Species: Shan-Shayu
Lifespan: 80-90 years ideally
Height: average height of 5-5"3 ft for both men and women
Diet: Carnivorous
Natural Habitat: mountainous regions throughout Asia, mostly concentrated in China; more commonly found now in scattered cities and towns
Shan-Shayu, or "Mountain Sharks", as they are more commonly known as, are a race of mountain-dwelling people adapted to life in the rocky terrain of most Asiatic mountains. Given their name for their resemblance to the aquatic predator, their bodies are suited most to existing within areas of thin air while they excel at climbing and maneuvering rocky and treacherous terrain. The gill-like openings on their neck operate similar to the pits within a snake's nose, allowing them to sense the heat of other living beings and making finding one another and gathering food easier in the harsh, cold environment. Their jaws are strong enough to pry flesh clean off of bone, and the joints connecting the mandible to the skull can be loosened to open the mouth up further. Shan-Shayu are known to have unnerving grins as their lips can be pulled very far back on their faces because of this.
They are social and frequently live grouped together with family, with a strong emphasis on familial bonds as a whole. Such is that they've began to migrate away from their original habitat of the mountains to live more domestic lives as the race as a whole has started to intermingle further and further with humans. "Pure-blooded" Shan-Shayu are now mostly seen up in the mountains while more mixed members of the race are the more usually seen, and are the image that people are generally more familiar with. With each generation of mixing, the traits of Shan-Shayu children become more and more diluted with the genes of their human parents, as demonstrated.
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