Osemoro

The Osemoro are the most common, populous and dominant species of sentient beings that inhabit the world of Eraminä, as well as the species with the oldest history – the original inhabitants of the world as it was created. Bipedal mammals of great intelligence, of whom some also have great aptitude in directly contacting and manipulating the Flowing Airs, their physical form is highly adapted for terrestrial activity, yet retains some interesting physical features that are clues as to their originally aquatic heritage.

Their range covers most of the two major landmasses of Eraminä, Rymethus and Kangeya, making them also the only species to have a truly global distribution – a circumstance commonly attributed to their adaptive abilities and proficiency both in utilizing the Flowing Airs of the world, and in making use of technology. Social and communicative beings with a strong sense of culture, the Osemoro are presently highly differentiated as a species into ethnicities and races, some of the most significant being the Sèvayn Rymeth which inhabit the Imperial lands in southern Rymethus, and the Kangeyazin who inhabit the northern areas of Kangeya.

Etymology of the Name

While the various ethnic and cultural groups of this species mostly have their own names for their species, the word Osemoro is often used even in other languages to refer to the species. The word itself means ‘eldest’, or ‘most senior’, in the old language now preserved as Hynasul Koma’äkazh or the Language of the Temple which is the predecessor of modern Hynasul Rymethazh, the Rymeth language.

Physical Traits

The Osemoro are bipedal mammals whose general form are highly akin to the humans of our world; they stand mostly between 5.5 chy (around 155 cm) to 1 shak 1 chy (around 195 cm) in height, a differentiation that is often taken to correspond with race, though other factors are certainly at play as well. In general both genders within the Sèvayn Rymeth stand at around 1 shak to 1 shak 4 hyn (168 cm to 182 cm), and the Kangeyazin, more interestingly, exhibit marked gender dimorphism; while females stand around 5 chy 6 hyn to 1 shak (160 cm to 168 cm), the males average at 1 shak 2 hyn (175 cm) and can reach 1 shak 6 hyn (189 cm). Hair tends to grow on the head, and thinly on the back of the arms and hands for females; on males hair on the chest and legs is quite common. Curiously the Osemoro rarely grow pubic hair.

The racial differentiation of the Osemoro species stems primarily from visual differences, primarily in skin, hair and eye colour. Accordingly there is wide variety in all three, which sometimes betrays more information than merely one’s ethnicity (see Eyes of Sènaön).