General Information
Lore Created by Dragon Da Silva
Written and Edited by Mel
Luminïs are a species of dark colored, skinny, feline-like creatures with glowing horns, wings, and various body patterns. They can stand upright or walk on four legs depending on their preference.
All luminïs’s are conceived within the multiverse's center. They are the multiverse’s way of mitigating damage caused by disturbances or imbalances that arise when a universe falls off course or is damaged. Luminïs often do not gain sentience until they successfully fix the imbalance they were created to mend.
Luminïs have universal traits and abilities that define them as Luminïs. Many traits of a Luminïs serve a specific purpose. You can see these traits and their purposes below.
General Species Traits:
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2-4 glowing horns found on the head
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Wings
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Dark fur
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An outlet found floating on the chest, often depicting a computer-related symbol
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Heterochromia
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Glowing markings under the eyes
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Glowing paw pads
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Wings
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A sickly skinny physical appearance
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A mane that always grows along the back or around the neck
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A long tail (unless the tail was damaged)
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A regular form and a rage form
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Additional glowing traits (claws, fur, additional markings, etc)
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Posable thumbs on both their front and hind paws
The glowing colors on Luminïs represent the various personalities and energies a Luminïs has. An example would be when a Luminïs's energy is specifically used for destruction or aggression, Its colors may switch to a reddish hue. The different colors on a Luminïs also represent the different energies the Luminïs may be using for a task or for in combat.
The horns on a Luminïs are responsible for storing energy whilst in battle for quick use and extra strong attacks. The more horns a Luminïs has, the more energy they can store for short term use.
Luminïs have no internal organs. Their bodies are simply conduits for multiversal energy, so they do not need most of the inner structure that we would traditionally look for in a living entity. Instead of organs, there is a semi-sentient black mass within every Luminïs which acts as a Luminïs's immune system. It is responsible for healing more serious wounds and completely eradicating anything that is ingested, from existence.
Luminïs can taste and eat food, but they do not need to do so to survive. They do have bone-like structures in their bodies to withhold their physical shape, but they act more like a massive jigsaw puzzle. If a bone breaks or becomes dislocated, a Luminïs can just snap it back into place and continue like nothing happened.
The Luminïs’s outlet is its only source of life. Being made up of, and having chaotic cosmic energy constantly flowing through it's body, makes a Luminïs fairly unstable. This is why all Luminïs have an outlet right above their chest. A Luminïs outlet functions as the filter for all the corruption found within the multiversal energy that makes up their bodies. It is responsible for dispelling harmful energies and constantly keeping all energy within the Luminïs flowing smoothly throughout the body.
If a Luminïs’s outlet is damaged, it cannot be repaired. Damaging an outlet will permanently weaken a Luminïs and make them more susceptible to their energy overstressing the body during combat. If a Luminïs’s outlet is destroyed, it dies.
Sometimes, when there is too much corruption within the energy being used, the outlet will transfer the corruption it can’t filter into the limbs of a Luminïs. This causes physical side effects that will eventually kill the Luminïs if not resolved. These side effects can be healed by abstaining from energy usage for a period of time after usage. The most common physical manifestation of this corruption is cracks or ooze on a Luminïs’s arms. If these cracks reach the eyes of a Luminïs, they will ultimately perish.
A Luminïs can only die from the destruction of their outlet or if they are mortally injured by another Luminïs. Two Luminïs encountering one another is an extremely rare and possibly multiverse-ending occurrence. Multiversal disturbances that warrant the creation of a Luminïs are rare enough, let alone two happening in a close enough vicinity for two Luminïs to inhabit the same multiverse.
A Luminïs uses up so much energy simply by existing, that if two were to form in the same multiverse, it would cause the multiverse to lack energy and become unstable. If not remedied, the reduced energy could cause a multiversal collapse. This is why many Luminïs try to kill one another when they come into contact.
There are some exceptions to this rule, such as if two Luminïs were formed from the same multiversal disturbance. Twin Luminïs are two halves of the same whole, having been spliced into two during conception, and would both share half of the energy output created from the disturbance. This means there is no excess energy in the multiverse, which makes it safe for them to be in close proximity to one another.
There are some instances of two separate Luminïs being able to inhabit one multiverse together, but it is not common, as most multiverses would collapse eventually due to the stress. The multiverse they both inhabited would be at perpetual risk of collapse unless they found a way to manage the issue. They could also decide to let their personal multiverse collapse in favor of holding the company of another Luminïs.
Subtypes, and Traits
Luminïs come in two different varieties: Alpha Luminïs and standard Luminïs. While they both serve similar multiversal functions and may look similar physically, they are quite different from one another ability and strength wise.
Standard Luminïs
The most common form of Luminïs. Formed from the irregular influx of energy created from a multiversal disturbance. They are responsible for fixing the imbalance or disturbance that created them.
You can identify a standard Luminïs by these traits that are specific to them:
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Limited to two horns
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Gradient colored wings
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Limited access to different energies
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8 canine teeth.
Alpha Luminïs
A rarer form of Luminïs. Formed similarly to standard Luminïs, but require an extremely high influx of energy during conception. The multiversal imbalance that creates them would have to be cataclysmic to create enough energy for them to form.
Standard Luminïs can become an Alpha if they suddenly receive a high influx of energy after conception, though the phenomenon is exceptionally rare.
Alpha Luminïs are much stronger than standard Luminïs, and have a wider range of magical abilities at their disposal. Alphas can harness multiversal energies, but can also learn to harness other energies as well. Harnessing these energies can lead to negative side effects for the Luminïs, often manifesting in physical forms such as the cracks seen on Dragön’s arms or acidic ooze, as mentioned earlier.
You can identify an Alpha Luminïs by these traits that are specific to them:
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Four horns instead of the standard two
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Wings with alternate colors, unlike the standard gradient (Alpha Luminïs can also have gradient wings)
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10 canine teeth (including tusks) which are larger than their standard counterparts
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Tusks, most commonly found located on the back corners of the mouth
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Spikes that appear when they are in their rage form along their spine.