Ald

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Country: True Holy Province,
New Ald Republic
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Ald are the first race to be created by the downed human crew. Designed by Desmond Adams to substitute human life on Demet.

These people were considered a failure as they came out from the artificial gestation tubes and revered the humans as gods. Something was thought to be wrong with the way their memories were organized, combined with a low mental capacity.

Their mental capacity overall is very low, only having a highly intelligent person 1 in 10,000 births. These intelligent ones may be hard to find at first, but if an Ald is capable of learning "Modern" trends, terms and conventions, they are one of the rare intelligent Ald.

What makes these people unique is their functioning as a natural battery, and being able to channel this natural energy into creating light, heat, plasma in the form of lightning, or removing the energy from objects. They call it "Magic" usually accompanied by incantations, but Unem call it Ergokinesis.

Like the Unem and the Saraph, they inherited the slight snout, small nose and mouth, and large eyes from the demetian primates. But their bottom eyelids are flatter and their upper lids are a much higher arc, and their "Snout" isn't quite as pronounced. Their hair also is usually lighter shades of brown or blonde, along with a colored iridescence from the parents, an example would be Leina Neitou in the canon stories having brown hair and a purple iridescence. The reason for this mutation was unknown but it functions similarly to iridescent bird feathers, indicating possible trace amounts of bird DNA.

## The Pantheon

They have a system in place they call "The Pantheon" to identify their subspecies. Five ranks, known to them as "Podiums," exist. All ald are born at Podium 1 or "Nonia" and their Poium is finished changing when they reach their maturity age.

Maturity age differs from person to person, but the average is between 14 and 16 for females and 16 and 18 for males. The Ald commonly believe that this age is more around 25 but they are wrong.

Women rank up faster than men, causing women to end up at higher Podiums more often than men.

### Nonia

The lowest level. They have none of what the Ald call "Affinity" which is the potential of your ergokinesis or "Magic."

They are guaranteed to have brown eyes and live a life of 50 to 60 years. Their ears will have no points on them.

### Unia

They have enough affinity to access the "First Grimoire" or beginner level "Spells"

They will have green eyes and live an average of 100 years. Their ears will have one point either on top or on the lobe.

### Dunia

They have the affinity level needed for "Second Grimoire," or intermediate level spellcraft.

They will have blue eyes and live up to 200 years. Their ears will have both a point on their earlobe and the top.

### Trinia

They have the level of affinity needed for the "Third Grimoire" or master spellcraft.

They will have silver eyes and live around 300 years. Their ears will gain a point between the crown and earlobe.

### Qinia

(Pronounced like Kenya, but with an i instead of an e) Said to be born Unia, these people are near godlike in status. They can reverse death, create life, or so the tales say. Only two have existed. One was one of the original Ald born nearly 3,575 years ago and still hasn't physically aged past her maturity age of 15. It is unknown if they age extremely slowly, or don't age at all.

Their lifespans haven't been determined. Their ears will gain a fourth point on the piece of cartilage in front of the entrance to the ear. They will have gold eyes.

## Religion

The Ald use a system of polytheism or multiple gods. They were inspired by the brief glimpses of the humans they met on the ship before being cast out. Their names mispronounced and warped over the 3400 years the Ald have existed.

### Dzun, God of Betrayal and Evil

Desmond Adams, their creator who cast them out for being imperfect. Originally wanting them destroyed, he was stopped by the rest of the crew.

### Callia, God of Forgiveness

Callie McArthur, the first to speak out against the destruction of the Ald, and wouldn't allow their conversion into raw genetic material. She said he needed to give them a chance to live.

### Icari, God of Rage

Ikari Motto, the second in command on the Ald project. Was absolutely infuriated when the Ald turned out the way they did. He was still not for their destruction however, and was sedated to later be psychologically reevaluated. It was found he was suffering from the effects of a slightly different atmosphere far worse than any of the others.

### Lambda, God of Guarding

Landon Peirce. He was the one who stopped the destruction of the Ald after Callie enlisted the help of Captain Peirce. Lambda was the name given to their sun and the furthest planet, Lambda Prime.

### Altus, God of Guiding

ATLAS, the onboard AI that ran the DNA building processes for all of the intelligent races. After suggesting that they be set loose on the planet, he guided them to their original area of residence. The True Holy Province.

Some Ald are considered Heretical, not following the path that Altus set for them, and were cast out. They are the ones who formed the New Ald Republic.