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In Regards to Draknians and Creating OC's
7 years ago
Man, first off, I truly do appreciate the positive feedback from folks on the release of the Draknian species! The comments and interest in them have been greatly appreciated!
With that, I'm making thing journal for the purpose of answering some of the questions I've received in regards to creating one as an OC of one's own (and I'll provide a link to this on each of the information sheet pages, rather than write it into one or more of the sheets and clutter it up with non-world building stuff).
Firstly, I'll go ahead and state that the Draknians are an "open species."
Though I don't fully understand the whole "open" or "closed" species thing in all honest, since folks are pretty well free to make their own character designs based on a concept they enjoy (as long as they aren't profiting from them). It is a thing I see all the time, and I'm not really certain there's any legal ground to enforce the whole "closed species" thing anyway (not that I'd have any interest in such control). I've no plans to make it a "closed species," as it just seems to me to be a rather tedious thing to try and control.
There is just one thing that I do ask for any who do decide to create their own Draknian OC/design. I just ask that the character not be created or used expressly for the creation of adult or pornographic material. That is not to ask that no adult material at all be made of it, as such things are a part of one's experience and can be quite artistic, I just ask that it be used more in a story telling/character development way, and that the majority of the work for it not be pornographic.
That said, I am well aware that there's really nothing I can do to truly enforce that, I at the very least want to make an appeal to people's decency in regards to this.
At any rate, for those who do decide to create their own Draknian OC, I do hope to see the stories that are created around them! And if you have any specific questions in regards to the species, its characteristics, or how to build one that would be "canonically correct," feel free to ask, I'd be more than happy to discuss it!
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Edit: The following is just information about the species I've copied and pasted from questions just so I can have it in one place. It'll be rather disorganized, as it'll be straight up "copy pasted" conversations I had based on the questions which contain the in detail idea, but is unrefined, as it is contained in a conversation. May organize these later.
Questions reference further anatomical info
Question: This sounds like an interesting concept and I'd be down to give it a go. Given the crystal and their influence on expressing emotion, would i be correct in assuming that they don't cry as in the ref?
Answer: Hey Rhyu! Glad it sounds like an interesting concept! As far as the tears question, well, while the primary way you'd be able to see feeling in the Draknian species is through the colors shown by the crystals, I would say that they still have the physiological capacity of it (as tear ducts are an important part of eye health regardless of species), so they have the capacity for it. Hmmmm, sorry for the bit of a tangent (and to kind of mull over it as I write), I'd say since they are capable of it, but it is a thing that is very seldom, only for the strongest of moments- and I'd expect this would be one for Drakor. So yeah, it is possible, and given the depth of feeling, it can be expressed, particularly if it really helps amplify the feeling effect.
Question: Quick question, I checked out your detail reference, but to confirm since there aren't a lot of detailed images, for the face/neck would both the light and dark areas have the larger fine scales (top texture example on the anatomy sheet), or is it different for the face?
Answer: Hey Rhyu! No worries, been pretty well busy in a place with limited phone/net access anyway, so all good on that! And thus far it is looking grand, the expression is looking powerfully grieved, and catches it quite nicely!
And for the question, just a couple of moments, as acknowledge there are not a lot of detail images, so let me look at a couple of things (to include if there are any notes that I might have forgotten to put up). Alright, looked at a couple of things, and I don't have any specific notes on it, but conceptually thinking, I imagine the face would largely be type 1 scales, with them tapering into type 3 scales from the forehead up to the horns, and jawline (i.e. the softer finer scales will be in the areas where the face has more moving parts and needs to have mobility, and the coarser, less fine scales are in areas that don't require mobility and are slightly more durable to be more protective). Sorry if that is a bit convoluted in the answer, but I'd say base it on where you'd expect the face to need to move to the type of scale on it, and I'm comfortable to trust your judgement to place them based on where you'd expect there to be movement on the head.
If I missed anything or more details (or clarifications, as I acknowledge I might have been a bit convoluted in my answer X'D ), please let me know, will be happy to answer!
