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Some world setup, because it matters to me; KirinDave as a concept is like 3 characters - Kirin (Craftia), Quetzal (Earth), and Chimera (Twilight). There's other deific rulers of other places but they don't matter rn. Kirin is the god of the Heart, Chimera the Mind, and Quetzal the Form. The 3 have their own backstory but I'll skip it for now.

Quetz came in contact with their people, the humans, in early historic times they were completely terrified of them. Out of shame, Quetz invented different religions to interact with them in a way they could better understand, and chose forms that were more pleasing and comprehensible. Under these guises, these personas, Quetzal fell in love with several humans and they just kinda sired a bunch of demigod children as a result.

Kinda messed up but I'm choosing to cover it up and say the humans they loved knew what they were getting into when they agreed to have sex with a god, including the whole polyamory thing. For all intents and purposes everyone was cool with it except general society who took one look at these "horrific hybrid" half-human half-animalish demigod kids and freaked out, killing nearly half of them and their parents in the process.

This didn't happen like, all at once, just over time for a while until Quetz couldn't take it anymore and decided to relocate the remaining humans, their children, and a good chunk of people who were supportive and capable of running a society successfully, and had an arsenal of angels help relocate them to a planet so far away, Quetzal's Siblings couldn't detect them easily. They kept this planet so secret that they would've loved to take this secret to the ends of the universe and with their deaths if they could've, but you see...

In no time at all, this society came together and grew into one species; The Lumians.

Lumians did not retain their Origin story and have no idea where they came from. The Guardian Angels cleared their ancestor's minds of Earth, and they simply began anew, knowing only their relationships and skills. Lumians became a race of highly scientifically progressed people whose genetics are influenced by the "throw a dart at a board to see what animal you land on" genes of their demigod ancestors, and the naturally adaptive influence of being descended from the god of Life itself.

They were born and raised on a harsh planet with a huge sun and massive insectoid monsters, so they naturally thrived in caves and darker biomes, where they quickly evolved to glow. Soon, their bodies rapidly changed to include pointed ears with sharper hearing to better listen for specific bugs, sharper teeth to cleave through incredibly tough bug meat, stronger/bigger bodies and longer lifespans to survive with, and colored blood/glow for attraction reasons bc blood color is pretty meaningless to their society and it has little to no effect on their bodies or survival.

Lumians have a superiority complex to humans, and assume that they're the result of ancient Lumians who colonized Earth and "devolved". This is a point of contention in their society and anywhere else in space that Lumians interact with humans. Funny enough, despite being smart with technology and science and weaponry, Lumian society valued art and creativity so poorly that entertainment is virtually nonexistent here. They get their kicks by starting and joining wars across space, and partaking in what human culture they can capture from lightyears away.

Their buildings and cities are very sterile-looking, and what color they do intentionally use are organized in mathematical and artificial/generated ways. Idk how to explain it because I haven't looked for architecture that displays this, but think of pretentious billionaire houses. That's kinda what we're working with. Lumians also don't have a class system, so even a lowly outback-type reclusive farmer or woodsman with a small 2x2 home has access to the same rights, funding, and technology as everyone else.

Their planet, Lumina, has a large variety of biomes with jungles, swamps, deserts, temperate zones, rocky barrens, and so on. They only have one ocean, and it's about the size of South America, and in their southern hemisphere. Everywhere else are lakes, rivers, and an incredible amount of underground pocket water and plants that retain a lot of water (like "cut the root open and drink it like a straw" amounts). They do have some mammal-like creatures, but they are usually very tiny and serve as pets.

Some dogs came with their ancestors on the trip and they've also evolved! Due to the strange food they've fed on, they've gotten sleek coats, bigger and tougher teeth, pointy tongues, bigger/wider ears, and very unusual colors and eyes. I'll have to draw them later!

They have similar careers to us, but their society celebrates joining the armada, to an even bigger extent than the US. To them, it's THE job to have, the most noble position to take, you basically become a hero to your family and town. For all interns and purposes, they absolutely are a military state. The leader of the armada is Xephos's dad and he is basically a rockstar and democratically elected emperor of the planet. Matching that, their language is also monolith, but has distinct accents and dialects. I've written the alphabet somewhere on this blog in the past. They do have actual leaders of society that lead certain areas, very much like our countries do, but they all take a backseat to Xeph's father in the end. Everyone in general follows along with him in a similar fashion to how certain white people obsess over the royal British family.

