
Overview
Artimesians(stormbirds) are an alien race that resides on the planet artimesia.
They’re a species in their diplomatic stages of society ruled by monarchs.
While the majority of the species population is present on their planet they’ve been sending out colonization parties to other planets for years.
Its common to find a few small hidden settlements on a few viable planets. Even on earth!
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There are four types of settlement populations you can choose to build from:
Integrated, domesticated, closed, and wild.
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The defining traits of artimesians are: humanoid shape reminiscent of harpies and gryphons of yore, tails from the backside, digitigrade legs, talons, pointy ears, slitted eyes, and a non biological system. The secret behind artimesian bodies is that they are more like a shell compared to other species. The main feature of their existence is the Core. the Core functions like a mix between the heart and the brain, a generator of energy that replenishes itself through the various things artimesians eat.

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Body types can vary
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However, lower leg areas will not gain weight but can be shorter or stockier for some.
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No strict gender presentation or binary
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Large toes and long legs. Generally, they tend to hop around unless it's a short distance.
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Shoulders tilt slightly downwards. -Arms are quite long as well. Allowing them to tilt forward and traverse on four legs if needed.
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Legs take up around 2/3rds of body height. Leading to many tall heights but still average-sized bodies.
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The beak is retractable and separated from the skull like a jaw.
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The lower jaw is made out of two parts split in the middle and is stabilized by the beak.
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-Slitted eyes, able to react to light. Having both tapeta lucida and a nictitating membrane.
Stormbirds started out as cellular mimics but have lost the flexibility over eons landing then in their new classification as a metamorphic mimic. In their cellular mimic days the main mimicry was those of meat cell and fungal organisms. In current day stormbird anatomy is a mix of both. Over the bones is a simplified set of muscles, the meat cell layer. These muscles and tendons create the main framework of their body structure. There's an array of both nerves and veins that are a part of both layers interwoven. The top layer of the body is a biopolymer network of hyphae. Think of fungal mycelium. The filament nature of the structure allows to to function as skin,muscle, and vein. The inner muscle framework works an an anchor and director to the mycelial layer. The mycelium holds a majority of digested nutrients and its the conversion spot for external attributes such as feathers and scutes
while being of the same species they are rather diverse in both ability and design. This is the result of the secret talent of artimesians. With their bodies being malleable to an extent they can regenerate when injured can grow back in many different ways. resulting in diversity of both lithe and quick to stocky and strong body types and features. While changing the form of their bodies comes more easily to them than other species, they need to consume more food in order to properly construct such changes and can sometimes react negatively to them.
The core is extremely sturdy and can withstand many environments and settings, yet, can be shattered under normal means of pressure such as the force of some strikes from a hammer. the body can be torn to shreds but if the 'Core' itself is not shattered they are still alive and can reform their body when the necessary materials are available.
Pronunciation:
art-i-mees-ian, storm-bird
Tagging:
#artimesianspecies #artimesians #stormbirdspecies #stormbirds
Rules
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Credit PeachJuice as species Creator when questioned or posted in a space where species is commonly discussed
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Take time to read the species info before creating or adopting one.
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You can design your own stormbirds! As many as you want! They are not limited to adopts only!
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You can design adopts using your own art.
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You are allowed to sell and trade away an original stormbird design or purchased adopt
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You can commission artwork/fursuits/writing/etc of your stormy!
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Raffles and auctions for stormbird designs are allowed
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Don't engage/depict your stormy in IRL racism or hate speech, including artwork and rps.
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Don't get/make NSFW artwork/content/writing of your stormy depicted as a child or feral animal
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You can (and are encouraged!) give your stormy their own backstories and lore!
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Stormies can be inserted into whatever universe or au you desire. They’re a spacefaring species [link lore page]
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Some design elements will be locked from public use for the time being as they are directly tied to the source story material. Please respect this.
FOR MINORS
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Don't lie about your age, and respect the content that has been filtered and tagged NSFW. if you do see it, I'd bet you're either purposefully dodging the warnings/tags, or an adult hasn't been filtering their NSFW properly.
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If an adult isn't filtering and you see something NSFW by accident, tell a moderator of the platform. But if you are worming into NSFW areas that have been CLEARLY LABELED and should be BLOCKED OUT for confirmed under 18 members, then you are in the wrong for doing so.
FOR ADULTS
Adults, if you draw NSFW art, always remember to have some profile/character filters and warnings in place.
ON NSFW CONTENT OF STORMBIRDS
I allow it to an extent. as long as you're not making anything illegal, and are not actively/knowingly showing it to minors and drawing minors I have no problems with it.
COMMERCIAL USE
if it's your own character or design I'm fine with it! however as a rule please don't make any set in the original material of the species. I have a fine-tuned web of how their world works. in other settings I don't mind!
THANK YOU FOR READING
here's the design guide! have fun!