Question: No worries, that's about what I expected, but I wanted to make sure without making assumptions! I wasn't sure if maybe the face was even smooth with the rougher scale detail on the extremities only. One more, for the horns themselves, would they have the type 3 scales, or even be more smooth or another texture?
Answer: Thank ya! I appreciate the ask and attention to detail :) As for the horns, they would be (fairly) smooth, depending on the life each Draknian lived. The scales just transition pretty subtly from scale to the keratin-like material. Since I've based much of the design of the Draknians off real reptilian features, for the horns I'd compare it to how the horns on the Flat-Tailed Lizard or the Horned Lizard look:
Flat-Tail Lizard: http://reptilesofaz.org/Graphics/Li.....RMCA-2005h.jpg
Horned Lizard- https://thephotonaturalist.com/2012.....h-tx-_3003070/
One other of the Horned Lizard, or as we call them colloquially in Texas, "horny toad": http://reptilesofaz.org/Graphics/Li.....SOL-h-2004.jpg
I like that comparison, because in each of those animals, while the horns get to be smooth and are keratin, they still have pretty well a similar coloration/pattern to the rest of the animal.
Hope that helps answer the question!
General questions on Draknians, weaknesses, strengths, and other topics:
Questions/Concerns:
What are their weaknesses? Do they have any current predators or species that used to prey on them or their eggs? Do they have any illnesses? Do they need to defecate or let out unneeded matter? While that last one may be disgusting, these topics do help ground them and prevent it from feeling like almighty super beasts or too godly. If they can live for a really long time and aren't particularly slow movers (locomotion wise), then there's gotta be some drawbacks. Maybe some species they are co-dependent on to make their food. Or limited population.
What do they eat? Energy don't come from nowhere. It could be ether or magma or rocks but gotta be something. And it should probably be something that is made regularly, otherwise if they just eat the rocks of a mountain range, they'll eventually run out and need to move somewhere else. Maybe it's rock plants, with roots that tap into magma veins. However, you handle it, it's an important part of survival and ecosystems that should be known.
The black crystal seems a bit much. I can accept the crystal displaying moods, black stands out as the only one displaying 'intent'. Which has a lot of problems.
1. Intent is subjective. No matter how much we wish to believe it, what one person views as evil, another may see as good. I doubt crystals attune themselves to what intent is good or evil based on everyone else's crystals. Moving away from the image, even the description of is as malice would put it more towards anger.
2. Can any of them lie w/o having black crystals? Even if it only turns black with the intent of grand destruction, what if one sought to do that through diplomacy? Idk if it's a good idea to have villains that are that easily identified.
3. It kind of feels like black should be something else. Like an overwhelming sense of every emotion due to traumatic stress to contrast the neutral of white. Or an intense cognitive failure to control your own mind or brain. Maybe even a sign of death or depression with it turning grayer. I'll include more of these thoughts in a suggestions portion since this can easily reach outside of the main topic. But it does feel like black needs to be more considered than its current iteration.
Is the color of the crystal automatic or is it a conscious thing they project onto it?
What do they make their clothes out of? Do they trade with other species for wool? Can they make clothes out of rocks? Maybe it's vines that grow on the mountains. Either way, attire is likely informed by the resources you have and worth keeping in mind.
For telepathy, do they send the a crystal to who they’re talking to? If a draknian sent one of their crystals towards another draknian, would they be able to hear their thoughts? Idk if this is important but felt worth considering.
Since kids usually adopt their parent’s job… which parent do they get it from? You could say both parents usually have the same job, but that’d probably lead to a lot of inbreeding. Probably worth avoiding that. Maybe should consider a matrilineal or patrilineal descent. Worth reading up on kinship groups in anthropology for this stuff.
Suggestions/Ideas:
I'm not quite sure if crystals are reflective and absorb/reflect light that hits them, or luminescent and produce their own light. I'd guess the latter, since they're using the crystal to channel their powers, so I imagine energy is flowed through it. So it'd glow brighter with stronger emotion and dimmer while sleeping or something (maybe even pulsing while dreaming like REM sleep). Losing all light upon death. Honestly, I'd maybe just make black represent stress. With shades of grey in between.
