Physiology
Haalomans are shorter and light-weight with semi-hollow bones. Their petite stature ranges from 3' 5" tall to 5' tall. They have clawed hands and feet for perching and grabbing onto rocky terrain. All of them have ruffed neck feathers as well. Males and females can have feathers coming off their ear-holes (they do not have protruding ears). Haalomans also do not have noses - just nostrils under a hardened flap of down skin. Females have visible breasts but no nipples. Males also have no nipples. Males have a bony protrusion to allow for inseminating females. Females lay up to 3 eggs. Haalomans are direct descendants of Ambrivans, and have similar anatomy for their body. They excrete waste from their body through a hole in their pelvic region near their reproductive organs.
Haalomans age fairly slowly. After hatching, younglings won't get their feathers or flight wings for a year. Then it is another 3 years before they age to adulthood. Haalomans spend their first 5 years with their parents and can live to be 80 years old. Some elder Haalomans have been known to live to 100 years old. Haalomans are the epitome of grace and elegance in the air. They are clumsy on land however and usually use their talons for landing and climbing. They live in the mountains, so walking on land isn't usually an activity they come by regularly. Haalomans live on a diet of fruits, veggies, and insects they find on the mountains where they live.
Love, Relationships, & Reproduction
Haalomans live in family groups called Clans. Some clans are really large while others are smaller. They are also very territorial and will fight each other if one clan should cross over into another clan's territory. Friendships are very important to Haaloman youth and young adults, and friends keep the same circle their whole life (and are about as territorial as the clan is to other clans). Haalomans live in small caves dug out of the side of the mountains. They have to be small to ensure proper warmth, dryness, and safety from predators.
Haalomans mate for life in pairs. It is highly unusual to find a rogue or sexually mischievous/experimental Haaloman. While there are gay and lesbian Haaloman, they are rare to find as couples as reproduction can only take place between a male and a female (gay and lesbian Haaloman do adopt and raise otherwise orphaned eggs and younglings). Sexual encounters outside of reproduction are rare. To reproduce, males secrete their sperm out a small bony protrusion. They rub the protrusion across their mate's lower pelvis where there is a small opening. The female is read to lay her eggs (1-3 eggs at a time) within a few days and can feel when they are fertilized and ready. Once the eggs are lain, the parents are mostly distant - taking guard against predators instead. Once hatched (in 1 month), the younglings live off of what their parents bring them and what they forage for themselves. The last 3 years are when the younglings learn how to fly and develop their early friendships. The last year of the 5 they stay with their parents is about mimicking what they do as adults to prepare for what they will do and contribute to in their clan.