Harvestman

Here we have the Harvestman, a humanoid species only found on the island the Gangenhaitan Order inhabits, Rchikagamark. In the Ximi language, they are called "Kshugus" from the word "kshuga", meaning "harvest".

South of Oknamizemoor, on the southern most part of the mainland, exists a large island. From afar, it seems like a small piece of land, fairly normal, though abnormally light in colour.

It wasn't until the early 1200's that humanity finally sailed south and visited the island. They found out that most of the shore was normal, but soon enough, it became apparent that the vast majority of the landscape was crystalline. Trees, weeds, rocks, the dirt, the animals - all was crystalline.

Despite its visual nature, the explorers quickly found out that the local flora and fauna (though any sort of fungi were absent) may look like crystals, but are only slightly harder than conventional lifeforms. In short, they were able to cut down local crystal trees with normal axes, though they would certainly degrade much faster.

The island was initially named "Rchikagashima", meaning "Rchikaga island", Rchikaga being a popular booze in the marshes of Oknamizemoor. Later, as they sailed around and explored the island, it became apparent that it's larger than expected, and thus Rchikagashima was renamed to Rchikagamark, "mark" meaning "land".

Time went and passed and the humans would, under the golden age of its empire, colonize the island. The local flora and fauna became popular on the mainland as a luxurious decoration, though it would lose a lot of its shine once the lifeforms died.

Whereas elsewhere it was considered a sign of the upper class, on Rchikagamark everything was built from local crystals. You see, it was impossible to plant normal flora into the crystalline dirt that permeated the island, and so even the poorest of locals had to have crystalline houses to live in. You also had to wear really strong shoes lest the crystals penetrate your skin and hurt you.

The island itself was completely void of any humanoid creatures, which is why the discovery of the so called Harvestmen was such a shock.

Always fully clad in robes, the Harvestmen, Kshugi in the Ximi language, appeared out of nowhere about a year or so into the colonization of Rchikagamark. Since there were no humanoids on the island before, and the fact that they were wearing non-crystalline robes, made people believe the Harvesters were a humanoid creatures living on nearby islands, not yet discovered.

The Harvestmen didn't show any interest in the humans and would, as their name suggest, prefer to just harvest the local flora and fauna for their own alien needs. That included livestock the humans had domesticated or brought in, and they were not too fond about that.

Before long, fighting erupted between the two. Harvestmen were never seen to carry any weaponry at all, and despite having large claws that could no doubt defend them at close range, preferred to rely entirely on magic. More often than not, they would run away, open portals, and disappear.

Their alien nature to the island, their heavy use of magic and escapism via portals, suggested that they were a highly intelligent species. Indeed, the most common theory became that they were not even local to Ximizhlum but instead were Helvetians who, for some unknown reason, were interested in the crystalline island's inhabitants. Further research by mages and scientists added to this theory and the common consensus became that Harvestmen are a humanoid species from a yet undiscovered land of Helvetia, the Second World.

Visually, Harvestmen stand at about 170 to 190 centimeters. They made no sound whatsoever, although reports show that animals with sensitive hearing would often be confused when Harvestmen were near. This lead to the belief that they were not mute, as originally believed, but that the sound they make cannot be heard by humans. Whether this is a voluntary choice or not is unknown.

Harvestmen have always been seen only wearing a long, well made but dull robe which covered their entire body. Rarely, few of them would have their claws visible, but the reason for that is unknown as they seem to move objects using telepathy. The robes are usually green, pink, yellow, gray, or orange.

Despite their large size, they seem to make almost no sound when walking. It was initially believed that they are floating, but once one's body had been captured, it became obvious that they were walking on their feet. They wore no shoes or socks, their chitin was enough to protect them from the crystal ground.

Very little is known about the Harvestmen as they have never been proven to be seen anywhere outside of Rchikagamark, nor has their area been found within Helvetia.

The few items that they leave behind when escaping hasn't shown much about them either. Most of it tend to be pots, cups, and bags.

**Ahead are the design notes completely copy pasted, without edits:**

So the basic design is very simple. I wanted a mysterious creature in robes, weak in flesh, but powerful in thought. Kinda failed on the weak in flesh part :3333333333333

They wear simple robes. Well made, but design wise very dull.
What lies beneath, however, is anything but boring.

Imagine that this is like an autopsy of one of the few Harvestmen which were killed and whose bodies weren't taken away by fellow Harvestmen back to whence they came.

Design wise, their bodies are very similiar to human males. Large and chunky, with two long arms, two legs. A ribcage, a strong skull, and a male reproductive system. But that's about all that's similiar.

Their entire body seems malnourished and weak, being kept together only by a relatively strong but thin chitin. Because of how strong it is, the chitin gives them very little flexibility unlike humans.

Their skull is rather square shaped. They have two huge round eyes pushed deep into their eye sockets with two tiny pupils. The pupils seem too small to provide any actual utility, and so it's believed that they see using their mind rather than eyes, which would fit in with the rest of their body. They have a fat nose with four tubes on each side. At the end of each tube is a nostril. Their mouth is relatively small compared to the rest of the body. The teeth are large and flat, so they are most likely vegetarians. No outer ears are present, instead, they simply have two holes on the side. They also seem to have no neck at all, their head being attached directly to their torso.

The chest of a Harvestman is wide at the shoulders, but becomes thinner the further down it goes. Just like humans, they have a large ribcage, however, theirs covers their entire torso rather than just the upper part. There is a spine on each side of the torso, making them even less flexible. What is this fucking species?

Harvestman arms are slightly longer than human arms and end with two large claws rather than hands. Since they have never been seen using their claws, it's unknown whether they actually serve any purpose at all.

Further down, the fun parts, are their legs and crotch. Like the rest of the body, these parts are also covered with chitin with a soft and malnourished looking flesh below. All of the captured Harvestman bodies were considered male due to the presence of a reproductive similiar to a human's, with a extendable penis in the center of their pelvis. No female Harvestman has ever been captured, but due to the presence of a penis and no obvious female sexual organs, it's believed they exist. Perhaps they are kept hidden and safe, perhaps they are the ones in charge? No one knows.

An oddity is that they appear to have no knees at all and their legs can bend in both backwards and forwards. That's about the only flexibility they have. The feet themselves are humanlike (I can't draw LOL), though be it without any toes.

Their body may be covered entirely in chitin, but their bones are still visible through that outer armour.

tl;dr Harvestmen are basically Ethereals from Xcom, but weak and useless