Speciverse

A blog dedicated to the creation and fleshing out of species for fantasy and sci-fi settings. You can freely ask for a story or something regarding these species. Avatar from http://www.tokenrock.com/harmonic_nature/natural_hyper_communication.php

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The Void-Dwellers: Speciverse Entry #4

This is a species that I created for a fantasy RP, inspired by DnD, that fits so nicely with sci-fi, it gets both tags! The Void-Dwellers. Uncreative name, I know. but I at least have a story reason for it.

The Void-Dwellers: Nobody is quite sure what they are. There is rarely more than one sighting every couple years, and half of them are unproven. What are these mysterious figures? The Void-Dwellers is what mortals have called them based on what a few witnesses say the creatures said they came from: The Void between the worlds. Mortals don't know what the Dwellers call themselves, only that they are vicious and very much dangerous. But what do they look like?

Time for some real world fiction to come into play: Take a Xenomorph from the Aliens franchise. Now give it red eyes. Pure red. Like glowing red. Good. Now give them a scythe blade on the tail and cover them in strange runes and lines, all glowing red. Their carapace/skin is a dark dark green. That is the best way to describe the beasties. 

They have the capability to travel between the real world and the Aether (the area between universes), but only when some very specific conditions are met. Ergo, once they come to the physical plane, they are usually trapped for centuries. And that is small fry compared to their live span. They are a predatory species, acting as little more than animals, yet they are fully capable of speech and are, in fact, very intelligent. They only seem to strive to cause as much chaos as possible, as much bloodshed as possible. They aren't invulnerable, but they have the ability to regenerate wounds relatively quickly. A lost limb can be regenerated in a couple weeks, a deep non-fatal cut in a few days. Unlike certain superheroes of our world, they have to actually heal and not in the middle of combat. They do tire eventually, but they can fight for days without nourishment. They have an extreme sensitivity to high pitched sound, to the point that long enough exposure will cause them to die of a hemorrhage. This is more than likely due to the lack of sound between the worlds, similar to that of the vacuum of space.

About their culture: Literally nothing is known for certain. One particularly talkative specimen explained their society as such: It's everyone for themselves, and alliances are formed and broken in a matter of seconds. The ones who often flee to the physical world are the weak ones that are trying to become stronger before returning to the madness. If the species ever did a mass exodus into the physical world... Who knows what could happen to a lone planet.

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The Frost Wolves: Speciverse Entry #3

Ah, here is one of my more fleshed out species: the Frost Wolves. Once again, primarily fantasy here. DISCLAIMER: They are really sexist to humanoids. But they have a reason for it. ...even if it is bad. But then again, humans didn't do much better if you look at our past.

The Frost Wolves: They had evolved in an isolated mountain valley in a range similar to that of Earth's Himalayas. They range from 7 feet to 12 feet tall at the shoulder, leading to about a 14 foot height if their head is raised. Their coat colors range from whitish-silver (the most common in their homeland) to almost a russet (in areas after their expansion out of the valley). They are VERY intelligent: Intelligent as humans are supposed to be (because let's face it, humans are stupid as a race.). They cannot speak outside of the rare mutation. However, their lupine language can be learned to be understood by humans and some scholars who earned their trust are surprised to find how eloquent they really are. One philosopher had a debate on the finer points of life with one of the Alphas. They are very protective of their history and culture, and don't disclose much. And what they do, they only disclose to the proven allies of their kind, and even then, the most intimate of histories are sworn to secrecy.

Each clan is lead by an Alpha Male and an Alpha Female. The Alpha Female stays at home and leads the affairs of the homefront while the males typically lead the hunts and wars. This isn't due to sexism on their part: the roles can be switched and, indeed, many of the greatest Frost Wolf battles in their history were led by females. It is mostly stuck to by tradition. There is a loremaster or two among the wolves, and only they may disclose the full history of a clan to anyone, unless one who is in said history is present to talk about it. Of course, every wolf knows the history of their clan in its near entirety, but only the loremasters may repeat it unless it is used to explain why some actions are taken.

The Wolves live in large tunnels that they carve out... or that their slaves carve out. The wolves are VERY fond of taking slaves, using the men as labor and using the women as cooks, crafters, and... certain explicit recreational activities. Unless a female slave proves her value in some other role, she is typically left as the "recreator" of any wolf that choses her. The reason for this mentality is that the wolves learned quickly that men tend to be stronger than women, and the wolves are prideful, rarely seeing their slaves as more than livestock. If a slave escapes, the wolves won't necessarily hunt them down. They can always get more.

The Wolves are a warrior race, always conflicting over territory or trying to expand. But they do know when they've hit their limit and will calmly remain in their allotted territory until such a time as war is needed. Passtimes include sparring, hunting, and exploration. Politics are also surprisingly common among the wolves. If only they could put their egos to the side, maybe they could contribute to the wider world around them.

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This face of agreement. This happened because I complimented Frozen for being a good movie.

And this qualifies as RANDOM POST #2!

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The Crylis: Species Post #2

And here I present to you one of my favorite of the creatures I have: The Crylis. Meant for a fantasy setting, however, there is a slight thing that will make them suitable for a sci-fi setting.

The Crylis are a human off-shoot that live in the frigid tundras of the north. Literally living on ice. Physically, they resemble humans almost identically except for the fact that they are covered in a coat of fur similar to that of polar bears. It isn't quite thick enough for them to be like, "Oh my god, you look like you have fur!" from a distance, but it is enough to keep them at just the right temperature. Their actual hair (as in the tops of their heads and beards in men) are varying shades of blue, from the standard blue jean blue to a frosty ice pale blue. White is also acceptable, biologically. They can stand temperatures beyond that of most humanoid beings, able to live comfortably in temperatures nearing -50 degrees Fahrenheit. However, they are unable to live unscathed in temperatures above 50 degrees Fahrenheit as they start to overheat at that point. 

