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Valari
Starting Planet: Free Space
Starting Power: 1000-1200 (Alien B)
Appearance: Creatures of exotic beauty and whimsy, the Valari take on the appearance of a number of different subspecies ranging from Feline, Canine, and a number of other variations. Bright vibrant eyes and bold colors of fur distinguish them from other species as well as their ability to stand upright on two legs. Long tails and feral-like ears give the Valari a very obvious outlook when looked upon by other species. Making it hard to mistake them as anything else. Halfbreeds of The Valari often appear rather humanoid but with the features of their Valari counterpart, i.e the fur color and ears/tail which vary in design according to the parent of said child.
Background:
'There were born three Valari of divine blood, beast that represented what a Valari should ultimately be:
A beast of courage, of witty intelligence, and a master of the hunt.
Yet even so, despite these qualities they must still maintain their roots:
Their feral attitude, their instinct, and their physical prowess.'
- Book of Ori | The 1st Understanding
With these values in mind the Valari sought to create a world, one for creatures like themselves, for beasts that could take what the world would give them and wear the robes of intelligence without shedding their feral nature and twisting into something more befitting for humanity, for weaklings. They would become a free people, living off the lands under the sky without hiding in shelters or seeking the protection the spineless two-legged animals falsely provided. For years they traversed the planet, searching for a paradise, and while they traveled they saw with unhindered vision the terror wrought to nature by lesser beings, and other beasts that disrespected the nature surrounding them and the gifts that the Heavens above them had blessed them with. They saw creatures tethered like pets, working under the lash of false authority with a disgustingly embarrassing submission and deemed them dogs. They saw engineers, with their tools, cheat and abandon the thrill of a hard-working hunt to kill prey and deemed them abominations.
Then they saw these things, and deemed it evil.
Though they did not flee from these terrors, they avoided them, refusing to come in contact with corruption and poison the mind and body. Along the way they preached, speaking claims of salvation from the evils that pressed in around the common good and gathered disciplines, Valari of like mind and strong body. For ages it seemed like they traveled, expanding their numbers through means of conversion, through preaching the good word despite the troubles they experienced.
These troubles were brought forth by "heathens," creatures that denied their heritage, nay; their very existence and turned their back on Valari-kind by forsaking the words of the Original Three and the offerings of nature. These kinds endangered all that was good and right, and while some were kept in their numbers in hopes that they would change their mind, blessed by the mercy and the kindness of the High-Ones, others forsook this kindness and spat upon it. These people took the name of heathens, spreading blasphemy about what some call the True Nature, the instinct and wildness and divinity of the beast.
They grew jealous over the Valari's power...their gifts and their way of life. Not after long the species became hunted for their exotic pelts and pearls, things the gods themselves had blessed them with. And so long as these two legged creatures lived, the beast would forever be endangered, forever exposed to the harshness of modern beings and risk the anger of nature, and nature expressed her want for their blood, in exchange for the blood of the Valari they would spoil and corrupt and the spawn that they bred that would only become spreaders of evil. To appease nature and beseech her good will, these heathens were captured and brought to the highest hills on the plains they were traversing. The Original Three lifted their heads and spoke to nature, asking whether or not they should be spared and if they should try one more time to convert. Yet nature responded by sending a great storm, which the Original Three knew as the answer. Nature only had patience to grant heathens one chance and only one chance at realizing the light, but she would not risk or tolerate them ruining Valari, her favorite creature. The evil was destroyed, throats torn and ripped from screeching bodies, and the blood that was split pleased nature, which was shown in great flashes of light and the loud thunderous roar of her joy, the thunder.
It was during this time, as the last heathen was silenced, that the people were shown, by natures light, the land of Sol, the Kingdom where they would reign forever and ever.
