Horcridas

History
Horcridas are one of the most poisonous species among the Creatures of Kane. This is due to the fact that they were a main food source for the Beasts of Kane. While they were only slightly poisonous in the beginning, as they began to become more and more dangerous for their predators to eat, the Beasts who still dared to consume them were killed.

The remaining Beasts left the Horcridas alone. As a result of losing their main food source, many carnivorous Beasts are now extinct.

Status
The Horcridas are stabilizing themselves slowly after losing all their predators. There is only one remaining tribe of them, and while the said tribe is thriving, they would be considered endangered at the moment. The system they created after they lost their predators was to ensure they would survive until the population became stable again.

While the Horcridas do prefer to be left alone as a whole. They do make weapons for other species to use against themselves. They are known to get along with the pheileans the best, however, not many of them visit due to the fact that there is an obvious lack of greenery since the Horcridas often destroy natural plant life in order to mine.

Genders
Horcridas have two normal genders, male and female. Males are extremely poisonous compared to females, and they are even more so during mating season. Females are immune to the poison from males, and a female’s poison, while less effective, activates if they are attacked or in a vulnerable state such as pregnancy or they are injured.

Daily Lives
Each Horcridas has a role assigned to them from the moment they are born. They will be a gardener, the one who retains knowledge, a blacksmith, an artist, or the protector of the family.
 * 1) Gardener
 * 2) Knowledge
 * 3) Blacksmith
 * 4) Artist
 * 5) Protector

Horcridas would have mining towns in the ground of the territory. There would be temporary shelters in the mining areas for them to rest, and the permanent living grounds would be above mining areas.

Any children, no matter which child they are, are required to help out starting at the age of eight for mining. Before then, at the mere age of two, they begin helping the gardeners provide food for the rest of the Horcridas.

From mining, the Horcridas obtain materials for the following Horcridas roles in their society: Gardeners (Fertilizers), Artists (Coal, clay and dyes) and Blacksmiths (Minerals).