Celestial Plant Folk

Anthropomorphic plants with inherent celestial or popular powers.

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Dahonon

Celestial fruit and vegetable people.

• Lifespan: 120 years
• Diet: Vegetarian
• Habitat: Anywhere with fertile land
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Plant folk who resemble common fruits or vegetables. They have human-like shapes with fruit and vegetable-like features, such as strawberry seed skin and green leafy hair or maize-mottled skin and cornsilk hair, for two examples. They vary in height, but most are 6' on average.

Dahonons have the power to make plants grow, but they must fuel this by getting a lot of sun and water, and to spend at least an hour a day with part of their bodies submerged in healthy soil. They also have powers based on what kind of fruit or vegetable they resemble. Some examples include the following:

• Strawberry dahonons have the power to conceal weapons on them even if carried openly, the power to cleanse people's souls, and the ability to arouse people with their aroma. Their kiss can nourish animals and mortals.
• Apple dahonons have only some of the following powers - longevity and extended youthfulness, the power to restore fertility with their touch, the power to incite chaos, the power to spread love with their aura, the power to sense magical energies, the power to instill peacefulness, the power to spread knowledge with their touch, and more.
• Turnip dahonons have the power to create an aura of horror, the power to repel infernal energies, and the power to nourish people with a touch.

And so on. Most powers are based on the fruit or vegetable's symbolism or cultural references. Consult the GM.

Their original culture was one of mutual support and equality, a matriarchal one in small communities, often with many other species involved. They have a long history of supporting other species and uniting with their societies. Their first and fundamental law is to make sure there is enough for everyone, and preferably more than enough, and they would use their powers to ensure it.

In Ranu, some common dahonons include the following: almond, aloe vera, apple, apricot, [Balkan] yam, [Bertoloni’s] sage, bilberry, bird cherry, black cherry, black mustard, black pea, blackberry, bog bilberry, bog cranberry, bog rosemary, bogbean, cloudberry, common bean, common chicory, common fig, common grape vine, common houseleek, common pear, common plantain, crab apple, [European] wild pear, garlic mustard, generous pear, golden pea, grass vetchling, greater plantain, hackberry, [Hercegovinian] woodruff, horse chestnut, [Illyrian] spurge, large-fruited elm, large-leaved lime, lemon, lingonberry, low-running blackberry, lunaria telekiana, meadow vetchling, mountain tea, mulberry, olive, pear, pepper, perennial peavine, plum, pomegranate, red raspberry, round-seeded vetchling, [Russian] olive, service tree, small-leaved lime, spring pea, starfruit, steppe cherry, strawberry tree, sweet cherry, sweet chestnut, walnut, weeping fig, wild carrot, wild cherry, wild grape, wild leek, wild olive, wild pea, wild pear, wild pomegranate, wild thyme, woodland strawberry, and yellow pea.

PRO 7 ATH 7 STR 9 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 9 STH 8 ESS 9

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Gukata

Prudent shrub people.

• Lifespan: 80-120 years
• Diet: Photosynthesis, nutrients, water
• Habitat: Forests and grasslands
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Gukatas are 5' tall shrub-like people who prune themselves into different shapes. They have a hand that has sharp claws for pruning with.

Gukatas have an innate sense of caution and prudence. This sense alerts them to dangers, tells them if they are moving too quickly on something, and gives them a sense of when to reconsider a course of action.

Their clawed hand allows them to reshape their shrubbery bodies, and their forms can sometimes take on new powers depending on what they end up resembling. Most prefer hominid forms for ease of function in society.

Gukatas believe in being prudent, discerning, cautious, and meticulous. They are careful in everything, from the way they choose their leaders to the works they engage in to the art and hobbies they have. Their communities focus on creating very well designed farms. Imperials exploit and enslave them.

PRO 7 ATH 7 STR 7 AWA 8 WIL 9 PRS 8 STH 8 ESS 9

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Iscariotian

People of the judas tree.

• Lifespan: 500 years
• Diet: Blood and sunlight
• Habitat: Dry grasslands
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed and Cursed

Iscariotians are 8' tall anthropomorphic tree people with deep pink flower hair and light brown and grey barkskin. Culturally, they wear nooses in their branches.

