Corridae

Pronunciation: Kor-ee-day

(Plural and singular is Corridae)

Horned beings, rumored to not only be closest to the mother, but also even like her in form. The social elite of the world due to supposedly being closest to the Mother, corridae are in charge of the Church and more. Extremely proficient in material manipulation (magic) and traditionally incredibly intellectual and refined. In the modern age, more younger corridae born into the tech age often just like to vibe and aren’t as serious, although social standards may reign their more wild styles of dress in.

Biology

Lifespan

Culture

Courtship

Biology

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'Stardust'

Corridae are humanoid beings composed of ‘stardust’, made out of bunches of little particles of dust that take up a bipedal, human/omunesque form. Semi-incoporeal as a result, corridae are able to diffuse (separate their particles) to avoid harm, although this is very much a subconscious act and few are even hardly able to perform this consciously.

Each particle is able to reflect light if turned in different forms; somewhat like how cephalopod cells function: this allows for ‘vague’ shifting (although primarily dark colours). Corridae are somewhat cold to the touch, but only slightly, like touching a cold blooded animal.

'Stardust' is key to material manipulation/magic: the actual act of performing 'magic' is biological. To perform 'magic', a corridae consciously releases a small batch of particles of which can interact with and manipulate the material around them. These batches of particles are generally too small to be observed with the naked eye, but the effects of their forces can. Material manipulation is highly encouraged to be in small amounts as these particles are still parts of a corridae's body and subject to damage: a corridae can seriously injure themself if enough particles are used and destroyed while doing material manipulation.

Some corridae may have pale flecks or pale areas on their bodies: research found that these small pale areas are comprised of a raw silicon-carbon mixture instead of the composition of most of their stardust. These patches are also slower to respond and mostly carried along by normal corridae stardust, leading to the understanding that these areas are not organic. Further research has shown that these areas are akin to omun/behem scar tissue, in which depleted particles are replaced with gathered and/or created silicon.

These pale flecks will never take over more of 30% of a corridae's body naturally/at birth- any corridae born with more is usually stillborn.

Spires

Horn(s) is/are located atop the head and called a ‘spire’, most corridae have more than one; horns have no actual functional use and are primarily used as social/status symbols although mythos state that spires connect the corridae to the Mother herself. The less spires, the ‘better’, corridae with one spire are often held up highly (even if they aren’t actually that capable) but in the end, it doesn’t dictate too much as corridae society is very much a meritocracy (when the church is taken out of the question). Each spire has unique indents, and are often used to ID specific corridae- while spires can be broken off, it’s not socially acceptable to do it for image reasons as spires are considered pretty important (and pretty awkward if one is suddenly gone) for ID purposes.

Spire sharpening (sharpening the spire until it has an unnaturally sharp point/edge) is considered highly controversial among corridae, even if it isn’t as taboo as straight up breaking/removing a spire: a sharpened spire will still retain the necessary indents, and will eventually grow back to full size (after decades, if not more). Previously, in wars, corridae would sharpen their spires and use them as emergency headbutting material in case they were in some proximity to an attacker and unable to use other forces- this was considered a wartime necessity, not for any type of enjoyment as the alteration of a spire is highly unnatural in nature.

Later, in peaceful times, some corridae still sharpened their horns in order to appear warlike and powerful, now as a symbol instead of an actual utilitarian use. This was frowned upon, but still done by various rebellious corridae, namely adolescents. Horn sharpening is very rare in modern times, but its original connotations as a disgrace/dishonor to those who have fought in wars has been lost: now, it’s a sign of rebellion, like a tattoo, but also like a tattoo, it’s there for a long time (tattoos fade).

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Lifespan

Compared to omun (typical lifespan of 85 years) or behem (typical lifespan of 65 years), corridae are naturally blessed with an extremely long lifespan. A corridae who takes extremely good care of themself with superb luck can live up to 5 centuries (500 years), and the typical lifespan of a corridae is 4 centuries (400 years), dwarfing the lifespans of the other two biped species. However, corridae births are extremely low and rare, so while the other bipeds have far shorter lifespans, their numbers are far more extensive.

Corridae give birth to live young like their biped peers, and typically only one child is born. Twins are almost unheard of. Corridae typically mature at the same rate as their peers, becoming fully mature (as in terms of full mental development) at around 25 to 30 years, but age far more slowly after that, becoming elderly around 350 years.

Culture

A Life Under The Mother

Almost always, corridae have considered themselves closest to the mother- this began from the earliest times, in which they established their capital at the core of the guardians' home base, and establishing the Church to worship the mother and take care of her kin.

This has led to historical and present conflict, mostly over power: objectively, nobody is favoured by the Mother or the guardians, nor are corridae biologically closer to her, but it is true that the church itself is mostly governed by the corridae. While the government itself has an equal spread of corridae, behem, and omun, the church and upkeep of the guardians is dominated by high ranking corridae members.

As a result, traditionally, corridae hold themselves to high standards due to the belief that they are close to the mother herself, often treating every situation with cautious and careful thought and reservation. While they can hold grudges, or have strong opinions, traditionally, corridae often keep their thoughts to themself in favour of upkeeping a refined nature. An older corridae has often delved deep into study of both material manipulation, religion, and general studies, spending decades on refining their encompassing knowledge.

...However, in the tech age, you can often find older corridae a bit irritated with the more lax and open nature of younger corridae. More like their omun and behem peers, younger corridae, while still a tad reserved in comparison, are far more open about their emotions and feelings. Younger corridae are also less likely to be as pious as the previous generations, but still greatly regard the mother- just in a much more informal fashion than typical church sanctioned activities. In another contrast, older corridae often tend to be less savvy towards technology (mostly due to refusing to learn), but are much more proficient in their studies and knowledge of material manipulation and general studies. However, this is also likely due to their sheer age versus actual competency for study.

Culturally, the contrast between the attitudes of the corridae of the tech age and older ages makes older corridae question if the newer generation is drifting further from 'the grace of the mother'- something of which younger corridae rebuke, stating that the change in behaviour is just a sign of the times.

Courtship

Corridae are traditionally, and pretty thoroughly monogamous: a large factor of corridae belief in relationships and familiarity is ‘the one’, of which is a pact made with genuine partnership in mind of two equals under the eyes of the mother. A pact is expected to be made with genuine time, patience, and understanding, and while (socially) a corridae is expected to experiment in partners, their sole partnership is expected to be made with genuine love and care. As a result, corridae are encouraged to take their time with finding a partner, and it is severely frowned upon rushing the process (unfortunately, if they find a partner with a short lifespan for some reason or other and take too long, taking their time itself can be an enemy.)

Of course, ‘the one’ is flexible; divorce, death, and other factors to losing a partner are well understood as factors of life and time, and as shown above, it isn’t uncommon for some corridae who find interest in an omun partner, behem partner, or even corridae partner to lose their partner due to some reason or other. Some corridae are non-monogamous, but socially, almost all corridae believe in one, sole, partner.

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