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Physiology:The Terrock are a drab-skinned, dark-eyed and dark-haired people, with an average height of around 5' 8" for adult males, and 5' 5" for adult females.

Society:The majority of Terrock live in mud-brick villages on the floodplains and ocean shore, and all but the smallest of such villages are surrounded by a thick, sturdy palisade of wood and adobe. The largest of these villages are centered around a smallish step pyramid, which serves as the centre for ceremonial rites and community assemblies. These villages subsist through a combination of river and coastal fishing (depending on the specific village's location) and rudimentary agriculture. Some hunting of land animals and gathering of undomesticated plantlife is done, but neither contributes substantially to the diet of most Terrock.

Terrock communities are typically lead by a council of leading citizens, selected from amongst those who can command the respect of both the general populace and their fellow councillors. These councillors lead fishing expeditions, oversee farmlands, administer communal property, and hear the various petitions and grievances brought to them by their fellow citizens. Terrock adults of both sexes are considered equal members of society, and are both eligible to serve as village councillors. Most Terrock villages raise children in a communal manner, with biological parenthood having relatively little to do with child rearing.

Starting Technology:

Primary Tech Group: Maritime

Secondary Tech Group: Agrarian

Fishing Nets (3): Cast net, hand net, seine net

Other Fishing Methods (2): Angling, hand gathering

Simple Boat Design: Plank boat

Very Simple Boat Design: Outrigger canoe

Housing Design: Mudbrick cubes

Cultural Practices (4): Drums and chanting, painting, sculpture, communal childrearing

Weapons (3): Basic wooden shield, spear-thrower, stone dagger

Hide Bowl-Boats or Canoes: Basic canoe

Special Buildings (2): Palisade, step pyramid

Woomera, atlatl, or bow: Bow

Domesticated Grains (2): Wheat, flax

Domesticated Plant: Papyrus

Hoe or mattock: Mattock