Tinian

Tinians (Tie-Ni-n) are originally a reptilian type race which are essentially the top half of a snake and the top half of a human. While their original forms are much less recognizable, their uplifting by humans has encouraged them to genetically modify themselves to be more appealing to their human partners. They come in a variety of coloration and patterns, and varying physical features, typically having two arms, but with age and prestige up to eight for near-mythical figures.

• Wrap
• Coil
• Accommodation

• Neophate
• Adult
• Sage
• Master
• False God

Tinian definitely give the impression of snakepeople. Possessing the aspect of a human with light soft scales on parts of the body, and the long sinuous body of a snake to “stand” upon and provide locomotion. They often have hair, but some prefer to retain the ancient hood of flat scaled neck of their ancestry. The scales on top of their “tails” are small, often iridescent, and smooth. The scales on the bottom are larger, wider, and often rougher purely from friction.

Most often seen with a single set of arms, this is the most common type of tinian citizen. Their arms usually thin and long, possessing similar topographical characteristics as the rest of their upper-halves. So if they possess heavily scaling their arms are likely similar.

“Height” as defined by a comfortable position with the torso elevated, usually 1/3rd their total length. Most tinians “stand” at least five and half feet to six feet as adult, and up to twenty feet at extreme age and prestige.

Length will vary between ten feet for young adults, fifteen to twenty for common adults, and up to 100 for extremely large specimens.

Skin and scale come in a wide variety of colors and styles. Pearly whites, jet blacks, shining coppers, and shimmering …colors, man. The colors.

Hair, when present, is most common on the top of the head and face like a humans, having been carefully gene tailored over centuries to achieve this look.

While originally their pure strain features were definitely much more snake-like, most modern strains have become much more humanized. With human facial features and the eyes moving to binocular positions.

Eyes remain slit pupils, with a variety of colors, red, brown, blue, green, and other much rarer colors. Sometimes conforming to their scale color as a dominate gene.

Teeth have developed although they still retain their signature fangs, enlarged and strengthened. They also have incisors and molars similar to humans to allow them to imbide human food, although in some strains these may simply be dentures of implanted. Long, forked tongue.

Extremely sharp sense of taste to compensate for a eak olfactory system. Not as sharp as actual snakes, more of their brain area being taken up by high reasoning.

Can talk like a human, but often with a thick drawing out of certain letters. Either naturally or put on as a stereotype.

Where it is, what it's like, how big it is, whether it splatters nicely.

What they eat, how fast they digest it, how well its digested.