Tormentors

A thirst for pain and suffering, they enjoy the game of torture. For those that are mateless, this is a 'sexual' outlet till they find their other half. Those that have their other half still enjoy the relief the screams bring.
While they appear brutal and heartless, they can be amazingly gentle with their mates and protective of their offspring. Spawn (offspring) are born in single births most often with families of any size from single spawns to several.
Spawns that near a certain age are sent to train with a master at the craft of torture, honing their skills for when they become adults. The spawn are then broken by any means by their master. Spawns are broken at the age of 18 to 19 years and will then go off on their own. Few are skilled enough to become trainers or masters on their own, only those with exceptional skills get the preveilge of the title.

Their governing body is the General Assembly, made up of many Junior and Senior Senators. The speaker of the assembly is voted upon by the members and presides for ten years. Most of the assembly is made up of well known families, from all social statuses and they make and uphold the laws all Tormentors live by.

Highly xenophobic, they distrust outsiders and breeding with any will cause the one involved to become an outcast. Though there are laws protecting innocents of any crimes even if the parents willingly mate outside their own kind.