Category:Hegal

Overview
Hegals are like Humans with bird-like wings of varying types. Despite them being mostly away from regular Humans, Hegals are very common in the wild and their kingdoms and very much on their way to reaching regular human population levels. Not only do their wings have feathers, but they can also have feathers growing off some parts of their body as well as other varying features that separate them from Humans (fairly common although sometimes genetic mutations occur and some Winged have rounded ears).

Hegal lifespans are slightly longer than Humans, being able to live to at least, 130 years. Their wingspans vary between types of Hegals, from 20’ to about 29’ although wings are roughly 2x or 5x bigger than the Hegal, depending on the bird type.

Clothing
For the sake of not having to copy and paste this on all of the articles, a brief overview of clothing for Hegal...

Most Hegal clothing have long slits down the back, usually with buttons or Velcro to hold the two sides together around the wing to keep it from flying around when in flight. There are, of course, different cultural outfits, but generally slits in the back are there.

Unique Bird Species
The best example of unique bird species for Hegal is a Careul Flamingo.

Careul Flamingo
The Careul Flamingo is a species of Flamingo, obviously, that is, rather than white and pink, is black when young, and slowly gains its pattern as it becomes an adult. They're very strong fliers, and actually feast on other species of bird. They're very social and still live in flocks, but are known to eat each other when food is scarce. Their Hegal counterparts are not, in fact, known for that, though that didn't stop humans from spreading the rumor, as they do.

Greater Pumpkin Bird
The greater pumpkin bird is actually a species of falcon, evolved via domestication from Desert Hegal. They are larger than most falcons, with black and orange feathers for desert night camouflage. They were bred specifically to have this, as well as dark markings around the eyes to reflect sunlight and the glare on sand to make hunting more efficient.