[✗] [Amendment] Siliti Reproduction

alexmagus · April 3

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Reproduction

The creation of a silit is a feat exclusive to those studied on the rite of rebirth, a painstaking ritual process by which a descendant’s soul and body are reformed by the seemingly limitless powers of blood magic and are bound to ethereal marrows, inheriting the traits of their respective Archon’s bloodline. They are as follows:

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Numir's bloodline has strong will and are expert liars; their body language cannot betray their intent and they always seem to be telling the truth.

Carical's bloodline has a matronly disposition and tactful minds; their charm is immense, allowing them to use the rite of restraints on siliti to stage 1.

Hallin Kord's bloodline has a penchant for honor and enhanced muscle memory, allowing them to learn physical crafts and techniques twice as fast.

Cadmium's bloodline has a keenness for theatrics, art, and expression and extreme flexibility and grace, that of dancers and contortionists and keen hand-eye coordination.

Mictlanti's bloodline has a fine appreciation for music and are inherently composed, comfortable being statue-like - still and silent - for as long as they wish without going mad or getting tired, an invaluable skill when imprisoned.

Solomon's bloodline has a keen eye and appreciation for detail, to the extent of being able to envision the texture and makeup of alchemical reagents (as well as potions if they are already masterful alchemists) without the need of an ocular apparatus. This only functions on items within one block, for the sole purpose of deciphering signs and symbols.

Illia’s bloodline possesses the psychic ability of ‘dowsing’ wherein they can locate mundane objects (or written words) through supernatural means within 1 block (such as finding a desired object in a cluttered drawer or desired line in a passage) instantly. They are commonly covetous and hoard things.

Krogak’s bloodline has poor empathy yet finds purpose easily to which they cling and possess ivory teeth as well as 2 extra pairs of retractable fangs, one on top and one on bottom.

Eireamhan's bloodline is unknown as he has been exiled to his plane for centuries and no known siliti come from him.

The stone serpent’s own eugenic and bigoted views are apparent in his design of the silit’s marrows. The transformation ritual only functions on ‘clean’ mortals; full blooded descendants - humans, elves, orcs, and dwarves - free of interbreeding or excess immortal tampering.

Whilst siliti are unable to reproduce with one another due to an array of complications, they can conceive with a descendant of their original race, creating sickly though otherwise ordinary descendant offspring, without the curse of the silit or any traits of the metaphysical bloodline inherited from their Archon.

These children are at excess risk of congenital disorders, always afflicted with one or more of the following:

Albinism
Brittle bone disease
Chiari malformation
Cystic fibrosis
Hemophilia
Hypoglossia
Spina bifida
Strabismus

Additional, lesser malformation that are optional include:

Acute allergies (animal(s), nut/food, insect sting, etc.)
Other skin disorders (vitiligo, eczema, rosacea, psoriasis, etc.)
Other eyesight disorders (near/farsightedness, astigmatism, etc.)
Other birth defects (missing or malformed digits, malformed features, etc.)

Interestingly, these malformations and disorders are miraculously ‘cured’ should the child themself become a silit, their re-tethered souls correcting their askew blueprints thanks to their unhallowed lineage.

-All siliti belong to the bloodline of one of the nine Archons, that being whomever their creator belonged. A silit’s bloodline can never be changed once they have been transformed from a descendant.
-Only full blooded humans, elves, orcs, or dwarves can become siliti. The rite of rebirth would fail whenever attempted on any other race or half breeds between the main four.
-Also excluded are those who might belong to the main four but whose body or bloodline has been drastically altered by the likes of magic, alchemy, and deific influence such as ‘Blessed Ones’, someone inhabiting artificially created bodies such as Klones or Machine Spirits, Kharajyr, and Ascended and their bloodlines warped by Aeriel’s influence.
-Siliti cannot produce children with one another. Children can be born of a silit and a descendant of that siliti’s initial race though must suffer one or more of the outlined congenital disorders.

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