Creature System
When writing content for Avilium, we generally try to avoid using terms like Human, Angel, Elf, Naga, Gnome, Kitsune, Hobbit, Oni, or any other widely known fictional races and creatures. While we may design characters that could fall in line with some of these classic races based on features or power sets, in order to avoid confusion between creators and canonical misalignments, we have opted to define every race carefully within our own lore.
Civ Races
Civilized creatures capable of the conscious development of their language, military, economy, industry, science, agriculture, and/or government. The term "Civ" is often used by in-universe characters as a colloquialism of sorts. We'll be using the same term in this wiki. Civs are separated into races. A race is differentiated by the physical traits most commonly shared by a group of peoples with similar origins; in most cases that origin is their home planet.
Races can be narrowed down further into Ethnicities, Tribes, and Clans as defined by unique locations, cultural practices, and/or more specific physical traits. At this point in time, there are only a handful of defined races, ethnicities, tribes, and clans to select from when it comes to character creation:
Effectively the 'humans' of the universe. They originate from the planet of Chiera and rely heavily on Tech for their day-to-day lives. Once the Chieran people achieved interstellar travel, they quickly began colonizing any planets that were inhabitable. Because of this, Chierans are very spread out throughout the galaxy and Chieran culture has been known to vary drastically from planet to planet.
Maleida
Maleida are the creatures who are born in and inhabit the Maleidic Realm. These creatures are born when lost souls are corrupted by Maleidic Madness and are driven to consume other souls. The madness worsens as their memories meld with the memories of their meals. These souls eventually utilize the Corrupted Myst of the Maleidic realm in combination with their newly developed and twisted self-image to develop distorted and terrifying physical vessels to use as new bodies. Despite the random nature of their creation, there is evidence that certain types of Maleida are generally recurring but no data exists to explain why certain Maleida have consistently similar bodies.
Mysterva
Within the Avilium Universe, the term "Mysterva" refers to any creature that is brought into existence via Myst. Some Mysterva, though not all, are capable of communication and higher intelligence. Mysterva are generally split into three categories: Summoned, Spawned, Maleidic.
Generally speaking, Mysterva do not require any sustenance to live outside of the Myst that exist naturally around them or the energy of their summoners.
Summoned Mysterva are creatures born through the use of intentional Myst Manipulation in order to give shape to a living being tied to the creator's own Myst. Summoned Mysterva and their creators always know where the other is with a range limited only by the creator's own Myst Affinity.
The process to create a Summoned Mysterva, otherwise known as Summoning, can come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Factors such as number of summoners, their mindset, objects used, rituals used, and location can all affect the final result of the Mysterva in regards to their appearance, size, abilities, and intelligence.
While a summoner's Myst Affinity can affect the capabilities of the Mysterva, their Myst Control defines how much say they have over the final product. If summoners have poor Myst Control either individually or collectively when performing a summoning, they run a high risk of summoning a Maleidic Mysterva.