#project starblast

Name: Longlimb, tallmen, Nir'Tan (Child)

Class: Commoner

Subclass: Terrian, Heavyweight

BIOLOGY

Tan'Nir are very tall commoners, standing on average 9'6", with females slightly taller than males. Their long, thin legs and 4 arms allow them to walk for hours without tiring

Tan'Nir look like gaians, with hooves like a llama's, drooping ears like a hound, and short blue hair hair over most of their body, although their inability to use magic betrays their true nature. Most Tan'Nir have golden, blue or brown eyes

While taller than even centaurs, tan'nir are only as strong as humans, their thin limbs betraying a general lack of muscle. However, most tan'nir have little care for cities due to their heightened senses overwhelming them in cities

Tan'Nir are much faster than most species outside of centaurs due to their long legs, although fauns are a close second place. Their four arms make them good at climbing, just like roshava and bugbears, but their hooves help them as well

Tan'Nir are not picky eaters, but cannot stomach raw meat very well, but are more resistant to various plant toxins than many other species. Their eyesight is on par to humans, and they lack significant nightvision. Their hearing, however, is excellent, and their sense of smell is similarly excellent

LIFESPAN

Tan'Nir usually live up to 80 years, although some healthy individuals can live up to 120 years old, and are the longest-lived commoner species

Tan'Nir can breed year-round, and female tan'nir are pregnant for 15 months before giving birth to a single child. Newborn tan'nir are much more developed than many other species, and can begin walking within a few months of birth

By the time tan'nir are 2 years old, they're considered children. At 5 years old, they're considered children, and are adolescents by 14. Tan'Nir are sexually mature by 21, but most will not have their own children for several years. After the age of 50, they're considered elders, and most become blind in their old age

CULTURE

Tan'Nir are similar to satyrs in that their heightened senses often makes it difficult for them to live in cities. Further like satyrs, many tan'nir live outside of cities in the wild, in family groups. Female satyrs and tan'nir mesh very well, resulting in satyr/tan'nir groups, where the tan'nir often protect their gaian friends from male satyrs

In Evangeline, many tan'nir became capable herders, since their natures make them capable herders. Many groups also stay nomadic, traveling between settlements and taking temporary jobs for some coin to spend on resources before leaving to the next village

Names: Cub (Child), Bearman

Class: Commoner

Subclasses: Terrian, Heavyweight

BIOLOGY

Bugbears are similar in ogres in that they are massive commoners, matching their strength, toughness, and size.

The average bugbear stands slightly smaller than an ogre, but the size difference is generally negligible: Larger bugbears are bigger than a smaller ogre, but about the same size as an above average ogre

Bugbears have coarse hair over most of their bodies, except for their palms and the soles of their feet, which varies from light brown to pale blue-gray. Their two pairs of eyes rarely have visible sclera, and vary in shades of brown, from a pale sandy color to a near-black. Their pupils are difficult to see with darker eyes, leading bugbears with darker eyes to be mistaken for werewolves

They have four beefy arms, all of which lack significant fine motor skills, and a pair of short yet powerful legs, with a long, thick tail trailing behind them. Their hands are tipped in strong claws, which are useful for climbing as much as fighting

Bugbears rarely walk on only their legs, primarily walking on one or both pairs of their arms as well, their bodies highly top-heavy. Most bugbears only stand or walk on only their legs when absolutely needed, or if they are sitting down

Bugbears have a massive appetite like ogres do, and their digestive system is just as strong as that of an ogre. Most dislike consuming cooked meat, preferring raw or very lightly cooked meat. They struggle in hot environments due to their fur and inability to sweat, and in fact are the second least adapted to extreme heat, second only to yuki onna

LIFESPAN

Bugbears rarely live past the age of 70, and most don't live past 45. As such, they are the shortest-lived of all commoners

They can breed all year round, and female bugbears are pregnant for 8 months before giving birth to 3-4. Bugbear newborns are blind, deaf and helpless until they are 6 months old. Soon after this point, bugbears begin walking in hours, initially on all fours. By the time they are 2 years old, bugbears are considered toddlers. By the age of 4 they're considered children, adolescents by the age of 12, and are sexually mature by 16.

They become middle-aged by age 20, and elderly by age 35. Bugbear fur becomes paler as they age, with many bugbears becoming white when they're older

CULTURE

Bugbears are very similar to ogres in that they can easily depend on their brute strength as ogres and minotaurs, and are best adapted to cold environments. Their more gaian appearance makes them highly controversial in Evangeline, where they are legally citizens but look like beasts or gaians. As such, they're often social outcasts in Evangeline.

This rarely bothers bugbears, however, as they are rather simple: Most bugbears like to live simply and simply work, so many either live on farms that they're hired to either help on or control slaves, and sleep with the slaves, or out in the wilderness, where they hunt their own food and sell much of the byproducts at nearby settlements

BIOLOGY

Sundara are bizarre Aquarian fae who first appeared in the aftermath of Project Starblast. Their crustacean appearance belies a great emotional intelligence and a very gregarious creature.