Religion can be niche and taboo depending on the region, and magic is a marginal subculture in general. Lumians don't care a whole lot about bloodlines, lineages, family cultures, so on; everyone is motivated to become independent of themselves, and visiting family is socially accepted to be a rarity. Sometimes their bodies can have more animal-like features, like colored patterns, patches of floof, different shaped pupils or more "wild" irises, sharper nails, maybe even a tail who knows - but these physical differences are as rare as unique physical differences on Earth (i imagine white and black blood could even be possible if the Lumian were albino/melanistic). They have their own spaceships, news, radio, television, school systems, so on so forth. They just don't have a lot of variety in life and it kinda sucks. they suck lmao

Quetzal's secret is now as thinly veiled as tissue paper, thanks to the Lumians' exploration and interaction with Earth and Craftia. Humanoids are very distinctly localized to our solar system, and at least two of the deities are needed to create a living/sentient creature, so a humanoid race existing outside the solar system is definitely a huge cause for suspicion.

also Xeph's dad is planning a secret invasion of Earth and enslavement of humanity and he's overall a horrible person, but only in secret. to the public he's just the bee's fuckin knees.

A fell wind blows over the field as the void-class Nightmare take down another ally. Having been knocked down, you look on as more adventurers enter the fray, your strength failing you as you try to get back up. One by one you see your peers fall, magicks failing and weaponry breaking upon the enemy. You start to feel dread as the last of them are struck down, like maybe you won't be making it out alive…

A chill settles over the battlefield as another adventurer-- a white fox with blue and pink hair-- walks out towards the monster, her hands wreathed in flame as she conjures twin scythes that seem to be made of blue fire. The Nightmare takes the opportunity to lunge, but she sidesteps the attack with terrifying precision. In the same motion, she jabs the monstrosity with a scythe and jumps away as it screeches.

Magicks were bouncing right off that thing before, but this magic seemed… odd. Like normal resistances weren't going to work this time. Still though, you hope and pray that others can pick themselves up to help; one person against a void-class is unheard of. Even so, you're surprised to notice the woman left one of the scythes lodged in the monster, as she simply summons another to replace it. She throws this new one, and it blocks it with a claw, but she smiles at this. You note that the new scythe is now stuck in that claw, at the very least causing discomfort to the Nightmare.

The fight kicks off proper and the two begin darting around the battlefield, the fox's movements like that of an elegant dancer paired with the monster's lumbering charges. While the monster was chipping in glancing blows, the fox laid in more and more scythes into the beast's hide with deadly precision. Yet the Nightmare still roared with intensity, it's life seemingly nowhere near spent.

In a complete twist, the fox suddenly changes tactics after laying in a final scythe; she conjures what seem to be pillars of magma which then harden around the beast's legs, giving her a chance to break distance. After a moment, she closes her eyes and starts an incantation. The Nightmare is roaring and flailing all the while, slowly breaking free of the fiery shackles. In a flash, the monster is consumed in a cloak of blue fire that spirals into the sky, the beast roaring in pain. When it fades, the monster seems hurt but not down, and the scythes have turned into what seem to be glowing blue flowers.

It breaks free of its earthly chains and lunges at the would-be hero, and your heart drops as she just stands there, prime for the attack. Time seems to slow down as the Nightmare closes in, its claws outstretched and jaw ready to devour, as the fox simply raises an arm...

Snap.

In the last moment, the beast completely freezes, unable to move, as the woman begins to simply turn back and walk away, clearly now very weak and winded, next pulling something out of seemingly thin air and setting it on the ground. Then, in a giant plume of fire, the flowers stuck in the beast explode one after another, and when the smoke clears it is encased in several layers of ice, slowly fading from existence as its life is spent. Your wounds combined with the stress of watching that fight cause you to pass out.

When you wake, you're being treated in a line with others who ended up falling in the fight. You're told that the woman who came to kill the monster was technically a local witch who's been around for years, though you wouldn't consider "in the middle of the woods near the city" local. The bag of medical supplies and potions was also provided by her.

You look over at the pillar of ice that did the beast in, and a medic chimes in, "Ah, you saw it, didn't you? Quite rare when she's gotta use Diamond Flare, that beast musta been a real piece of work!" Inquiring about the oddness of her magic, you're told that she accidentally screwed up the polarity of her own magic via an alchemical mishap, and since then has been able to take on void-class Nightmares, previously known to be able to shrug off any normal magic or weaponry for hours before anything gives.