Speira

Speira are a primitive avian race native to Speir.

## Biology and appearance

Speira bear a standard humanoid shape, with avian features and wings on their backs, in similar fashion to Halians, although their wingspan is noticeably shorter. Speira have dark plumage, covering most of their body, save for their hands and feet, which appears to be constant throughout most of their lives. Their beaks sport a yellow coloration. Speira are born as eggs, and age similarly to humans. Their flight is achieved through magic energy rather than sheer wing power, and they are capable of flight from a young age. Due to Speir's natural high magic ambience, Speira have a strong natural magical connection, and a natural ability to channel the energy, which can even get strong enough to resist the influence of parasitic Agarican spores. Speira possess bones that can be considered hollow, which makes them lighter and faster, but weaker to blunt force trauma.

### Habitat

General habitat: Maritime

Gravity: Standard

Pressure: Standard

Atmosphere: Type 1

Ambient concentration of Celestial Energy or Magic: High

## History

The Speira are native to the planet Speir. They evolved on one of Speir's many islands, and used their flight abilities to spread across the planet's surface. At the time of contact with extraterrestrial beings, they were still in a primitive, pre-industrial state. During Andromeda's reign on Speir, the Speira on Crownsky Island were placed under the control of an Agarican known as Boletua, save for one, a young Speira named Cuil, the heir to the village's title of chief. Cuil was freed from the spores by a young angel named Ashley, who had arrived with a young demon named Danny as part of a Trans-Galactic Military operation to liberate the planet from Celestial control. Together, they defeat Boletua and stop her spores, freeing the village and causing all infected Speira to fall unconscious. They then face off against other members of Andromeda's invasion force, including a modified mining robot named TALT, a Scairpi named Priscilla, and a demon named Clank. TALT's body was destroyed, and his head was presumably rendered inactive after being launched across the forest. Priscilla was critically injured by a Holy blast into an exposed and gap in her armor, being swept out to sea and fed on by Gadai slugs. Finally, Clank was killed by an arrow that went through his body, and was then promptly buried by sand and his own metal constructs, his essence being cast out of realspace. Ashley, Danny, and Cuil then scale a volcano known as Mount Coroin to reach Andromeda, where they are first confronted by a Lavendian mage named Corcra. They force him to retreat, and then face two other demons named Gash and Lithe, who are a pig demon and a Strider demon respectively. They defeat Lithe by breaking one of her lower rock legs, exposing her nerves and causing her to pass out, and defeat Gash by shoving him off the volcano's side, where he is knocked unconscious upon landing in a small pond. At the same time, the freed villagers were waking up and looking to Mount Coroin, where they heard an explosion caused by the bas-serpent eating Corcra's familiar, which exploded within it. They also attempt to scale the volcano, and found Corcra trying to escape. They defeat and capture him, later taking Lithe as well. Finally, Gash had woken up and was trying to scale the volcano to get back to Lithe, and was swiftly captured by the villagers. Cuil, Danny, and Ashley then come across Automatura, who had been taken from Lodceo and reprogrammed to serve Andromeda. They shut her down and move into the castle, where they defeat Andromeda, and let her castle fall into the volcanic crater, trapping her under the planet's surface, although Celestial residue reacted with Cuil and changed the coloration of his plumage, along with granting him enhanced abilities. The three return to the village, where the villagers had kept the defeated minions prisoner. Supernatural Defense Corps crafts arrive to clean up the residue of the invasion, and haul away the minions, retrieving Automatura to return her to the Lodcean government. Ashley and Danny say their goodbyes to Cuil, and leave as the village cheers. The Speira were then left to their own developments, and since they were the most primitive native species in the Throne Nebula, they were often observed by the other races in the sector.

## Society

Speira are a primitive tribal society, with no industrial developments. On Crownsky Island, the tribe was headed by a chief, who lived in the largest hut and wore ornate robes that must be kept clean and intact at all times. Heirs to the title of chief must prove their worth by scaling Mount Coroin without the use of flight, both as a test of their abilities and a way to avoid the bas-serpent. Despite their underdeveloped society, relative to intergalactic standards, the Speira are very proficient in survival, devoting their studies to learning about the flora and fauna of Speir. They see alien life forms, complex biology, and advanced technology as forms of magic, such as seeing the bas-serpent's parasitic offspring as a soul-stealing magic, and are oblivious to the fact that a flight-capable human-sized sapient life form is rare.

### General characteristics

Type of government: Tribal

Technology level: Primitive

Proficiency in magic or other supernatural abilities: High

Cultural traits: Pre-industrial, magic-favoring, proficient in wilderness survival

Population: Low