Tetan

Description
The tetanâ are the most well-documented creature of myth said to reside in Sajem Din. The tetanâ are similar in appearance to land snails, with a soft, squishy body covered with a shell. However, the tetanâ also have hair. This hair can take on nearly any color, most commonly the Sajem Tan Primary Colors and is usually styled into a mohawk. They live about 110-130 years and reach physical maturity at the age of 5 or 7.

The tetanâ have a multitude of unexplained magical powers, for example telekinesis, a necessity for creatures without arms. They also have the ability to fly. Some tribemembers have even attested that they have laser eyes.

Tetanâ live in small villages in the forests that dot Sajem Din, with houses built from wood. These villages commonly have 15-20 buildings and several farms on which magically enlarged berries are grown. These farms provide food for the entire village.

Culture
One important aspect of tetan culture are the tetan songs. All tetanâ are taught these songs in young childhood. The tetan songs are said to have the magical property of being able to fix the universe whenever it becomes out of sync with itself. The tetanah fly throughout the universe, locating these rips and tears and singing special tetan songs to bring it back to order again.

The tetanâ have a propensity to goof off. In fact, they may often shirk their universe-mending duties in order to go play around, and do something spontaneous or random such as trying to build a swing that hangs from the ceiling fan. The only things that might encourage them to do something even remotely serious is if their food supply is low and they need to go harvest more, if a universal tear gets too big and it starts causing things to go awry, or if they recieve nasty comments from the tribe about such a tear.

Life Cycle
The life cycle of a tetan is quite different than that of a human. A tetan will be born and start to learn to speak and slide during the first three years of its life. After this, they will have become strong enough to start working on the community farms. They will do this for 5 - 10 years before starting school, where they learn to fly, sing, and mend the universe. After 6 - 8 years of this, they are ready to fix the universe. At this point they will return to their previous life and goof off and begin to ignore their universe-mending duties just as any respectable tetan would.