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SENTIENT LIFE
Below is listed the sentient life within the universe of Enchanted Star. Included is their appearance, physiology, and cultures.HUMAN
Humans have only a small degree of sexual dimorphism, with males typically being larger than females; however females being larger than males is not uncommon.
Humans founded one of the two most gigantic factions within Enchanted Star, a blend of military and cultural exchange, in which the highest respect is granted to athleticism and fighting prowess. The mega-faction known as The United Protectorate.
SLI'F
The Sli'f are a strange species, amorphous and hardy, they're a species characterized by their ability to survive in almost any environment. Their bodies are composed of billions of identical fibers, each of which has synaptic potential, muscular traits, and can undergo osmosis for consumption. Being silicon based, their primary diet consists of rocks, which they digest with powerful enzymes. Upon death, their cells petrify almost instantly, rendering them hard to kill from almost any method outside of electricity. Sli'f control over magic is limited compared to the other races due to their body structure. While the others have bundled nerves to enable manipulation of Potency, when Sli'f attempt this it often becomes "blurry" due to their wholly nervous bodies, diluting the effect and power of most spells.They are native to an asteroid field in the star system closest to Aer and where originally a small, primitive creature referred to as a space oyster. A mad researcher uplifted several of their kind, and those eventually divided into the thriving race we know today. Even in death, Sli'f have been known to thrive. Known as Watu, a fully petrified Sli'f may be brought back by exposure to Solt, rendering them immobile but now with greater control over their nerves; granting them drastically enhanced magical potential. As they have not evolved on their own, Sli'f do not utilize a unique brand of technology, unlike the other races. Most commonly, Sli'f can be seen taking administrative and body guard positions in human society, but they are not unheard of among other aliens.
Since the Sli'f were uplifted by and fill an integral role in human society, the majority of their population is aligned with The United Protectorate.
COETI
Coeti are a piscine species resembling an eel with a head similar to a horse skull. They have four arms and long, serpentine tails lined with small lighter-than-air bladders. A pair of their arms is larger than the other and covered in a tough bony exoskeleton, though they tend to be somewhat brittle. The other pair of arms is much longer and softer, and the hands are more dexterous. Coeti are capable of "swimming" through air indefinitely, and never have to land due to natural buoyancy even in thin atmospheres, and they have organs lining their body that can intake and release gas at high speeds, sufficient to propel them without any movement. A bizarre trait, is despite being native to an atmosphere, they can only breathe nitrogen-rich ammonia in a liquid state, and will suffocate without a steady supply of nitrogen. A pair of pseudo-lungs rests either side of their head underneath chitinous plating to accommodate this. Coeti have obvious sexual dimorphism, with females being significantly larger than males and "laying" eggs inside a tinted orange transparent capsule in their own abdomen which can be seen into and out of. Upon hatching, the young remain inside the protective casing for some time, with nutrients fed into the capsule by the mother.
Developing on a world where conditions prevented flame, their magic instead turned to manipulation of biological material; thus all of their "technology" and magical research is almost exclusively biological in nature. Everything from their lights to their transportation and even Magius Motors are grown rather than built. The Coeti home world is strange, effectively a bubble of air only a little larger than Aer, filled with porous islands of various size.
The majority of the Coeti populace is aligned with the United Protectorate, typically filling the air support role.
TROG
Heavily armored across their entire body, trogs have six short, strong limbs each terminating in eight thick fingers that can crush rock under their force. The front-most limbs are a degree longer than the others and are capable of devastating punches strong enough to tear through metal. A short neck leads to a small head almost entirely made up of an oversized lower jaw made almost completely out of bone. Their heads have no eyes, ears, or noses and "taste" the air rather than smell it. Inside skull is the frontal lobe of their brain, but their vital brain regions are located in the core of their heavily armored torso.
In spite of their brutish appearance, Trogs are incredibly intelligent and inquisitive, and are famous for a time when a young trog completely disassembled and upgraded a broken ship and used it to travel several miles before crashing it shortly after. Most impressive is that they had absolutely no education in machinery.
In spite of their intellect, Trogs are poorly adapted for communication, able to only speak in short grunts and simple words. Their only active senses are a fusion of taste/smell, and an incredibly astute sense of touch and vibration. Their native body language involved release of various pheromones which can be interpreted by other races with training.
Though they typically stay in tiny family units, many of these have joined The United Protectorate as guards and manual labor.
CHORDA
Chorda are a race of large avians, resembling an owl on their upper body, fading into a more feline lower body. Their immense size belies surprising agility, but their most famous feature is their extremely focused senses. Few details get past these shrewd creatures.LEPPI
ZHIS
A bizarre and commonly considered "hideous" species, the zhis nevertheless usually live in isolated family communities, though they are incredibly industrious and often have successful mining and factory populations.NAEA
Sentient flora, similar in many ways to the Sli'f but noticeably more durable but ironically less survivable in harsh environments.
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