#loreirran

I’m not that great at architecture, so I’m practicing it with some village concept art. I’ll definitely me making more here soon. This is a good time to also talk about the desert village architecture. (Information under the concept pictures)

1. Building Materials:

The desert region Loreirrans utilize a combination of natural materials to construct their desert homes and city buildings. These materials include:

- Sand: Sand is used as a foundational element, providing stability and insulation against the desert's extreme temperatures.

- Mud and Clay: Mud and clay are mixed with water to create a binding agent. This mixture is essential for forming the structures and keeping them sturdy.

- Plant Wastes: Various plant materials, such as dried leaves and stems, are added to the mix. These materials contribute to the insulation and help regulate the interior temperature.

- Water: Water is a precious resource in the desert, and it is carefully used to moisten the building materials and facilitate their molding.

2. Cooling Architecture:

The desert region Loreirran buildings are ingeniously designed to maintain a comfortable interior temperature, even during scorching summer months. Their architecture includes:

- Thermal Insulation: The combination of mud, clay, and plant waste acts as natural insulation, keeping the interiors cool during the day and retaining warmth during the chilly desert nights.

- Ventilation: Buildings feature strategically placed openings and wind-catching structures that facilitate natural ventilation. Cross-breezes help regulate the indoor climate.

- Shaded Courtyards: Courtyards within villages and towns are often surrounded by buildings, creating shaded areas where residents can seek relief from the sun's intensity.

3. Surface Villages and Subterranean Cities:

The Loreirrans have adapted their architectural styles to suit different settlement types:

Surface Villages and Towns: These settlements are typically located in proximity to natural rocky formations and hills. The Loreirrans mimic the rounded and occasionally pointed shapes of these geological features in their building designs, ensuring that their structures blend seamlessly with the desert landscape.

Underground Cities: In larger urban centers, Loreirrans construct underground cities to escape the extreme surface temperatures. These subterranean cities are accessed through large sun holes in the ground. Roads connect these cities to the surface, allowing for transportation and trade.

4. Aesthetic Variations:

The aesthetic of Loreirran architecture varies based on the specific location of a village or town:

- Rounded Structures: In areas with smoother rock formations, Loreirran buildings adopt smooth and rounded shapes. These structures flow organically with the surrounding landscape.

I can’t sleep and I’m too impatient to wait for the poll to end, so I’m just gonna jump right in and talk about my OG alien species, the Loreirrans. Let’s start off with one of the regional appearances.

This group of loreirrans live in the cold and harsh environments of Icera-5. They have adapted to the cold weather with thick fur and the ability to breath in the dry, cold air without discomfort. The babies are hatched without fur but they quickly develop a thick coat only hours after hatching. The tundra Loreirrans prefer to live in homes that aren’t filled with technology, being more connected with their spiritual side. They have a more tribal way of living and regional government compared to other regional Loreirrans. Their homes are traditionally built out of the materials available to them in their area, such as wood, snow, moss, animals pelts and so on. Since there aren’t that many cold places on Icera-5 besides the small polar caps, this species of loreirran isn’t as plentiful as the others.

Nothing but my precious boy.

Loreirrans have long retractable tongues. They use their long tongues for grooming (cause all Loreirrans are covered in a short fuzz, except for the water region Loreirrans) and for licking up juice from inside of fruits.

Baby Loreirrans

All Loreirrans hatch from eggs and breast feed. When a Loreirran hatches from its egg, it will be very hungry, tired and noisy. Baby Loreirrans are called hatchlings, pups or chicks depending on which regional Loreirran you are talking to.

Hatchlings have this ability to shape-shift for the sake of their survival. It's called subconscious survival shape-shifting. If a hatchling is put under water, it will grow gills, webbing and a tadpole-like tail. If the hatchling is in a cold place, it will grow fur. So on and so forth. The eggs of the hatchling depends on what regional Loreirran laid them. The eggs are also about the size of a basketball.

It can take anywhere from 3-20 hours for a baby Loreirran to hatch. When a Loreirran is hatched, they will not have their reproductive organs or reproductive systems. They only gain their reproductive organs when they hit their final stage of puberty and become adults. So, Loreirran kids are literally nonbinary until they are an adult.

You may think the eggs and the babies are large, but to a Loreirran, they are pretty small. Here's a comparison.

I've been developing this original alien species for the past 4(?) Years now. I have an unfinished google doc containing (at the time of this post) 32 pages of information about them.

Morf L'orra was the first Loreirran made. Originally, he was just this funky little alien doodle that developed into an oc, then I redesigned and made up a species so he wouldn't be so alone. I've always had a fascination with aliens, and making my own alien species to fixat on and work on was inevitable, lol.

I've been scared to post about my Loreirrans for a long time since I've been afraid people might steal the design/lore/information that I've worked so hard on to create. But now that I've gained somewhat of an audience who can (and will hopefully) call people on stealing such original hard work, I'm still scared, but open to sharing.

My Loreirrans are a closed species for now, so if someone is wanting one as an oc, they will just have to wait until I'm ready to have them open for the public or for adopts.

Here is a picture of Morf L'orra

Morf is an adult of his species. Though I referre to more as a "he" Morf is actually a hermaphrodite, along with his entire species. If you don't know what a hermaphrodite is, it's basically a creature or plant that has both reproductive organs, both male and female parts. Slugs are hermaphrodites (fun fact).

Gender isn't really a thing in their culture, but it was introduced to them through other intelligent species. There are words for "mother" and "father" in their native language, but it directly translates to "life bearer" and "life starter," so not really used to call a parent, more of a descriptor.

Ok, now some interesting stuff

- Loreirrans are shape-shifters. A Loreirran has to learn how to shape-shift since it doesn't come instinctively to them. It takes a lot of self discipline, control of the body and mind for a Loreirran to shape-shift into anything or any creature they want. They are taught from a young age on how to be self disciplined, and by the time they reach their teen and young adult years, they will have fully grasped shape-shifting.

- Loreirrans have regional appearances: Desert region, Water region, Forest region, Jungle/swamp region and Tundra region. All of these regional Loreirrans have different but simular appearances. Morf is a Desert region Loreirran. The desert region Loreirrans are the largest of the Loreirrans and are the most plentiful since their planet is mostly a desert. The Desert Loreirrans are around 10-12 feet tall with outliers here and there. (Morf is 15 feet tall)

Here's a height comparison

- Alien👽 from discord

They are a very peaceful species, but their ancestors were not. Before they were a peaceful species, the Loreirrans were world conquerors and enslaved many different species from the galaxies. A long and devastating war followed and once the war was over, the newer generations wanted to make their future brighter and better. They had a spiritual awaking and got rid a lot of their corruption. They are only peaceful because of their dark past as a species. They are still considered really dangerous since they do have the knowledge of how to make very powerful and destructive weapons, so it's not wise to go to war with them or their allies.