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[eastern gate]

Hello all! Co-admin here and with so many various races being mentioned, I figured we should have a thread that people can post to when they create a new race! Yay! Right, so as always, the admins will keep an eye on what’s being said so things.. make… sense…. kinda. So basically no creating godly races etc etc…. just common stuff really.

If creating a new race and unsure as to what we’ll allow, please contact one of the admins (karuri, mirror) to run it past one of us.

Right, onto the other things. Please post onto this thread when you create a race. As always, the more detail the better.

The creator of the species is unofficially in charge of it. So if someone makes up an alien race, and you want to make a character in the same race (not including humans), please contact the creator and run the bio by them first.

[ruhk]

Race: Avige

Home Planet: Most call it Avige since the actual name is pronounced using an avian dialect. It’s barely a fourth of the size of earth and is covered in steep canyons and very little greenery. The Avige race (currently) build their cities in the expansive cave systems created by the many canyons (another reason why their wings are decreasing in size as the race gets older).

Culture Blurb: On their home planet, the Avige are almost primal. They use very little if any electricity, computer systems, or technology in general. They are deeply connected with the nature and animals, and tend to shun change. Not that they are totally stuck in their ways., the larger cities are more welcome to change, and many Avige leave to sell wares and act as space merchants.

Physical Attributes:The majority of the Avige that remain on their home planet are full-blooded (they haven’t procreated outside of their race), yet due to the raising number of Avige leaving to work in space, many are now diluted-bloods (Avige term: basically every Avige that has a smidge of any other race’s blood in them). Diluted Avige look like the other race, and only retain the ability to speak in avian dialects.

Depending on various genes, full blooded Avige (which are rare off of their home planet), take on the looks of a species of bird and race of human (ex: raven and Caucasian, crane and African, etc etc). With a human base, they take on the wings, and eyes of the bird. Some full-blooded Avige also take on hair that resembles feathers and/or avian tails. There have been cases of clawed feet as well, and larger wings sizes, but this is extremely rare.

The official Avige race is a strange mixture human sounding words and various bird noises. The schools teach the galactic standard English, thus almost all of the Avige who leave their home planet are at least bilingual.

Side Notes:
- Avige are viewed as adults by the age of 13.

- All of their holidays are based around the lunar calendar and the slight change in weather (they don’t have true seasons due to small size)

- Due to size and treatment of outsiders, unless you’re an Avige, you basically aren’t allowed on the planet unless you have managed to reach a very high position in the stellar government and have something to say to the planet’s leaders.

- The standard Avige language isn’t taught off of their planet since it requires Avige vocal cords to properly speak it.

Current Characters using this race: Ruhk Babek (and his grandfather Azar Babek)

[Dusty]

Race: Estrean

Home Planet Estrea is about the size of Jupiter, thought slightly smaller in size with three rings moving around the planet acting as the planet's satellites and as a defense system. There are no oceans or large bodies of water on the planet and their source of water comes from their planet's core. They have huge wells around the planet which pump water up from the core and feed it to homes. The plant life just feeds directly from the core, so farmers never have to worry about watering them. The core of the planet constantly replenishes itself, the Estreans really don’t know how it does it and they don’t really care. Estrea is slightly farther closer to their sun than Earth is which heats the planet, but their water core acts as a coolant. Estrea has extreme seasons depending on which way their planet is tilted, if it is tilted away from the sun the planet turns into an ice age but once it tilts towards the sun again the heat melts the ice away. Because of this ice age the planets plant life never becomes very tall, but the farmers plant many crops to make sure there is enough to keep them alive through the ice age. These extreme seasons happen every other year.

Culture Stuff: Estreans have a small number of large cities, which are filled with the latest technology. Estreans realize the importance of the technology but don’t like to be around it for too long, so most Estreans work in the cities but live out in the country where there is barely any.

Estreans time system has six months (60 days in each) but these months are divided into three mini-months (20 days each) and each of these three mini months in each of the six months are like their “week”.

Physical Attributes: Most Estreans don’t leave their planet unless they are going on a small vacation, they are attached to their planet and feel they need to stay on it to honor the planet. One of the main characteristics of an Estreans are they are very emotional, they don’t like to show how emotional they are in front of other races but sometimes they cant help it depending on the situation. A physical attribute are the small black dotes around their eyes which create a pattern around their eyes depending on the Estreans personality.

Most Estreans speak the standard English but some of the elders speak the ancient language, most of the younger Estreans know a few words (which their parents or grandparents probably taught them) of the ancient language but they wouldn’t really know how to strike up a conversation using it.

Side Notes:
- The Estrean armies are based on the satellites in the rings which surround the planet.

- Estreans are considered an adult when they are 25 years old (though they can drink alcohol and drive earlier than this)

- Estreans welcome outsiders to their planet but don’t like them to stay very long and they must have a purpose coming there. Though Estrea is closed off to everyone who wishes to come there when the planet’s ice age is in effect.

-Estreans also have an extended lifetime, most live to be about 150 (in human years).

