Celestial Aliens

Beings not from Shem who have celestial or popular powers.

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Ilaaliye

Winged eyes who keep watch over mortality.

• Lifespan: 5,000 years
• Diet: Light
• Habitat: Outer space and other realms of existence
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed - outcast and hated by ruling classes

Ilaaliye appear to be 10’ wide eyeballs covered in palest white flesh. On the upper half of their lids are two massive wings made of mulitcolored light, spanning about 30’ in either direction. They have colorful tentacles that flow behind them.

Ilaaliye can live in the emptiness of the other realms or in outer space. They fly through the planar realms on alert for infernal powers and other dangers. Their tentacles have the power to stun any infernal being.

Ilaaliye can see aligned energies over vast distances. They can also see mundanely over a similar distance - measured in the millions of miles - if they are in the Seams. In the Spirit Realm, they can still see over vast distances, but it is measured in hundreds of miles.

If they sense danger, they have the ability to send a message at lightspeed (via a lightbeam) to any target within the Angeldawn system if they have bonded with that being. The warning comes in the form of light which gives the target a vision of the nature of the incoming danger.

Because they are attuned to the void of space or other realms, when they are within orbital bodies of the solar system, they are weaker.

The ilaaliye live in small clusters that rove through the realms and space near the parts of it that are close to Shem or the related Celestial Realms. Because ilaaliye are attuned to energies, they move at supernatural speeds, following the flows of energies there. They seek sources of infernal power, identify them from a distance, and send visions to those they believe can help. Because the energies they seek are infernal, they have sometimes missed threats that come from other sources or energies (notably, paradoxical); this is a source of frustration among them and some debate among their communities.

There are 3,333 ilaaliye communities. The paths they follow around the gates and interstitials between the Spirit Realm, Celestial Realms, and the Seams (a realm connecting the realms) forms a matrix of glory and power. The 3,333 communities are made up of 3,333 ilaaliye each. They fly in a formation that mimics the matrix and allows for maximum awareness. They consider themselves the last line of defense against the Eldritch; they watch as much to see if anything is leaving Shem as they do if anything is approaching. They consider this hawsha, or the task.

Their communities are structured with a council of ra'iisulo (sing. ra'iisul), the prime ilaaliye. They are instinctively chosen by the community based on their apparent skill at hawsha. There are 111 ra’iisulo. Below them in rank are the sare. The sare are servants to the ra’iisulo and number 333. Below them in rank are the jaamacadeed. The jaamacadeed are guards and number 999. The rest of the ilaaliye in the community are afar-geesood. The afar-geesood have many roles and number 1,890.

Young ilaaliye are raised by the afar-geesood. They are trained in all the arts and skills needed for hawsha. Those who excel rise in the rank. Those who do not are found other roles needed in the community. The hawsha defines each community, and each community defines the hawsha in their own way. Some hyperfocus on one specific infernal energy; others focus on certain area; others focus on specific Eldritch or demons. They each have a focus.

The ilaaliye believe in Tii Oohinaysa, She Who Cries, a deity who weeps for all their failed attempts to prevent catastrophe on Shem. She weeps for the Fall, for the shattering of time, for the past eschatons. They honor her by being the best they can be at the hawsha.

In the void of space or other realms: PRO 14 ATH 11 Flight 17 STR 14 AWA 25 WIL 14 PRS 10 STH 7
Within the orbital bodies of the Angeldawn system: PRO 11 ATH 8 Flight 14 STR 11 AWA 19 WIL 11 PRS 7 STH 4

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Nikawiyan

Aliens empowered by their blood ancestry.

• Lifespan: 300 years
• Diet: Common mortal fare
• Habitat: Anywhere
• Socioeconomic Status: Free on their homeworld, Oppressed on Shem

Nikawiyans appear to be humans with lavender and green skin. Their hair is always coppery.

Nikawiyans have the ability to know the bloodline of anyone they touch for more than a minute. If they are related, they will also know this. If they share blood with someone they are related to, usually from a blood oath, they will amplify each others' power. If they do this with a parent who has done this with a parent (and so on), they have much more power. Every family has their own hereditary power; if there is for some reason a failure to blood bond, the nikawiyan gains a new power when they come of age or when their blood parent dies. If the parent they are blood bonded with harms them, they can reject the bond, taking the power from their parent and using it as their own.

