Adaro

Adaros are waterdwelling, mammalian humanoids native to the waters around Solomon Islands. A species who glorifies war, the Adaro are a hostile species with the ability to create and control watersprouts.

Physiology
Adaros are a slender species that stands 1.80 to 1.90 meters on average. They have a rubber-like skin that ranges from grey to blue, and have a pattern of white spots that covers their backs. They have a round pair of eyes with with big pupils covering most of their visible eye. From beneath their eyes a long sword-like appendix is situated, very similiar to that of a swordfish, and they have a dorsal fin on the back of their heads.

From their forearms and calves they have fins, and their feet and hands are webbed for easier swiming. Behind their ears, which are barely noticeble, they have a set of gills for underwater breathing. They have two sets of lungs, one for underwater breathing, and one for breathing air.

Adaros have two sexes; male and female. Female Adaros are usually bigger than the male, and they give birth to live-born young, with a gestation period of around 11 months

Life cycle
Adaros have an average lifespan of 75 years. Infant Adaro are called pups and females give birt to 2 to 5 pups in their lifetime. The pups are born without their water magic ability, and start discovering this during ther puberty.

Upon reaching the age of 26 Adaros is expected to have fully mastered their water magic and they will preform an initiation ritual that makes them enter adulthood. After passing the ritual the Adaro is considered to be a full-fledged member of society. If failing the ritual, the Adaro is usually shunned and driven away from his tribe, condemned to a life in solitude.

From the age of 26 Adaros are considered full-fledged adults, and are considered in their prime around the age of 30. Adaros are qualified as "middle-aged" by 40 to 60 and "old" by 60 to 75.

Behavior
Adaros are a hostile species that often find it difficult to interact with other species. They value the hunt, and in their culture hunters are the highest rank in the society. They are prone to getting into fights with both members of its own race, and members of others, and many political disputes are usually descided in a duel.

Adaros are practicers of Ngorism, and often pray to their god, Ngorieru, for support during big descicions or before hunts.

They are not prone to monogamy, and sex is often used as a tool for power. Therefore it is not unsualy to have two males or two females have sex.

Adaros work well in the military, and make excellent officers, troops and hunters.

Abilities

 * Water magic - Adaros have the power to control and create watersprouts. This ability develops during their puberty and is fully mastered by the age of 26. The watersprouts take massive amounts of energy to produce, and therefore they are rarely conjured. When conjured, the Adaro usually use the watersprouts for quick transportation or as traps for prey.

Demographics
Adaros are native the waters around the Solomon Islands. This is also where you can find the most concentrated population of Adaros. The Adaro Council can be found in Honiara. Nowadays Adaros can be found in the waters around Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and easter Australia.