Skiatyr

The Skiatyr are one of the two races of Satyr who discovered magic before human's settled in their homeland. Like when the Naether was opened into Surra, when the void was opened, it sent a ripple that went out even to the Satyr Continent. These coastal

## Physical Attributes

The Skiatyr seem a hybrid between Dread Elves and Dostyr, but this is far from accurate. While the Dostyr were closely related tot the Paralaityr's, they were not the same race. Along with this, Dark Elves and Satyr's cannot breed. The Skiatyr are a similar height to the Dostyr and have the same horns. Their ears are more elf like, and less animal like, where their legs remain like Satyr's but with no Fur. Along with this, their tails are somewhat longer and have no fur either. The Skiatyr possess Blue, Purple and rarely Red Skin with bright, almost neon colored eyes of almost any hue. Red, Green, Blue, Purple, the list goes on. Their Sclera is a less saturated color similar to that of their iris's and their eye's glow their color, meaning you can always see glowing eyes of a Skiatyr in the dark.

One would think, considering the void sickness of the dark elves, that being tainted by the void would decrease a Skiatyr's lifespan, but this is quite the opposite. The Skiatyr live twice as long as their cousins, up to 300 years. This is assumed to be due to the fact that Skiatyr do not get as old as the Elves and do not begin to develop void sickness before they die a natural death. If Elves weren't immortal already, it is possible that the void would have extended the elves lifespan.

Skiatyr are all able to cast magic, similar to elves, and are the only Satyr species to be able to access other dimensions like the elves, others relying on witchcraft and natural magic. Skiatyr are not as prolific as the Dark Elves in magic but they make up for it in being as strong as their Dostyr cousins. This means that they are also very good in hand to hand combat, even with larger weapons. This mixture of physical prowess and magical power makes the Skiatyr a dangerous foe to go against. Ironically enough, the Skiatyr are actually unable to cast any other form of magic, aside from that associated with the void. Even Nature magic and Witchcraft are difficult for them and Conduits from witchcraft often explode in Skiatyr hands. The reason for this is unknown, but this leaves the Skiatyr with access to exclusively void magic.

## Culture

The Skiatyr Culture is one of self-satisfaction and freedom to the highest degree. Almost no laws preside over the Skiatyr in their homes aside from theft and raiding being illegal on the Isles. Murder and other crimes are completely legal and outside of their lands, Raiding is encouraged and rewarded. There are no laws restricting sexual, violent, or drug related acts. In the Skiatyr Isles, people can say whatever they like to anyone with no legal repercussions, however they may find a dagger in their gut due to it.

Order is kept due to a mutual respect held among the Skiatyr. It is understood that the strong rule the weak and that to challenge someone in power could be a death sentence. Everyone knows that chaos would weaken each other and that it would be counter productive to fight other Skiatyr. This does not mean that it never happens, however it is rare and keeps a general peace in the Isles.

## History

The Skiatyr, once known as Paralityr were coastal satyr on the coast of Devron, being one of the only Satyr to share Devron with the Fiia, as while the Fiia were mostly pacifist, the Lycanblooded who shared land with Fiia were not and were like protectors of the Fiia, like sheepdogs. They did not trust other's easily, however the Paralityr were useful traders and ship builders. This meant that the Paralityr and the Lycanblooded, along with the Fiia, had a symbiotic and trade relationship.

Paralityr lived almost exclusively on the coast and traded between Devron, the Satyr continent and Zao. The Paralityr felt the presence of voidal energy and began experimenting with it. Over the course of a few centuries they began converting to their form of void worship. Like the dark elves, this mutated their body and mind, making them more self-satisfying and less law abiding while also making their skin blue, purple or red. Their new selfishness lead to them having a war with the Lycanblooded and Fiia which eventually ended in a truce with the newly named Skiatyr traveling to a group of islands off the coast of Devron and forming a new piracy-centered government

This new government had few laws and more acted on a sort of simple code. It was illegal to raid the Skiatyr Isles and to commit thievery on these islands. To steal from the pirate lords who reigned over these isles was to be banished from the isles and be hunted down by those loyal to the pirate lords. Anyone else was free game outside of the isles. This Anarchic state held together the Skiatyr and formed a religion around self-satisfaction and light void worship. While they believed in the void and worshiped it as a god, the traditions and worship was far more lax and free than the Dark Elven church.

When the Imperials came over to Devron, they attempted to siege the Skiatyr isles but the fleet they sent was completely destroyed. The combined might of the Skiatyr fleet was monstrous and almost undefeatable. While single ships were able to be taken down, even they were hard to defeat in a one on one battle due to their use of magic and their large ships made of bone and wood.

Today the Imperial's still have issues with Skiatyr raiding vessels, but they dare not touch the Skiatyr Isles and the Skiatyr Pirate Lord's don't assemble all of the raiding vessel's to attack Devron.

## Trivia

* The ends of their tails are rather sensitive to the touch