Phoenix
Engineered by the Pelted during their experimental phase earlier in the Alliance's history.
Vital Statistics (At a Glance)
Pronounced like the human word (fee nihcks). Singular is Phoenix. Possessive is Phoenixae. Plural is Phoenix.
- Species Type: Mammalian, Third Generation Pelted
- Origin: Engineered
- Frame Type: Bipedal Winged
- Average Height: tall
- Average Lifespan: longish
- Gravity Preference: light
- Homeworld: Phoenix-Next
- Native Language: they ululate but I don't know if it's a formal language
Appearance and Physiology
Appearance
General stuff here about what they look like, faces, hands, feet, eyes. Colorations.
Physiology
Society
Member of what nations here. Information about colony worlds here.
Stereotypes
Common Family Structures
Religions
The Eye of the Center of the Void is the Phoenixae major religion, which is almost more of a philosophy. It states that the object of every Phoenix's life is What Must Be Done, a mission granted to them by the Eye in the Center of the Void. The Eye sends them to this life (their only life) to discover this purpose and fulfill it; only this way can a Phoenix, on death, take his or her place with the Eye in The Where Beyond Chaos. Failure results in Dissolution; Phoenix believe that the remains of one's soul are used to craft the next people who will attempt that mission.
Only communion with the Eye reveals one's life mission, and this communion can only be sustained via detachment, so that one can see clearly; they call this detachment Stillness. People who are awash in emotion and attachment are clouded and cannot see or be seen by the Eye.
Because What Must Be Done evolves based on one's success at its pursuit, a Phoenix practices detachment as a matter of course. Most people credit the famed Phoenixae serenity to this practice.
(Stuff on Eye-Training here)