Valkadian (species)

## Valkadian biology :

### Overview :

Valkadia's native inhabitant, the valkadians are blue skinned, horned and long-lived omnivorous humanoids. Clearly descending from an unknown extraplanar denizen, they tend to be naturally attuned to magic, such as necromancy and transmutation. A healthy valkadian adult tends to stand between 1.8 and 2.5 meters high (6 and 8.2 feets). Most tend to be on the higher end of that spectrum. They have a blue tint rough skin with purples markings, one to six pair of horns, two legs and two arms. A valkadian hand has six digits, accounting for two opposable thumbs on each side of the palm, the same goes for their feet. Both ending with short, sturdy nails. Their lower back ends in a thin leathery tail crowned by a sharp hollow point nesting their ovipositor organ.
### Notable details of the valkadian biology :

#### **Bone structure :**

Valkadian bones are composed of several lightweight layers of mineral like tissues, with a black glass appearance. This layering gives them both strength and flexibility to support their bigger bulk in high pressure environment. These bones into teeth and horns on the top and side of a valkadian head.

#### **Valkadian Horns :**

Valkadian descendant heads are always crowned, with one to six pair of horns of varying size and forms. Sharp and sturdy, these horns are a natural weapon that the most feral younglings use to assert dominance to their nest mate before being separated by their birthgivers. The individual patterns and growth speed depend on each individual and are susceptible to change multiples times, with both growth getting faster and patterns getting more complex. The valkadian horns have been revealed to be a very aggressive inheritable trait and *may* have led to some diplomatic incident with neighboring cultures.
#### **Hairs and hairiness  :**

 Valkadian have an interesting fur system over their body. Their hairs are typically white or light gray and shelter a bioluminescent unicellular organism that gives their fur a halo like quality in lower lights. While their head hairs grow until they get cut off, even the facial pilosity, the rest of their body generally only grow a few centimeters of very thin and sparse fur.
#### **Skin and markings :**

Visibly originating from some harsher world, their skin tends to be thick and rough. Most valkadian tend to wear natural blue hues, from navy to grayish, with natural purples markings. These markings shapes and extent differ heavily following matrilineal lineages. Some valkadian being even covered more by purple than blue. Their skin tone has been theorized by some to be a vestigial adaptation to survive a harsh and sunny environment, while others give it credit to be a camouflage helping in pray hunting in lower light areas like caves or even at night.
## Valkadian and magical energies :

#### Valkadian theory of sorcery (Excerpt) :

Valkadian theory of sorcery recognise four immaterial component that pertain to what is commonly referred to as "magic" and interact with the material world. Vitae, Anima, Mana (Idea) and Void (Lacunae) energy. The first would be a creature vital's essence, what enable it to move, produced and consumed at varying rates by every living thing. The second is what drives any sentient being, it's the immaterial imprint of someone mind, holding it's potential, emotions and memories. Both of those work together to animate the livings. The third "mana" is a type of astral energy that enables an agent to inflict its will upon the material world to create unnatural phenomenon, like magical fire, lightning or raising a wall of pure force. As a force interacting with the material world, mana has the ability to combine with lots of substances like water or iron ore and modify their natural properties, the purest form of material mana accretion would be the mana crystal. The fourth and last, is void energy, also called necrotic energy. Very unstable and short-lived, it does appear as the other three tend to degrade. Of these, only vitae normally degrades naturally as time goes. If materialized long enough, necrotic energy has a propensity to combine with the other energies to replicate itself at an exponential rate. It tends to be attributed by valkadian scientists as the prime source of cell degradation in living beings.
### Natural attunement :

If those four components forms this theory basis, it's because they are how the Valkadian tend to see the immaterial world. Quickly showing magical potential directly following their hatching days, Valkadians have a sense entirely dedicated to the detection and understanding of the sorcerous energies. They will naturally feel the faded remnant of age-old wizardry and tend to learn their first cohesive spells during their infancy.
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### **Conductivity and storage :**

The valkadian body has a high conversion rate for magical energy, they tend to produce and burn large amount of vitae naturally and will suffer no repercussion from the void energy interacting with their cells. Their circulatory system act as a transfer agent for mana and complexify as they age. Every passing moment, valkadian develop multiples growth in their stratified bones, horns and under their skin, to accumulate astral energy. Naturally combining it with a biological mucus, then produce a crystalline mana-rich mineral that valkadian are able to expel at will as mana crystals and will naturally use in their daily life, to protect their egg's shells and nest.

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Mana crystals, biological and purely mineral, are the first form of currency ever used by the valkadian peoples. It also powers most of their sorcerous industry and rituals./

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### Magically reliant biology :

Their higly conductive bodies and natural resiliency against necrotic energy, tend to make valkadian age much slower than other beings of the material plane. They also suffer less from the damages of old age, yet any mind sufficiently aged will become cloudy and detached from grounded realities. Valkadian have a tendency to feel stronger in magical energies-rich environment, this being able to lead them to euphoria in the most extreme cases, at the same time, lower energy level can stunt their physical and intellectual development, while in their lower developmental stage, and might even make them constantly sick upon prolonged exposure.

## Valkadian lifecycle :

### Lifespan and health :

They tend to live for three hundred standard years at least and easily up to 800 years if nothing get in their way.

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### Valkadian life stages : WIP

#### Childhood to Adulthood transition :

From birth to their sixteenth birthday, a Valkadian stays a child, then it enters the adult circle. A baby valkadian is bestowed a growth name by their parents, the adult having the option to choose their adult name it for themselves. Both names form a Valkadian True-name.

## Valkadian individual psychology :

Valkadian social etiquette tend to put a lot of importance over social and navigating their internal political schemes. At the same time, they tend to feel with passion, feeding their grudges with profound hatred and help their true friends with undying loyalty. The hard part being to know if a valkadian considers you a friend or a tool.

### Gender and social roles

Valkadian society don't understand, nor bother with genders. They do differentiate parental duty based on birthers and tend to respect their own ancestors, but that's as far as their social roles goes, otherwise everything.

## Valkadian social unit :

### Familial structure :

Valkadia familial structure is easy, one offspring is related to their parent, making a continuous chain to their original founder Valka and their mythological companion. Family is not necessarily to be revered, but powerful ancestors tend to be a source of valkadian pride.

## More about Valkadia's social structures as a civilization :

Their culture emphasize the pursuit of one's agency over the world to better it and advance their people common wellbeing by encouraging creative problem-solving. Learn more about valkadian social structure here.