The species, pets/familiars, and settingThere are currently five different species.
-Kimeti are the main swamp dwellers.
The two genders have different line arts.
-Kiokote are from the plains.
The genders can be told apart by the beard. Males have a beard, the females do not.
-Acha are from the deserts.
Males have two sets of horns, straight and curved. Females only have the straight horns.
-Totoma are from the north.
Males have extra chest fluff and females do not.
-Zikwa are from underground.
There are no differences between the genders.
Lists of pets and familiars can be found
here and
here.
On the swamp
As for real places that resemble Matope, it's a pretty alien place, but the Everglades are a good place to start, as Matope was inspired by watching several TV shows about the Everglades in a row. Just like Matope the Everglades have
Mangrove forests,
Cypress forests covered in kudzu,
marshes, and
sawgrass prairies.
"Coastline" is a bit misleading. It really looks more like
this than a typical coastline like you're probably envisioning. There are
sandy beaches but they're mostly sloping out of big salty marshes. And then open ocean, punctuated by a few standing mangrove patches.
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