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- Intent: To establish the Cholerkin as a Force-reactive, blood-tempered warrior-philosopher subspecies from Arakhan, Condoriah — designed for thematic RP involving psychic aggression, ritual dominance, and cultural alchemy.
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- Canon: N/A
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- Links: Codex Submission: Condoriah, Factory Submission: Godsblood crystals of Condoriah
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Name: Cholerkin (Arakhi)
- Designation: Sentient
- Origins: Condoriah (native to Arakhan)
- Average Lifespan: 70–110 standard years
- Estimated Population: Planetary (~55 million), concentrated in Arakhan’s volcanic mesas and ritual cities
- Description: The Cholerkin are a sharp-featured, intense-eyed subspecies of humans who have adapted to volcanic heat, ritual pain, and Force-reactive bloodtech. Known for their obsidian sclera, blood-channel tattoos, and psychotropic rites, they serve as alchemists, warriors, and soul-temperers of Condoriah.
PHYSICAL INFORMATION
- Breathes: Type I atmosphere
- Average Height of Adults: 1.85 meters
- Average Length of Adults: N/A
- Skin color: Ashen bronze, copper-red, coal-black, volcanic gray
- Hair color: Burnt orange, crimson, black, white-streaked
- Distinctions: Cholerkin are marked by complete black sclerae, often mistaken for cybernetics or Sith mutation. Their skin is laced with naturally occurring “blood-etches” — capillary scars that can glow faintly when experiencing strong emotion or channeling the Force. Their internal chemistry produces enhanced adrenaline cycles, heat resistance, and a heightened pain threshold.
Males tend toward larger musculature and heavier jawlines; females are more lithe, with stronger sensory feedback during Force trance states. Aging Cholerkin develop crystallized deposits beneath their skin, often harvested upon death as ceremonial inheritance. - Races: Scorchborn (lava-rite zealots), Ash-vein (philosopher-engineers), Vulkhaar Line (royal bloodline)
- Force Sensitivity: High — Many exhibit Force sensitivity naturally attuned to the dark side of the Force, focused on aggression, blood alchemy, and emotional resonance. Active power typically requires training through Arakhan’s rites or by Jedi/sith instruction.
Strengths:
- Blood-Alchemical Resilience — Enhanced pain resistance, emotional power conversion, and heat tolerance allow them to function in extreme conditions and sustain injuries longer than most humanoids
- Psychic Feedback Loop — Their emotions and pain can amplify certain Force powers (e.g., battle meditation, berserker trance, blood-sight), turning trauma into strength
Weaknesses:
- Emotionally Volatile — Prone to rage or obsession; psychic echoing may cause emotional contamination in Force sensitives nearby
- Physiologically Reactive — Exposure to Light Side healing or serenity-based Force effects can cause cellular instability, even seizures or memory lapses
CULTURE
- Diet: Omnivorous, often consuming flame-seared meat, mineral-rich tubers, fermented bloodwine, and hallucinogenic roots used in trial rites. Many foods offworld cause nausea due to their altered metabolism.
- Communication: Spoken Basic (harsh dialect), Bloodsign Cant (gesture-based language tied to rite and combat), and emotional projection through controlled Force resonance
- Technology level: Galactic Standard with unique alchemical and blood-tech innovations. They blend organic components with crystal-based systems, including blood-triggered locks, emotion-reactive weapons, and memory-encoded blades.
- Religion/Beliefs: Cholerkin follow the Path of the Hollow Star, which teaches that the soul is a vessel to be filled with worthy struggle, pain, and fire. They believe emotion is truth and treat blood as memory. Their throne rituals are tied to the Throne of the Hollow Star Nexus, which amplifies these spiritual expressions.
- General behavior: Cholerkin are confrontational, ceremonial, and honor-driven. They raise their young through ranked martial and emotional trials. Mates are chosen through combat, blood poetry, or forging challenges. Death is sacred — cremation is ritual, and blood is passed to the living via tattoos or relic weapons. They are diurnal, hyper-ritualistic, and view outsiders with wary respect if they prove strength.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Cholerkin evolved from early survivors of Arakhan’s volcanic crucibles and crystal storms. Proximity to raw Cholerite and the Throne of the Hollow Star caused a cascade of generational mutation, selectively favoring those who could metabolize pain into resilience and rage into strength. This gave rise to their modern psychic-blood doctrines.
They became the first to formalize blood-alchemy on Condoriah, distilling emotion into tools, armor, and technology. Their ritual wars shaped the early political map of Condoriah until the Tolling of the Second Age, when their inner conflicts threatened planetary collapse.
During the Unification War, Cholerkin warriors under Isidoro Vulkhaar brokered uneasy alliances with Ferran and Bodnar, using ritual duels to settle succession disputes. Though feared for their volatility, they were instrumental in sealing corrupted Rakatan relics with emotion-encoded inscriptions.
Now, the Cholerkin serve as the keepers of raw will — fierce, broken, brilliant. They remember with blood, dream with fire, and await the day the Hollow Star burns open again.