The Sellie are an ancient race of hunters with powerfull bodies and minds.
Physical:
The Seelie are a physically intimidating race, slightly taller humans, standing at 6'5" on average, and being somewhat sturdier looking. They are bestial looking, with a slightly protruding jaw and mouth, in a slightly snout like look. Their ears are peaked, coming to a point, helping their impressive hearing, their features rugged, strong jaws with thick, slightly slanted eyebrows. Their mouths are slightly wider than a humans, and their teeth are carnivore based, with fangs that are 1/2 inched long when retracted, but can be extended to 1 inch. Their eyes are slitted, are much more advanced than human eyes, capable of seeing into the ultraviolet spectrum, and even infrared (although this makes their eyes apear red). They can also see great detail, almost twenty times greater than that of a human. Their sense of hearing is a good ten times more sensitive than humans, helped by their peaked ears. There sense of smell is truly remarkable, being fifty times greater than humans and able to sense only trace amounts of a substance in the air, or on an object. Their skin colour is a dark tan, and their hair, which is almost always shoulder length, can be of almost any colour, but tends to be brown or golden blond.
Their muscles, are not only generally larger than humans, but also many times denser than humans, resulting with their formidable strength. Their entire bodies are in fact much denser than humans, giving them great resilience, and their bones are not only many times denser than bone, and have a high carbon content, giving them extreme strength. Their muscles are especially large and concentrated in the legs, which allow for great speed, pouncing and jumps. A typical Seelie might be able to do a standing jump of a two story building. Despite this density, and weight that goes with it, the Seelie are very graceful, walking with the natural air of a predator or a large cat, spreading their weight carefully, and capable of complex gymnastics. Their nervous system is very sensitive, and rigged for extremely fast responses and movement. Often they move without thought, reflex arcs controlling their movement.
Their hands differ between the sexes. The men have three retractable claws on the back of their hands, that come out through the back of their hands between the knuckles. These claws grow with age, but reach a final length of four inches. The females have retractable claws in their fingers, extending to one inch. These claws are extremely sharp and hard, with the same density as their bone. Their feet are complicated. Although they usually walk in the same fashion as humans, to run they can change their feet position, to put their weight on the tips of their feet very effectively, increasing their speed considerably.
Internally their physiology is very different of a human. They have two hearts, larger lungs (allowing for a greater oxygen supply), a significantly more complicated nervous system. Their metabolism is very efficient, meaning that they only have to have a large meal every two months, a lingering effect of their predator nature, and they only have to drink every week. They also heal somewhat faster than human, around five times as fast, and their bodies dispose of lactic acid very efficiently, making stitches extremely hard to get. Their metabolism also fights of almost all disease, pathogens and poisons, only the most powerful of such will effect a Seelie.
Sexually, the Seelie are mature at 14 for a woman, and 16 for a man. An interesting quirk of the Seelie is that the women only produce an ova when they consciously signal it, meaning that their is no risk of being accidentally pregnant. But as a side effect only one ova is ever released, meaning that only single births ever occur. Their have been only a half a dozen double births in the whole history of the Seelie, each one memorable. They have a gestation period of four months, and suckle the child for a year. Seelie actually mature faster a human to begin with, reaching full physical maturity at 16. However after this age they age very slowly, the average life expectancy is 600 years.
The Seelie are also psionic naturally, all of them are telepathic and telekinetic. However most of them are untrained, capable of communicating, and lifting small objects. Females are naturally more powerful telepaths, while males are naturally greater telekinetics, although the all have both abilities. Some are trained with the use of their power to a greater degree, ether self trained or educated by an elder psionicist. There are some occurrences of the other psionic disciplines, pyrokinesis, cryokinesis etc., but they are extremely uncommon, and have only occurred in isolated incidents.
Personality:
The Seelie are hunters to heart, they see the world as a food chain, and they are on the top. Anyone weaker of them is prey. This does not meant they will attack them, but is important in understanding their psychology. They are very polite, and quite caring, but take insult very badly. Physical maiming is usually the result of insulting one of the Seelie. They do not really believe in 'flowering talk', and say what they feel. Not to be rude, but as part of their nature. Their morals are highly complicated, for example, while on a hunt things that would not be excusable in normal life are acceptable. Killing, stealing and are all acceptable on a hunt, but completely reprehensible in day to day life.
Culture:
The Seelie live in small towns dotted around the planet. Running each village is a council of elders, elected by the people, headed by the elder representative. In the central city of the Seelie Bahr'ahd, there is central counsel, with each elder representative taking up a seat, this is headed by the high elder, who is elected every five years by the counsel. Almost all matters are decided by local counsels, the central counsel are only called together in times of crisis.
