AsteroidWings (IllusionTheDreamWing)

===𒆠Introduction𒆠===
AsteroidWings, more commonly known as Chassarians among the native and nearby civilizations, are the stereotypically isolated peoples of (previously) Chassar and Thilles, two sister planets situated in the triple star system Alpha Centauri located in the southern constellation of Centaurus.
===𒆠Biology𒆠===
====𒆠Physical description𒆠====
AsteroidWings have lightweight but durable scales that give their bodies a sleek shape. While not as thickly armored as some tribes, their scales overlap smoothly like shingles on a roof, allowing flexibility and agility. Their limbs are agile and end in four small, pointed claws. A ridge of sharp spines runs down their backs, providing extra protection while minimizing weight. The latter also allow them to keep their body temperatures cool.
Moving closer to the head, their faces are equipped with short snouts that grow increasingly narrow towards the tip and small deep-set eyes located below prominent brow ridges. Pairs of long horns sweep up from the back of their heads before curving abruptly downward at the tips. Their most distinctive characteristic is their snout, which ends in a petite beak-like protrusion shaped like a star.
Female AsteroidWings tend to have more slender builds on average, which confers an agility advantage and longer, sleek necks and tails.
Due to their vaguely visible gender dimorphism, AsteroidWings prefer to differentiate through the use of cosmetics and accessories.
====𒆠Specialized organs𒆠====
=====𒆠Choron𒆠=====
Instead of lungs, AsteroidWings have a specialized organ called the choron located below their two hearts. The choron absorbs the kinetic energy from the hearts' rapid pumping (beating approximately 260/m) and uses it to synthesize an unique oxygen-like compound found exclusively in Chassarian and Thillian life forms. Veins spread out from the choron, carrying the compound-rich blood throughout the body. Small capillaries weave through the scales and penetrate each cell. There, the compound bonds with proteins to provide cellular respiration without requiring inhaled oxygen.
Waste products are filtered from the blood and collected in the choron. It then safely breaks these down to release clean energy back into the circulatory system, forming a highly efficient closed-loop system.
This unique respiratory arrangement allows AsteroidWings to derive all the energy and nutrients they need from their own metabolism, with no need to breathe air. Their bodies evolved in this regard due to the lack of oxygen in Chassar's atmosphere.
====𒆠Longevity𒆠====
Thanks to their highly efficient respiratory/circulatory system, healthy AsteroidWings are recorded to have a long natural lifespan compared to most other tribes. Without exposure to harmful airborne pathogens or gases, aging is also slowed. As a result, the life expectacy is around 280-300 years old. Some long-lived elders may even surpass 300 years, though it is unlikely as heart diseases are common amongst AsteroidWing folk due to the increased speed at which their hearts beat.
====𒆠Coloring𒆠====
Due to their enviroment, AsteroidWings absorb trace amounts of specific metals through their scales and diet over their lives, which affects the pigments expressed in their offspring's scales.
The most common colors seen are shades of grey and blue, which result from higher levels of iron and magnesium accumulated in their blood. Their eyes consistently exhibit a brilliant yellow color, derived from copper deposits.
More rare pale tones such as lavender or periwinkle blue may occur in dragons with unusually high levels of chromium in their scales. Brightly polarized colors like yellow, pink, or orange are unheard of, as their blood cannot support concentrations of the metals required to produce such shades.
====𒆠Size & growth𒆠====
On average, full-grown AsteroidWings reach sizes comparable to that of SeaWings.
At hatching, they are quite small, similar in size to a young RainWing. For the first 15 years they gradually increase in length by only a few feet each year as juveniles.
It is at the 16th year that they finally undergo an intense period of rapid growth and by the time they reach 17 years of age, AsteroidWings experience their last big growth spurt that brings them up to their full adult size. Once fully grown at 17, their growth rate stabilizes.
Though they may be biologically mature adults at their 17th year of life, they are considered young adults between the ages of 15 and 16.
====𒆠Weaknesses𒆠====
=====𒆠Cardiac Health𒆠=====
Heart diseases/malfunctions are not uncommon amongst AsteroidWing folk due to the increased speed at which their twin hearts beat.