Iscariotians are cursed. During the era of the Fall, thousands of years ago, one of their own betrayed an imperial religious leader, and in doing so, was hanged and snapped to pieces. All who followed from this person bore a powerful curse, and that curse is the source of magic and power for the iscariotians, as well as pain.

Because they betrayed imperials, they are filled with celestial magic. Class treason empowers them - any of them who betrays the ruling class gains enormous magical power. They are capable of drinking blood of imperials and taking power from it. But they can have any innate celestial of any celestial species other than inmortals and illittum if they have betrayed the ruling class at all.

Iscariotians are proud of their history. They wear nooses in their branches to honor the one who died for them, whom they call Epainos and view as a messianic or Divine figure. They honor him by infiltrating imperial militaries, governments, or institutions and trying to destroy them from within. They are distrusted because of this, making this very difficult for them.

PRO 8 ATH 8 STR 10 AWA 9 WIL 9 PRS 8 STH 7 ESS 9

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Kauhnak

Colorful, expansive, wondrous vine people.

• Lifespan: 150 years
• Diet: Photosynthesis, nutrients, water
• Habitat: Flowering forests and wetlands
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Kauhnaks are 6' tall vine people made of many-colored vines and leaves, with a pod-head that is deep, dark green. They sprawl out in all directions, and each vine is either an arm or a leg.

Kauhnaks’ leaves and flowers fill people with wonder. If someone stares in the flower, they will be filled with the need to understand the world and its people. If they have a passion in life, such as an art, craft, or hobby, the wonder will drive them to be more creative (as long as it is not an infernal passion). Kauhnaks themselves are innately skilled at using colors in any work.

Kauhnaks live in a communal culture wherein they share their works and arts and entangle with one another in a great colonial organism wherein they share everything. They live in deep rainforests and also connect with plants, animals, fungi, and people in a wondrous mass that inspires anyone who sees it or touches it or becomes part of it. Imperials burn them on sight.

PRO 7 ATH 9 STR 8 AWA 10 WIL 8 PRS 10 STH 6 ESS 9

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Laminaj

Plant people with Names on their berries.

• Lifespan: 500 years
• Diet: Photosynthesis, nutrients, water
• Habitat: Temperate regions
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Laminajs are 6' tall anthropomorphic ephedra shrubs with True Names on their berries.

The True Names on the berries of laminajs are the Names of their future children. If the berry does not spread the seed and grow a new laminaj or get used for another power, the Name will diffuse into the world safely, but those that do grow into new laminajs are powered by truth. A laminaj who is true to themselves will bear stronger fruit.

All laminajs have seven berries. These seven Names are powers the laminaj can wield but once per Name if they are not planted to create children: require honesty from someone, reveal an objective truth, transform someone into their true self, reveal repressed memory, reveal True Name of target, reName target, or obliterate lie.

All laminajs have a lot of energy and need less rest than other mortals.

Laminajs live in coastal communities. They seek to create a communal Name that creates a peaceful, egalitarian, welcoming community. They live in small houses on the seashore and work on various boating projects. They are led by those who are Named leaders, but this can always be altered if need be. No one is subservient. Imperials attempt to destroy them.

PRO 8 ATH 8 STR 8 AWA 9 WIL 9 PRS 9 STH 7 ESS 10

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Shkofeh

Sincere blossom-heads.

• Lifespan: 80-120 years
• Diet: Photosynthesis, nutrients, water
• Habitat: Flowering regions
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Shkofehs are 5' tall beings with heads growing out of huge blossoms. They have plant-like bodies that have big leafy arms and legs.

Shkofehs’ blossoms reflect their true feelings and thoughts. Even if their face or voice or body says one thing, their blossom will always be brighter when they are sincere. If they maintain their sincerity long enough, they can sense insincerity in others, though they cannot always tell what the truth is. Truly powerful shkofehs can sense insincerities that even the person expressing it can’t tell is there.

Shkofehs believe in living the virtue of sincerity, in being true to themselves, their community, and the world. They have a spiritual practice that encourages spreading their beliefs but in a quiet and compassionate way, encouraging others to be themselves and be honest in general. They live in small communities led by elected elders, living equally and sharing all, but most spend time traveling in their youth. Imperials exploit them ruthlessly.

PRO 7 ATH 7 STR 7 AWA 9 WIL 9 PRS 9 STH 7 ESS 9