Current Characters using this race: Sunshine FlowerDust McCleary and Kiwi GloryRoad McCleary

[Ue & Bi]

Race: Navarri

Home Planet:
Navar
Navar is a large moon orbiting a gas giant. The gravity is slightly less than Earth’s and it is also slightly smaller. Toxic fumes fill the orange tinted atmosphere from the planet’s thousands of active volcanoes. Due to the unusual tectonic activity, very little of the planet is habitable. The temperature and weather are strangely constant at a perpetually hazy, humid 100*F. It does not rain on Navar, but dew pools in large lakes and ponds constantly. The Navarri live mostly on extinct volcanoes, strange fauna thriving on the rich volatile soil. Navarri Yellow Berries are the most famous fauna and are the main export from the planet. The berries produce copious amounts of oil that is extremely healthy and useful, but if eaten raw or undercooked they are too toxic for 99% of all galactic species.

Culture Blurb:
The Navarri have a rich history and cultural as all technologically advanced races do, but since they are so new to interstellar travel, they are overly protective of it. Very few species have been allowed to learn more than just the basics. Most public information points to a rich oral history probably due to the fact that libraries tend to be very flammable. They use a complicated pictographic character system for art, but have created a simplified version for everyday reading and writing. Due to the limited life of most objects on their hostile planet, the Navarri tend to have few belongings but many family members. Large families of 6 or more children are still very common.

Very few Navarri have taken to the sky. It was treated almost as a fluke that their first shuttle was so powerful, but those who stayed in the sky tended to start private business to transport Navarri goods to other planets since so few aliens can withstand Navar.

Every Navarri’s leech is a personal subject. While they are in constant communication with their leech and speak about their leeches often, a Navarri will never ask about some else’s leech. It is considered very rude outside of emergency situations and extremely intimate moments. Besides, the leeches are in constant communication with their own anyways.

Physical Attributes:
The Navarri are similar to mammalian hominid build: bipedal, 5 digits on each hand/foot, live birth, male/female, etc. Their skin is completely hairless and true black. Like an animal, one cannot generally see the whites of their eyes unless they are very emotional, and the colorings vary from black to gold staying in the brown spectrum. The Navarri are extremely tall and slender. Heights average between 7’5” and 8’ for men and women equally.

Every Navarri is born with a leech. The leech starts as a small bump at the base of every newborn’s skull and it breaks the surface of the skin within the first few minutes. As the child grows so does the leech and it will eventually grow the length of the Navarri’s spine. The leeches are yellow with black and brown markings. Very little about the leeches are explained to non-Navarri’s. Interstellar Government scientists have discovered that the leeches are extremely sensitive despite living half buried in a Navarri’s body and they can pick up thousands of gases, pheromones, odors, particles and the like from the air.

Side Notes:
- The official language of the Navarri race is Navarri, but there are dozens of individual dialects. All Navarri learn Interstellar Earth Standard, but only those who work in space speak it.

- Introductions are considered very formal and personal to a Navarri.

- While a Navarri living in space can live without toxins in their systems, the all tend to consume toxins like vitamins.

- Navarri technology is built in small quantities, so ownership of Navarri tech is rare. Most Navarri living in space have purchased standard Interstellar Government equipment.

Current Characters using this race: Uecheetsi & her leech Bi

[valchz]

Race: Endavion

Home Planet: Endair
Endair is an earth-like planet, although it has a lot more tropical rain forests and oceans. It would be considered something that would be the perfect spot for a vacation. There are very few deserts on Endair.

Culture Blurb:
~Endavions speak many languages found on earth. They also have their own language called Endas. The average Endavion will usually speak Endas, and the language from earth called “English”.

~Endavions use a fair amount of technology and they are skilled at using it. They are also very in touch with nature.

~Endavions can learn other languages faster than any other species

~Endavions usually live in homes near the rivers, regardless of low or high status in family condition. Endavions can live from very poor, to very rich, but they believe in the idea of having no poor people, so neighbors see a person in an unfortunate position, they’ll do their best to help that person in need.

~Endavions are usually excellent cooks and studying martial arts is a common thing for Endavions

The average Endavion personality:
Endavions are quite open when they want to be. The kinder you are to them, the more cooperative they are, but this however doesn’t make them naïve. Endavions are a very curious species (They usually know when and when not to butt in).

Physical Attributes:
All female Endavions are the same as human females, and all male Endavions are the same as human males. The only difference between humans and Endavions are the eyes. The moment Endavions are enraged, is the moment that color of their iris changes to red. Some species might refer to Endavions as “The Red Eye Species” or “Red Eyes”, even though their eye color only changes to red when they are enraged, this trait is applied to all Endavions regardless of their regular eye color. Regardless of how much Endavion someone is, the eye trait is always inherited.

Side Notes:
~ On Endavion planets, the age when an Endavion is officially an adult at the age of 17. Although (for Endavion females ESPECIALLY) it is considered honorable for Endavions to live with their parents or live near by their parents until they are married or if they don’t get married, until their parents die.
~Most Endavians have complicated looking names, but they are easier to pronounce than you'd think