[I was going to speculate here on how that'd effect other colors but then I came up with my fourth point in the section above so it'd probably best be saved for a discussion on how you'd want to handle this stuff.]
Might be neat to consider the Draknians less as the reptiles and more as the crystals being tied to a body. The eggs are just a bunch of crystals fused together and given time to form a body they are bonded with. And when they die, the crystals are just packed together by other members of the species to make a new egg. Idk, was a neat thought that crossed my mind but you certainly
don’t have to go down that route. [Then I realized I just described Steven Universe’s gems and began to question if I should delete this or not. If this makes it in, then I decided not to]
Things I Thought About But Didn't Know How To Address:
Why do I act like magic needs balance in a species? How does Avatar: The Last Airbender get away with it when I feel more critical of it here? Is it because what I ask could have more influence over it? Or because of details like that blood is hemocyanin, that attempt to ground it more in reality than fantasy? Should I approach it more as fantasy?
Answers:
Contained in the following links as my lazy ass wrote them down but failed to put them in digital form (other than pictures) just yet-
Answer set 1
Answer set 2
With that, I'm making thing journal for the purpose of answering some of the questions I've received in regards to creating one as an OC of one's own (and I'll provide a link to this on each of the information sheet pages, rather than write it into one or more of the sheets and clutter it up with non-world building stuff).
Firstly, I'll go ahead and state that the Draknians are an "open species."
Though I don't fully understand the whole "open" or "closed" species thing in all honest, since folks are pretty well free to make their own character designs based on a concept they enjoy (as long as they aren't profiting from them). It is a thing I see all the time, and I'm not really certain there's any legal ground to enforce the whole "closed species" thing anyway (not that I'd have any interest in such control). I've no plans to make it a "closed species," as it just seems to me to be a rather tedious thing to try and control.
There is just one thing that I do ask for any who do decide to create their own Draknian OC/design. I just ask that the character not be created or used expressly for the creation of adult or pornographic material. That is not to ask that no adult material at all be made of it, as such things are a part of one's experience and can be quite artistic, I just ask that it be used more in a story telling/character development way, and that the majority of the work for it not be pornographic.
That said, I am well aware that there's really nothing I can do to truly enforce that, I at the very least want to make an appeal to people's decency in regards to this.
At any rate, for those who do decide to create their own Draknian OC, I do hope to see the stories that are created around them! And if you have any specific questions in regards to the species, its characteristics, or how to build one that would be "canonically correct," feel free to ask, I'd be more than happy to discuss it!
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Edit: The following is just information about the species I've copied and pasted from questions just so I can have it in one place. It'll be rather disorganized, as it'll be straight up "copy pasted" conversations I had based on the questions which contain the in detail idea, but is unrefined, as it is contained in a conversation. May organize these later.
Questions reference further anatomical info
Question: This sounds like an interesting concept and I'd be down to give it a go. Given the crystal and their influence on expressing emotion, would i be correct in assuming that they don't cry as in the ref?
Answer: Hey Rhyu! Glad it sounds like an interesting concept! As far as the tears question, well, while the primary way you'd be able to see feeling in the Draknian species is through the colors shown by the crystals, I would say that they still have the physiological capacity of it (as tear ducts are an important part of eye health regardless of species), so they have the capacity for it. Hmmmm, sorry for the bit of a tangent (and to kind of mull over it as I write), I'd say since they are capable of it, but it is a thing that is very seldom, only for the strongest of moments- and I'd expect this would be one for Drakor. So yeah, it is possible, and given the depth of feeling, it can be expressed, particularly if it really helps amplify the feeling effect.
Question: Quick question, I checked out your detail reference, but to confirm since there aren't a lot of detailed images, for the face/neck would both the light and dark areas have the larger fine scales (top texture example on the anatomy sheet), or is it different for the face?
Answer: Hey Rhyu! No worries, been pretty well busy in a place with limited phone/net access anyway, so all good on that! And thus far it is looking grand, the expression is looking powerfully grieved, and catches it quite nicely!
