Drakgoes(Species)

Physical Characteristics

Drakgoes are anthropomorphic, reptilian-like creatures, covered in semi-rough scales with colours ranging from deep green to light red, depending on the location of their birth and the abilities they eventually learn. They have two pairs of horns on the back of their head, two on the top half and two on the bottom. Some of them have another pair of smaller horns, located under their mouths. They have sharp claw-like nails that are commonly used for fighting and gripping on branches, they also use their broad, monkey-like tails to clung on into tree limbs. They usually have an ectomorph build with muscle mass mostly residing in their powerful legs and tail, they can literally flex their tails like how you'd flex your biceps.

Abilities/Biology

Drakgo's organs are similar to almost every other intelligent species(same stomach, kidneys, etc.), the difference is that Drakgoes have slightly more muscle mass, more red blood cells and a smaller liver. Drakgoes are known for being extremely athletic and it's estimated that they can run a marathon for a couple of days straight, it's unknown why this is, but one theory is that they use to be tree dweller and they were always on the move and once they started walking on the land, they used their swiftness to hunt and collect. Their hearts take up 10% more space if they need to, which while greatly boost their burst speed and stamina, it takes a lot of energy to maintain. The average heart weighs about 312.5 grams with the largest heart weighing 532 grams, the Drakgo with the largest heart had also the fastest burst speed(94km/h), being really close to rivalling a gazelle's. Their lungs also take up 10% more space than it would.

Their metabolism rate is slighter faster than an organism their size and build because of their not-so-niche ability to run fast. They burn way more calories than they need to and it can be really detrimental to them and have long term effects if they don't take breaks or eat frequently. Drakgoes usually hunt large animals or consume fruits with massive amounts of nutritional value for them to gain energy for their speed, sometimes they'll be relaxing or sleeping in the trees to conserve energy and avoid predators. They actually sleep more than they move, on average they sleep for 10 hours with some sleeping for almost the whole day.

Sizes

Average Height: 5'8ft/172.72cm

Average Weight: 140Ib/63.50kg

Cultures

In Drakgo culture, the volcanoes that they inhabit are like their towns and the acres of land that are claimed by Privileged(or by extremely lucky) Drakgoes are like their countries. It is not uncommon to come across Drakgoes fighting for territory, some of them have even made it their part-time hobby to fight their species for land and food, this slowly turned into a sport where Drakgoes would 'nobly' battle for land, with rules in place. Most of these fights are done places far from places heavily populated by Cephalogoes, Amphatrons and Drakgoes living among them as to not inconvenience or anger them since that could sometimes resort to a bigger and deadlier fight.

Beliefs/Ideologies

There are some religions made by Drakgoes or revolve around them with different morals, different rules, different views on topics like gender roles, racism and other social and political stuff. The most general/most neutral beliefs on gender roles is that both men and women help each other out by doing whatever duty they were assigned to do. Female Drakgoes tend to be more aggressive, emotional and act first, while males are more cowardly, less emotional and smart. Some religious Drakgoes believe that it's the females that should be the smart and weak ones, while males should be brave, strong and aggressive, however, this belief isn't considered the norm in Privileged Dragko society. Drakgoes and Amphatrons are the few species that know about Firesphere, the god of flesh and muscle, and worship him. Although, to the Drakgoes, the muscle god looks like a bright orange wyvern with massive, muscular legs and a tail made of yellow flames. Unforteunaly. it is very common for Dragkoes and Amphatrons to fight over which version of Firesphere is the true one, often times it can get quite violent without the interference of outsiders.

There is also the division between the privileged and the loners or 'Paupidae'. The privileged are the Drakgoes that were successful into either construction a town or were born into one. If you were thinking of making a society from scratch then you would first need to find a extinct volcano. After that you would need to get convince a crowd of lone Drakgoes to join and dig out the volcano to then build in it. The term 'Paupidae' translates to 'Poor canine' or 'Slumdog' basically. This term are used by the privileged Drakgoes to mock and put down lone Drakgoes. These Dragkoes don't live in a rigid and strict society so they were generally more free-spirited... in a way. Lone Dragkoes lived in a harsh environment where they have many predators larger than them. Luckier and more social aliens would live in a polygamous pack with a leader that would guild and protect the others. Younger Drakgoes of these packs are typically biological children of the leader and their partners, although they are willing to adopt Draklets(baby Drakgoes) that are lost or have been abandoned by their privileged parents. They believe in 'The More the Merrier' and 'Safety in Numbers' ideology as they live in a dangerous world with many apex predators with even most of their prey being capable of ending their lives solely because of their size. 

Languages

Many years ago, Dragkoes spoke in sounds such as screeches, squeaks, hisses, chirps and barks, Draklets mainly chirp and screech to get the attention of their parents. Nowadays, making primitive sounds as such as theses are considered baby talk, a sign of unintelligence or even equivalent to vulgarly. They speak a very similar language to the Flooks but with many different types of dialects.

Habitats

You will mainly see Drakgoes in tropical forests or environments with, due to their excellent climbing abilities and can combine their swiftness and strong leg power to run on water, like a basilisk lizard. Their environment will usually be dominated by large, herbivorous animals along with large, nutrient-rich vegetation since their metabolism rate makes them high food cost creatures and the large vegetation will make retreating to the treetops easier.

History

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