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[CENTER][FONT=Garamond][SIZE=6][B]The Llort Society Protectorate[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]

[B]Pitch:[/B] Space magic demon scientist/explorers who wish to serve only the Greater Good of the Empire, through research and development of further ways to explore the galaxy and connect the people of the Empire together.

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[B]Capital:[/B] Region 88

[B]Demonym:[/B] llort (people), Sosai / Societese (language)

[B]Starting Faith:[/B] the Imperial Cult (Majority)

[B]Resource:[/B] Crystal Weave (Conductors & Circuitry + Fabrics and Textile Products)
[B]Desired Import:[/B] Ores and Alloys

[B]Starting Technologies:[/B] Arcane Amplification, Vacuum Adaptation

[SPOILER=Geography - al-Miraiya d'Hayeli (MIR), CWD-31]The Llort Society Protectorate has based itself on the [B]CWD-31 asteroid[/B], more commonly called [B]al-Miraiya d'Hayeli[/B]. When seen from other asteroids in the Mekhala belt, it appears as shining as a tiny star, a companion to distant Ophon.

This is a feature of the [B]mirrored flats[/B], vast fields that form the surface of al-Miraiya, a sheen of shining silica, mixed with metal and gemstone all together in some big reflective puzzle. This causes people's stay on al-Miraiya to absolutely require sunglasses and other tools to prevent being blinded. They'll also need thick rubber boots to prevent from being shocked, unless they never touch the ground.

The llort live in and welcome any guests in their domed residences called [B]lightning domes[/B], for their surface crackles with electric charges. These domes are well-insulated and only dimly lit on the inside, often just from the glow of its residents.

One large feature visible from space (to those that can withstand looking directly at al-Miraiya) is a huge, curved gap, a crevasse called the [B]Mouth of the Emperor[/B] since time immemorial. This crevasse goes deep into the heart of al-Miraiya and is where people are officially inducted into the Society as adults.[/SPOILER]

[SPOILER=People - the Llort and the Society]While the Society is open to more species, the grand majority of them (~69-88%) consists of the llort species.

[B]Appearance[/B]
An adult llort appears between 6 ft / 180 cm and 8 ft / 240 cm tall with a roughly humanoid shape and sinewy bodies. Their skin comes in all the colours of a rainbow and more, though the main bloodlines identified are Red-spectrum, Green-spectrum, Blue-spectrum, Octarine-spectrum, Infra-spectrum (sometimes appearing black, sometimes red), Ultra-spectrum (sometimes appearing black, sometimes violet) and The Color Out of Space (magenta). In addition, one may encounter solitary greybloods, also called the Desaturated or Uncoloured.

Llort have a pair of horns atop their head and bony growths on their backs. They have tails that can be as thick as their legs. Their toes are clawed. Horns, claws, fingernails and teeth are typically black, though some llort are known to dye them. Some llort have hair implants, usually as a gift from a hair-having friendly peoples. Their eyes have black sclera and the irises are typically golden yellow or silvery white.

It is said that llort once had wings, when the Empire was strong. Now, any llort that do have little more than stumps. Some llort scientists dream of one day giving the llort their wings back, either literally or figuratively.

[B]Biology[/B]
Llort are adapted to life in space. They are bioluminescent and their bodies run warm from an inner heat. They have very tough smooth skin and don't sweat, instead radiating heat from the bony growths on their backs, their horns and mouths. Llort consume food as humans do and can consume raw ore as well. Llort do not poop. Instead any potential waste gets burnt to add to their internal heat and any remaining particles get expelled with the air coming out of their backs. This occasionally results in a "belch" of noxious smoke after a particularly harsh meal.

[B]Culture - The Society[/B]
The Society is built entirely around the ideal of being the Emperor's eyes and ears on the edges of the Empire. To serve. To pray. To explore. To learn. To know.

The Society aims itself towards progress, universal exploration, and unity with its fellow Empire citizens. To that end, occasionally solitary llort are catapulted out of the Mouth of the Emperor into space, to go and explore or lay contact with other peoples.

[B]Culture - The Llort[/B]
Llort typically are raised in "wing families" by elderly llort who are past child-birthing age, typically ~120 at the youngest. These are usually a mixture of different bloodlines of llort. Some of the parents may be a non-llort Society member, but at least one is always a llort.

When a llort reaches the legal age of adulthood as dictated by the Empire's records--18 standard years old, although biological maturity is later--they are inducted officially in the Society. A ceremony is conducted in the heart of al-Miraiya once every 3 years for the llort that reached age 18 in the past 3 years.

At this point, a llort will also enter a "horn family" of their choice, which are typically made up mostly of llort of around their age and of the same bloodline, but without any biological siblings or first cousins. A database is kept to ensure no incest will occur. Usually a llort will have already found and chosen a suitable horn family before being inducted into the Society.

[B]History[/B]
According to official history logs, the Society was formed 200 standard years ago, and the llort predate it by some time. The logs state that the llort exist because the Emperor found them at the edge of Ophon's light, beyond Mekhala, while the Emperor was searching for long-lost human life. The logs state that the llort are humans, unaltered by anything but evolution in the farthest reaches of space in the times before any of Empire's logs. What lies in those dark depths of history is but left up to Faith alone... at least until the llort can find that knowledge again.[/SPOILER]

[SPOILER=Resources]The Society's greatest resource is the [B]crystal weave[/B], a kind of cloth magically crafted from silica, gold, platinum and carbon. It flows fluidly like silk and can be used to conduct electricity incredibly efficiently. This makes it incredibly useful in the creation of a lot of technological devices, as well as a channel for the Society's brand of magic.

Unfortunately, while the resources necessary for it are available locally, other [B]ores and alloys[/B] are not. The Society has great need for these to create their protective homes and any mundane devices and tools.[/SPOILER]

[SPOILER=Faith - the Imperial Cult]Just like Mekhala lies on the edge of the known world, the [B]Imperial Cult[/B] lies on the edge of the known, period. Science is key to where we have reached, but where our knowledge ends, our faith begins. The Imperial Cult is worship of the Emperor as a holy being, role model and guide, much like the star Ophon is a guide in the sky to navigate by when high-tech tools fail.

The llort's faith is about the unknown, of Holy Space and what lies therein and beyond. The Emperor and Their Star, Ophon, are a lodestone in this faith, and al-Miraiya is its mirror, like a pendulum swinging from the lodestone center. The Emperor is its official head, with local representatives chosen by Society members to make up a web, a network of nodes, of people, of knowledge, connecting all throughout the blackness of Holy Space.

[B]Magic[/B]
One thing that lies on the edge of the known is magic. It requires both faith and understanding. The magic of the Society is based in light, like the light the llort naturally emit. Others can learn to harness this as well and to shape the light into useable, hard-light forms.[/SPOILER]