To compensate for this weakness, the Crylis are masters of cryomancy. The ability to manipulate the cold. In fantasy settings, this extends to manipulating ice and snow. In a sci-fi setting, they still can manipulate temperature, but not to such a grand scale, and instead rely on a synthetic second skin filled with coolant equipment to keep them chilled. 

The Crylis are a highly xenophobic species and assume that any outsider is going to attack them. They don't necessarily attack first, but they will shut people out of their villages and cities until that person proves they are allies of the Crylis. And even then, they are watched like a hunter watches their prey. One wrong move, and they will bring harsh "justice." Naturally, there are exceptions to this rule among individual Crylis, but the species as a whole are not likely to change. The reason for their xenophobia is because at some point in the past, a lost exploration vessel woke an ancient beast of Crylis legend and it led to the destruction of most of the race. The beast itself wasn't an actual animal, but a magical automaton (or pure technological in sci-fi settings), but the Crylis feared it as their god of destruction.

The Crylis are capable of breeding with humans, if the human doesn't mind the slightly lower body temperature of the Crylis.

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Draconians: The first Speciverse Entry

I present to you the first entry in the melting pot: The Draconians. A race near and dear to me as they are the first species I ever created when I was age 7 and evolved into what they are today.

The Draconians, from the Tau Draconis system (a binary solar system), are a race of technologically advanced humanoid dragons. As in, take a standard European dragon, shrink it to about 7 foot tall, and take away its wings after forcing it to stand on its hindlegs. That is a Draconian in a nutshell. Complete with tails. They cannot breathe fire, but one of their favored technological tricks is to use the illusion they can. Allow me to explain:

The creme of the crop of the Draconian's technology, besides the FTL travel which honestly is similar to Star Trek Romulan singularity cores, is their transdimensional power armor. The soldiers and engineers carry a band on their wrist that holds an artificial singularity that leads to a pocket dimension. Upon a specific sequence being entered, the singularity spits out the self-assembling armor around the Draconian, covering them head to toe in a sealed environment suit that allows them to focus their potent psionic powers into energy bolts and generating an energy field that resembles a blade. Often times, this armor includes an energy film that manifests as wings, though this idea didn't come into being until the Draconians encountered humans for the first time. Same goes for their "fire breath" where they funnel fuel through some vents on the front of the helmet and ignite it, giving the illusion of breathing fire. Upon the armor being recalled, it disassembles and returns into the singularity. Thanks to the singularity, the armor also makes a very convenient bomb.

Unlike a certain species that uses similar wrist-mounted detonation devices, the Draconians do not care if other species get a hold of their armor, simply because without extensive modification by the Draconians themselves, no other species can actually activate the armor, let alone study it to mod it themselves. But like all things, their armor is not infallible. EMPs are especially devastating as it shuts down the augmentation that allows the power armor to move at normal speeds and instead forces them to rely solely on the slower, more grinding armor type similar to an exoskeleton without any power. High-caliber rounds can pierce the armor, and they can be crushed unless the energy field wings were triggered to act as a shield.

Oh, and that leads to their psionic potential. One of the most common powers that Draconians manifest is empathy, or the ability to sense and read emotions. There are rare cases of other powers like telekinesis and telepathy, but these oddities are usually ostracized or imprisoned to prevent chaos in the streets. All Draconians have the potential for these powers, even if they are the lowest of the low, but without an amplifier (such as those found in their power armor) they cannot turn this energy manipulation into a weapon.

Draconian scales come in all colors imaginable, and are determined by the temperature of which their eggs are hatched in, not by genetics. The environment of which a Draconian is raised also determines the psionic potential of the child, with rougher and less hospitable areas producing more volatile powers commonly. 

They are a very militaristic race, similar to the Turians of the Mass Effect universe, and honor is a MAJOR thing. They also firmly believe that the end justifies the means and that other species morals can be damned. They no longer believe in any gods, but they do attempt to be the "good guys" of galactic politics despite not having any true moral need to be, choosing to at least listen to various cases before jumping headfirst into a war that can be easily avoided. One of the few unforgivable things is to hide evidence of a crime without a true good end. If a crime was committed and the evidence hidden, but done so to eliminate a corrupt ruler of some backwater planet, the Draconis Council will provide amnesty for the criminal. Draconians also deeply respect ideals similar to Japanese bushido, and while they look down on many species, they deeply DEEPLY respect any individual who will challenge them to their face and not back down when the armor comes out.

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Random Post #1

You know you're a bitch when you expect a slap to the face with every arm movement of the people around you.

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Hello!

Greetings! I decided that for the sake of having a place to dump my ideas, I would make this blog. As the description says, here is where I am going to put my various species and races that can be used in different sci-fi and fantasy settings. As I go along, I will gladly accept requests for short stories and even race ideas. However, be warned: I personally cannot draw worth crap. So most of this will be text. ...A shame, I know. But, I have a friend that can actually art at http://dovhavendragon.tumblr.com/ that may draw things for me! So yeah. Welcome to the Speciverse.

DISCLAIMER: Anything that I post here, I am allowing to be used in fanfictions and such on a case-by-case basis. Feel free to draw inspiration from my creations, but to use them exactly as they are, I want to be asked first. Thank you.