And for the question, just a couple of moments, as acknowledge there are not a lot of detail images, so let me look at a couple of things (to include if there are any notes that I might have forgotten to put up). Alright, looked at a couple of things, and I don't have any specific notes on it, but conceptually thinking, I imagine the face would largely be type 1 scales, with them tapering into type 3 scales from the forehead up to the horns, and jawline (i.e. the softer finer scales will be in the areas where the face has more moving parts and needs to have mobility, and the coarser, less fine scales are in areas that don't require mobility and are slightly more durable to be more protective). Sorry if that is a bit convoluted in the answer, but I'd say base it on where you'd expect the face to need to move to the type of scale on it, and I'm comfortable to trust your judgement to place them based on where you'd expect there to be movement on the head.
If I missed anything or more details (or clarifications, as I acknowledge I might have been a bit convoluted in my answer X'D ), please let me know, will be happy to answer!
Question: No worries, that's about what I expected, but I wanted to make sure without making assumptions! I wasn't sure if maybe the face was even smooth with the rougher scale detail on the extremities only. One more, for the horns themselves, would they have the type 3 scales, or even be more smooth or another texture?
Answer: Thank ya! I appreciate the ask and attention to detail :) As for the horns, they would be (fairly) smooth, depending on the life each Draknian lived. The scales just transition pretty subtly from scale to the keratin-like material. Since I've based much of the design of the Draknians off real reptilian features, for the horns I'd compare it to how the horns on the Flat-Tailed Lizard or the Horned Lizard look:
Flat-Tail Lizard: http://reptilesofaz.org/Graphics/Li.....RMCA-2005h.jpg
Horned Lizard- https://thephotonaturalist.com/2012.....h-tx-_3003070/
One other of the Horned Lizard, or as we call them colloquially in Texas, "horny toad": http://reptilesofaz.org/Graphics/Li.....SOL-h-2004.jpg
I like that comparison, because in each of those animals, while the horns get to be smooth and are keratin, they still have pretty well a similar coloration/pattern to the rest of the animal.
Hope that helps answer the question!
General questions on Draknians, weaknesses, strengths, and other topics:
Questions/Concerns:
What are their weaknesses? Do they have any current predators or species that used to prey on them or their eggs? Do they have any illnesses? Do they need to defecate or let out unneeded matter? While that last one may be disgusting, these topics do help ground them and prevent it from feeling like almighty super beasts or too godly. If they can live for a really long time and aren't particularly slow movers (locomotion wise), then there's gotta be some drawbacks. Maybe some species they are co-dependent on to make their food. Or limited population.
What do they eat? Energy don't come from nowhere. It could be ether or magma or rocks but gotta be something. And it should probably be something that is made regularly, otherwise if they just eat the rocks of a mountain range, they'll eventually run out and need to move somewhere else. Maybe it's rock plants, with roots that tap into magma veins. However, you handle it, it's an important part of survival and ecosystems that should be known.
The black crystal seems a bit much. I can accept the crystal displaying moods, black stands out as the only one displaying 'intent'. Which has a lot of problems.
1. Intent is subjective. No matter how much we wish to believe it, what one person views as evil, another may see as good. I doubt crystals attune themselves to what intent is good or evil based on everyone else's crystals. Moving away from the image, even the description of is as malice would put it more towards anger.
2. Can any of them lie w/o having black crystals? Even if it only turns black with the intent of grand destruction, what if one sought to do that through diplomacy? Idk if it's a good idea to have villains that are that easily identified.
3. It kind of feels like black should be something else. Like an overwhelming sense of every emotion due to traumatic stress to contrast the neutral of white. Or an intense cognitive failure to control your own mind or brain. Maybe even a sign of death or depression with it turning grayer. I'll include more of these thoughts in a suggestions portion since this can easily reach outside of the main topic. But it does feel like black needs to be more considered than its current iteration.
Is the color of the crystal automatic or is it a conscious thing they project onto it?
