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Rokea

The Rokea or "were-sharks" are the unquestioned rulers under the waves. They have only a few Kinfolk among humans, and exist mostly among their bestial relations (a reverse of the Hakken situation). Homid Rokea (those born by a Kudago (kinfolk) and a Rokea) are rare and those who decide to "Swim the Unsea" are hunted without mercy by their kind, which has become a rite of passage among the shark-born Rokea. As a result, theirs is the simplest and most brutal of societies among the Changing Breeds. Rokea see everything in relation to Sea, their Gaia equivalent, who commands them only to survive, and have had little to no contact with Unsea (i.e. dry land) until very recently. Rokea are ageless, they stop ageing once they undergo their first change. Rokea have three auspices (though only Homids use the term), based on their complex interpretation of the sun and lunar cycle in Oversea (the sky). These are:

    * Brightwater (born during full moon, or during the day): fairly common; fierce warriors.
    * Dimwater (born while the moon is changing, during twilight or when the sun is obscured): the majority of Rokea; without a clear role, though they aren't territorial like other auspices and often enjoy travelling the world's oceans.
    * Darkwater (born during the new moon or an eclipse): the rarest of all Rokea; innovators and mystics.

Rokea don't have tribes, but come from many different species of shark. Some of the most common species, with their Rokea names, are:

    * Karkha (great white sharks)
    * Spynha (hammerhead sharks)
    * Lexcha (bull sharks)
    * Ixya (mako sharks)
    * Galchurva (tiger sharks)
    * Greenland Sharks ( No name is listed for them in the Rokea Book)

A separate branch of the Rokea has broken away from this bestial tradition, under the guidance of the Zhong Lung (see Moloké above) and a Darkwater named Mizuchi. These Same-Bito have successfully developed a population of human Kinfolk and have different auspices: the Karui (warriors), the Koshuku (travellers), and the Irono (tricksters). They are also the only Rokea to breed with goblin sharks. Same-Bito are seen as traitors by most traditional Rokea.

    * Hexanchiformes: Examples from this group include the cow sharks, frilled shark and even a shark that looks on first inspection to be a marine snake.
    * Squaliformes: This group includes the bramble sharks, dogfish and roughsharks, and prickly shark.
    * Pristiophoriformes: These are the sawsharks, with an elongated, toothed snout that they use for slashing the fish that they eat.
    * Squatiniformes: Angel sharks.
    * Heterodontiformes: They are generally referred to as the bullhead or horn sharks.
    * Orectolobiformes: They are commonly referred to as the carpet sharks, including zebra sharks, nurse sharks, wobbegongs and the whale shark.
    * Carcharhiniformes: These are commonly referred to as the groundsharks, and some of the species include the blue, tiger, bull, reef and oceanic whitetip sharks (collectively called the requiem sharks) along with the houndsharks, catsharks and hammerhead sharks. They are distinguished by an elongated snout and a nictitating membrane which protects the eyes during an attack.
    * Lamniformes: They are commonly known as the mackerel sharks. They include the goblin shark, basking shark, megamouth shark, the thresher sharks, shortfin and longfin mako sharks, and great white shark. They are distinguished by their large jaws and ovoviviparous reproduction. The Lamniformes include the extinct megalodon, Carcharodon megalodon.