Monogamy is most common, polygamy is overwhelmingly frowned upon, and often seen as a crime. Divorce is almost unheard of, and requires the decision of a central counsel. Due to this marriage is entered into cautiously, and those who have pre-marital relationships are not frowned upon, although a child born out of web-lock results in the scorn of the parents. Same sex marriages are not allowed, although same sex relationships are allowed, but male/male are frowned upon, while female/female is largely ignored.
The language of the Selee is very complicated and subtle, despite their rugged exterior. It is extremely graceful, flowing, and has many tiny subtleties. As a result of this it is almost impossible to speak Selee if you where not born to the Selee, especially since it incorporates growls and small howls.
The legends of the Seelie are extremely sophisticated, given their ancient culture, but chief among them is that of the ónoni, or twins. The Seelie believe that twins are two halves of the same being, one good, one evil. Whenever they have emerged in the Selei's history, they have brought destruction, and are blessed with powers beyond that of a normal Selee. There has been a ónoni born to this generation, and the elders are unsure of how to precede, and have allowed both to live due to their respect for life.
Education is important to the Seelie, and all children have education up to at least the age of 16. Past this it is up to the Selee themselves.
Upon reaching the age of 20, one of the Seelie must either join the army until the age of 50 (they can continue passed this point if they wish), or go on to further education, but they must make up their military service afterwards. Since all Seelie are very patriotic this service in the army is not resented, but seen as something of an honour.
The Seelie have great respect for their elders, but more so for their ancestors, those that lived before them and died. Their religion is based this, and a circle of five gods, whose names are kept secret by the high priests. There is much complex scripture, and all of the Selee know at least some. There is also a great emphasis on the spirits of nature, and their presence in the world.
Technology:
The Seelie have a low level of technology, despite their races ancient past. This is partially due to the fact that they have little inclinations to develop technology, seeing it as a cowardly way of making your life easier. As such they have kept at a around medieval stage of technology, and have been at such a stage for the last few thousand millennia. Although they do make very good quality items, their craftsmanship of metal and weapons is very complex, yielding great quality. However, past this there is little technology.
History:
The Seelie have been present on their planet since time immemorial, their civilisation has lasted for longer than their records do. This is partially because of the violent clan wars that raged the planet hundreds of millennia ago. However it has been many thousand years since the last clan war, and the Seelie have settled down in peace, although their military is still kept well oiled.The Seelie have never made contact with any other intelligent race but their own.
(It would be very nice if people could reply to this. So that I know what people's thought's are.)
Physical:
The Seelie are a physically intimidating race, slightly taller humans, standing at 6'5" on average, and being somewhat sturdier looking. They are bestial looking, with a slightly protruding jaw and mouth, in a slightly snout like look. Their ears are peaked, coming to a point, helping their impressive hearing, their features rugged, strong jaws with thick, slightly slanted eyebrows. Their mouths are slightly wider than a humans, and their teeth are carnivore based, with fangs that are 1/2 inched long when retracted, but can be extended to 1 inch. Their eyes are slitted, are much more advanced than human eyes, capable of seeing into the ultraviolet spectrum, and even infrared (although this makes their eyes apear red). They can also see great detail, almost twenty times greater than that of a human. Their sense of hearing is a good ten times more sensitive than humans, helped by their peaked ears. There sense of smell is truly remarkable, being fifty times greater than humans and able to sense only trace amounts of a substance in the air, or on an object. Their skin colour is a dark tan, and their hair, which is almost always shoulder length, can be of almost any colour, but tends to be brown or golden blond.
Their muscles, are not only generally larger than humans, but also many times denser than humans, resulting with their formidable strength. Their entire bodies are in fact much denser than humans, giving them great resilience, and their bones are not only many times denser than bone, and have a high carbon content, giving them extreme strength. Their muscles are especially large and concentrated in the legs, which allow for great speed, pouncing and jumps. A typical Seelie might be able to do a standing jump of a two story building. Despite this density, and weight that goes with it, the Seelie are very graceful, walking with the natural air of a predator or a large cat, spreading their weight carefully, and capable of complex gymnastics. Their nervous system is very sensitive, and rigged for extremely fast responses and movement. Often they move without thought, reflex arcs controlling their movement.
Their hands differ between the sexes. The men have three retractable claws on the back of their hands, that come out through the back of their hands between the knuckles. These claws grow with age, but reach a final length of four inches. The females have retractable claws in their fingers, extending to one inch. These claws are extremely sharp and hard, with the same density as their bone. Their feet are complicated. Although they usually walk in the same fashion as humans, to run they can change their feet position, to put their weight on the tips of their feet very effectively, increasing their speed considerably.
