Gemscine

Gemscine are a species of crystal fish-like humanoids from the planet Mediae. Mediae is 25% surface toxic water (75% is below ground), the rest is a harsh crystalline scape. The only life lives in the water but almost all life can't stand the harsh atmosphere and the toxins and chemicals in the water. Gemscine can only tolerate being on the surface for short time the younger they are.

## Anatomy & Physiology

Gemscine are fish-like with web toes and fins on the side of their heads. They have long fins that dangle from the bottom part of their ear fins, they always have a pattern on them. Gemscine have pointed fingers used for grasping and piercing their crystalline landscape. Gemscine hair is always a lighter color than their skin and skin is always lighter then gem color. They get their pigment from the crystal from their eyes/chest. They have black cracks around their eyes from when the crystal burst from their eyes. Gemscine can come in any color and their gems can have patterns (like earth gems). Their eyes and chest gems are never fully smooth like raw earth crystals. They have rounded bottom teeth and sharp top teeth made of the same gem. Their blood is a diluted color of their crystal. They are on the shorter end averaging about 4 ft.

Gemscine's see using a minor psionic channel through their eye crystals. It allows them to sense changes in atmosphere, pressure and in the environment around them.
Their crystals are either a mix of their parents gems or one of their parent's gems and/or vice versa. Gemscine have groups of children, about 10, however on average only a few survive.
At birth Gemscine are encased in a spherical crystal egg. At this time they have no pigment, no limbs, and regular lookng eyes. The liquid in the orb is pure water. When they get older they will eat the casing. This starts the process of gemification.
Gemification starts with their eyes and a spot on their chest. It will over take the tissue and crystalize it. Pigment is gained. Then the bones get gemified. When they get wounded, it heals over with their gem.
The older the Gemscine get the more their internal organs become more crystalline. When they die of old age their body become entirely crystal. If the die before then, the corpse experiences a accelerated gemification that (over a few days) will become entirely crystal. The older they are (the further gemification is) the longer they can stay on the surface, and the longer they can survive in space.
Gemscine are Piscivores, only eating fish.
Nires are Gemscine vampires, they eat gems of other Gemscines. The difference between normal and Nires are their skin has a darker color than their gem, and oldest Nires have spots of color from their victims.

When god tiered, Gemscine's crystals become smooth and polished. They gain a tail fin that mirrors their ear fins.

## Society & Culture

Gemscine's society and culture before the arrival of the God Tier Entity (GT) is unknown and destroyed. Talk about this is banned and only the oldest remember.

After the arrival of GT, Gemscine Society was structured to aid and worship GT. GT is viewed as a creator and protector. High Priests are leaders and form the ecclesiarchy of the government. Technology and advancement are created to help GT and to help Gemscine better help GT in a symbiotic relationship. Most Gemscine live in fear of GT due to the propaganda of the church. The more helpful you are to GT (determined by the ecclesiarchy or GT) the higher in. The less useful you are the lower you are and are treated harshly. When GT gives commands anyone who is useful for that task immediately drops what they are doing to help. When there are no commands they go about their business.

There is a hidden sect worships Wire (another Sulom) and view GT as a tyrant not worthy of worship and attributed their creation to Wire who promote independence and freedom. This practice is illegal and punishable by death. Even though, the practice is secretly growing.

Clothing is god tier typical clothing. They can come in any color and any mixture (or subtraction). This doesn't affect what god tier that actually are). Lord, Muse, Class (Fan class), and any other master class is reserved for the higher class citizens. The class Aspect (Fan class) is only for the lowest class. The other classes have no class restriction.

## Naming Conventions

Names before GT are unknown.

Names are verbs. (Run, Hide, Dance etc)

Symbols are the shape and color of the gem on their chest.

## Named Characters

### ScruB Associated

Fight- Breath-bound, inventor

Hide- blood-bound, priestess

Curse- Aspect of Class, is a nire

### Others

Promise- Leader of the Gemscine (equivalent of a pope)

## Trivia

- Gem strands of hair of ancestors are a valuable token/trinket.

- In Gemscine graveyards what may appear to be statues of the deceased to outsiders, however they are the deceased themselves.

## Etymology & Inspiration

Gemscine is the combination of gem and piscine (fish).

Mediae is based off of the planet Midnight from doctor who.

Gemscine's verb names comes from the fact that they 'serve' Suloms who have noun names.