Nikawiyans are from a distant world orbiting a distant star. They live in happy communities where their blood family bonds are almost never disrupted by abuse, violence, or other toxicities. They have a nearly utopian society and a deep culture of love, art, music, and rituals that reaffirm their care for one another. Those few who have come to Shem have found the imperial violence, eugenics, and terror so disturbing they rarely return, though some have been captured and enslaved here.

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

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Rigelian

Four-in-one aliens with one leg.

• Lifespan: 120 years
• Diet: Common mortal fare
• Habitat: Anywhere
• Socioeconomic Status: Native on their homeworld, Oppressed elsewhere

One-legged aliens who have four souls, rigelians are 7' tall, usually muscular figures with complex voices.

Rigelians have four souls, and each soul is a separate person. Each soul takes turns controlling the body, but they all speak at once when they speak. Their voices fill hearts with mirth, their gaze fills hearts with joy, their smile brings happiness, and their dancing brings contentment. If they achieve a moment of perfect joy with four other people, they will split into four people.

Rigelians live in a world around a four-star system, and they believe the stars are their original homes. Their culture is one of celebration and joy, one of constant seeking of the four people who will let them have their own separate bodies. This has led many of them deep into the cosmos, and thus, to Shem, where they seek their "four".

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

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Tacuhlala

Ray-like beings that bring comfort and relief.

• Lifespan: 120 years
• Diet: Emotion and common mortal fare
• Habitat: Space between worlds and their satellites
• Socioeconomic Status: Oppressed

Tacuhlalas are hominids with large flaps of flesh that hang between their arms and torsos, creating a ray-like physical form. Their faces are stretched and have the manta ray-like lobes on their cheeks. Their eyes are small and black, and their bodies are dark grey. They have thin whip-like tails. They are about 7' tall.

Tacuhlalas have the ability to embrace people and infuse them with comfort and relief, a feeling of safety and closeness that eradicates worries, fear, weariness, and other painful emotions temporarily. As they do this, the tacuhlala absorbs some of the emotion as sustenance. While in this embrace, the person within it can be harmed by magical or physical attacks. The tacuhlala will take all damage for them. Their lobes can emit a soft light to let them see in darkness.

Living in the void of space, they are immune to cold, radiation, and they can can regulate their own internal pressure. They can move at incredible speeds when in outer space, but slow down signifcantly when they are closer to gravity.

Tacuhlalas live in clustered communities in the space between Shem and her moons, clinging to various small rocks and other orbitals. They have egalitarian communities that are led by elders. They fly to the moons often, seeking sustenance and friends. They are extremely closeknit and often work together on various crafts and art projects. They are hated by the colonials, seen as alien terrors.

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

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Verethir

Plant-like beings from the planet Jahur.

• Lifespan: 180 years
• Diet: Nitrates, water, but no need for sunlight
• Habitat: The hidden gardens of Jahur
• Socioeconomic Status: Native on Jahur, Oppressed elsewhere

Verethirs appear to be tall, slender, anthropomorphic plant-like beings with jeweled eyes and petals for "hair." Their skin can be any color, and their voices are high pitched.

Verethirs' eyes can hypnotize any who look into them, and their voices can lull anyone to sleep. They produce tiny spores that fill any who breathe them in with affection and love for all living things, temporarily pacifying them.

Verethirs live in small communities in hidden gardens on Jahur, lost in the violent storms. They lure the strange fauna of Jahur to them and use them for food and procreation. They are miners, seeking special jewels buried deep beneath Jahur's surface. These jewels are used for magical emotional energies, as verethirs are very skilled lapidarists. They live in small matriarchal communities, but they often leave their homes on long journeys to visit other worlds and bring back resources. Some find love elsewhere - they are said to fall in love easily - and settle on other planets, moons, etc.

PRO 7 ATH 9 STR 7 AWA 10 WIL 8 PRS 11 STH 8