Species of Note: Humanoid of Himerius V [WiP]

The Himerians



Age boundaries

Cocoon - 0-1 Years
Child - 1-10 Years
Adolescent - 10-15 years
Young Adult - 15-22 Years
Adult - 22-40 Years
Elder - 40-54
Ancient - 54-70

The average mortality rate of the Himerians insinuates their most likely time of death to be between 45-60 years of age.

Physical Attributes

Build - Slender, Fragile
Skin - Always pale, almost snow white
Hair - White-blonde
Eyes - Solid black.
Ears - Pointed With ridges

Males Height - 5'0-5'9
Females Height - 4'0-4'11

Male - Female Ratio
5:1


Build

All Himerians are naturally slender and fragile beings, they are adapted for life in the mountain passes being able to slip through narrow rock faces, their frame while gentile and seemingly weak gives them a lightweight frame to enhance their ability to nimbly climb rock faces and navigate passes. They have been known to outmaneuver predators until they aggressor is unable to move for fatigue has worn away at its muscles. The build of their frame allows them to walk above the snow without making an impression or sound, allowing them to be fine hunters.

Skin

Perhaps due to the lack of sun at certain times of the year, and perhaps due to their reliance upon darkness to hunt and blend in with the snow, Himerians do not tend to stray out during the sunlight their bodies have adapted to absorb the sufficient amount of vitamins they need from the moonlight instead of the sun by taking on the pale tint and the enhancement of certain receptors in the skin cells.

Eyes

Himerians are blind, and they have not developed force sight, their eyes are pure black now, perhaps some time ago they may have walked in the sunlight normally as humans do however now they are black and dead, red rings line their eyelids normally, and while they still blink and their eyes may seem functional, they are not.

Ears

Himerian ears are pointed, and while no larger than a humans, they are able to detect subtle vibrations in the air currents and make precise judgements on their surroundings with only their sense of hearing and smell. It is said even in the midst of a space battle, a Himerian could hear a pin drop, tell you where it fell, and locate it within seconds.

Hair

Himerian hair is always white or perhaps a pale blonde color, when struck by moonlight it shimmers like the richest velvets and silks and when touched it is enough to arouse the emotions of most males in the known galaxy

Overall

The Himerians are a strange and beautiful race, easily perhaps the most beautiful in the galaxy, they are however frail and short lived in comparison to many other species. Their frail figure means that their organs are not perhaps quite so resilient and they can be more prone to diseases.. Death from blood loss.. They are also more susceptible to poisons due to a heightened metabolic rate.

Males

The males of the species stand generally about a foot taller than their female counterparts, they are well formed and generally while not muscular they have a slightly athletic build. They lack the ability to grow a beard but they are for the most part akin to a very short and thin human.

Females

Himerian females are to many species beautiful beyond compare, not only this but they are rare within their own species 5 males are born for every one female, this said they are capable of reproducing once every 2 months if the need is great and as such they do not tend to have life partners.

Reproduction

While the females of this species has breasts it is uncertain as to why, their body is so frail they cannot carry a child to full term and they therefore after two months carried, the child is passed from the body in a cocoon with all of the nutrients it may need for the duration of its time there. once this cocoon develops the child breaks free and is fully capable of fending for itself. Indeed it seems that a lot of their behaviors and mannerisms are inherited from parents.

Society

Himerians travel in small groups, it is rare to see a settlement of them however there are several, mostly they travel where the food is through the mountain passes, you would be lucky to see one at all. Knowledge is therefore passed by word of mouth mostly however records are kept at the few rare settlements, they were the first on Himerius to develop paper and the quill.

While this is true it would be incorrect to call the Himerians civilised they still believe in ritual killings to promote good weather or a great hunt, they also speak a very basic language for the most part. Only the scholars who have studied long and hard have developed a higher language that is unknown to commoner folk. This makes Himerians very difficult to get to communicate with for first time explorers.

The hunt is organized nightly by groups of males and females alike that are not with child, they will surround their prey which may be as large as a Krayt Dragon and take it down using primitive projectiles and nets, rarely a hunter will find an antiquated rifle that still shoots ''bullets'' as opposed to energy discharges. There is however the beginnings of an engineers guild within the settlements.

The Himerians do not cook their food, they eat it completely raw whether it be vegetable or meat.

Housing

Himerian housing is mostly made of tanned leather skins from the Dak Daks large local herbivores that the Himerans hunt and eat, the meat itself is far more nutritionally rich than species elsewhere in the galaxy and it tastes like no other, perhaps due to the large amount of different fauna on Himeria. The tanned leather is fashioned into hutts that reside for the most part hidden under the snow.

Population

500,000

The Nadir



Life Cycle

Baby: 0-2 Years
Toddler: 2-4 Years
Child: 4-8 years
Puberty: 8-18 Years
Young Adult: 18 - 30 Years
Adult: 30-50 Years
Elderly: 50-70 Years
Ancient: 70-90 Years

Average lifespan 50-70 Years.

Physical Attributes

Build: Massive variations
Skin: Naturally a shade of red <May differ>
Eyes: Has been Documented with every color of eye
Ears: Normal Humanoid Ears, slightly pointed
Hair: Dark Colours normally black or browns
Horns: Come in all manner of shapes and patterns

Male Height averages: 6'1-6'7
Female height Averages: 4'7-5'3

Male:Female Ratio
1:1

Build

The Nadir have no set body type, some may be thin and weak, while others are well toned. Overall however the race is built very muscularly due to their tribal life on the plains.The nadir are forced to grow strong or be a scholar.

