NAME:: Luminera Ceyzzratta
ALIAS(ES):: Lumi
AGE:: 74 (looks around 14)
SEX:: Female
ORIENTATION:: Pansexual
RACE:: Estranian
OTHER:: N/A
DIETARY:: They cannot digest most meat or chemically created foodstuffs. Luckily, the Estray can go for up to two months without eating, and can also absorb energy from suns. It isnāt the same as eating, but it will keep them going for a little longer if necessary.
MATING:: Estray are unique in two regards: they can mate with any gender, and any species. The decision to unify is an incredibly serious one for the Estray, seen as sacred. Even if no children are conceived, it leaves a deep impression on both parties, as the connection established is not merely physical, but neural. Raising children is an equally serious matter, and most Estray wonāt have more than two children in their lifetime. The Estray DNA is dominant, so the children born from a union with other species will be Estray themselves, but will carry certain characteristics of the other species. Estray children live with their parents until they are around 30 in human years, but typically raising children is done by the entire clan, and not merely a two-person effort.
AGING:: Estray donāt age the way humans do. Their bodies are capable of living for centuries, and donāt endure the same decay as some other species, making them appear eternally youthful. However, their minds do decay, and this could happen at any time. Memories are lost, they lose comprehension and understanding, even communication. Most Estranians know when this is happening and end their own life, others eventually die when their loss of judgment leads them to death. Assuming they can avoid illness and excessive injury, Estranians typically donāt live longer than 200 years or so, less if theyāve lived difficult lives or experienced emotional trauma. With other factors, the life expectancy is about 125 years.
ANATOMY:: Estray are humanoid, though their species is far older. Pure white or silver skin (which reflects light, giving them a soft glow), four toes, large, pupil-less eyes, and pointed ears are the defining characteristics of Estray, however if they are the offspring of another species as well, they could have any number of different characteristics, such as black skin or a radical height. Typically, they donāt grow past 5ā4ā, the females even smaller, and they have very delicate bones without much ability to gain muscle mass, allowing them to be injured fairly easily. A genetic mutation has caused silver eyes on some Estray (such as Lumi), and though this isnāt a necessity, is usually is the marker of those with high positions on their home planet. Also, most notably, is their incredible cognitive ability. Their brains are hyper-developed, giving them incredible processing power, picturesque memories, and the empathic ability to literally detect the emotions of the people around them. Itās for this reason that their mental health is so degenerative the older they get.
STATUS:: The Estray are very peaceful, and are typically known as āthe mediator raceā, as important people from their planet are known to be called for negotiations between other worlds. Their world is neither over nor under populated, though lately numbers have been declining for unknown reasons.
PLANET(S):: Elmala is their home planet. It is a planet rich with plant life, and the climate is typically on the warmer side. They only have two major cities on opposite sides of the planets, and these are not large, though they are very accessible and well-maintained. These two cities are the only places outworlders can visit without special permission. Outside the cities, most Estray live in either small clans or the occasional village. They live off the fruitful land, placing less importance on education and status than in the cities, and though they have warriors, they rely on other friendly planets for protection as they could never stave off an attack.
OTHER:: Estray are easily overwhelmed when faced with a large amount of people or new situations. And when I say easily, I mean easily. Also, they donāt have the strongest upper respiratory system, making them susceptible to certain illnesses, especially when they go off-world.
Because of Estranian's empathetic abilities, some Estray have the ability to communicate with animals and semi-sentient beings. They can transmit emotions and images and receive them in turn, so creatures that lack complex language or thought are easier for the Estray to understand.
LIKES::
Meeting new people
Music
People who are bad at things (she finds them āfascinatingā)
Being bad at something herself (she enjoys the challenge)
Teasing others
Animals
Reading/Learning
Singing
DISLIKES::
Violence
Being lied to/kept from information
Pollution
Being a burden
NOTES:: Lumi isā¦ quirky. She has a strong aversion to the color maroon, and whenever she sees it she always expects something bad to happen. She doesnāt have any known allergies, but she is incredibly temperature sensitive, so she hates overly hot or cold weather. Her fears include losing her mind prematurely, being useless, and fire.
INTRO:: The station was, as stations tend to be, rather crowded. Life teemed from one end to the other, everyone with a goal, an end destination, something waiting for them on other side. Lumi was content in these kinds of crowds. Sure there was a lot of stress, worry over misplaced luggage and children that loved to wander off, but the air also tasted of excitement and optimism, which if Lumiās glowing white skin had any capability of changing color, would just tickle her pink.
āDear, are you lost?ā Hearing the voice from behind her, Lumi spun on her heels, her long hair gracefully following in a trail. A human, female, probably in adulthood but not yet elderly (Lumi always had trouble guessing ages), looked down on her with worry. Humans, though interesting and lovable, were often rather ignorant. No one with any knowledge of the universe at all would ask an Estray that question, even a child. Also, no one ever assumed an Estrayās age, as this woman clearly was. Lumi smiled at her; she found the misunderstanding to be adorable.
āNot at all,ā she assured the woman, her voice silk. It was then, perhaps, that the woman realized her mistake. Estray were occasionally considered to be human, as their white skin and hair were similar to their albino people. But Estray were not remotely human. It was in their eyes, all color and no pupil, and their voices which seemed to slither in the air, and the wisdom their every word carried. Some people hated the Estray because they felt violated just being in their presence, as if they could see and knew everything about the person. That was all insane, of course. Having mild empathic understanding hardly made one an expert of the universe.
āOh, my mistake. Iām sorry,ā the woman replied, trying to give Lumi a smile in return, but her embarrassment seemed to win out and she merely walked off. Lumi giggled at the cuteness of it, but she had no time to dawdle; her flight was leaving soon. She turned around and frowned, trying to see over peopleās heads to the signs directing her to her terminal. Normally she didnāt mind standing at barely 5 feet, but occasionally she did wish she wasnāt a purebred, and could have perhaps inherited the height of another species. Knowing the general direction, Lumi turned and began sauntering down the hall, letting her own optimism and excitement pleasantly mix with everyone elseās.
OTHER:: I might add to this later, as I tend to mess with my character sheets quite a bit. :p