Post by Eggs on Sept 6, 2011 22:07:42 GMT -5
Race name: Nightkin
Life span: Being Undead, they live until they're slain. The oldest is about 700 years old.
Height range: Height varies depending on the individual pre-resurrection.
Weight range: Weight varies, again depending on the individuals.
Physical traits: They mostly resemble the race they were before they were resurrected. However, common traits among Nightkin include oddly-coloured eyes, usually bright red, sharp fangs in place of canine teeth, and a loss of skin or fur pigment. They will burn in the sunlight unless they've fed on blood recently, and they must absorb souls to keep their immortality. At least one soul must be absorbed a month. They are Undead, so they're injured by healing magic. They also gain access to a single other form accessible by shapeshifting. What it is depends on the Nightkin's body and mental capabilities.
Mental traits: Some can't handle the transformation, and are reduced to mindless, bloodthirsty monsters that live on instinct. Those that can handle it keep their memories and gain slight intelligence boosts.
Main Attributes: Strength is boosted, but not to a ridiculous amount. Mental abilities are also slightly boosted, but less than strength.
Element: Usually associated with darkness.
Location: Nightkin, being undead, can be almost anywhere in the world. They're quite rare, however, and are hardly ever seen with others outside their concentration areas. However, there are a few areas where large groups live together, often in small towns or castles. They originated in Spira, and have their largest concentrations there, usually far from large settlements.
History: When a powerful Black Mage was dying, she casted a spell on herself to bind her soul to her body. Instead of becoming an Unsent, her soul remained in her reanimated corpse. She was Undead, but much more functional than the typical zombie or ghoul. She was still intelligent, and felt a boost to her strength. However, there were drawbacks. She had to take the soul of a person or creature at least once a month, and had to drink the blood of the living to let herself survive in the daylight.
Her spell had an unintended side effect. The people she bit to get blood from resurrected when they died, the spell transferred to them by her bites. At first, they were mindless slaves to her, but they eventually gained their intelligence back. As they fed, more Nightkin were made, and each new generation was more stable than the last. Modern Nightkin rarely lose their intelligence, but those that to become extremely vicious monsters.
Typical Human Nightkin:
api.ning.com/files/WYijKrp9lQwvf9qfjlZv0eSj7DEsuRuC2OyYml2HXIk8JTb0S6gf9MPuMZAfX2-GAENamk2EUz-IH2yQTU1dBX99LQGCrLDS/3.jpg
fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/083/8/e/blood_angel_seras_victoria_by_fvsj-d3cdi2l.jpg
Life span: Being Undead, they live until they're slain. The oldest is about 700 years old.
Height range: Height varies depending on the individual pre-resurrection.
Weight range: Weight varies, again depending on the individuals.
Physical traits: They mostly resemble the race they were before they were resurrected. However, common traits among Nightkin include oddly-coloured eyes, usually bright red, sharp fangs in place of canine teeth, and a loss of skin or fur pigment. They will burn in the sunlight unless they've fed on blood recently, and they must absorb souls to keep their immortality. At least one soul must be absorbed a month. They are Undead, so they're injured by healing magic. They also gain access to a single other form accessible by shapeshifting. What it is depends on the Nightkin's body and mental capabilities.
Mental traits: Some can't handle the transformation, and are reduced to mindless, bloodthirsty monsters that live on instinct. Those that can handle it keep their memories and gain slight intelligence boosts.
Main Attributes: Strength is boosted, but not to a ridiculous amount. Mental abilities are also slightly boosted, but less than strength.
Element: Usually associated with darkness.
Location: Nightkin, being undead, can be almost anywhere in the world. They're quite rare, however, and are hardly ever seen with others outside their concentration areas. However, there are a few areas where large groups live together, often in small towns or castles. They originated in Spira, and have their largest concentrations there, usually far from large settlements.
History: When a powerful Black Mage was dying, she casted a spell on herself to bind her soul to her body. Instead of becoming an Unsent, her soul remained in her reanimated corpse. She was Undead, but much more functional than the typical zombie or ghoul. She was still intelligent, and felt a boost to her strength. However, there were drawbacks. She had to take the soul of a person or creature at least once a month, and had to drink the blood of the living to let herself survive in the daylight.
Her spell had an unintended side effect. The people she bit to get blood from resurrected when they died, the spell transferred to them by her bites. At first, they were mindless slaves to her, but they eventually gained their intelligence back. As they fed, more Nightkin were made, and each new generation was more stable than the last. Modern Nightkin rarely lose their intelligence, but those that to become extremely vicious monsters.
Typical Human Nightkin:
api.ning.com/files/WYijKrp9lQwvf9qfjlZv0eSj7DEsuRuC2OyYml2HXIk8JTb0S6gf9MPuMZAfX2-GAENamk2EUz-IH2yQTU1dBX99LQGCrLDS/3.jpg
fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/083/8/e/blood_angel_seras_victoria_by_fvsj-d3cdi2l.jpg