Skin

Normally the Nadir have a reddish skin colour, however this is not stable, it is thought that they may have evolved in the volcanic ash regions before the volcanos in question had become innactive. Thanks to the erruptions in the past of the planet, the world has become lush and supports various amounts of fauna that are unseen in the rest of the known galaxy. This said the red skin of the Nadir would have been an evolutionary disadvantage to them, therefore over time the Nadir have developed the ability to alter their skin color as they will it in order to camoflage them selves as best as possible. Their skin is also somewhat resistant to heat, allowing them to withstand heats of up to 200 Degree's celcius without difficulty.

Hair

The Dark hair of the Nadir remains constant and although there are some variations to red and blues, these are uncommon.

Eyes

The glowing red - yellow eyes of the nadir allow them to see with perfect clarity in the dark, perhaps this predates to their ancestors who survived the harsh ash clouds in the past.

Ears

The nadir ears have a slight point to them however other than that they function as normal ears.

Horns

The Nadir horns come in a variety of shapes and sizes, almost any shape imaginable although different horn morphologies are more common dependant on tribe.

Prehensile Tails

The Nadir have a fully functioning Prehensile tail, this tail is normally ridged, these ridges are made of a Chitinous substance that is formed into blades or spikes, allowing this tail to be used as a weapon if needs be.

Overall

The Nadir are overall a powerfully built race of nomadic warrior tribesmen that will travel to the locations where food is the most plentiful

Males

Nadir males tend to be rougly 2 feet taller than their female counterparts standing a few inches shorter than the majority of wookies, they are a tall species, and in some cases their build will allow them to be much stronger than the said wookies, enabling them to tackle and take down a large amount of their prey individually with bare hands. They come in a wide variations of body shapes however and not all will be as physically strong as others.

Females

The female Nadir are far shorter and more slender, while they have well toned muscles they do not appear to be as strong or well built as the males. This said however a female Nadir may often be able to overpower a male Nadir with ease, so in many cases their looks could be called decieving. It is thought that their bursts of strength could be attributed to the massive amount of hormones present within the females body that do not exist within the males. Many of these hormones are thought to have been evolutionarily developed in order to assist the Nadir with child birthing.

Reproduction

The Nadir reproduce in a mammalian way although the mating process could be called violent, the female in many cases is not willing to subjugate herself to the male, as such this could be the reason males are evolutionarily so much larger than the females. Average time for Gestation differs dependant on the sex of the developing child;

Male - 3 months
Female - 5 Months

This is due to the size of the developing child, and the size constraints of the females womb, The male child will be forced to finish its development once again akin to the Himerians cocoon stage for the remaining 2 months of development. The female child however will be birthed directly from the mother, both processes cause considerable pain to the mother, and often results in deaths due to the prehensile tails and horns causing complications.

Society

The Nadir are divided into groups of nomadic tribes that wander the planets surface. These tribes are led by Matriachs or Patriachs who are generally the eldest members of the tribe, these leaders know and take the tribes to the best hunting spots for the season. Each tribe has its own land in which they roam and alternate from season to season, should resources run low at any given time, it is more than likely that one tribe will assault a tribe that has more ''plentyfull'' resources. During these times of combat comes the most clan interbreeding due to the sacking of settlements and the abuse of females of other tribes.

The Nadir do not mate for life instead any Nadir male has claim to any Nadir woman he feels he deserves, the challenge comes in subjugating this woman if they do not wish to birth his children, many a strong woman has never birthed offspring while many a weak woman will  birth for the entire clan. As such males and females of this species do not form bonds with one another, more pointedly a mother will never feel attachment for her own child, once it is born it is on its own, although the tribe will do its best to provide for its future.

The Nadir favor mellee weapons and are skilled in Metallurgy thei have traditional blades, as long as the crafter is tall and two feet wide with a large red gem placed into the hilt, the blade often has ridges alike to their own tail, and their hilt is often in the shape of their own horns. These blades are a status symbol that each Nadir must make once he or she reaches puberty. The plains are mineral rich from the centuries of volcanic erruptions, and so it is in plentiful supply. The Red gem that is socketed into the center of the blade is a right of passage in itself, every blade must have one, these may only be found in the heart of a dormant volcano.

The forges these Nadir use are often simply portions of semi-active volcano's.

The Nadir are a shamanistic people, and they believe in the wrath of elements.. and that the spirits of animals reside in each of them, to guide them.

Housing

The nadir live in wooden settlements that may easily be taken apart and moved on carts pulled by domesticated Dak Daks.

Anatomy

The Nadir's internal body temperature is generally kept at a constant 50 Degree's Celcius which is internally regulated, this results in the external body temperature being kept at around 45 degree's Celcius. This heat requires alot of energy and although they remain slim in most cases they must eat very regularly atleast once every three hours or so unless resting.
The Nadir also have fangs in place of canines, they are almost entirely meat eaters, and their saliva contains many digestive and other enzymes that could be compared to a severe acid.
The prehensile tailes the Nadir are blessed with carries a neurotoxin which while it may give another Nadir merely a woosy feeling, it may entirely knock unconscious other species.

Population

200,000