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Having split off around 1 million years ago from mainline Lodians, the Arne are more evolutionarily conserved, having a thicker tail, harder, more prickly feathers, and a more prominent muzzle, among other more primitive traits. They typically live in isolated islands in the southern hemisphere as well as the yet-unnamed western continent. Fertile offspring are occasionally possible and have resulted between them—the most prominent example being Axhare "the Disturber"[1], the offspring of a Selsian mother and Arne father—but the success rate is at most only 6% of that of Lodian-Lodian pairings. Typically, the father is Arne, because of an... anatomical quirk the Arne have. These considerations—in addition to some Lodian texts describing them as "[arne]re'al" (people[2]), and others as "[arne]lod'al" (people, specifically Lodians[2])—raise questions among contacting humans on whether they should be classified a species (Levispluma arne), or a subspecies (Levispluma sapiens arne).

There is also a similar case with the two major Lodian races, the Jade Lodians and the Selsians. Unlike Earth "races", they descend from common ancestors, and the evolved traits have a much bigger impact. Selsians have much fewer feathers on average than Jades (as much as typical humans have body hair), short, conical ears unlike the elven ears of the Jades, longer pregnancies, pupils which focus well under water, and numerous small metabolic and gas exchange differences which make them better adapted for a tropical aquatic lifestyle. On the other hand, the Jades have kept much more of their feathers, making them better adapted for continental and arctic climates. They diverged 200,000 years ago from each other, enough for reproductive success rates to drop to 50% compared to monoracial pairings. As such, it is also debated on whether they should be classified as simply races or the subspecies's Levispluma sapiens lodia and Levispluma sapiens selsi.
Information about him will come. Eventually.
In Classical Lodian, the language spoken in the largest city of the Jade Lodian continent.

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Having split off around 1 million years ago from mainline Lodians, the Arne are more evolutionarily conserved, having a thicker tail, harder, more prickly feathers, and a more prominent muzzle, among other more primitive traits. They typically live in isolated islands in the southern hemisphere as well as the yet-unnamed western continent. Fertile offspring are occasionally possible and have resulted between them—the most prominent example being Axhare "the Disturber"[1], the offspring of a Selsian mother and Arne father—but the success rate is at most only 6% of that of Lodian-Lodian pairings. Typically, the father is Arne, because of an... anatomical quirk the Arne have. These considerations—in addition to some Lodian texts describing them as "[arne]re'al" (people[2]), and others as "[arne]lod'al" (people, specifically Lodians[2])—raise questions among contacting humans on whether they should be classified a species (Levispluma arne), or a subspecies (Levispluma sapiens arne).

There is also a similar case with the two major Lodian races, the Jade Lodians and the Selsians. Unlike Earth "races", they descend from common ancestors, and the evolved traits have a much bigger impact. Selsians have much fewer feathers on average than Jades (as much as typical humans have body hair), short, conical ears unlike the elven ears of the Jades, longer pregnancies, pupils which focus well under water, and numerous small metabolic and gas exchange differences which make them better adapted for a tropical aquatic lifestyle. On the other hand, the Jades have kept much more of their feathers, making them better adapted for continental and arctic climates. They diverged 200,000 years ago from each other, enough for reproductive success rates to drop to 50% compared to monoracial pairings. As such, it is also debated on whether they should be classified as simply races or the subspecies's Levispluma sapiens lodia and Levispluma sapiens selsi.
Information about him will come. Eventually.
In Classical Lodian, the language spoken in the largest city of the Jade Lodian continent.