Dumun

For all that the dumun are a frail and squishy breed, there are few other races in Nabdetam that can match them for their powers of adaptability, either in mind or body. It is this that makes them such valuable allies and such formidable foes.

Among themselves, the dumun divide themselves into two groupings: the Ubaneb (Star Born) and the Ubaki (Earth Born). The Ubaneb further divide themselves into four tribes: the Ohi, the Kote, the Jara, and the Yrem.

Biology:
The dumun are human and their appearance, with some variation, reflects this. Skin, eye, and hair coloring come in all the colors of the normal human spectrum, but there are body modification kits to change that for those who don’t care for what nature gave them. Height and build tend to vary more for the Ubaneb then they do for the Ubaki: 4ft6in (137cm) to 7ft6in (229cm), and 90lbs (41kg) to 315lbs (143kg) are all considered healthy, for the most part.

Dumun tend to live anywhere from one to two centuries, depending on if they’re Ubaki or Ubaneb, and are considered children until they’ve survived their first 15 years. After that, they’re able to drink, smoke, marry, vote, and join their favorite branch of government. Legal leniency is shown in most cases, though, until about the age of 25. Mid life crises are expected to hit at anywhere from 50 to 80 years of age, and most of the populace doesn’t consider a person old until they at least hit 100 years, although current trends are pushing that back to 130 or so.

Religion:
The main religion of the Ubaneb is called “Namaka”. Translating to “who what flows,” these dumun believe that all things and people were once part of a greater being called the Knowing One. This Knowing One wanted for nothing except knowledge and, to this end, split itself into many, many pieces and the universe, and everything in it, was created. As these dumun believe, once the Knowing One has all the answers it desires, it will pull all of its pieces back together and all will return to being a single entity again.

There are other religions, of course – any beliefs that were seen on Kaisar at any point in its history can still be found now, and combinations and adaptations of those abound as well. The Ubaneb have no preference for what spiritual path one of their number follows, as long as their worshiping is not bothersome to others. Not all of the Ubaki share this view.

Ohi:
“Scholars” -

Kote:
“Mercenaries” -

Jara:
“Politicians” -

Yrem:
“Deviants” -

Ubaki:
(“Earth Born”) Age, nationality, and ideology vary – the only uniting factor of this ‘tribe’ is that each of these people were born on the home world, and then brought to the stars, usually without option.