While there they began to teach the Valari to combat the evil that roamed outside their protective forest. The Original Three implanted a society, an "Order," the way things were done and would always be done. Those who were more dominant were given reign of the submissive. They were tasked with the duty to gather the youth and those with purpose and yolk them to them, force them to learn what they had learned and experienced, to strength them physically and spiritually. They were given Houses, certain permissions and graces along with these responsibilities to teach those they were linked to how to be true Valari. Hatred was embraced and taught, aggression and violence encouraged to keep them on their toes. One must hate before they can love. They were taught to dominate and beat whenever wherever; cuffing younger or more submissive Valari or their equals to teach them this hate and grow closer so that they could love one another through this link, know one another intimately and expressively by face, scent, smell, fighting style. They named these actions, giving them meaning, calling them 'Anytime-Anywhere', and despite the fact that they would expressively fight or humble one another seemingly without reason they would be doing what was needed, fueling and strengthening their emotions, their aggression, for those whom truly deserved it, and would never maim or impair the other.
Yet, not only did the Original Three teach them to hate, but they also taught them to be affectionate, to show their emotion, to be happy and joyous in the lands and to spread this happiness or joy with their fellow brothers and sisters, to touch, to scent, to bond, so that all their people could become one and thoughts could be united. When a child was born there were no thoughts of Mother or Father, every Valari would be Mother and Father, every child a Sister or Brother, their children would be raised by the common good, not the single wealth, and have these ideals strengthened through their clan bonds.
But most importantly, they taught their young to hate the enemy as well, to hate them, to hate to love them, and to love to hate them. They taught that all things outside the scolding mountain walls were evil and could change them, make them lesser than what they were and corrupt their way of comfortable living. With each breath, they must fight that change, the corruption and temptation offered by those outside walls, and instead they must remain on their land, training in the arts of warfare, complicated and simple, each and every one of them from the pacifist to the soldier. They were a united people, but more than that they were "The People of War". Every waking moment must be done bettering oneself for the ultimate battle, The Ragnarok. Engaging in affection, in touch, between both sexes and all ages, between all people, would unit all minds and bodies. Engaging in acts of Anytime-Anywhere would humble those who felt became to mighty or make others learn to accept pain as another form of affection, for such acts were for the betterment of another and never done out of anger, but love and hatred tied hand in hand. Now that the people were of one mind, one soul, one body, the Original Three blessed them with "art."
Art being the technicalities of war, things needed to survive and conquer.
First came the oldest of the three, the most thoughtful and observant, who the free people called Julius, and whose eyes burned red like the setting sun. To them he departed knowledge and the ability to remain calm in a seemingly hopeless situation. He gave them the aptitude to understand the mind, how to talk and save those who needed salvation, and how to see through lies. He gave them the skill to plan ahead, to look at the numbers of the enemies and to not rush head first into battle only to be slaughtered in vain.
Second came the second oldest of the three, a mystery that most Valari couldn't follow, the one that had been dubbed the trickster, who the free people called Skoll, and was blind and yet could see with eyes entirely white. He taught them how to be silent, how to whisper and be unseen. He taught them how to work in teams of two when the time called for it and how to take past experiences, remember them, and apply them as wisdom, to be pulled up and thought back on to help solve the trickiest of puzzles. He taught them how to ignore the pleas and apologizes of heathens that only wanted to save themselves to indulge in the evil pleasures of the outside world and show no mercy.
Then, lastly, came the youngest of the three, and loudest, the one they called Hati, with bright shining eyes of energetic yellow. He was a bit of an oddity, and the people wondered what he would be able to teach them. He was an odd thinker, so couldn't impart knowledge like Julius and he knew very little of stealth, so being silent wasn't something he could easily educate about. So instead, he taught them a language, the language of war. He taught the Valari an art that called The Way of War. He taught them how to not speak with words, but with growls and snarls when on the battlefield. He taught them what each short clipped bark meant and how to interpret an action by the way a person bobbed their head or blinked an eye. How the simple motion of a claw could give an entire plan of battle to another in a much faster way that words ever could. Yet more than that, he taught them how to fight, how to use their bodies, their claws, without the help of nature's poisonous herbs or silence. He taught them how to overwhelm with numbers, how to observe the enemy and his habits and see them as evil and to keep them close to his heart (to hate them) so that he could use their own battle styles against them. He taught them how to twist hate into love and how to die, not begging for your life, but with honor.
