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a commissioned piece of an alien character i've drawn previously during artfight with the backdrop of their native planet.
the design of both the character and the species/planet belong to the commissioner, @zajeczyna
Fun fact: riakhou can’t exactly see the colour red (their red is similar to the red people with protanomaly see), but they do have 5 colour cones as opposed to human 3, so while they can’t see red they can see well into the uv spectrum.
Refreshing Wíla’s ref just in time for Artfight!!
My Artfight username is chromatic_moth if anyone wants to get me this year btw.
Quick sketch to show size difference between riakhou and their ancestors that were captured and then domesticated.
Riakhou ancestors measured around 12 to 16 feet in height, while modern riakhou measure around 4 to 5 feet.
Honestly, if I was to design riakhou today, I’d probably make them more similar to their ancestors. But I think with their domestication backstory the current design also works well. (Plus, it’s not like the design of their ancestors is fully lost, either. I can always draw them! That’s always an option!).
I think in riakhou art, their ancestors are a very common motif to be depicted.
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You know. I often said that riakhou are a 99.9% aromantic species (there are neurodivergencies and exceptions like Wíla for example). But a big chunk of riakhou population would also fall on aplatonic spectrum.
It’s not that riakhou don’t have friendships. The term, or sometimes a close cultural equivalent exists, of course. But it is understood as something that requires effort and upkeep, rather than just. A bond that two riakhou have. Unless you are neurodivergent as a riakhou, then bonds are something that your brain does. But it affects a relatively small part of the overall population.
An introductory post to riakhou, the species
Riakhou are semi-aquatic, carnivorous sophonts currently living on a couple different planets and habitable moons.
Most of their population is found on Wuvum, a tidally locked planet orbiting the dwarf star Nêf Hàkko. The second largest riakhou population is on a located around 3,5 light years away waterworld called l’Noua. L’Noua is in the same star system as the human homeworld. The two species made first contact many years ago, and currently the worlds are in contact with one another (albeit waiting at least 7 years — in Human Standard Years — for an answer is a bit inconvenient. Faster than Light communication, let alone travel, has not yet been invented).
The colour of riakhou skin depends not so much on genetics as it does on the chemicals in water they develop in as larvae. Freshly after hatching riakhou larvae are clear and transparent.
Their evolutionary ancestors were amphibious cave-dwellers domesticated and genetically modified by another alien species. Some of the most notable changes made to them include: making them seeing, (Fun fact. In the oldest riakhou languages the word for sight literally means ‘alien sense’), having “cuter” limbs and longer back/torso, being smaller, less venomous, less fertile, more docile and spending more time on land than their ancestors.
Due to the fact they were essentially pets, riakhou can exhibit a wide range of phenotypes, including variations in patterns, crest shapes and sizes, as well as plumage (as in body plumage being present in addition to featherfins).
After “prototype” riakhou were either abandoned or deliberately rewilded, they started developing their own civilisation, eventually contacting other species and taking to the stars. (More lore on that in another post).
That would be it for an intro post! It has been marinating in my drafts for longer than I’d like to admit. I have way more lore about these little guys so feel free to leave any and all questions at the askbox!
Little pixel practice