What do they make their clothes out of? Do they trade with other species for wool? Can they make clothes out of rocks? Maybe it's vines that grow on the mountains. Either way, attire is likely informed by the resources you have and worth keeping in mind.
For telepathy, do they send the a crystal to who they’re talking to? If a draknian sent one of their crystals towards another draknian, would they be able to hear their thoughts? Idk if this is important but felt worth considering.
Since kids usually adopt their parent’s job… which parent do they get it from? You could say both parents usually have the same job, but that’d probably lead to a lot of inbreeding. Probably worth avoiding that. Maybe should consider a matrilineal or patrilineal descent. Worth reading up on kinship groups in anthropology for this stuff.
Suggestions/Ideas:
I'm not quite sure if crystals are reflective and absorb/reflect light that hits them, or luminescent and produce their own light. I'd guess the latter, since they're using the crystal to channel their powers, so I imagine energy is flowed through it. So it'd glow brighter with stronger emotion and dimmer while sleeping or something (maybe even pulsing while dreaming like REM sleep). Losing all light upon death. Honestly, I'd maybe just make black represent stress. With shades of grey in between.
[I was going to speculate here on how that'd effect other colors but then I came up with my fourth point in the section above so it'd probably best be saved for a discussion on how you'd want to handle this stuff.]
Might be neat to consider the Draknians less as the reptiles and more as the crystals being tied to a body. The eggs are just a bunch of crystals fused together and given time to form a body they are bonded with. And when they die, the crystals are just packed together by other members of the species to make a new egg. Idk, was a neat thought that crossed my mind but you certainly
don’t have to go down that route. [Then I realized I just described Steven Universe’s gems and began to question if I should delete this or not. If this makes it in, then I decided not to]
Things I Thought About But Didn't Know How To Address:
Why do I act like magic needs balance in a species? How does Avatar: The Last Airbender get away with it when I feel more critical of it here? Is it because what I ask could have more influence over it? Or because of details like that blood is hemocyanin, that attempt to ground it more in reality than fantasy? Should I approach it more as fantasy?
Answers:
Contained in the following links as my lazy ass wrote them down but failed to put them in digital form (other than pictures) just yet-
Answer set 1
Answer set 2
And I'm glad you've enjoyed the species so much to the point of wanting to create one of you're own XD And sounds great! Hope you do have a great deal of enjoyment when you do get your OC made and I'd certainly be interested to see the stories you build around them as well XD
And ye! There may be a good bit of delay between production of these, but I certainly have a good number of plans to continue the world building of the species, *AND*, some narrations that I want to develop for them as well XD
V/R,
Cap Mag.
Though they primary speak telepathically, they do have the anatomical structure to speak (such as a mouth, tongue, vocal chords), and can speak if they so desired to. They just much prefer to "speak" telepathically.
As to whether or not they could "dig into" one's mind, or really even just passively read it, I'll say that the potential is there. Yes, if the individual Draknian practiced and honed their telepathic skills to enter into one's minds and see one's deepest thoughts, they'd be able to do so, but your average Draknian can't just go around reading minds or putting thoughts into people's heads. It is a skill that has to be developed, and generally with someone who is a willing participant, as most Draknians would be able to sense someone entering their head. That said, it is also a practice that is somewhat frowned on, culturally, but the Draknians, as they value approaching problem solving and dealing with others through rationing through it. They'd prefer not to resort to mental manipulation or diving into one's consciousness to be able to do that. The major exception to all of this would be a corrupted Draknian, who would not longer give a damn about the societal contract that's out there, and would be using their abilities at their maximum, regardless of the damage it does (as I would imagine forcing one's-self into the mind of another would be an extremely damaging thing) to achieve their nefarious ends. Luckily, there is only one known "corrupt Draknian" at current, and while his where-abouts are unknown, Drakor (the current Draknian monarch) is ready to defend against his assaults.
V/R,
Cap Mag.
Well, at current, that is "no" where the current setting of the story is... Given how few of the corrupt ones there are, and just how difficult it is to corrupt a Draknian (as it must be a conscious decision by the one who becomes corrupt, akin to "selling their soul to the devil,") there is no currently known way to do so. (However, this is something I actually want to explore in narrative down the road, so I'll leave it at that so there's no spoiling of things XP )
V/R,
Cap Mag.
