World Serpents

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World Serpents are one of the original sapient species produced by the chaos goddess, Yoju. The World Serpents both exist as a servant race to Yoju and her reincarnations, the Yojulings, and World Guardians.

# Biology

## Appearance

### True Forms

World Serpents in their true forms take on a serpentine figure, as their name implies. World Serpents can come in all colors, usually taking more vibrant or saturated combinations.

On the Serpent's head, there are three eyes to each side, on those sides, the first eye, slightly larger than the others, is placed in front of two smaller eyes, one facing slightly upward on their head for a better view of the sky, and the other pointed downward and towards the rear. The serpent's iris is not always but normally is shaped horizontal, similar to an Octopus' eye.

There is a keratin plating from the tip of the Serpent's snout to its forehead, where at the forehead feathers interrupt the plating. The plating at the tip of the serpent's nose goes over the nostrils, as the serpent ages a horn grows.

There are feathers on a serpent are most prominent in their crest, which can come in a number of styles, patterns, and shapes. Crests can have feathers in square strips, some spiky, curved, curly, or fluffy. There is also plumage at the backside of the World Serpent's Jaw, also taking a variety of shapes, usually similar or the same as the crest plumage. Some Serpents have plumage running below their chin, similar to a beard.

Finally, there are the plumed antennae. The little tuft of feathers at the end of this antennae can also have different styles. However the antennae serve only a supportive purpose in helping read spirits, as an additional sensory organ.

### **Color Spectrums**

The coloration of a Serpent can be an indicator of its personality. There are 10 spectrums, Red, Yellow, Green, Light Blue, Deep Blue, Violet, Pink, Black, and White.

Common personality traits with color spectrums are measured in four different values: Aggression, Alchelement, Reservation, and Work Ethic.

Each serpent spectrum has its own alchelemental tendencies, with Red being most often enflamed, Yellow and Green most often being natural, Light Blue being frosted, Deep Blue being aquatic, Violet being spectral, Pink being natural, Black being chaotic, and White being spectral.

### Humanoid Forms

The humanoid forms of World Serpents are varied in appearance depending on the humanoid race they are mimicking in that moment, although the serpents will carry common traits into their shapeshifted form. These permanent traits include the serpent's feather/hair color, facial structure, and eye color. Any other extremities, phenotypical organs, or limbs of the race the serpent transformed into will come with the form.

#### **Aging**

Serpents age are easily told in their true form, as their spirit potential increases with age, and subsequently increases their length or size. In humanoid form though, serpent's appearances are determined by their mental age, and their experiences with the social world. While this is uncontrollable, it comes to its advantages when young serpents must connect with a native society as they age and learn about the planet they are on.

An example of this phenomenon would be Ozzilion, who, unlike most other serpents, had his first social and educational experiences on Earth. In humanoid form, he began with the appearance and mentality of a young toddler, and grew older at the same pace as his peers thanks to the consistency of his curiosity and learning.

An example of appearing to be older in humanoid form would be Ythbago, who behaves spry and wily, yet has much more silver streaks in his mane than neon green in the modern day, as a consequence of his mental damages and not being in his prime anymore for it. Ythbago is often mistaken for a rotting old man for his complexion or sanity, however he is considerably young compared to other known serpents, being closer to his late 30's to early 50's in comparison with humans.

Erdante is a serpentess whose physical age remains undetermined, yet she has the appearance of a young child in humanoid form, and is a very small serpent in her true form. She is a quick learner by nature, who is more logically determined than emotionally driven. This leads individuals with an understanding of serpent aging to suspect that Erdante is actually much younger than she appears, although the size of the margin cannot be pinned down since the effect of social awareness in a serpent's appearance is hard to surmise.

## Alchelements in Serpents

There are alchelemental groups that World Serpents are categorized into, however, each World Serpent has an affinity to a specific alchelemental domain. For example, Kamerazz has the ember domain, and Lumorra has the frostbite domain. Occasionally a serpent will be given an epithet name based on their focus of power, although the epithet is not always accurate to the actual domain.

The alchelements are flame, natural, frost, aquatic, spectral, aerial, and grounded. The natural alchelement is split into two subgroups, flora (Fl) and fauna (Fa). The flame group is tied to thermal energy, and tend to foster powers related to combustion, as they are more comfortable under high-temperatures. Frost are highly adapted to polar zones and subzero temperatures, influencing their environment to their freezing needs. Aquatic serpents prefer life in or near all kinds of water bodies, whether it is a desert oasis, the depths of the ocean, a coral reef, or a river. Aerial serpents are the fastest fliers, and roam at the highest altitudes. Grounded serpents are the opposite, preferring the deep earth, and taking refuge in caverns and calderas. Spectral serpents manipulate energy to create illusions, and Chaotic serpents make powerful chemical reactions.

