Clouds

### **Biology and Culture**

Clouds are a humanoid species of mythical beings from the Cloud Theocracy, located in a pocket dimension and with access to the Known Galaxy. Cloud anatomy has been a mystery among the scientific community of the Known Galaxy for many decades. Clouds are creatures that have a body mass that is of consistency relative to human skin, but with a certain numbness in the area of the head, with more cloud-looking "hair". They do not need food (although some appreciate it and eat it regularly) or water, and are essentially immortal to aging. The Cloud people, although being immortal, are not immune to the damage of special cartridge plasma ammunition, also known as “Hydronium-Buster”, developed in secret by the cloud scientists. When Clouds die, their body vanishes completely, leaving how their bodily functions work a mystery. It is a currently studied fact that when under strong emotions, clouds are able to subconsciously alter the environment around them, being capable to even create small storms around them. Some clouds are capable to consciously control this ability with years of training.

Hundreds of new clouds are born from the Great Cloud, the highest religious figure in their religion, every year. Clouds are born hermaphrodites and with no sexual organs, but for some reason they also have typically female/male characteristics and like to refer to each other in such pronouns. The full details of why this is are a mistery. Recently born clouds are small and resembling of human babies with bits of their hair floating near to them, and take around 70 years to reach adulthood. In the cloud society, adulthood is defined by whether their hair is totally fixated to their heads and this fixation only happens at the last year of adulthood.

### **Society and Technological Advancements**

Although capable to, the Cloud Theocracy rarely ever interacts with the Known Galaxy, and prefers to be left to itself since the beginning of time, although it observes from afar very few select planets, and often ends up absorbing a part of its cultures as a result of it, like it did to Earth. Some of the cultural attributes they absorbed from other civilizations are things such as clothes and matrimonial unions.

As a theocracy, the cloud society is ruled by a council of clouds chosen by the Great Cloud. Most of their rules are dictated by their religion, although there are no written testaments of laws to be followed by religious clouds. The council of clouds is able to exile any cloud they consider unworthy and undeserving of living in their society, banishing them forever to live in the Known Galaxy as punishment.

Their society is thought of to be older than any other, and their society is so enormous, people believe their cities are endless.

In cloud culture, matrimonial unions are looked upon as a holy union between two clouds. Different from humans, however, they use hidden locket collars instead of rings to solidify their union. In these lockets, there is usually a picture of their significant other. They are supposed to hide these lockets, as the responsibility to be loyal to your significant other is none other than yours. "Cheating" on another cloud is considered a sin and worthy of banishment. In their society, amorous activities such as kissing and others that indicate the engaged cloud enjoys the company of another compared to their significant other's is considered cheating.

### **Notable Clouds**

* Nimbus Cumulus
* Stratus

### **Mentions**

* Everdream: Stars Hold no Boundaries - Chapter 5