Elemental Metahumans

Khagal

Jewelled metahumans.

• Lifespan : 70-120 years

• Diet: Stones

• Habitat: Subterranean Realm

• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Khagals are metahumans with jewels for eyes, teeth, hearts, and nails. Their skin is jewel-toned, their hair made of strands of malleable stone, and their bones made of solid rock. The type of jewels is always consistent throughout their body (i.e., if their eyes are diamonds, their teeth, hearts, and nails will also be diamonds).

Khagals can sense jewels and identify stone and rock anywhere within visual range. Their faceted eyes allow them to see 360 degrees around themselves. Their gemstone-hearts function like regular hearts, but they are as strong as the gemstone they are made of (thus resistant to attacks). The type of jewel they have also grants them a different power. Some examples include the following:

• Agate: minor psionic power

• Alexandrite: high die on attack rolls

• Amber: cooking skill 8 or +3

• Amethyst: good luck

• Beryl: analysis 8 or +3

• Carnelian: toughness 8 or +3

• Chalcedony: empathic sense

• Citrine: quick learning lores

• Corundum: WIL 8 or +3

• Diamond: appraisal sense

• Emerald: singing 8 or +3

• Garnet: absorb energies

• Jade: sense highest score

• Jasper: intimidation 8 or +3

• Lapis lazuli: crafting 8 or +3

• Onyx: resist faith 8 or +3

• Opal: quick healing

• Pearl: swimming 8 or +3

• Peridot: misfortune aura

• Quartz: spacebreathing

• Ruby: entropic aura

• Sapphire: PRS 8 or +3

• Topaz: speed 8 or +3

• Tourmaline: blood relation/found family sense

• Turquoise: matrilineal bond

• Zircon: jewel shaping 8 or +3

Khagals eat stone and can digest it normally.

They dwell underground in complex societies with tribes and groups based around different gemstones. They are often exploited by ruling casses for their gemstone sensing powers.

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Kokeb

Metahumans empowered by the sun.

• Lifespan : 70-120 years

• Diet: Solar energy

• Habitat: High tropical mountains

• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Kokebi appear to be humans with brightly colored skin (green, violet, or blue), hair as dark as the night sky with shining strands, and six fingers on each hand.

Kokebi can live with almost no air. They are warmed rapidly by even the smallest amount of sunlight. They radiate warm light from their skin and hair. At the cost of a great deal of energy, they can manifest sunfire in their hands, eyes, or mouths. Their emotions can affect the amount of warmth they radiate. They are immune to radiation.

In the high mountains they dwell upon, they are closer to the sun and able to float. If they are closer to the ground, gravity will take a stronger hold. They are also able to see greater distances when closer to the sun.

Kokebi come from the northeastern parts of the continent, where they dwell in vast nations in the high mountains in cities of gold. Their ancient culture is complex, revolving around worship of the sun. In the colonies, they are deeply oppressed and hated, many claiming them to be greedy and cruel tyrants in their homelands.

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Mibdula

Metahumans whose form and powers change with the seasons.

• Lifespan : 70-120 years

• Diet: Varied mortal fare

• Habitat: Anywhere with distinct seasons

• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Mibdulas change appearance with the seasons. They look human, but their skin and hair are different colors, and some features are different:

• Spring: green and blue hair and/or skin, butterfly antennae, light yellow fur on their arms.

• Summer: golden brown and yellow hair and/or skin, frog eyes, light brown fur on their arms.

• Autumn: deep orange and dark brown hair and/or skin, owl-feather necks, black fur on their arms.

• Winter: soft white and dark blue hair and/or skin, mammoth tusks, grey fur on their arms.

• Wet Season: dark grey and light blue hair and/or skin, fish fins, no fur on their arms.

• Dry Season: tan and pale yellow hair and/or skin, lizard tongue, no fur on their arms.

Their powers also vary by season:

• Spring: feel the exact age of an object.

• Summer: smell disease, injury, and malnourishment.

• Autumn: hear whispers on the wind.

• Winter: see temperature.

• Wet Season: waterbreathing.

• Dry Season: flight.

Mibdulas live in a culture of festivals and ceremonies that mark the passing of time and its cycles. They follow an ancient nature religion. If they live somewhere with wet and dry seasons, they will have a binary culture, but in the colonies, most are attuned to a four-season year. Some recognize as many as nine seasons, however.

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Parapuna

Empathic metahumans who live within flowing waters.

• Lifespan : 70-120 years

• Diet: Fish-heavy mortal fare

• Habitat: Flowing waters

• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Parapunas appear to be humans with fish fins on their arms and heads, green skin, and hair made of glimmering waters.

Parapunas live in flowing waters - sea or river, ocean or waterfall - and can breathe under it, do not feel cold, and are not affected by pressure changes. They can go on land as well, though they need to return to flowing waters periodically. They have empathic senses that are amplified (range-wise) by ten if they are in water, and if they concentrate and focus, they can extend those senses to feel the emotions of anyone who has come in contact with the flowing waters within miles for a week or more. They can use these senses to glean complicated information.

Most come from island cultures, though they are found where flowing waters are around the world. In the colonies, they are either there as slaves, refugees, or natives. They are seen as seers and wise folk, and sometimes, they are exploited for this.

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Qalba

Metahumans who ignite with intense passions.

• Lifespan : 70-120 years

• Diet: Meat-heavy mortal fare

• Habitat: Subtropical semi-arid regions

• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Qalbas appear to be humans with red and orange skin and fiery hair. Their eyes are burning embers, and their shadows are yellow flame.

When a qalba engages with their deep passions - whether hobbies, vocations, or relationships - the fires within them literally ignore, turning metaphor into reality. Their hair erupts, their hearts glow, and they can breathe flame if they choose. The less they wield these flames, the more they store up. If they do not use them within a few days, their insides burn, so they always need to find an outlet.

All qalbas have empathic senses.

Qalba society is one that focuses on art, inspiration, and mutual support for creative endeavors. They create with flame as much as anything else, using it to shape glass and metal or to fire pottery or other ceramics. These arts are world renowned, and many are taken slave or exploited for their abilities and crafts.

In the colonies, most are exploited workers for the rich and powerful colonizers.

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