Malux

### **What are Malux?**

Malux are a race that reside in The Underworld that are similar in appearance to humans with the addition of various different limbs, colourations etc (depending on whatever animal they're associated with) and greyscale skin colours. Their abilities and appearance are centred around 4 factors: their zodiac, associated animal, sin type and social class. They can shapeshift with the only thing they are unable to change being organs (examples: eyes, guts, blood ect), blood colour (black) and height.

The name Malux originates from the Latin words malum and lux, malum translating to evil and lux translating to light, this name being chosen in reference to there original home within Limbo, the area between The Underworld and The Abovelands.

### Powers

[Disclaimer: Heirlooms have powers similar to Malux but their metaphorical energy bar is bigger then a Malux's. A normal Malux's bar is 250 points and a Heirloom's bar is 350 points]

* **[Teleportation]** 200p per teleport. Subject is able to get from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them, as long as its in there range and they're able to visualise it and they know where it is, relative to where they are.
* **[Shapeshifting]** 1p per hour - 10p per hour The ability to physically transform up to 10 aspects of oneself.
* **[Voice Change]** 5p per hour The ability for Subject to change their voice either to their liking or to perfectly mimic a target.
* **[Heating up body/body parts]** 10p per hour The ability to physically transform up to 10 aspects of oneself.
* **[Cooling down body/body parts]** 10p per hour The ability to physically transform up to 10 aspects of oneself.
* **[Body Reset]** 50p per reset. The ability to revert your body to how it was at a different point in time. [Note: Each Malux has a different window of time they can reset back to.]

### **Soul Types and Sin Types**

Each person in The Underworld and Hell is connected to at least one of the Seven Deadly Sins, being assigned their sin type just before or during puberty. For Malux in particular, this results in them having different abilities to each other. Their soul (magic) colours are based of their zodiac:

* **Aries** (March 21 - April 19) - Red
* **Taurus** (April 20 – May 20) - Orange
* **Gemini** (May 21 – June 20) - Green
* **Cancer** (June 21 – July 22) - Orange
* **Leo** (July 23 – August 22) - Gold
* **Virgo** (August 23 – September 22) - Grey
* **Libra** (September 23 – October 22) - Brown
* **Scorpio** (October 23 – November 21) - Purple
* **Sagittarius** (November 22 – December 21) - Yellow
* **Capricorn** (December 22 – January 19) - Dark Blue
* **Aquarius** (January 20 – February 18) - Light Blue
* **Pisces** (February 19 – March 20) - Pink

#### **Sin Types - Abilities**

The 7 sin types correlate to the Seven Deadly Sins. Each sin has a set of abilities that set those people apart from others:

* **Pride** - Malux associated with Pride can get people to think as highly of them as they feel about themselves.
* **Greed** - Malux associated with Greed can make people hand over possessions.
* **Lust** - Malux associated with Lust can seduce anyone who's orientation matches with their appearance.
* **Envy** - Malux associated with Envy can make people envy them or another person.
* **Gluttony** - Malux associated with Gluttony can make people feel extreme hunger and thirst.
* **Wrath** - Malux associated with Wrath can make people fear them or another person.
* **Sloth** - Malux associated with Sloth can make people depressed and tired.

#### **Sin Episodes**

Sin episodes are something that happens once a month after their sin types been assigned, during that time (7 days) the effects of their sin type are heightened and can effect their life's during that time. The week is assigned 21 days after your 10th birthday (or 21 days after your death if you were not born a malux):

* **Pride** - A prideful sin episode can consist of the person being arrogant (sometimes to a narcissistic degree), impulsive and having trouble feeling empathy, resulting in the persons choices being self indulgent and self interested.
* **Greed** - A greedy sin episode can consist of the person fixating on a intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food. This can cause them to do stupid and irrational things to get more of that thing.
* **Lust** - A lustful sin episode can consist of the persons sex drive being heightened to extreme degrees.
* **Envy** - An envious sin episode can consist of the person fixating on another person who they believe is better than them, either consciously or subconsciously.
* **Gluttony** - A gluttonous sin episode can consist of the person being overindulgent and having a heightened sense of gratification.
* **Wrath** - A wrathful sin episode can consist of the person being sensitive and emotional, being easy to set off and overwhelm, leading to emotional breakdowns/outbursts and mood swings.
* **Sloth** - A slothful sin episode can consist of the person being extremely fatigued both mentally and physically, making it hard to get out of bed or being extremely tired and weak.

### **Social Classes**

Classes are divided into four: low class, middle class, high class and heirlooms. All of these I feel are self-explanatory but heirlooms will probably need a lot of explaining so I'll make that into its own page. Malux have the ability to change their appearance to one identical to a human, but even though this is to save energy, they can lose control of it very easily (example reasons: not having enough energy, not being able to control their emotions, being unable to use magic ect ) resulting in the whites of their eyes going black and coloured cracks in their skin mainly their face ( white for low class, red for middle class, gold for high class and black for heirlooms ) with the only thing their unable to change being organs (examples: eyes, guts, blood ect)

### **Reproduction**

Malux do not get pregnant or give birth like humans do, children are instead made through the energy used during the act. The energy used by the people doing the act will clump together into a ball in the air close to them and will stay in that spot until its finished forming into a child. At first, the ball of energy will be invisible but will soon become a black and purple orb, after that it will slowly become a child and float down to the ground. The journey from invisible ball of energy to child takes around 9 months and when the child manifests they are the same appearance, intelligence and maturity as a 4 year old human (All other maturity levels are the exact same as humans, staying at the maturity of a 4 year old until the age of 4 and then matures like normal.) Orbs can only be moved within the first day of its creation so after that, once its there, its there.

#### Notes about a Malux Childs Genetics

* Due to the way Malux reproduction doesn't need 1 male and 1 female to make a child like humans do, more than two people can make a child together and the child will use the genetics of all of the people involved.
* When a Malux child forms, they're genetics will be mainly based on whoever the dominant one(s) was in the reproduction causing their creation.
* When a Malux child forms, they'll be wearing a basic white and grey outfit consisting of a t-shirt, trousers, jumper, trainer socks and trainers.
* Where the orbs manifest (location, environment, weather etc) can effect the child's appearance, personality, clothing, interests etc.

### **Notes**

* They're the opposite of Luxma.
* Malux stop physically aging at the age of 25.
* The average height for an adult Malux is around 5′11 ft (182cm)
* Their blood (and to a lesser extent their saliva) is toxic when in contact with Earth oxygen.
* Malux can reverse ***any*** damage to their body as long as its done within their time frame, whether its something as small as a cut on the arm or something as big as loosing a leg.
* The most common sin type is Lust but most Lust Types don't tell people due to a stigma around it.
* Due to the fact that Malux can change their sex at will, identifying as transgender, non-binary and/or intersex has never been illegal or frowned apon.
* Due to the way Malux reproduction doesn't need 1 male and 1 female to make a child like humans do, same sex relationships have never been illegal.
* **[Within the series]** Excluding minors, the shortest Malux is 5'1ft/152.4cm (George McMahon) and the tallest is 6'10ft/210cm (Haruto Takahashi).