Os'tas are much thicker than their Jahkl relatives. Long ago, they would have shared a common ancestor (at around the time when the Blood sect was the most powerful) but after hundreds of generations, the two religious groups split and determined their own aesthetics.

Os'tas pride themselves on their physical strength - to be unmovable, like a mountain. They are much taller than Jahkl but lack the magical prowess - where Jahkl bred to perfect magic, Os'tas found that talent undesireable.

Sure, plenty of Os'tas still develop magical abilities. They just prefer to put their talents towards more practical uses, like working in trades.

This is a female, the males are much bigger and hairier :U Os'tas are based on the Scottish, and would have a thick accent. They are always ginger or brown furred.