Aborian

## Description

The **Aborians** are a winged digitigrade species from Abor.

While the Aborians share several attributes with the other Sovereignty species - most notably the Terrans who they resemble the most - there are several major differences. An Aborian has four fingers on each hand compared to a Terran's five. Aborians are a digitigrade species with two toes in the front and one in the rear. Of all the Sovereignty species, they are the fastest and have the best sense of sight. Aborians have a sense of hearing equal to that of the Canidae and Luvatid. While the Aborians' weaker bone structure keeps them light enough that their wings can achieve true flight, it also makes them one of the more frailer species. The Aborians have the shortest life expectancy in the Sovereignty. The Aborians are also imune to psychics, though the cause of this is still undetermined and hotly debated.

The Aborians have an undeserved reputation for flightiness and for only caring about soaring, sex, and style. They are better described as having a passion for art in all its forms and for living life to its fullest without being bogged down by unnecessary complications. The Aborians take extraordinary care when it comes to the creation of art, focusing on every detail even the seemingly inconsequential and boring ones. It's been said that this precision and dedication were the only reasons Abor was able to function at all prior to the arrival of the Sovereignty.

Prior to Abor joining the Sovereignty as a colony, it was officially an aristocracy. Abor, however, had no requirements for being an aristocrat and no punishments for claiming to be one. As such, when the Sovereignty arrived on Abor they were unable to ever determine who was actually in charge. Several treaties and deals were struck with various Aborians and even though these treaties are honored by the Aborians, it is not known whether any of the documents is legally valid. Rumors exist of a collective of Aborians that desire to take advantage of this uncertainty to wrench Abor from Sovereignty control, but it is not known whether this collective exists nor whether their plotting was born of anything more than a whim.

Abor has a notoriously high non-violent crime rate - particularly in regards to tax fraud, identity theft, and illicit substances - but a low violent crime rate. This is primarily due to the Aborians' general indifference to the changes in the legal system enacted by the Sovereignty. Prior to the Sovereignty's arrival, Abor had few hardfast laws as any aristocrat had the authority to change them. If the rulings of two different Aborians came into conflict, whatever the majority of nearby Aborians agreed was legal was considered to be lawful.

It is exceedingly common for Aborians to take multiple names over the course of their lives. Since the Sovereignty took over, an Aborian generally has a "legal name," which the Sovereignty uses for its own record purposes, as well as at least one other name that they are currently using. An Aborian may take on, discard, or return to any of their names at any time. Titles, both long and short, are popular and are not to be considered indicative of the bearer having any actual authority over what they are claiming.

The most common Aborian fashion is to wear as little clothing as decency allows and sometimes even less than that. When clothes are worn, bright colors and styles that won't catch in the wind are preferred. Permanent body modifications are rare as they disallow change, though more temporary methods are popular.