Centaur

The Centaur are a humanoid liminal race with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse. Herbivores, centaurs are normally found in grasslands and savannahs, they are a race of nomads who become brave warriors in times of conflict.

Their civilization is ancient, by far the oldest of all the humanoid races known to mankind. Extremely proud and strong-willed, they differ from the other races in that they consciously suppress their urges during mating season.

Culture
For centuries, Centaurs were a violent, militaristic race that lived around the art of combat. While Centaur males developed into being muscular, vulgar, violent beasts who only saw raw strength as valuable, Centaur females favored technique and became refined, though prideful, warriors.

In order to continue their warrior culture, Centaurs mated with only the strongest of their race to ensure strength in the next generation, however, as the Centaur males became more crass, Centaur women began liking gentler, more visually palatable men, such as humans, and this change in taste began to cause the centaur birth rate to dwindle. In order to overcome this problem, at least one generation ago centaurs started using 'Teaser Males' to aid in reproduction; where, during intercourse, the female will be sexually teased, or enticed, by a male that she desires as a Centaur male mounts and reproduces with her when she is sufficiently aroused.

However, more recently, centaur women have rejected this method of reproduction as well and instead embark in search of a "noble lord" to "serve" as their ancestors once did long ago.

Apparently, modern centaurs have stuck with breeding with their own kind in the traditional belief that doing so will keep their race strong, in opposed to mating with other species (humans in particular). For them, a position in opposite to this would require hard evidence to prove otherwise. Centorea's mother in particular set out to prove this by dueling her own daughter, because Centorea is actually half human. By dueling her mother, an undefeated champion jouster of the strongest lineage to a standstill, Centorea unknowingly proved that not being full centaur would not dilute the races' strength as a whole.

Physiological Attributes

 * Female Centaurs have rather large breasts for feeding their young, which have large appetites.
 * Female Centaurs can lactate and produce a larger amount of milk. However this is rarely seen outside of pregnancy.
 * As herbivores, centaurs generally have twice as many taste buds as omnivores (e.g. humans), while omnivores have over twenty times as many taste buds as carnivores (e.g. Lamia).
 * Centaurs have a standard body temperature of 38 degrees.

Cultural Differences

 * Due to their Physiology, Centaurs do not wear any undergarments.

Members

 * Centorea Shianus
 * Centorea's Mother

Trivia

 * Members of this race consider it an unspeakable insult for a man to tire first during mating. A centaur so insulted may kick her partner to death without another word.
 * One of The Eight Brothers is dating a Centaur girl.
 * A Centaur will only allow his or her master ride on their back as forcibly riding a centaur is the same as rape.
 * Centaurs use horseshoes.
 * Centorea Shianus’ family is known amongst the centaur race as one of the bravest and strongest family lines.
 * According to Centaur law, duels must take place without armor.