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Introduction
Welcome to planet Crystiara, home to the race of the Crystari, humanoids with bodies made out of gems. Most of the Crystari are just regular basic Quartzes, but some of them have a strong connection to a force coming from the core of the planet that grants them supernatural powers like telekinesis, flying, control over the elements, and so on. Those are known as the Guardian Gems, protectors of peace and order in the world of these gem-folk. For ages, their greatest adversaries have been petty thieves, gangs, the occasional rogue Guardian... but soon, a new threat will arise, and the Guardians will have to face it, for the good of the whole planet.
The Crystari
At first glance, it might be hard to tell a Crystari apart from a human - visually they're just about the same. However, the devil is in the details. For example, their hair and eyes tend to have more of a shimmer to them. Their skin is smoother but also firmer. Inside, they don't have much in the way of organs - they don't really need to eat, drink, or breathe, only sleep. They also don't have any blood inside, only solid crystal. When they're wounded, their body cracks and crumbles instead of being sliced and bruised. The main quirk of their anatomy is that the only important organ they have is the Core, located where a human's heart would be. As long as that stays intact, the Crystari is fine - their body, the protective shell, will regenerate while the Core sleeps. Even losing a limb or two is easily recoverable, though it would take weeks without assistance.
Another curiosity of the Crystari is how they don't really have biological sex. Although romance is not an alien concept to them, they don't actually reproduce between each other, new Crystari are just spawned as Cores from the core of the planet... although that rarely happens, since none of them really physically age or die of old age... and the core of the planet almost seems like a sentient being, knowing not to overpopulate the world. Because there's no sex, the concept of gender also doesn't really function, although the Crystari can choose their appearance, to look as masculine, feminine, or androgynous, as they want.
One of the Crystari
Planet Crystiara
As might be expected from the name of the place, Crystiara is a planet where crystals and gems play a significant role, not only as the main inhabitants. They also dot the landscape of the place, not to mention the Crystari build houses out of them. Ironically, even though to us, they'd be precious gems, to the inhabitants of Crystiara they are like wood or stone, just another common resource they have easily available everywhere. The crystals are not the only thing on the planet, though, of course. The world is actually not that dissimilar to our own, with lush forests full of trees, snowy peaks, hot deserts, all that you could expect from a planet where life would thrive. Actually, save for the absence of humans, the ecosystem is pretty much 1:1 the one we know. Luckily for the local fauna, the Crystari tend not to interfere with it, having little need to hunt animals, not needing food to survive.
The Crystari have settlements - from big cities to small villages - all over Crystiara, in all of its environments. Some of the most notable ones are the hub town of Crest, the forever covered in white city of Snowpoint, Woodscrown hidden among the trees, evergreen city of Amist, the port town of Seagate, the desert town of Vayskr, and of course the dazzling capital, Illumina, where the Guardians have their main headquarters.
Looming Danger
The Crystari actually aren't the first species to live on Crystiara. Before them, there was another race, the Ethians. Little is known about them - what they looked like, what their culture was like, what customs they had. The only remnants of their civilization are a few crumbling ruins, which will be lost to time soon enough. However, one thing that was very clearly recorded, was the reason for the Ethians' extinction - The Blight. It came out of nowhere, a strange unknown... thing. It's hard to tell if it was some creature, some virus, or something else entirely, but it swept through the populations of Ethians, completely wiping them out. The existence of the Blight is something only the Guardians are aware of, and not even all of them. Being prepared for the potential return of the Blight, is one of the goals of the Guardians.
As you might expect, that return soon won't be just a potential, but a sad and horrifying reality. But, that is what you're here for... remember your training, Guardian. You'll need it.
Final Notes
To briefly summarize what you just read: in this RP, you will take on the role of a Guardian Crystal, having to deal with the civilization-threatening crisis that is the Blight. The idea is for the characters to each be one of gems existing in real life, and the possibilities are near limitless - ruby, sapphire, emerald, amethyst, diamond, obsidian, topaz, opal, lapis lazuli, all sorts of quartz (it's only the regular, basic quartz that doesn't have powers, rainbow quartz or rose quartz can still be characters), agate, citrine, etc... you have plenty to choose from. The setting is for a book I'm planning to write, and this RP is admittedly a bit of a test run of it, and an attempt to see if it's interesting, and also a bit of an opportunity to flesh it out a little more. Also, any similarities to Steven Universe and/or Houseki no Kuni are absolutely not coincidental, I just really like the concept of gem people a lot.
OOC Discord link: [Will be made once there's some interest]
Character Sheets: [Will be made once there's some interest]
In-Character: [Will be made if the RP takes off]
Character Sheets: [Will be made once there's some interest]
In-Character: [Will be made if the RP takes off]
