Koken River Toadmen

Koken RiverToadmen
A sub-species of Toadmen, Koken River Toads share characteristics to the native river toads of The Reach. They hold a small but lively population in the Tivrdom's agricultural districts and slums of Bogart.

Physical Description
Like humans, Koken River Toads have five digits with limbs on the stumpy side but walk with a posture that seems more bow-legged to most humanoids. Koken River Toads come in a variety of colors of native river toads: Green, Spotted Orange, Mud Pink, River Blue, and pebble grey.

Koken Toadmen are significantly larger than their average wildlife counterparts river but are far from having human wisdom making Koken Toadmen to be more naive and free-spirited.

Culture


Koken Toads speak the Reach Language: Kolken.

Derived from the word Reed symbolic to their historic use as writing instruments by pressing the cut stalk into soft clay to form letters. This is the most distinguishing feature between Toadmen and Toads. Toadmen can read and write.

The act of swimming is deeply entrenched in Toad Culture. From games to foraging, Rivers play a huge cultural role in the upbring of Toadmen.

The Toadmen also enjoy a cultural game of Sho. A game sourced by stones river stones and played between two Toadmen.

Reach Society
Among the diverse races of River'reach, Koken Toadmen specialize in waterworks and agriculture revolving paddies and flooded fields. They are known to have a loose partnership with common rivertoads, often taming or goading larger variants of wild Rivertoads to pull wagons or farming instruments.

Toad Names
Male: Art, Bartles, Burt, Dapylil, Meaughpf, and Ribert.

Female: Blossom, Hibi, Polli, Lily, Lolli, and Violet.

Note: All Koken Toads adopt the surname of Chu. This cultural feature is also used in distinguishing whether a Toadman is a Koken RiverToadman.

[ Title ] + [ Surname ] + [Given Name]

Ex] Chu Blossom, Chu Ribert, Chu Art, or Herbalist Chu Violet.