Nuqayku

**Nuqayku**, or the **Elves** as they are referred to by in Imperial Common, are the Second largest group of Permanus in Materiales and are the predominant species in the Inti Ayllu.

Nuqayku are species of highly intelligent and sentient bipedal mammals. They tend to not strive for exploration but security and create societies with strict laws and regulations. Every member of the species is born a Weaver, but most either ignore, use it for menial tasks, or never reach their full potential due to circumstances outside their control and lack of training.

Before the First Great War, most Nuqayku lived in peace on Allpa in peace due to the plentiful resources of the continent an the Forests and Jungles making combat difficult. After the war, they were mostly forced into the bidding of Inti Ayllu, leading to the subjugation of those considered inferior by the Hatun, such as the Sach'a and the Llanthu.

By the late-500 AE, nearly all Nuqayku live within the confines of Inti Ayllu and it's cult, Inti Kawllay, brainwashed into the beliefs of racial superiority and inherent servitude of lower races to the higher ones.

## Anatomy and Physiology

Nuqayku are extremely similar to Humans to the point that a hybrid race is possible. They are bipedal omnivores mammalian humanoids that originated due to unknown circumstances. They have highly developed brain capable of sentience, understanding abstract meaning, languages and simple to complex problem solving. They are tall for humanoids, averaging at a height of 1.90 meters and weight of 60 kg, making them slim compared to their height. Their ear are long and thin, with a point at the top, and their irises are typically colors such as red, copper, purple and orange. They can also posses more human eye colors, such as blue, brown or black. Hair color tends to vary but they typically are, brown, blond, and red, though some did not show it due to lack of melanin and therefore expressed instead white hair, while still carrying the the trait genetically.

Nuqayku are extremely flexible, able easily to perform feats that only a professionals could achieve, however they are on average less strong than a human in pure physical strength. Their metabolism is also much faster than that of a human, with their hearts beats resting at 150 bpm, and they also move faster than them. Though not to the point it was impossible to fight, most one-on-one fight went badly for a human if they could not hit their opponent.

Their eyes contain many light-rods within them, allowing them to see even dim-light and dark conditions better than humans as a form of natural night-vision.

Nuqayku are extremely long-lived, with a average lifespan of around 1000 years, reaching adulthood around the age of 17 - 18, though culturally they are not considered a "adult" until they reach the age of 100. While they maintain a mostly youthful appearance for most of their lives due to their cells having the capacity to almost perfectly replicate itself, they deteriorate quickly at then end of their lives due to their cell collapsing as the aging occurs over the span of months instead of years around 1000 years. The shock can kill a Nuqayku almost instantly, making old Nuqayku a near rarity.

All Nuqayku use weaving one-way or another, having one of the highest weaver percent of all non-supernatural creature, with 99.9%. This makes them the most weaver filled nation and changing their perspective of magic from a near miracle to a mundanity. While the average amount of magical units they each posses is pathetic (around 10 - 50), combined they are one of the strongest magical forces in the world, maybe even the universe. Due to this, most Nuqayku use weaving unconsciously to perform their daily task, the most common of this is infusing their tools, weapons and armors with magical energies making them more durable and longer lasting. This makes materials and weapons used by the Nuqayku unnaturally strong and prolonged exposure (500 - 700 years) seems to make these effect permanent or at least last a extremely long time. Such articles have been called Perennials by the Empire Of Arios and are considered a type of Mystic Item.

## Groups

The Nuqayku have never been one single "group". While almost genetically similar, genetic quirks have caused two distinct races, one with more human like colorations (Inti Nuqayku) and another with more greyish tones to point of looking like ash (Killa Nuqayku). These differences caused many to migrate into different places on Allpa with those that are similar, eventually creating many similar, but with slight differences, races.

### Inti Nuqayku

The Inti Nuqayku, also known as the Sun Elves, are race of Nuqayku with white to very dark brown, similar to the skin tones humans.

* Hatun, also known as the High Elves, are a sub-group of the Inti Nuqayku defined by their extreme features. They are most, by human standards, aesthetically beautiful. Tall, silky and fair hair, clear skin and with symmetrical faces. However some of them looked too perfect, causing some to find them uncanny and alien. Besides their extremely long ears, the most distinguishing feature of the Hatun is their eyes, typically being unnatural or uncommon for humans, such as Blue, Green, and Violet.

* Sach'a, also known as the Wood Elves, look much more human than the Hatun. While they still had the typical long ears, their beauty is much more grounded in reality. Much less alien and more Human. They are slightly less tall on average than the Hatun but still taller than Humans. Their most distinctive feature is their tanned complexion, compared to that of the Hatun and their copper eyes.

### Killa Nuqayku

The Killa Nuqayku, also known as the Moonlight Elves, are a group of elves that is defined by their dark skin tones and eye-colors.

* Llanthu, also known as the Dark Elves, are the only known members of Killa Nuqayku group. They have Ash White to Dark Gray skin tones due to their adaption to high amounts of magical energy they leak in a attempt to minimize it's radiation-like effects. This caused a high amount of magiotrophic melanin to be made within their bodies, leading them to have "unnatural" dark skin tones, black organs and blood. However, they eyes seem completely unaffected by this, able to filter the melanin entering into it, retaining a somewhat "normal" irises and sclera. Like the rest of the Nuqayku, they possesses the ability to see in the dark due to a high number of rods within the eyes, greater even than those in the Inti Nuqayku group. They not only have more than that of the Inti Nuqayku, but theirs are also more sensitive to light, allowing them to even see color with little to no light conditions. However, this has caused Llanthu to be photosentive and dislike strong lights, typically wearing some sort of protection or living in dark places. They are like the Sach'a in the way they do not posses a alien beauty, however they do not look close to human. With their white hair, gray skin and dark to red eyes they are typically described as "Demons" by outsiders.