Sure, it's possible the design occurs that way. While the markings are a genetic imprint and the patterns cannot generally be predicted, it's certainly within the possible range of individual patterns and coloration!
V/R,
Cap Mag.
By extension also I'm kinda curious what are their thoughts on the afterlife if any and do they follow any religions at all? How do they do funerals or other such rituals for one when they die? Also I'm kinda curious what color if any their crystals go to when they aren't alive per say since their connection is cut from them by that point. Or just if you separate one at all from a Drakian.
Just on a side note my apologies if these questions are fairly out there. I am interested in them a good deal though I don't know if I'd make one at the current moment. Would be interesting however especially given the request for more story and ironically I actually am trying to do a good deal of story with my characters haha! Either way ya have a pretty awesome species here. Good amount of detail and thought involved in pretty much every facet I've seen. Makes me want to learn more about them (but I'm a damn lore nut so go figure haha!), which reminds me will there be more information ya put out about em as time goes on? If nothing else I appreciate ya showing them off, was a great read.
No worries, they're all interesting questions to consider, and while I've not yet done the work/research/world-building for some of them, I'm happy to answer with some of the base concepts I have in mind at current:
Draknian corruption doesn't really occur through non-emotive forces, so even if placed in the realm of magic, the magic itself would not corrupt them. However, if faced with the possibility acquiring power, there certainly is more temptation for one to be corrupted through greed or a thirst for power. As for "re-animating" a Draknian through necromancy, he'd likely be quite disappointed with the result, as the abilities are linked with their crystals, once the life of a Draknian is extinguished, the link with the crystals, and their powers can't be restored through reanimation. As for the the re-animation itself, it would not bring them to corruption, and if they were re-animated with any of their memories of their life before, they'd be incredibly confused, and even bewildered, particularly in not feeling the connection with the crystals that they had at birth. To some it may even be an overwhelming experience, and they'd probably lose their mind entirely, rather than be corrupted.
As for the Draknian belief system and idea of the afterlife, they do have a system of belief, yes, though I've only a very rough concept of how it will work at current. They do believe in the afterlife and the eternal soul, and have rather elaborate burials of their own. They are specially wrapped with their crystals, that followed them their entire lives, and buried in the heart of whatever mountain they may live. Now, while the ceremonies are rather elaborate, to celebrate the centuries of life of the individual, and mourn the loss to their given city, but they are not buried with any of their possessions, as the greatest value is not placed on material possessions. As for what color the crystals go when a Draknian passes, they don't change color, they simply go... opaque, the light withing them fading away, to indicate the life and connection between it and the individual is gone, and once that happens, they simply fall around the Draknian's body simply like stones strewn about the ground.
hehehe, and I'm happy to tell more story (and hopefully it assists you in your own world building, even if you don't decide to make one of your own!) And thank you so much, it's been a lot of fun to build them thus far! And absolutely! I certainly do have more plans to build and develop them more, the things that I just recently posted really are just the baseline ideas and information for the species, so there certainly is more to follow! XD
V/R,
Cap Mag.
I have to admit this is a very interesting response. I definitely look forward to seeing what you come up with as far as the belief system. Hell I'm making my own at the moment and holy shit the difficulty/impact it has is incredible. Especially when (at least in my case) its not so much a belief but partially in truth haha! Now with these crystals I'm very interested in something so forgive yet another out there question. So they are connected at birth to the drakian but how do these drakian's have such mental abilities? Is it via these crystals or some other innate property to them?
Now my second question is a tad more "sinister" in application but I'm just genuinely curious. Now say the link between the user and the crystal fade can one imbue the crystal with another energy? Because if so I'm wondering if should one be reanimated then you can reconnect them to their crystals but have them charged with a different energy and bam they "manipulate" the energy stored in it. Now of course that's SUPER out there but it's just that these crystals really remind me of Lacrima or Soul Gems in a way so I couldn't help but come to that point.
