Unreviewed Dathomiri Zorren

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To make a unique subspecies that mixes Dathomiri influences and Zorren race.
• Image Credit: Commissioned artwork of an adult Aileni by ATC Illustrations and God of War concept art for Wulver found on the wiki page
• Canon: N/A
• Permissions: Permission granted here to make a subspecies.
• Links: Dreidi casting Magick to give protection to her son during her labour. Finding out there are going to be unknown consequences to such protection. Zorren submission.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Name: Dathomiri Zorren
• Designation: Sentient
• Origins: Dathomir
• Average Lifespan: 5,000
• Estimated Population: Unique
• Description: In humanoid Form: Appears almost human in appearances, with vibrant green eyes, pointed ears similar to normal Zorren as well as the sharp canines. He is a large imposing figure that stands taller than most people with enhanced raw physical strength and abilities.
  
  In Primal Form: He grows a further foot in height, his canine features are more prominent with his body transforming into a humanoid wolf being. His eyes burn a raging red, his strength increases drastically, claws extend from his fingers that can cut through durasteel. In this form, speech is near impossible.

PHYSICAL INFORMATION

• Breathes: Type 1
• Average Height of Adults: 7’4 or 2.24m in humanoid form, in primal form 8’4 or 2.54m
• Average Length of Adults: N/A
• Skin color: Pale White
• Hair color: Dark Brown
• Distinctions: In his humanoid form, Aileni appears mostly human, however his ears are longer with points and his eyes hold vibrant, mystical green colouring. He has sharp canines and coarse thick hair. Aileni is also incredibly tall and large in frame, achieving a big muscular frame with ease. Similar to the Zorren race, once his transformation into full Dathomiri Zorren, his aging drastically slowed down, his appetite increased and his physical capabilities as well as his sensory abilities were heightened.
  
  In his primal form, Aileni shifts into a canine, wolf-like in his appearance, with long sharp claws. Tougher skin, more hair on his body as well as growing taller. His physical abilities are increased as are his sensory abilities, however his mental abilities in this primal form are reduced as are his reasoning skills.
  
• Races: N/A
• Force Sensitivity: All

Strengths:

• His life is greatly extended meaning that the fear of death due to old age is something that Aileni does not consider
• The ability to shift into a primal form which increases his physical strength, senses, dexterity and has long, deadly claws and teeth.
• Superior strength and dexterity that is several times higher than the average humanoid allowing him to conduct superhuman feats of strength and acrobatic abilities.
• Heightened senses allow Aileni to track creatures, overhear conversations far away and locate people further than the average humanoid.
• Tougher skin in his primal form that makes basic weapons harder to leave lasting damage to his body in the primal form.
• Heightened regenerative abilities in both forms means that the Dathomiri Zorren can recover a lot faster than normal humanoids.

Weaknesses:

• In his primal form, Aileni loses reasoning, and mental acuity, meaning that his emotions and raw primal mentality lead his actions.
• The ability to control his shifting takes a great level of control and emotional maturity, which means there is a chance that Aileni might never be able to control when and how he acts when shifting.
• In his primal form, he is likely to be more reckless and endangering his life as well as the others around him since in this form he does not realise the risks that he faces.
• With heightened senses, he is more likely to suffer sensory overload and migraines due to information overload.
• Transforming back from his primal form to his humanoid form, Aileni suffers with great fatigue and needs to restore his stamina before he can transform again.

CULTURE

• Diet: Omnivore - He must maintain a high calorific diet. There is also a preference for meat, especially on the rarer side.
• Communication: He can speak through languages while in humanoid form, in primal form, language degrades to simplistic sentences and words with grunts and growls.
• Technology level: Galactic Standard
• Religion/Beliefs: Similar belief system to the Dathomirians.
• General behavior: Aileni’s behaviour shifts from peaceful, calm and content to agitated, restless and angry. This cycle in behaviour is due to the primal beast version of Aileni boiling his blood to trigger outbursts and transformations.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Facing the birth of her son, Dreidi Xeraic realised that there was a great number of dangers that posed her son. That there was a likelihood her son would be a Jedi someday and would be facing the Sith and other threats in the galaxy. This realisation scared her, it made her concerned for her child and wanting to protect him from such threats. She decided that to protect her child, Dreidi instinctively cast what she thought at the time was a protective charm on her son. What it turned out to be was a ritual of strengthening and enhancement of his physical form.

This ritual cast on Aileni held much more significant changes than any witch on Dathomir initially believed that it would. Once he entered puberty, Aileni began to shift in his mood, his temperament changed to an angrier and more aggressive person, and then his full shift into primal wolf-being reached its climax. This transformation was triggered by an outburst of emotions, while in this primal wolf-like form, Aileni could not recognise friend or foe. Falling into base instinctive mental acuity.

Since this first transformation, Aileni’s body physically changed, his height drastically increased, his physical abilities heightened and he developed increased sensory abilities. Dreidi recognised this as similar to the transformations she underwent as a Zorren, however, Aileni’s canine features seemed to be heightened to the extent that he could shift into a canine being when feeling highly emotional. A consequence of her ritual changing the Zorren blood in Aileni, and realising this, she adopted the term Dathomiri Zorren for Aileni.

It is the hope that his ability to shift forms will become a controllable method and that he will retain some rational thought once he controls the beast inside him.