Dyesi

Dyesi are an alien species in the Tinkered Stars Universe.
== Appearance ==
Dyesi, or nymphs more specifically, are considered wildly attractive by Sapiens. They have glowing multicolored skin, willowy elegance, and huge eyes. Some have even called them the nymphs of the stars.Divinity 36, Chapter 1 They possess no secondary sex traits. They have crests on the side of their heads which are most similar to ears that move to indicate expression. 
However, the way their skin shifts is reflective of their regional origins. The more they skinsift, it affects the appearance of their skin, but only in a way that other Dyesi can see: like it's more stretchy due to being more flexible. It's considered aesthetically pleasing by the Dyesi. The more time Dyesi spend sifting, their skin becomes more flexible. It is blatantly obvious and considered very aesthetically pleasing by their species. 
Skinless are smaller than other Dyesi and the move with a certain amount of awkwardness. They are quite dark in color, muted greens and blues and purples. Their skin does not show the hard sheen of the imagoes, nor the beautiful flexible iridescence of the nymphs. Instead they are matte-looking and also almost transparent. Their skin is so thin, the veins underneath are clearly visible - threads of black running webbed and meshed all over their bodies in an irregular patterns not unlike the roots that crisscrossed the passageways of the caves. 
Matriarch imagoes grow so large they cannot leave the caves. They are hairless and their skin takes on a hard sheen. Their skin is mainly shades of white and grey. 
Male imagoes tend to be smaller than their female counterparts. They are typically darker grey and fewer in number. 
Protector imagoes don't grow half as large, but their skin also take on the hard sheen. 
== Society ==
Dyesi created the Divinity. All Dyesi off-world represent the divinity in some capacity. Divinty 36, Chapter 1 Starting at the age of six, Dyesi undergo surveillance for Divinity.
Anthropologists hypothesized that because the Dyesi have no obvious secondary sex characteristics, they have no concept of body shame. Their groin areas were usually covered by something simple, but skinsift combined with the capacity for controlled body temperature meant they rarely wore more than that. Out of common courtesy they wore local apparel when visiting other cultures, and some Dyesi covered themselves with robes, but the majority were mostly naked most of the time. Divinity 36, Chapter 4
The west caves are more forward-thinking. They often pay closer attention to the divinity as a result. Dome 6, Chapter 1
There are three life stages of the Dyesi: skinless, nymph, and imago. Nymphs are the only ones who leave the planet (typically) and run the divinity. Skinless are too young to leave, and most imagoes grow too large to leave. Dyesi become one with their caves because they grow too big to escape themDome 6, Chapter 2. When an Imago dies, their skins are added to the cave walls (or used as the starting point for new domes). 
In the caves, there is a communal sleeping area. 
== Homeworld ==
The Dyesi come from Dyesid Prime. It is in the middle of nowhere with underground habitation, megafauna, and Class 9 surface danger. Divinity 36, Chapter 3 All of their trade is tailored to the entertainment industry (Divinity). 
Dyesid Prime is a ringed world surrounded by satellite moons. The planet itself is rough - small and fierce with enormous vegetation and massive destructive dracohors (highly prized for their thick skins) roaming the habitable zone. From up close, it is a sullen purple planet covered with swirling storm clouds. Dome 6, Chapter 1 
The Dyesi occupy a vast network of underground caves that are both their major cities and the original domes. Many connecting passageways were structurally supported by beautifully patterned root systems, with glowing tendrils dangling down. In many caves, enormous tubers formed the ceilings of immense chambers, big as any dome. Light is provided by threads dangling down glowing a faint purple by glowworms. Much of the population still lives there, but acolytes of the Divinity have long since migrated to the satellite rings, particularly the three largest moons: Divinity 12, Divinity 24, and Divinity 36. Dome-covered and diminutive, they made a busy hive of entertainment and associated tech industry, housing some thirty million Dyesi acolytes.
Other than entertainment, spud is a major export. It is grown in massive quantities in the caves and is highly nutritious, even dehydrated, and extremely good as a flour. 
== Dyesi Terms ==
* Breeder Imago - imagoes that are planet-bound and get reclassified by the galactic system as H10
* Frozen Register - a way of speaking to imagoes
* Going yellow - Dyesi phrase: sitar is coming when they go into their next life cycle.
* Heartsound - when you resonate with someone and work better together
* Instar - term presumed to mean birth
* Imago - the third stage of life (three kind: two breeders & imago)
* Nymph - the second stage of life, lacking sexual identity & interest
* Protector Imago - the rarest kind of imago (less than 12%) and they rarely leave the planet, they/them
* Skinless Register - a register used in the first lifestage before nymphs
* Skinsift - to see and to know beauty (to observe love)
* Softskin - a Dyesi whose skin is sensitive to sound but not beautiful about it
* Songbruise - an affliction where a Dyesi's skin develops fine lines with no pattern to it
* Songburn - very rare and can only be inflicted by low cantors
* Songsift - to hear and to understand beauty (to receive love)
* Soulsift - to feel and to believe (to give love)
== Known Dyesi ==
* Chalamee
* Fandina
* Heshoyi
* Jinyesun
* Kumaimi
* Lenqihe
* Melolan
* Ohongshe
* Seryloh
* Yislofei
* Yorunlee
* Zalihan
== Trivia ==
* When in danger, the Dyesi freeze. Divinity 36, Chapter 16
* Dyesi are strict pacifists. Demigod 12, Chapter 2
* Imagoes do not usually involve themselves in the divinity. 
* Apex Dome is the closest dome to Dyesid Prime on Divinity 12 and is the home of The Divine Awards. Demigod 12, Chapter 15 
* The south-caves are very crowded, and therefore more affectionate than most Dyesi. Dome 6, Chapter 14 
* Dyesi are tone deaf. Dome 6, Chapter 14 
== Quotes ==
* "The Dyesi specialized in being different, being something other and better. They liked to be thought of not just as custodians of art but as art themselves."Divinty 36, Chapter 1
* "After all, the Dyesi had created the divinity, but it didn't define them. It only defined how the rest of the galaxy saw them. There was danger in that dichotomy because loyalty and trust were not the same thing." Divinity 36, Chapter 15
* "On so many levels, it made sense that the nymphs could not tolerate sex with Sapiens and each other. They were kids, they didn't want to think about it, and why should they? From their perspective, it was unnecessary and caused drama and complicated matters. Sex was imago business, and nothing to do with nymphs or the divinity because the divinity was nymph business."Dome 6, Chapter 2
== References ==
Category:Aliens
Category:Tinkered Stars