Grung
Grungs are aggressive froglike humanoids found in the tropical jungles of Yalford. They are fiercely territorial and see themselves as superior to most other creatures.
Grungs live in trees and prefer shade. A grung hatchery is maintained in well-guarded ground-level pools. About three months after hatching, a grung tadpole takes on the shape of an adult. It takes another six to nine months for a grung juvenile to reach maturity.
Grung society is a caste system. Each caste lays eggs in a separate hatching pool, and juvenile grungs join their caste upon emergence from the hatchery. All grungs are a dull greenish gray when they are born, but each individual takes on the color of its caste as it grows to adulthood.
Green grungs are the tribe’s warriors, hunters, and laborers, and blue grungs work as artisans and in other domestic roles. Supervising and guiding both groups are the purple grungs, which serve as administrators and commanders.
Red grungs are the tribe’s scholars and magic users. They are superior to purple, blue, and green grungs and given proper respect even by grungs of higher status.
Higher castes include orange grungs, which are elite warriors that have authority over all other grungs, and gold grungs, which hold the highest leadership positions. A tribe’s sovereign is always a gold grung.
Even though they have separation between casts the different roles are not considered higher or lower than any other with the exception of leadership.
All grungs secrete a substance that is harmless to them but poisonous to other creatures. A grung also uses venom to poison its weapons.
Grungs are always on the lookout for creatures they can capture and eat. they are very wary of things they do not understand but have found that meat to be a welcome reprieve from fruits and insects.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Grungs are short amphibious humanoids. Grungs skin changes based on diet which is often also tied to its position in society. As they are amphibians it is difficult to identify sex characteristics from a first hand account. This can be done however through height, auditory differences and internal organ otopsy.
Dietary Needs and Habits
The food a Grungs consumes will alter how it is perceived by other Grungs. The color of its skin changes in accordance to the chemicals in the fruit reacting to its body. This has created a class system. With that said the issue is more capital regarding access to particular fruit do to their mutability.
Civilization and Culture
Gender Ideals
Considering Grungs have no external sex characteristics other than a small size difference, the idea of gender is considered irrelevant until child baring years. Until then Grungs rely on preference, for gender norms and often continue with preference regardless.
Scientific Name
Anuri sapien
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