Karhyri

Karhyri
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore/hunter
Status	Minor Race
Locomotion	Walker
Terrain	Forest
Body Form
Confluence	Semi-humanoid
Bio-Identenoid	Reptilianoid
Size	1.9 meters
Weight	80 kg
Culture
Languages	Karhyr
Social Structure
Technological Epoch	TL:10-12
Psionic potential	Standard
Origin World
Homeworld location	Sfyri (Crucis Margin 0439)
UWP	A552989-B Starport A Excellent: Starship Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel Size 5 Medium (8,000 km, 0.40g - 0.57g) Atmosphere 5 Thin Hydrographics 2 Dry World 20% Population 9 High (3 billion) Government 8 Civil Service Bureaucracy Law 9 High Law (no weapons out of home) Tech Level B Average Stellar (large starships)
Primary Star	K5 V
Atmosphere	Thin
Off-world presence	Yes
Zoetic individuals	Yes
Source
Reference	Gateway to Destiny 33-34, 60-61.
Canon	Yes
Also see

The Karhyri of Sfyri (Crucis Margin 0439) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a semi-humanoid appearance and technologically sophisticated sophonts. Some sources note the name of the individuals as Kahyri.

Description (Specifications)

The Karhyri are bipedal omnivore hunters, conforming to humanoid norms, with a reptilian-avian appearance. Their skin is leathery and their faces sport beak-like structures. They evolved in the rough woodlands of the Sfyri wilderness.

Size

The Karhyri have an average mass of 78 kg -- slightly greater than the average human. The difference in any one individual is not noticeable, but an average human in a large group of Karhyri will seem a bit short.

Gender and Caste

They have three genders -- Female, Male, and Neuter (called "Home-Guardian" by Karhyri) -- and three castes, known to humans as Winged, Tailed, and Common (by appearance). In fact, all Karhyri have tails and small wings (for display, not flight), but the castes in question have more pronounced features. Caste seems to be genetically determined, and all three sexes are found within all three castes.

Caste changes to another, randomly determined, caste at one point in a Karhyri's life, when aging sets in (around 48 standard years). Gender is also likely to change. It is also possible that the new caste and gender are the same as the old ones.

Life Stages

Adulthood is reached at 26 standard years. Physical aging begins at 48 standard years. Mental aging begins at 84 years. The average life expectancy is 96 years.

Senses

Vision is good, as is smell. Due to evolving in a K5 V star system, their vision is within the Near-IR and Red bands; Greens and blues are undetectable to them. Hearing and touch are weaker than that in humans. Karhyri have a very weak version of Awareness, which is the ability to detect electro-magnetic fields.

Body Structure

The Karhyri are bipedal upright walkers. The head is a housing for the senses only; the brain is actually located in the torso, although this may not be immediately apparent to humans. They follow a humanoid form, with two arms and two legs. Notable features include sharp teeth which can be used as an effective melee weapon, small wings for display, and grippers instead of hands.

Psychology & Philosophy (Mindset)

Karhyri have a strong honor-based behavioral system and almost no sense of subterfuge or deception. Some human traders have remarked that the Karhyri have next to no idea what a "poker face" is.

Social Organization

A sophont people whose nature conforms to a socially-oriented caste system (distinct from the biological caste system, though members of each genetic caste are typically found in certain social castes), dividing populations into rulers, patrons, enforcers, entertainers, artists, and "units".

To humans, this caste structure makes Karhyri appear obsessed with honor and duty. In turn, the typical Karhyri expects non-Karhyri individuals to fall naturally into one of these castes. Newly met humans are watched for telltale cues of a perceived caste, and are thenceforth treated accordingly.

Karhyri distrust Hivers, considering them to be without honour and thus barely deserving of sapience. Relations were damaged early on, when a solemn pilgrimage to return Hiver bodies (recovered from the crashed ship that gave Karhyri jump technology) was treated with casual indifference by the Hivers.

Government & Politics (Leadership)

Karhyri Worlds

Astrography

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

• Crucis Margin Sector
  • Syzlin Subsector

Homeworld

The homeworld of this race is:

• Sfyri (Crucis Margin 0439)

World Listing

Significant communities of this race are known to exist within the following systems and worlds:

6 of 6 World articles in Karhyri

Himrai  •  K'Mara  •  Kald (CM 0440)  •  Sfyri  •  Sora  •  Tstata  •  

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References

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. Gateway to Destiny (QuikLink Interactive, 2004), 33-34, 60-61.