=====𒆠Heart Vulnerability𒆠=====
If one of their twin hearts is severely damaged (e.g. impalement), the remaining heart will not be able to generate enough kinetic energy for the choron to transform, thus causing severe "respiratory/circulatory" failure within ~1h.
=====𒆠Cranial Susceptibility𒆠=====
AsteroidWings are susceptible to brain pressure in open space due to the shape of their craniums. Rapid loss of consciousness and death can occur in under ~2h if there is a lack of solid protection surrounding the skull (e.g. protective helmet).
===== 𒆠Lack of special abilities𒆠 =====
The AsteroidWings are an unusual tribe in that they lack the overt abilities many other tribes posses. At first glance, one may doubt the threat posed by an AsteroidWing without visible magical talents. However, it should be noted the AsteroidWings have long proven themselves formidable through their wits alone and are not a force to be reckoned with.
===𒆠Territory𒆠===
====𒆠Chassar𒆠====
Chassar, the former homeworld of the Chassarian population, was a previously inhabitable planet which underwent the destruction of 67% of its crust following the collision with its own satellite (Rhode) thus rendering it uninhabitable to a certain extent.
Chassar and Thilles are considered to be twin planets as they show little difference in geology, atmosphere and other characteristics besides sharing history together.<tabber>
|-|Geology=
Prior to the impact with Rhode (satellite), the surface of the planet varied lightly between different locations. Approximately 65.5% of its surface was covered by land in a single supercontinent called "Enomephoea".
|-|Natural History=
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|-|Atmosphere and climate=
Chassar-1 is devoid of oxygen, an indispensable source of life on Earth, whereas life on Chassar-1 trives/trived on the heavy metals in the form of microscopic particles present in its atmosphere which is composed of 90.7% heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury, cadmium, corudic and tilleniun (the last two existing exclusively on Chassar-1) and 10.3% hydrogen.
Said heavy metals may resemble dust if found in large quantities,
|-|Satellites=
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====𒆠Thilles𒆠====
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|-|Geology=
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|-|Satellites=
Tenkatov
Holotov
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====𒆠Nations𒆠====
Having settled on Thilles following the events of the Exodus, the AsteroidWing civilization has developed across four distinct yet interconnected nations.<tabber>
|-|Valkyrie=
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|-|Rothunoth=
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|-|Gaskar=
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|-|Mornothre=
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===𒆠Culture𒆠===
====𒆠Religion𒆠====
The core of the AsteroidWings' society and traditions revolves around paying homage to ancestral spirits represented by stars, constellations and astrological phenomena in the night sky. A vast majority of the tribe believes that the souls of their forebears live on through the stars and other celestial objects that have symbolized their families for centuries.
Rituals are planned according to a lunar calendar and often involve observing astronomical events and phenomena to commune with said ancestors and ancestral spirits. AsteroidWing Clerics also play an important advisory role in astronomy, divination and interpreting signs.
Individual practices may vary, but a shared universal view of the night sky as the final resting place is fundamental.
====𒆠Beliefs𒆠====
*Whenever one talks about death or speaks its name, they or someone near them must spit on the ground to avoid its wrath.
*The souls/essences of all who came before live on and provide guidance/protection to the living.
*Those who choose to ignore their ancestors are bound to anger them and fatefully lose their minds.
====𒆠Traditions𒆠====
====𒆠Cosmetics and accessories𒆠====
A key aspect of self-expression for AsteroidWings involves decorative cosmetics.
Although they may be a technologically developed civilization, a vast majority of AsteroidWings still partake in the traditional practice of intricate facial and body painting (especially on special events) with mineral and vegetable pigments in Intricate celestial motifs, runic symbols and constellation maps.
Pearl embedding is also prevalent amongst AsteroidWing folk, with polished moonstones sculpted into designs embedded between the scales being most common.
