Choira

The best things are worth waiting for, particularly good company and a good meal.
The Choira are a race of Capybara-folk, generally calm and peaceful, with a deep love and respect for all life, with a focus on the the smaller creatures of Gallus. They are friendly and prefer to take their time with things, laid back and kind. Some settlements in Gallus run animal reservations in order to ensure that some of the weaker animals aren't freely hunted to extinction.

Gherri Trees only naturally grow in the areas Choira are native to, which, when tended to properly produce a sweet fruit (the Gherri fruit) and leaves which can be used in healing salves. They take a lot of effort to maintain and have become a huge part of Choiran culture. When a Choira leaves their village to go live elsewhere they take with them a clipping of the Gherri tree they spent their life tending to and keep it safe until they find a place to settle, at which point they plant the clipping and grow a new tree to be tended to. The Choira believe spending time with the Gherri tree and carefully cultivating it helps teach patience, understanding, and perception.

Traits

Age: Choira have shorter lifespans than humans. They reach maturity at about 12 years old and can live to 60.
Size: Choira are around 5 feet tall and weigh between 90 and 120 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed: Your movement speed is 30 ft. You have a swim speed of 30 ft.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and Choiran.
Friend to the Small: Small animals can understand you, and you them. You also have proficiency in Animal Handling.
Keen Smell: You have advantage on Perception checks involving smell.
Strong Swimmer: You have advantage on swimming (Athletics) checks.
Mellow Soul: Once per day you may extend your natural aura of calm in a 20 foot radius around you for up to 1 minute (with concentration). Each humanoid and small beast in the radius must make a Charisma saving throw (The DC for this save is equal to 8 + your Proficiency + Charisma a creature can choose to fail this saving throw if it wishes. If a creature fails its saving throw, choose one of the following two effects: You can suppress any effect causing a target to be charmed or frightened. When this effect ends, any suppressed effect resumes, provided that its duration has not expired in the meantime.
Alternatively, you can make a target indifferent about creatures of your choice that it is hostile toward. This indifference ends if the target is attacked or harmed by a spell or if it witnesses any of its friends being harmed. When the effect ends, the creature becomes hostile again, unless the DM rules otherwise.

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Choiran uses a series of long rising wheeks, squeals, and chittering.

Birth & Baptismal Rites

Choira have a ritual they perform when ready to give birth which include birthing in a pool of water.