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The Kyokin
8 years ago
Decided to make my "gnomes" into something more, http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21733525/ , so I've started by calling them Kyokin~
The Kyokin are a subterranean dwelling species, having started on the surface, their small size forced them to retreat into the caves, and eventually further in and eventually they evolved to survive and thrive in the underground caverns. The Kyokin were able to thrive underground due to the unique fungus that was thriving underground, eventually the Kyokin and this Kinrui fungus formed a symbiotic relationship, the Kyokin building their homes out of the massive mounds of the bio-luminescent moss and mushrooms that grew wild in the underground.
As time went on the Kyokin thrived, developed into a civilization while being hidden away from those on the surface due to being so far down below. From growing up in such a symbiotic relationship with the Kinrui fungus, the fungus itself evolved to be more useful t o the Kyokin, reaching to the point the Kinrui fungus provided more than just housing and illumination, eventually the Fungus evolved to protect the Kyokin, and even as the Kyokin developed the ability to work metals and stone, they still incorporated the Kinrui into their clothing, sometimes their armor.
The Kyokin don't view death as an end, just a interruption. When a Kyokin dies, they are not buried or burned, they are given to the Kinrui, laid out on one of the beds of fungus and the Kinrui consumes them and a guardian rises forth, the Kyokin then continues to live on as a walking mass of Kinrui fungus. The Kinrui Fungus consumes the recently dead and molds it into a creature, composed primarily of the Kinrui fungus. This new mobile fungus is then able to further spread it's spores, allowing the species to flourish.
Eventually the Kyokin are found by the expanding Terran Imperium, the Kyokin were somewhat modernized, though very different than others, using a system of tubes made out of the Kinrui fungus for transportation, using the kinrui combined with their general construction practices to build their massive underground cities, they made a mild peace as the Imperium was expanding into their territory, so they made a treaty and the Imperium was allowed to stay and expand.
The Kyokin are a subterranean dwelling species, having started on the surface, their small size forced them to retreat into the caves, and eventually further in and eventually they evolved to survive and thrive in the underground caverns. The Kyokin were able to thrive underground due to the unique fungus that was thriving underground, eventually the Kyokin and this Kinrui fungus formed a symbiotic relationship, the Kyokin building their homes out of the massive mounds of the bio-luminescent moss and mushrooms that grew wild in the underground.
As time went on the Kyokin thrived, developed into a civilization while being hidden away from those on the surface due to being so far down below. From growing up in such a symbiotic relationship with the Kinrui fungus, the fungus itself evolved to be more useful t o the Kyokin, reaching to the point the Kinrui fungus provided more than just housing and illumination, eventually the Fungus evolved to protect the Kyokin, and even as the Kyokin developed the ability to work metals and stone, they still incorporated the Kinrui into their clothing, sometimes their armor.
The Kyokin don't view death as an end, just a interruption. When a Kyokin dies, they are not buried or burned, they are given to the Kinrui, laid out on one of the beds of fungus and the Kinrui consumes them and a guardian rises forth, the Kyokin then continues to live on as a walking mass of Kinrui fungus. The Kinrui Fungus consumes the recently dead and molds it into a creature, composed primarily of the Kinrui fungus. This new mobile fungus is then able to further spread it's spores, allowing the species to flourish.
Eventually the Kyokin are found by the expanding Terran Imperium, the Kyokin were somewhat modernized, though very different than others, using a system of tubes made out of the Kinrui fungus for transportation, using the kinrui combined with their general construction practices to build their massive underground cities, they made a mild peace as the Imperium was expanding into their territory, so they made a treaty and the Imperium was allowed to stay and expand.
