The Shadowkin (The Naeturians)

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Are beings that came from the half light half shadow plane as well, before moving to the Plane of Shadows, and then later partially to the material plane. There are two racial castes within the species. The Highborne (the Asrikar) and the non highborne (The Alindi). The Asrikar are the most magically gifted of the two castes, while the Alindi are easily physically superior. They do not possess magical talents naturally aside from the most basic shadowstep. The caste system is rigid and inflexible, even if an Alindi demonstrates Asrikar traits it is not allowed within the Asrikar class, instead it and it's parents are given one of three choices, a life of servitude becoming little more than property, to live on in exile and foreign lands, or to be put to death.


Naeturian Appearence- All Naeturians are medium sized humanoids, and they all have pitch black skin. Asrikar have black or white hair and eyes of a solid color (no iris or pupil) which ranges from: Black, Blue, Green, Indigo, Orange, Purple, Red, or White. Asrikar height ranges from 5 and a half feet tall to seven feet, with weights of 110-240 lbs in males, women 80-180lbs. Alindi have either metallic sheened, or gem like irises with just about any color imaginable. Their hair is almost always black, white, or matches their eye color. Alindi tend to be around the same height range but are usually more broad and muscular, weighing around 120-250lbs in men, and 90-190 lbs in women. Aleshan (the exile hybrids) Hair color is always black, with either Alindi, or Asrikar eye colors. They tend to be shorter from 5 to 6 feet tall and weight around 100-200 lbs males, and females 80-160 lbs.

Naeturian Culture- Is ultimately a monarchy and aristocracy. Though the day to day affairs of the Alindi are governed amongst themselves by a council with a member from each family getting a single vote.

D&D stuff
Alindi Aleshan Asrikar
+2 Str +2 Str +2 Int
+2 Con +2 Int +2 Wis
All have Darkvision, and all can shadow step (a short ranged teleport that functions like the shadow dancer power, or Fey step as presented in the 4th edition player's handbook) 1 time per encounter.

+2 Stealth and if you're an Alindi +2 Athletics, Aleshan +2 Arcana, Asrikar +2 Insight.

+5 on saving throws vs Shadow powersource effects.

Special Racial Feats: Alindi Born, Aleshan Blood, Asrikar Heritage, Alindi Prowess, Aleshan Senses, Asrikar Magic, Alindi Toughness, Asrikar High Magic, Aleshan Fortune.

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The Shadowkin have several dieties that they worship. Like many of the Forerunner races, many of them predate most pantheons in other planes. Most of the religions of the Shadowkin are loose affiliations rather than an over all binding organization, frequent wars in their ancient past, due to large religious orders have at this point gauranteed the religions from becoming a political force.

The Shadowkin gods, are G'kar, Kanethis, Harstworn, Misantine, and Zipchara.

The Deity they consider their true father (those that remember 'him' ) is known as Harstworn, who is slowly being whispered about once more within the Shadowkin society. It is believed he had created the Shadowkin after seeing his brother's creations. Harstworn's first temple resides within the city of Naegunfael. Many Asrikar used to worship the God of Blood (life) as a Death god, where as the Alindi used to worship 'him' as a life giver. Both are wrong and both are right. As all things are made of Blood, and it was Harstworn's blood that gave the universe the drive that living beings have, all things with Blood eventually die as well.

The next most significant deity to the Shadowkin is Kanethis, who is their god of fertility and art. Kanethis temples are considered by many other races and cultures as little more than glorified brothels or dens of hedonism. The Priests and Priestesses or Acolytes's message does include the glory and arts of pleasure, as well as more 'traditional' art each having a high spiritual value, believing that through those and other means the spiritual fundamental bond between all things that live is best expressed. They are not beyond demonstrating or teaching the physical arts to those seeking guidance, believing that in some ways one can find themselves at the moment that one loses all control.

The Third most significant Deity is G'Kar who also has a following in many human cultures in the world known as Talsidias as well. G'Kar is viewed as a martial god, a war god or a god of strength. He is a proud, and at times quite belligerent deity, with a strong lust for conquest, giving rise to a saying of "he has the Thrist of G'kar in him" either describing a conquesting warlord, or perhaps simply a belligerent warrior.

The Last Deity of Significance is really not worshiped within Shadowkin society. The Lord of Taint they refer to it as, or the keeper of the empyrean. If one is especially daring or foolish the being is referred to as Zipchara. Zipchara it is said during the creation of the multiverse saw his siblings creations and created...perverted mockeries of them, and waged a terrible war which had very nearly wiped out all of existance. Had it not been for the efforts of the T'kanzar, Zipchara would have infact succeeded in it's goals. The creator of the anatheme plane was shattered, breaking the mind open and trapping the body within, and then sealing the mind within it's own realm.

The Final remaining deity, is more revered than worshiped in any true sense and this would be Misantine who is the god of travel and all that passes Between. Misantine is said to be a walker of planes and realm alike, and is said to watch over all of those that Pass Between places at some point or another. Misantine does not possess any grand temples, only small shrines found on and off the beaten path usually between planes, cities, countries etc etc for which one can leave an offering for either him or for another traveler who may be needing it. It is said for one to leave an offering in these shrines is to invite good fortunes in travel, and to take without leaving an offering at some other shrine is to invite bad fortune along with poor traveling conditions. As Shadowkin are often in places Between they revere the diety.

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For the Alindi family is almost everything to them, it is their government as well as an intregal part of their social structure. Alindi see their entire subspecies, as one large family that has been split into several smaller ones over time. Where political intrigue rules the Asrikar the Alindi are honest and informal in almost every facet of their lives.

Alini courtship is a quite open affair with almost no limit (within reason) as to what may or may not go on, even in public. Alindi possess a strong sense of friendship as a whole and a friend to an Alindi might as well be family. Alindi family life is somewhat hierarchical in structure as well as function. While everyone has an equal say in the matter traditionally the role of speaker has always been the woman's role. The children are typically raised by whichever parent seems most suited to the child's needs and personality as well as their training. It is quite uncommon but not entirely unheard of for a child to go months without seeing one of their parents.

Alindi marriage is by comparison to Asrikar and most other races a very open ended thing. Alindi as a rule see no shame in desire of another outside of marriage, it is not an affair or something to be secreted away like in most cultures and quite often the other involved ends up knowing, or becoming close friends with the one the Alindi is married to. Alindi almost never keep secrets from one another or ones they call friends, and to do so is considered a grave insult.