====𒆠Festivities𒆠====
<tabber>
|-|Festival of Forefathers=
AsteroidWings across the nations reunite in families to communicate with their ancestors through a visionary state thanks to Ghostwood Gills, mushrooms found on both Chassar and Thilles. The mushroom only grows on specific geographic sites. Another week-long festival preceding the Festival of Forefathers celebrates the annual harvest where the mushroom is dried/sold.
|-|Equinox Communion/Firemoon Convocation=
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====𒆠Naming system𒆠====
*Numerical second names are sometimes given sequentially (e.g. "Solor ThirdBorn") to indicate family/birth order.
*Epithets may get appended later in life for reputation, achievements or roles (e.g. "Caelum the Navigator"). It is also possible to earn an epithet for negative acts that brings shame on the individual (e.g. "Volcan "The Boneless").
====𒆠Language𒆠====
=====𒆠Chassarian𒆠=====
=====𒆠Slang𒆠=====
*“Acoelomate” is an insult comparable to “wet noodle”. Acoelomate is a term originating from the older population of Chassar which has gradually lost its popularity ever since part of the Chassarian population had officially settled on the crust of the sister planet Thilles.
*“Zazzer” is an insult which, in the earliest periods of the Chassarians’ stable settlement on Thilles, began to slowly replace the more archaic term “Acoelomate” in the slang of the newer generations. Zazzing as a verb may also be used as a substitute for "raving about" as it leans more into the meaning of "lunatic".
*"Drakaina" is a noun which indicates female dragons of high social class or status, sometimes used as a polite term.
====𒆠Job system𒆠====
====𒆠History𒆠====
BE (Before Exodus) and AE (After Exodus) are the measures of time the AsteroidWings use to indicate periods in their history before and after the satellite Rhode collided with their original homeworld, Chassar, thus forcing them to abandon the planet in a mass exodus event.<tabber>
|-|0 AE (.....BE)=
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|-|0 AE (.....BE)=
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===𒆠Government𒆠===
====𒆠Government structure𒆠====
Once settled on Thilles, the AsteroidWing civilization has developed across four distinct yet interconnected nations. Each nation maintains its own localized government comprising governors who oversee daily operations and decision-making for their respective populations.
However, the ultimate authority is held by The Council of the Four (or Council of Elders), a supranational body consisting of each Governor from each of the four nations. The Council convenes regular meetings at the Supreme Court to handle inter-city policies for the AsteroidWing people as a whole.
It is rumored that the Council takes seem to take guidance from an enigmatic figure known as "The One", said to dwell eternally within the tower at the Supreme Court. Among the folk, there are various speculative theories as to the true identity of The One, including that it may be a formless cosmic consciousness communicating via the tower's energies, an Acestral Spirit creator of the AsteroidWing race, a temporal anomaly being from the far future/past, the spirit of an ancient ruler or merely a symbolic title for the embodiment of AsteroidWing unity and governance.
The current governors are Drakaina Skadi of Valkyrie, Faenor II of Gaskar, Phobus Fourthborn of Rothunoth and Antares the Imperious of Mornothre.
====𒆠The Council𒆠====
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|-|Drakaina Skadi of Valkyrie=
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|-|Faenor II of Gaskar=
|-|Phobus Fourthborn of Rothunoth=
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|-|Antares the Imperious of Mornothre=
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</tabber>
===𒆠Economics𒆠===
====𒆠Economic system𒆠====
=====𒆠Recognized forms of currency𒆠=====
====𒆠Galactic market𒆠====
===𒆠Tecnology𒆠===
====𒆠Engineering𒆠====
=====𒆠"Units"𒆠=====
The Units are a category of artificial beings first created by the AsteroidWings around 31 B.E. 
(TBD)
Politically speaking, there have been many disputes in the field of robotics and the topic of sentient Units, ranging from the ethical question of owning or enslaving a super intelligence and the danger of it not respecting the three laws established shortly after their creation. Most of these disputes ended with the decision to replace the earlier Units with a new, redesigned model, which led to the machines' rebellion and, ultimately, to their destruction.<tabber>
|-|Designation 01=
UNDER REVISION
|-|Designation 02=
Commonly known as "drones",
|-|Designation 03=
Commonly known as "replicants" or "synthetics",
</tabber>
== 𒆠Trivia/to be added𒆠 ==
* AsteroidWings have difficulty perceiving green (deuteranopia);
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