Editing Primordial Evolution Game/Nad'lun (section)

==Tribe Structure and Government==

Here are the four most important social roles of the Nad'Lun society. They aren't strict castes, as the Nad'luns serve in multiple roles during their 40 years spanning lifetime.

The Shamans are the spiritual leaders of the Nad'lun society. They are the masters of the "Scent Way", which is the pheromone based communication. They can commune and understand the will of the herd, and they provide guidance to the whole society accordingly. They can decipher the frail scent messages that the wind carries to the tribe with stunning clarity, and they often speak in almost prophetic fashion of events that have happened afar.

The warriors are the guardians and protectors of the herd. They are ever vigilant for ferocious predators or other threats that could endanger the tribe. The Nad'lun prefer their speed and agility in combat over strength or hardiness. They also compensate their frailness by using slings with surprising accuracy and stopping power. Their spears are used to keep the enemies at distance, while the other warriors pummel the them into submission with rocks. They use their knives as secondary weapons.

The herders are arguably the second most important members of the tribe. They are the glue that keeps the herd together. They use their limited skills in the Scent Way to guide their lesser brethren, and to transfer the overall commands of the Shamans to the whole herd.

The young minders are the most important members of the Nad'lun society, as they are the ones ensure that the future generations of tribals can mature. They are the ones that guard and tend to the young, and more often than not, they are the ones who also give birth to them. Although like all the hoppas, the tribal hoppas are hermaphrodites, but unlike the other hoppa species, who spawn hundreds of floating larvae, the tribal hoppas give birth to few more developed young. The pregnancy takes its toll on the performance of the tribal hoppas, making them less effective at their other duties. Because of this, the young minders have also become the great mothers of the tribe. They tend and give birth to the vast majority of the Nad'lun, making them also the social glue that keeps the tribe together. As they are all one big family, infighting is less frequent.

When reaching adolescence, the young Nad'lun have to adopt one of the numerous roles the adult tribals occupy. Most of them become scouts, scavengers or apprentice herders, who will eventually become proper herders and then shamans.

Some however, choose to leave the protective sanctuary the herd provides, and fulfill their wanderlust in the vast plains that surround them. These young wanderers will often eventually encounter a different tribe, which they in many cases, join. This behavioral trait serves a vital goal. To mix up the stagnating genepool of the tribes, that results from their breeding behaviors, as different tribes usually avoid each other, in order to avoid conflict, as the herds require large amounts of food and having two large herds in the same are would quickly deplete the available resources. Because of this, interbreeding with different tribes is mostly done by these young maidens.

Brief look in the Nad'lun gender roles.

As I have previously stated, all hoppa species are hermaphrodites. Like slugs, they are all capable of both bearing and siring offspring. The tribal hoppas however, give birth to few more developed young, instead of spawning hundreds of small semi developed floating larvae. The pregnancy takes it's toll on the tribal hoppa, making them less capable at their duties. To counter this, the tribal hoppas have evolved a more "feminine" mentality, that manifests in certain hoppas, making them more inclined to take the motherly role. In the Nad'lun society , this has led to the development of a specialized mother role, who both gives birth to the children of the tribe, as well as takes care for them.