Decided to recycle an old species of mine; Vraelith.
They are an omnivorus intersex designer species on the planet Vrael. They have several subspecies of varying niches and vast colonies across the planet, reigning as the only species with complex reasoning and technological advancements. They were engineered specifically to populate Vrael, with almost all of the fauna closely related to their genetic sequences but forcibly evolved to fit specific niches. Most the creatures evolved overtime to adapt with a great many extinctions as their designers succeeded and failed. Eventually the planets designer abandoned it's creations, leaving everything to adjust and fight for itself.
Despite the sci-fi, Vrael has it's magics… though not in the typical spell casting methods. Everything exists on a little-understood energy, highly charged energy, which the planet's non-liquid crystalline core is made of. Energy can be 'used' through only the most adept Vraelith who are born under extraordinary circumstances- but they don't fully understand it. When something is made or born, energy from the planet is transferred into it and when it dies, said energy returns to the planet's core, keeping it charged.
I'm still working on refining all their world, lore, and species info, but I have 6 pages and a billion sketch pages. I'm no biologist or science wizard but I'm having a good time again lol.
Their world is very tropical, so open and non-constricting things are the typical fashions. They tend to wear very earthy colors due to the fact that bright colors attract Wardens(the main predators). The pink tones are for fishers because their seas are pink! Those that live in ‘High Tree’ can afford to wear shiny objects like beads and slightly brighter colors, since Wardens can’t climb very well. However- if you happen to be a rebel... well, they wear OBSCENELY bright colors paired with dark purples. It’s their way of defying the nature of things, and saying “Hey I’m here, come get me- I’ll kick your ass the whole time!”.
While I’m on an art-posting spree, here’s some Central Vraelith colors! The lights on their neck fluctuate because they communicate with those like squid and cuttlefish- but these, or similar hues/shades, are the most common.
