Ebonites

> *“O, ashes, Damnation is not burning fire and brimstone. Nor a void where nothing exists. It is something that looks shiny enough for you to latch onto, and then devours you whole. And the lights! They are harsh and insane. But the dark is sly and enveloping.”*
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## Common phenotypes

**Hair Pigment**

**TBA**

**Skin Pigments**

**TBA**

**Lifespan**

*Eternity, grows senile through the passing of time.*

Because they do grow weak over a long period of time, they pass their knowledge and memories to younger generations to preserve their existence.

**Height**

**TBA**

**Weight**

**TBA**

**Eye Colors**

**TBA**

## A full look at their life “Cycle”

Ebonites require sacrifice to be born.

(For reference, real life ebonite is created using rubber and sulfur.)

The living essence of a mother (rubber is harvested from inside an organism) is added with the black fog that surrounds ebonites (their emotions and extraction of their curse, representing the sulfur.)

### **Birth**

created using the life force of mothers and essence of the father. Much of the time the extraction of their energy leaves them crippled or comatose, at least to be knocked out for some time. The father is responsible for taking care of the children while the mother recovers. Because birth is excruciatingly painful for the mother and father, births rarely happen.

### **Metamorphosis, or commonly known as the process of “19”**

At the age of you guessed it, 19, a young ebonite must accept the memories of an elder. They share their souls, curse and black essence, which is unbearably painful for both individuals.

After the process of 19 is over, a young ebonite is given a choice to find their own destiny and fulfill it. The special thing about this is that the purpose or potential effect of that destiny does not matter. In other words, evil and good purpose is not considered something considerable in ebonite society.

### **Adulthood**

After finding the purpose of their existence, individual ebonites are to pursue that goal or ultimate meaning for as long as they remain alive, which is to say, a very long time. Therefore, few of the ebonites are wandering vagabonds. The rest stay in little patches of land, huddled together.

## Description of the race Anatomy

Ebonites have specially tailored clothes. Because they emit their emotions and curse like sweat, all their clothes are double-layered to contain the corrosive fumes. They do have a body underneath with normal organs.

## Social structure

The martyrs of avow: as the name suggests, they are a group of elders made to council, guide and defend/advocate for younger, less experienced members

### **Traditions**

* Metamorphosis

* sacrifice for birth

* Return to sender: at least once a year, any ebonites residing in the overworld must return to the nether, and harvest blazes by a spawner in an enclosed space for at least 6 days.

## Origins and History

Originally were humans but after the curse took effect, they seperated from the mainline human genome. Their roots in the nether were forced upon them by the general populace.

## Religion

-Ebonites do not believe in good nor evil, since they believe that such distinction has brought them to their miserable state in the first place.

### **Subspecies to your race**

There aren’t any recorded subspecies since the ebonites were artificially created in the first place. The biggest distinct groups are elders, middle agers, and younglings. Some believe their weapons are infused with the will and spirit of elders whose souls have long since dissipated into oblivion.