But most of all, he taught the Valari that if they were going to hell, to take the enemy with them and rule over them when they got there.
For years these arts were taught to the Valari, and when the Original Three died, they had appointed, beforehand, apprentices, in whom they claimed their spirit would forever live to guide them to that promised day when all would become united as free people and not shackled by the evils of the outside world. They became Gods in this right, forever living through the next Dovah and the next, imparting their guidance and knowledge. As each year passed more knowledge was gathered and more was added and taught beside the original arts, and these continued to strengthen the people... until the heathens sent, in retaliation, their own trial to test the Kingdom.
Unique Characteristics:
The Valari generally have heightened senses and physical abilities above that of many of the other races around them. This is done by controlling the energy within their bodies to allow them to attain superhuman capabilities along with sensory acuteness in all five senses and being able to detect the presence of others. Often thought to have the ability to read the minds of others, it is in reality just a combination of their heightened five senses to detect involuntary and voluntary body movements to determine possible intentions (known as cold reading) and changes in heart rate to determine if someone is lying or not, similar to a polygraph.A select few are capable of enhancing their abilities to beyond their physical capabilities and possibly the laws of physics for a set amount of time in what is known as Primal Evolution which is this species's unique transformation. However, on a base level their abilities are completely aligned to their physical abilities and thus lack the ability to utilize Ki or any kind. Having significantly low health, Ki, and thus completely eliminating their ability to utilize Ki Blast they are put at an extremely vast disadvantage. However, they are capable of pushing their bodies to extreme superhuman feats when it comes to raw strength and speed, allowing them to stay on par with enemies who would be considered much more deadly because of the usage of Ki. And their transformations only pushes their physical abilities far past what is commonly seen.
Transformations:
Primal Evolution: This state of transformation form can be identified by the iconic red staining of the eyes, fur, and parts of the skin (generally forming an intricate skin pattern on at least the forehead and under the eyes that are unique to each individual) with the red color being derived from the person's blood breaking from either the breaking of the capillaries or from the uncontrollable flow of their blood. After reverting back to his/her original form, upon triggering this transformation their speed and strength are increased tenfold beyond that of a majority of Sayains but only for a short amount of time. Capable of moving faster than the human eye can track and attacking with such raw power that the sheer impact of a single blow is capable of brutalizing an opponents bones they truly become a force to be reckoned with in their own right...even if it comes at a price.
Weaknesses:
Despite the remarkable abilities the Valari possess due to their heightened senses and physical abilities, this comes at a cost. The ability to manipulate the control of their body's energy causes a disorder within the body's flow of blood. This leaves them with a chronic discomfort that is worse in those with frail bodies and are most often noticeable in children and women in general. The temporary alleviation to it is correcting the flow of blood through very thorough massages which can relief the discomfort. They also suffer from a sickness where their cells get backed up in their veins, causing crippling pain after over exerting themselves.
As expected, Primal Evolution also has a price to pay for its use. Its use puts an enormous strain on the body such that it could cause muscle tears, bone fractures, nerve damage, and possibly fatal heart damage. As such, Valari with this ability tend to limit its use in short bursts and for dire situations only.
Although Valari lack the ability to utilize Ki they well make up for it with their use of physical ability. However, their heightened senses have also been known to be more of a curse than a blessing. Their acute eyes can be damaged by certain intensities of light, their hearing is so sharp that loud noises can potentially stun them and their senses of smell are so powerful that foul scents can rehabilitate them momentarily.
Due to their heightened senses and physical prowess, the Valari require a significantly larger amount of food to sustain them.