OLD Ref for a Seih'Rah (winged Shi'Rah)

Written FAQ below: Q & A here: http://fourkingdoms.deviantart.com/art/ShiRahFactSheet1-37737106

Shi'Rah Creatures. Full name: Shi'e'a'ru'reh' Ra'han'a'man.
Pronounced: "Shy-ee-ah-roo-ree, Ra-han-ah-man"

Sub-Species featured in factsheet and competition: Seih'Rah. Pronounced "Sigh-Ra"

There are two other Sub-Species, then three more in the cousin breed category.

Seih'Rah:
Height: 17hh (horse terms, from ground to top of wither (where wing starts))
Sub-Specie: Winged Shi'Rah
Colours: Any

Babies:

Seih'Rah are born colourless, except for the eyes, these are 'liquid' black.
After a week thier colours 'fade' in till it reaches it's 'staying-shade' at the third week.
After one week the eyes turn 'normal', means that thier eye-colour turns the shade it will hold the rest of it's life.

Babies are born with short manes (much like a foal), it is said that they are 'mourning' for thier lack of colour.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It is a sign of mourning when a Shi'Rah cut's it's mane~~~~

Seih'Rah eyes can be: 'liquid', cat-like, goat-like, human-like, and even snake-like. It is yet unknown why thier eyes can be so different.

Females:
Have four nipples at the base of the stomach
Birthings are in litters of 1-4.
Pregnancy is half a year, roughly six months.

Males:
Have these same nipples, yet as far as research has shown, are entirely useless.
More males are born than females.

In some villages there has been more females than males.
And in others, more males than females.

Shi'Rah courtship:

marry or pairing: "join wings"
Two sets of couples have been known to 'join wings'. x2 females. x2 males.
It is more likely for males to be homosexual.
Some have two or more lovers, and others stay paired to just one.

When a Seh'Rah pairs it'self to a lover or lovers, they wear a 'Taken' bracelet on thier right forelegg.
Anything from thin chain to a solid metal cuff.

~~~~~~~~~~Habitat or Dwelling~~~~~~~~~~~~

Is called 'The mound'. Like a village inside a city of mud, earth, clay, grasses.

A mud-brick 'termite-hill-like' mound, also called a 'castle'
These 'mounds' can be anywhere from rock bases to on the edge of a forest.

It is hollowed out with rooms and corridoors, flat bits with raised fences that are open like 'courtyards'.
Sleeping quarters are just below surface in cozy holes.

Dungeons or jails are well below ground.

Main kingdoms are: North, East, South and West.
However castles are dotted everywhere in sub-kingdoms and villages.
They have either a king or a queen, never both!

Each King or Queen has thier own 'Harem'.

~~~~~~~~~~~~More info on the 'mounds'~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi there.

Well letsee...the mounds are also very similar to rabbit warrens, you ever read 'Watership down'?

The 'floors' are hardpacked earth..almost like clay, the corridoors are so well used that the constant trampling firms the earth.

Most everyday corridoors are large enough for a full-grown Shie'Rah to walk comfortably and even spread thier wings halfway above them, 2 can pass by comfortably. Floor is solid packed earth like hardened clay mixed with a substance so it doesn't crack too easily.

Hallways are bigger still allowing 3 to walk abrest on either side. so if they all stood in a line 6 would stand comfortably with room spare to manuvere around. These tend to have marble-like floors, With 'windows' out and side holes for air and ventalation. (smaller species of Shi'Rah dig these)

Gathering rooms are huge enough for a family to comfortably lounge about...families consist of perhaps 6-10 individuals. A 'family unit' doesn't always have blood relatives. They can all be lovers for instance.

Halls are bigger still, and grandhalls are for royalty to hold banquets, balls, entertainment etc. These have beautiful rugs and such. Floors can be either Marble or allabaster stone...some kings and queens prefer checkered to plain colour.

Bedrooms are big enough for 2 Shie'Rah to sleep and manuvure comfortably, unless like before mentioned there is a 'lovers' 'family unit' in which case the bedroom is way larger. Rugs over hard packed earth. Silks and sheets on ceilling with again ventillation holes. The 'bedrooms' tend to be quite oval or circular with no corners only the floor is straight.

Shie'Rah love huge lavishly decorated soft beds with loads of cushions and tassels...again think arab shiek. The beds tend to be round and set in the middle of the room.

Kings and Queens have a much bigger bed still, with smaller beds littered around the edges of the room. The 'main' bed is a 3 poster which has a canopy/curtains of either light muslin or heavy velvet. The curtains are attached with circular wood over a pole for easy sliding. The posts are set into the ground a metre or so away from the bed (so no one trips over) like a kinda tent in the middle of the room lol.

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