Sundara are small, only being 3-4 feet long and 6 inches in body height, although they can raise the front third of their body to make themselves a foot tall. They are rather weak, only being stronger than elves, gnomes and sprights, but they make up for it with very tough, chitinous exoskeletons.

Most sundara have backs that are various shades of blue, two pairs of red pincers, and a pair of large, black eyes. Their mouths are very similar to crustaceans, having many mouthparts, and they also have antennae that are the same color as their backs.

Sundara walk along at a shockingly high speed, using 16 pairs of legs to quickly run along the ground. They can also swim fairly well, but much prefer to explore the ocean along its floor.

Sundara eyes are extremely powerful, being able to see things no other species can, including at night, but have relatively poor hearing or smell out of water.

LIFE CYCLE

Sundara live up to 150 years, matching sirene in having the shortest lifespans of any fae. They naturally lay up to 4 eggs per clutch, which the parents and their community take great care of. Many sundara communities will make large pools separated from the ocean to keep their young safe in, laying eggs en masse.

When first born, sundara nauplii are only the size of a human fingernail and can be eaten by almost anything, so sundara nursing pools are initially featureless beyond sand and plants the young feast on, yet as they grow, larger and larger animals are placed into the pools, but never any animals that could threaten the life of the nauplii, either by preying upon them or by poisoning them.

At 2 years of age, sundara nauplii are able to breathe air and are about the size of a human middle finger, and are ready to begin learning magic. At 20 years of age, sundara reach adulthood, and usually become proficient in magic at that time.

Every 6 months, sundara need to shed their exoskeletons, and while they can shed without any aid, they like to help their friends with their shedding. To offer a sundara help with shedding their shells is like considering them a good friend, and many sundara with non-sundara friends will often appear to struggle to see if their friends will help them or not, feeling sad if no one offers help, in the belief their friends don't reciprocate their feelings.

CULTURE

Sundara are extremely social creatures, experiencing depressed if left with minimal social interactions much quicker than other species do. In sundara communities, every sundara knows every other sundara, and no sundara feels happy if they have a secret they haven't told their friends unless they've professed it's important to keep it secret.

When amongst other species, sundara take little time establishing bonds with other species, and will always take time to visit people in their communities.

To show their friendliness, sundara offer help where needed: Many will help look after children, offer food they've made or bought, or otherwise find ways to help their friends. Betrayal is unknown to sundara, and even those that are betrayed time and again will always forgive their compatriots

This forwardness and near-obsession with helping their friends is sometimes alarming to other species, but those who gladly accept the help and help the sundara in turn have a loyal friend for life, even if the help is lopsided against the sundara.

Unfortunately, this work ethic and friendliness is easily turned by slavers, who can befriend entire communities and then manipulate them into willingly becoming slaves, but sundara who are treated well have been found to work much harder than even entranced goblins, making sundara highly sought-after slaves.

BIOLOGY

Zilla are one of the first discovered meru species, highly distinctive for their great flight capability and smaller size

Zilla are mostly quadrupedal when moving along the ground, using the hands on their wings to walk. However, they often fly to travel longer distances, vaulting themselves into the air with their wings

While not very strong at all, being easily overpowered by even human children as adults, and not being too large, being close in size to sundara, zilla have managed to mostly avoid being enslaved by simply flying away from their pursuers

Most zilla are tan with pale highlights, although male zilla, usually referred to as zephyrs, have deep blue, dark brown and white stripes on their tail vane and crest, which are noticeably larger than female zilla, called euru

Zilla are about 30 inches tall and 4 feet long, with a wingspan of 9 feet, and rarely weigh over 30 pounds, with males slightly larger than females

LIFE CYCLE

Zilla usually live for 80 years, although many can live past 100 years old if they are healthy

Zilla lay clutches of 2-6 eggs, with 3 or 4 eggs being most common. These eggs are much harder shelled than gorgon eggs, more similar to chicken eggs, and are sufficiently conical to roll in circles, and are an intense blue-green shade with black speckling. After 4 months of incubation, the hatchlings, or anemoi, emerge from their eggs, and are able to walk around after a few hours. After 3 years of age, they are considered toddlers, but only begin to learn to fly after 6 years of age, when they become children. At 12 years of age they become teenagers, when males begin to gain their crests' coloration. At 15 years old, they become full adults. They become elderly at around 70 years old

CULTURE

Many zilla are free-roaming, preferring to stay on the move over settling too much. Outside of raising young children, most zilla families will move frequently, and young adults will often leave their families after meeting another young adult, or leave when they want additional freedom to move on their own

Zilla are frequently demonized for eating food from the trash, as many young adults lack any care for eating trash food, leading to their species being called ratpigeons