The Miscla (MISS-cla) are a race of slender and short bird-dragon like alien creatures with long prehensile tails, dark skin and beaklike snouts, along with feathery growths and bioluminescent markings that match up with their “magic color” (more on that later). They have four clawed fingers on their hands, three similarly clawed toes on each foot, and a crystal that grows out of their back at around age 5.

Using these crystals, they may summon a strange hand out of their backs that they may use to possess others, should they grab them by the neck. Upon possession, the miscla will turn into a mistlike substance and shoot into the body of the possessed, leaving a handlike marking on the back of their neck and the eyes of the miscla replacing the eyes of the possessed being.

A miscla cannot remain possessing something forever, for the longer they stay in the body of the victim, they will gain more and more traits of them, such as growing wings, gaining/losing limbs, eyes, horns, having their personalities change, etc…, and if they possess their victim for too long, they will fuse with them.

Rarely does a Miscla gain power from adapting traits of others, and even when they do they’re close to fusing with their possesse.

Sometimes, a Miscla will adapt so many traits that they will look more like a mass of flesh, eyes, appendages, and more, referred to as a “Monstrosity”. These Miscla are dangerous and pose a threat to others, so you can only really find them in their home planet’s wilderness.

The power of each miscla is different from individual to individual, and is marked usually by their “magic color” which is revealed by the color of their sclera and innards, and is similar to the color of their markings.

The system of their magic goes as follows:

Beiges > Pinks > Reds > Browns > Oranges > Yellows > Greens > Teals > Blues > Purples

However, there are some expectations from this.

White ones are usually weaker than beiges, and black ones are stronger than purples, with grays changing in strength depending on how dark the shade is.

Miscla with two magic colors, however, magic fluctuates between the colors they have, rising and dropping in strength at random intervals (For example, a red-blue miscla can be either as weak as a red or as strong as a blue, but they have no control over how strong or weak they want to be.)

If a miscla tries to possess a being stronger than it, it will not work, and the miscla will be “booted out” of the being painfully.

The miscla have no caste system in place, but many strong miscla tend to mock weaker ones.

A lot of miscla are cruel and sinister, kidnapping and torturing other species to possess and adapt from. Several miscla tend to also despise this behavior their race has. However, a good majority of the race are just, to put it lightly, feral creepy little bird looking gremlins.

The home planet of the miscla is a dark moonless planet, coated in a dark shroud of mistlike black clouds, with monochromatic plants, lots of bioluminescent life and blackish purple dirt. It is mostly flatlands, with several massive forests and marshes upon it, and cities that resemble large spikes that emerge from the ground.

The miscla government is a huge mystery, though it seems to have a large guard and order led by a single unknown ruler. This order watches the race via strange, geometric drones, stepping in at random intervals, and always watching over the race, even when several go on offplanet endeavors. However, the miscla barely notice this half the time, and don’t seem to be under any extreme laws. It’s almost like the drones are just silently observing the race…

The guard roams the streets, and overseers several important miscla events and things, such as building creation and large offplanet affairs. They also step in to prevent stuff like wars from unfolding among the race. The guard can easily be spotted for their strange, geometric armor, with several high ranking members never removing theirs.

However, despite the zany nature of a good portion of the race, they should not be underestimated, especially the stronger ones. Miscla have spacefaring tech, and they know how to use it. If a miscla decides to stalk you down, you’re in for a horrible haunt.

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Let's start off this right with a good ol' Mislcla! They're sneakie, they're clever, they're shiftie, they're goblin, and they're comin!