Hydrocite

Hydrocite

## Origin

A Hydrocite is a humanoid "demon" like being with a special birth right talent with manipulating surfaces of water. although many connections are commonly brought between them and the common Demon, there are still many things that separate them, and some have even speculated Hydrocites have a stronger connection the Axolotian's than the rest, but no true origin is widely known.

Many wonder where they originated from but most of the currently living Hydrocites have only been spotted recently and the only option for current research is speculation and blind experimenting. Some believe they split off from Demon's long long long ago adapting to the largely human world of rathnir, like that many others like to think they split off from the Axolotian's only a few decades ago in an attempt to fit in with the rest of society and over time losing their overt Axolotian features as they adapted. Both theories of course do not account for how they gained their power to manipulate water and the truth of where they are from is not currently known.

## Biology

### Appearance

The average Hydrocite is a mostly humanoid creature, most Hydrocites have white hair and in rare cases a blue-ish white mix that is usually thick and curly, and many Hydrocite also have animal like ears that some speculate to be dependent on both the environment of where they were birthed and their parents ears, still not all of them have these animal ears, and some have reported that over all those without animal ears are on average weaker compared to those with them.

### Diet

Like most humanoid creatures the Hydrocites are Omnivores but unlike most the average Hydrocite must consume 5 gallons of water a day or risk dehydration when using their powers, some have speculated that this is evidence that the secret to control water is not within the race but the rare culture and life styles that many of these Hydrocites follow in their day to day, but sufficient evidence is lacking in this theory and is not widely believed.

## Culture

### Regional Religion

Many years before when there were many more Hydrocite living and together many villages formed intense religion's that they all followed with a passion and considered crucial in mastering their water manipulation. A large amount of elder Hydrocite claim that most of these religions praised a form of local water wild life like tropical fish, all the way to axolotls. They largely believed their power to manipulate water was a gift from their god's and as such became deeply rooted in ancient Hydrocite culture.

### Traditional Hydrocite Practices

Not many follow it exactly to this day but records in writing and the telling's of older Hydrocite help us understand the intricate ancient culture. Stories of large villages of Hydrocite along river banks where they all follow the same day to day traditions of large water intake diets. Some have spoke of community bathing areas where Hydrocite would hone their water manipulation skills starting at a young age, sitting for hours and sometimes days in the bath. A large amount of older Hydrocite even claim through intense practice and an extreme dedication to the traditions and religion could lead a Hydrocite to the ability to manipulate the water in their body essentially allowing them to fly, of course that one is only legends and no living Hydrocite has ever been recorded with such power

### Current State

Hydrocite culture is a mysterious practice that not many have deeply explored. Many Hydrocite have variations in their rules & sometimes completely separate ones because of how scattered the current population is, causing multiple cultures to branch of from what most considered the original Hydrocite culture. Some Hydrocite do not practice the culture in any form, but rumors have spread that those who didn't died decades before the average life expectancy.