in Grinlia but other hyrds or lone centaurs can be found just about anywhere in Orea. (It may be worthy of note here that the sage Belbin once claimed to have viewed from afar a hyrd of centaurs on the grasslands of the southern Orean Plains that were zebra-striped.) They are usually encountered in "out of the way" natural settings, commonly woodlands. Their general distrust of magic (except among their shamans) make a centaur a rare find in R’Hath. Their disposition towards woodlands and plains means they are not found indigenous to Thelitia, though centaurs have been known to appear in their arena bloodgames. [/QUOTE]

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