Lifecycle of the Fubarnii

The fubarnii are diminutive creatures, standing about four feet tall, from their large-toed hooves to the top of their long heads. Their shiny black eyes are well suited to their mostly nocturnal habits and their strong fingers are used for foraging and farming as well as building and fighting. Those dextrous fingers and inquisitive minds helped them create the tools to grow from a race enslaved by the predatory devanu into a mighty Empire.

Fubarnii hatch from large eggs. The eggs are formed from a sticky egg-mass that is secreted by a fubarnii in the sempa lifestage. Most fubarnii lay their eggs in ceremonial nests that help to protect the egg as it develops.

Hatchlings are well-developed and are capable of walking within a few days of breaking through the tough skin of the egg.

In most clans the immature jenta are raised in communal crèches until they are old enough to be apprenticed into a suitable trade. In some clans the crèches determine the role that the young fubarnii will be trained in.

After about 10 years the fubarnii mature into the sempa lifestage and are considered to be adults. Most fubarnii will eventually mature to the kopa lifestage, but this is driven by many environmental factors. Kopa are typically slightly bulkier than the sempa, but for most fubarnii races the physical difference is not obvious. However, for some races, such as the Eragu of Engu, the difference is far more pronounced, with the kopa growing to a huge size