Lemur

A male and female Lemur

Physical Traits

The Lemurs have an appearance similar to Humans, but their origins can't be connected unless we look at a very distant past. They have a hypoxygenated skin, which after living in dark and subterranean places with low ventilation perspires little and is almost completely without pigment. For this reason, they have a pale and azure complexion. Until two or three months of age, their children have an almost transparent skin that reveals the underlying capillary circulation. Their body is neither very robust nor resistant. They have light hair in a variety of hues. Lemur women, graceful and ethereal creatures, are amongst the most beautiful of Yliakum: male lemurs are equally beautiful but lack in masculine features like muscle. They are from 1.70 m to 1.85 m tall.

History

Created by the godess Laanx, Lemurs have been living in Yliakum longer than any other race. After Laanx was accidentally disfigured by Talad, many Lemurs followed Laanx in his exile to the Stone Labyrinths. After many generations, this group arrived in a to a cave hundreds of times larger than Yliakum, and which held the stalactite containing Yliakum. Here, they built the ten towns of Kadaikos, and were aided and ruled by Laanx. Eventually Laanx left, going back to Yliakum. After his departure, a black flame appeared in Kadaikos. The Lemurs believed it was a part of Laanx's soul and was supposed to rule his people till his return. The Black Flame was sentient however, and easily took control of the people in Kadaikos.

The Lemurs remaining in Yliakum seem to have had a relatively uneventful history, under the guidance of Talad.

Abilities and Fields of Interest

They have a clever intellect, superior to the other races. The Lemurs are brilliant artist, innate aesthete and researchers of beauty in all its forms.

Psychology

Everyone knows that the Lemurs were the first of all races to settle in Yliakum, and they are proud of it. The legends tell that their origins of the Lemurs are connected to a huge city located in the depths of earth, abandoned from a widespread disease. No one knows how to reach this city or if anyone still lives there. All lemurs share a sense of loss for their mysterious, distant homeland.

Nutrition

Lemurs love luxury and special food and are sometimes excellent cooks. They refuse to eat in normal taverns and such because the food is too "raw" there. Rare fishes and mixtures made of rare animals found in Stone Labyrinths are everyday meals.

Rules

(Implemented in future releases.) Infravision. Max 8th rank for weapons and armour. During character creation they gain 1 bonus rank in each of the four elemental Ways. +4 Mana Points at creation Starting stats: STR 40, END 40, AGI 50, INT 85, WIL 68, CHA 67