Also I have to admit I like how the corruption is more a moral compass idea. Really puts things in an interesting perspective, one I can only ironically think of with regards to Demon Souls. Because the user has a statue representing their moral state that when "corrupt" and evil was pitch black, so it's a nice throwback for me to something I love a great deal.
I appreciate you answering things thus far for me. I look forward to seeing what other information comes up. ESPECIALLY the belief system, I'm a terrible sucker for lore and such things so that's RIGHT up my alley. I'm also kinda curious though what realm have you built them in? And do you have anything else you've made in it like another species, beliefs or anything similar?
1. Can Draknian contact other alien races?
2. Positively or negatively they are attuned to new extraterrestrial contacts and why?
3. Are Draknian allowed friendly and/or love relationships with other alien races?
I'm asking because I was very interested in your race and I would like one character in this race to be able to contact my alien race - Reydayz :D
Cool deal, I'm more than happy to answer!
1. Yes, I tend to imagine they'd be able to, particularly in more futuristic scenarios. Say in a futuristic setting where Draknians live with advanced space exploration tech, I very much think that Draknians would be culturally inclined and driven towards explorations and discovery, and they would make a point to discover new places, and others that may live in this universe with them. In fact, one of the canon traits for Draknians that I still need to flesh out is kind of a "pilgrimage" that they go on as young Draknians, where they go out into the world (or the universe) to find and bring back some kind of new discovery or knowledge to their culture before being fully accepted into adulthood. And the discovery of a new alien race and bringing knowledge of them back would certainly be the kind of knowledge that would fulfill their pilgrimage!
2. I would say they inclined to be more positively tuned. Because of the natural and cultural thirst for knowledge they possess, they want to know and discover more. And any difficulty that may occur at first, for example, difficulties in communication because they don't speak the same language, I suspect would be less of an obstacle to Draknians because of some their innate abilities, i.e. their telepathic abilities, which would facilitate translation. At least, I think such a skill would help it, as it would help them see what someone is visualizing when they are speaking, providing context for the speech and the base knowledge to start translating the language.
3. Of course! While culturally they tend to be fairly reserved, and to some, they may even sound a bit severe, but they generally want to be friendly towards other races, whether they be aliens or others on the planet they currently inhabit. And yep! While it is very culturally unusual for a Draknian to find love outside their own species, it has happened, particularly during their pilgrimage, that a Draknian has fallen for someone outside, and decided to pursue that instead. It may have some mixed reception by the family at home (for example, if he was to be from a family of artists or crafts-folk, they'd be quite welcoming and encouraging to it, as it is a new horizon for their kin to discover, but if said Draknian was the kin of a scholar or one of the researcher families, it would be deeply frowned upon by them as they feel that they'd be robbing them of the knowledge and contributions they would have made to the species).
Ah, well I'm glad that you they do cause you such interest! And if the interest continues based on the answers that I've provided, you're certainly welcome to make one that does come in contact with the Reydayz! I think that'd actually be quite the interesting dynamic from what I've seen from your work :)
V/R,
Cap Mag.
In the course of this, I had more questions:
1. How does Draknian relate to same-sex relationships? In their world, is this permitted or prohibited because of the fear of a sharp decline in childbearing?
2. About the crystals: I saw a reference to them, but I did not see the type of crystal showing embarrassment or sexual arousal. Is there such a color of the crystal?
3. I want to know about the growth of Draknian. Minimum growth, average and maximum for men and women.
Thanks!
1. They largely indifferent in regards to same sex, and there is no law against it, as most Draknians ultimately will accept decisions that an individual makes, so long as it doesn't damage others. Because the species has such a long life span, reproduction is not a tremendous concern to them, and if they so desired, they could have additional offspring if necessary, but because so much time and effort is invested into raising individual young, that is the main reason most Draknian families tend to stay small.
2. Aye, it is one of those in the emotional spectrum not covered as I'd not had as much plans for it in the story at current. However, I would say those are combinations of base emotions, and I would say that embarrassment would be orange, and arousal/attraction would be shades of purple. These, however, tend to be ones that are among those they try really hard not to express public ally.