Internally their physiology is very different of a human. They have two hearts, larger lungs (allowing for a greater oxygen supply), a significantly more complicated nervous system. Their metabolism is very efficient, meaning that they only have to have a large meal every two months, a lingering effect of their predator nature, and they only have to drink every week. They also heal somewhat faster than human, around five times as fast, and their bodies dispose of lactic acid very efficiently, making stitches extremely hard to get. Their metabolism also fights of almost all disease, pathogens and poisons, only the most powerful of such will effect a Seelie.
Sexually, the Seelie are mature at 14 for a woman, and 16 for a man. An interesting quirk of the Seelie is that the women only produce an ova when they consciously signal it, meaning that their is no risk of being accidentally pregnant. But as a side effect only one ova is ever released, meaning that only single births ever occur. Their have been only a half a dozen double births in the whole history of the Seelie, each one memorable. They have a gestation period of four months, and suckle the child for a year. Seelie actually mature faster a human to begin with, reaching full physical maturity at 16. However after this age they age very slowly, the average life expectancy is 600 years.
The Seelie are also psionic naturally, all of them are telepathic and telekinetic. However most of them are untrained, capable of communicating, and lifting small objects. Females are naturally more powerful telepaths, while males are naturally greater telekinetics, although the all have both abilities. Some are trained with the use of their power to a greater degree, ether self trained or educated by an elder psionicist. There are some occurrences of the other psionic disciplines, pyrokinesis, cryokinesis etc., but they are extremely uncommon, and have only occurred in isolated incidents.
Personality:
The Seelie are hunters to heart, they see the world as a food chain, and they are on the top. Anyone weaker of them is prey. This does not meant they will attack them, but is important in understanding their psychology. They are very polite, and quite caring, but take insult very badly. Physical maiming is usually the result of insulting one of the Seelie. They do not really believe in 'flowering talk', and say what they feel. Not to be rude, but as part of their nature. Their morals are highly complicated, for example, while on a hunt things that would not be excusable in normal life are acceptable. Killing, stealing and are all acceptable on a hunt, but completely reprehensible in day to day life.
Culture:
The Seelie live in small towns dotted around the planet. Running each village is a council of elders, elected by the people, headed by the elder representative. In the central city of the Seelie Bahr'ahd, there is central counsel, with each elder representative taking up a seat, this is headed by the high elder, who is elected every five years by the counsel. Almost all matters are decided by local counsels, the central counsel are only called together in times of crisis.
Monogamy is most common, polygamy is overwhelmingly frowned upon, and often seen as a crime. Divorce is almost unheard of, and requires the decision of a central counsel. Due to this marriage is entered into cautiously, and those who have pre-marital relationships are not frowned upon, although a child born out of web-lock results in the scorn of the parents. Same sex marriages are not allowed, although same sex relationships are allowed, but male/male are frowned upon, while female/female is largely ignored.
The language of the Selee is very complicated and subtle, despite their rugged exterior. It is extremely graceful, flowing, and has many tiny subtleties. As a result of this it is almost impossible to speak Selee if you where not born to the Selee, especially since it incorporates growls and small howls.
The legends of the Seelie are extremely sophisticated, given their ancient culture, but chief among them is that of the ónoni, or twins. The Seelie believe that twins are two halves of the same being, one good, one evil. Whenever they have emerged in the Selei's history, they have brought destruction, and are blessed with powers beyond that of a normal Selee. There has been a ónoni born to this generation, and the elders are unsure of how to precede, and have allowed both to live due to their respect for life.
Education is important to the Seelie, and all children have education up to at least the age of 16. Past this it is up to the Selee themselves.
Upon reaching the age of 20, one of the Seelie must either join the army until the age of 50 (they can continue passed this point if they wish), or go on to further education, but they must make up their military service afterwards. Since all Seelie are very patriotic this service in the army is not resented, but seen as something of an honour.
The Seelie have great respect for their elders, but more so for their ancestors, those that lived before them and died. Their religion is based this, and a circle of five gods, whose names are kept secret by the high priests. There is much complex scripture, and all of the Selee know at least some. There is also a great emphasis on the spirits of nature, and their presence in the world.
Technology:
The Seelie have a low level of technology, despite their races ancient past. This is partially due to the fact that they have little inclinations to develop technology, seeing it as a cowardly way of making your life easier. As such they have kept at a around medieval stage of technology, and have been at such a stage for the last few thousand millennia. Although they do make very good quality items, their craftsmanship of metal and weapons is very complex, yielding great quality. However, past this there is little technology.
History:
The Seelie have been present on their planet since time immemorial, their civilisation has lasted for longer than their records do. This is partially because of the violent clan wars that raged the planet hundreds of millennia ago. However it has been many thousand years since the last clan war, and the Seelie have settled down in peace, although their military is still kept well oiled.The Seelie have never made contact with any other intelligent race but their own.
(It would be very nice if people could reply to this. So that I know what people's thought's are.)