### Titan Serpents

Titan serpents are the pinnacles of their alchelement within their region of space, and are usually incredibly powerful world-guardians with hundreds of millenia of experience. In Crystallium, Aegaerael is the most powerful titan, and also the youngest of the current set. There is also no confirmed spectral titan as of this moment within that region of space. The nature titan covers both flora and fauna.

## Reproduction

World Serpents do not have a sense of sexuality, rather taking only personal preferences on appearance and personality in relationships. For most of their lives, Serpents do not have any sexual interest, as there is an important milestone before they are physically able to reproduce: Guardianship. This was a limitation put in place by the Serpents' creator, the goddess Yoju themselves. Until a Serpent has fostered or watched over life on a planet and finished, usually over the course of an extinction period, they are unable to procreate.

World Serpents will mate in pairs, in the emptier parts of space. The process of producing a Serpent Egg will kill the parents, serving as population control for the already immortal entities. The hatching of the egg has no specific duration, as there are many occurrences both natural and unnatural that can prevent the hatching of an egg.

Serpents age more so mentally and spiritually than physically, as their age cannot be tracked as easily outside of their true forms. Indicators of age include their horn size, and power. A serpent's spirit potential and power grows with their age.

## Known World Serpents

There are number of World Serpents who can be named from the main World of Ellrumn plotlines, both those who are companions of Fluffhead, and those who have notoriety in both history and the modern day.

\*Serpent ages listed below are listed in an approximation of Georgian Calendar Earth Years (GCY), as not all serpents are born in the same place. This age is also listed in relation to the character Fluffhead being in their early or mid 20's, rather than her initial age in JTM, 14.

\*\*An additional name are in parenthesis is a common alias or "danger name" of that serpent, used when they are a threat.

* Quazzadrae - Emerald Green, sub Pink; Age 810 1/2
* Lumorra - Ice Blue, sub Navy; Age 810
* Tularae - Scarlet Red, sub Orange; Age 812
* Belladrae - Rose; Age 802
* Izzdrada - White; Age 23,964
* Aegaerael - Aquamarine; Age 281,643
* Ozzilion (Ozzdazei) - Blackberry, sub Abyssal; Age 1,982
* Domundn - Mango Orange, sub fire yellow; Age 972
* Erdante - Gold; Age unknown
* Torre - Court Green; 18,246
* Seraph - Lapis Blue, sub Sapphire Blue; Age 2,012
* Dedonna - Shadow, sub Gold; Age 10,120
* Merridrae - Dark Gray; Age 12,122
* Ythbago (Yathbago) - Neon Green, sub Silver; Age 92,532
* Jagumol - Jade, sub Green; Age 37,623
* Kamerazz - Ash, sub Ruby; Age 1722

# Combat

## Weaponry

World Serpents are not typically involved in conflict, being the assigned overseers of the universes' planets. However, they are very prepared to fight, should they need to protect their own life, or another item or person of importance.

In their true forms, the World Serpents are more animalistic in their defensiveness, not needing to rely on the mortality of their enemy. The Serpent will writhe and lash out in physical combat, biting and whipping their enemies with their tail. However they also will manipulate the elements around them, especially that of which belongs to their domain. For example, Jagumol would wrap his body in vines to protect himself or grow them from between his scales to entrap others, or penetrate their flesh in a quick, powerful jab.

However in humanoid or sapient minor forms, World Serpents adapt to the species they have become. Crystallian racial forms, this involves the usage of a weapon. Some serpents go without using additional weapons, and others will manifest a preferred weapon made of their own condensed matter, an extension of themselves formed into lethality. Most of these spirit weapons are primitive, such as spears, bows, swords, and tridents. The weapons often also produce the effects of their summoner's domain, as their nature as a bodily extension makes it far easier to wield them at a similar power level to the serpent's true form.

## World Serpents Power Ranking

Below is an estimated power ranking between the known World Serpents, based on which serpents are more likely to overpower the rest. This standing is defined primarily by the age of the serpent, since that correlates directly with experience and spirit capacity, and their domain. However, if two of these serpents are pitted against each other in a fight, there is no guarantee that the "stronger" serpent will win based on what this chart states.

Epithet titles are just listed as keywords, although typically you will have connecting words in between (of, the, etc.)