3. So this I had not quite yet developed, so I did some looking into rates of growth of reptilian species, and I rather imagine you mean from hatching to sexual maturity. So based on growth rates of most larger reptiles (crocodiles, sea turtles, larger tortoises, such species that have larger life spans), it seems larger reptiles can reach sexual maturity within 12 - 20 years of age. And since I base much of the structure within the species on what exists out there, I'll go ahead and say that the average development cycle of the Draknian ends at 20, when individual Draknians reach full sexual maturity. As for how quickly they grow, since males get to be 7 1/2 feet tall and females get to be 7 feet tall (can't believe I missed that detail... also put it in the info page as it is an important detail...), and since at birth they are 10 - 12 inches long, the Draknian average growth rate yearly would be around 0.3 inch annually, however there are periods of quicker growth, particularly between at the ages of 1 through 12, but it varies by individual. As for height range, without deformity, males can be from 6 3/4 to 8 feet tall, and females can range from 6 2/5 to 7 1/2 feet tall.
Hope that covers what you needed in those questions, and please let me know if there is more you need to know!
V/R,
Cap Mag.
I'd like to ask. Do the Draknian have a specific naming convention?
Like some species use an ' in the name like H'naati
or in the case of (Star trek) Caitians, the first letter represents the personality then the rest of the name.
Or is it just what suits them?
Thanks!.
Yes! They are named based on the profession they will inherit/are born into! I've not developed a full codex yet, but an example for it would be like my OC "Draka," who carries the "Drak" prefix, as the namesake of species, like her parents Drakor (current king), and Drakvalla (current Queen). Now, I've not developed a codex for naming conventions just yet, *but*, if there is a profession for your adopt that you have in mind, I'd be ore than happy to provide it, and it'll actually be something helpful to me, as I'll add it to the naming convention" codex that I'll work on.
Let me know if you have any other questions, and I'll be happy to help!
V/R,
Cap Mag.
Any help in that regard would be lovely ^.^
For a Draknian in the realm of Physics the prefix to their name would be "Sus", and can be written connect to the name or with a dash between them and their name. The given name after the prefix is up to the parents, though it will generally reflect the hopes the parents have for their youngling once they grow, for example, should someone be named "Sus-Magnus", using a Latin variation of the word "Magna," meaning "Great," because the parents hope that their offspring would be one of the great physicists. But that's just an example, and you're certainly welcome to pick a fitting "given name" after the prefix!
V/R,
Cap Mag.
And do they have a word or even a profession for the study of their telekinetic powers?.
Do they have just Telekinesis or is there more?
Sorry to ask so many questions ^.^;;
Hmmm, for the study/development of their telekinetic and other powers and how to develop them the family prefix for it is "Ani".
And while Telekinesis is their principal innate ability (and one they can use, even if in a crude manner if they don't develop and cultivate their other abilities), they also are able to do a great deal of other things through the use of their Crystals. They can "channel" all types of substances through their crystals, and in many ways, their ability to do things is limited to imagination. So they can do things such as heal, study objects (such as what Drakvalla is doing here: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/27190662/ ), carve/sculpt things, weld, and a plethora of other things. The principal limitation is that if it is something that takes a resource to do (for example: healing requires the requisite medicines and organic material to restore flesh, and cannot be done with out it), they will be unable to do it. This is not a limit to their telekinesis, as the ability comes from the Draknian themselves rather than an augmentation from their crystals. And it is really telekinesis/telepathy (as they speak telepathically, kind of like the Protoss, for example: https://youtu.be/HBCZHTArcTk?t=20 ). Though they somewhat limit themselves in the area of telepathy to speaking and sensing feelings. They don't particularly engage in any kind of mind reading, as they consider the mind to be quite sacred and not to be invaded (unless one voluntarily allows entry). And the telepathy/telekinesis do have some natural limitations, naturally, as they cannot use it towards something they cannot see or detect with one of the five senses.
Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions or clarifications needed :)
V/R,
Cap Mag.