The Bimorae Core's name is based on the Albanian word bimore, meaning plant. As such this court is populated by plant folk.
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What happened after the Split
After the split the Insect fey took over a collection of western sky islands. They separated into groups based on their connection features and established communities in a few different biomes.
The original Bimorae fey had less defined features. The old Bimorae were a lot more humanoid basically only having a few wooden parts such as antlers and leaf hair.
As the old fey separated into biomes that better suited their Overworld connection they slowly evolved to better suit their environment. The innate magic of the Wilds influenced the fey to become smaller and gain more extreme features and abilities.
At the same time in the overworld the fey left behind followed a similar line of evolution but the lack of innate magic made their evolution less extreme while they also lost the abilities granted by their experimental biology and link further with their overworld plant until they are one. These fey become dryads.
Landscape and biomes
The Bimorae Core is a warm to hot environment of floating sky islands and each fey here is inspired by an over-world tree species. Because of this, biomes pretty closely meet individual's requirements. There are 3 main biomes in the Bimorae core, warm redwood forests, Moderate meadows, and burning savanna/ badlands.
Redwood Forests
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Meadows
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Savanna
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The 3 fey species
Albre Court
Galus Court
Catcu'teae Court
Each species has unique features, abilities, colours and personalities.
Consistent traits
Maturity Stages:
First, the sprout stage, equivalent to human babies to toddlers, which lasts 3 years.
Second, the sapling stage which lasts 15 years. All specimens make their overworld connection by this point.
Third, the adolescent/ young tree stage which lasts 10 years.
The final stage is maturity or adulthood, fey do not die of old age and Bimorae fey continue to grow so the largest are the oldest.
All Bimorae fey are connected to a plant in the overworld.
Different traits
Society and culture, each court has its own social structure and governing bodies.
Ability, each fey type has a different power.
Colour Pallets.
Personality, each court has one of three standard personality traits.
Albre Court
Community and features
Mating practices and community:
The social dynamic of Albre fey is that of a shy, individualist and elusive tree folk, they supply the wood across the various cores. They procreate ace sexually through vegetative propagation, where parents sprout offspring through in ground propagation. They like to hear stories of other worlds and cores and keep track of foreign information. Albre is led by a committee of elders but the fey live alone.
Values:
Knowledge
Primary export:
Wood
Colours and patterns:
Albre fey can be coloured in different tree and leaf colours and body patterns. Their patterns and colours are normally based on the overworld tree they are connected to. (The example fey is connected to an oak tree and shares its colours)
Features:
Albre fey are characterised by their wood-like skin, wooden features such as branch like antlers, leaf hair. Albre fey are the largest fey.
Personality:
Albre fey have the shy personality trait. Shy courts tend to occupy more shaded or naturally hidden biomes and will most likely hide in the shadows observing outsiders warily. It is very unlikely that they can be found if they do not want to be. As such, it is only when they have determined people are safe that they will approach them.
Ability:
Albre fey have the unique ability to control and grow plants. These fey utilise this power to grow wood to supply to other cores, grow walls and defences when needed.
Inspiration:
Albre fey are inspired by dryads and tree ents.
Albre
The Forest Homes
The Albre court occupies a few sky islands covered in tall redwood forests. Most Albre fey live in their own cottages/houses around the forests.
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Galus Court
Community and features
Mating practices and community:
Galus fey are a feminine to androgenous fey type, these fey have open relationships and reproduce through pollination. The social dynamic of Galus fey is that of super welcoming people who live in small villages and towns. The Galus fey's leaders are chosen through a pageant style election. These fey have the strongest connection to the chaos magic of the wilds. they channel this to create magic items and potions.
Value:
Beauty
Primary Export:
Potion and magic items
Colours and patterns:
Galus fey can have many different bright and vibrant colour combinations and body patterns, but their patterns and colours are normally based on the overworld Flower they are connected to. (The example fey is connected to an orange cosmos, this specimen has its the patterns and colours of the cosmos.)
Features:
Galus fey are characterised by their petals surrounding their face in a halo and over their bodies. Their bodies have the texture of the flower's plant.
Personality:
Galus fey have the social personality trait. Social courts are generally more happy and friendly, they are more likely to share and socialise with both humanoids and members of other courts. They are also the easiest of the courts to find and negotiate with, but they are often tricksters looking for a laugh so be caution around their eagerness. Galus like to share their magic with travellers and trade for foreign items.
Ability:
Galus fey have the unique ability of charm and pheromone manipulation. They use these abilities to sometimes manipulate people to get their way. They can also charm people for their favour and as such they appear very charismatic. Unlike some forms of charm, unless you know of their ability, people cannot tell that they have been charmed.
Inspiration:
Galus fey are inspired by plant faires and the flowers in Alice in Wonderland.
Galus
The Villages
The Galus court occupies a collection of islands covered in meadows. Most Galus fey live in small villages of creative individuals and potion makers.
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Catcu'teae Court
Community and features
Mating practices and community:
Catcu'teae fey are androgenous and genderless fey.
The social dynamic of Catcu'teae fey is that of individual nomads traveling across the savanna. They reproduce through a process similar to mitosis where one specimen grows until it splits into two. These are the only Bimorae fey who don't follow the maturing patterns of the others.
Value:
Resilience
Primary export:
Gold and metal smelting (tools and weapons)
Colours and patterns:
Catcu'teae fey can be coloured in shades of green, blue and occasionally yellow with various body patterns. Their patterns and colours are normally based on the overworld succulent they are connected to. (The example fey is connected to a prickly pear cactus, this specimen colours and patterns based on their cactus.)
Features:
Catcu'teae fey are characterised by their prickly textures and spikes as well as fruit like accessories and multiple limbs with clublike hands.
Personality:
Catcu'teae fey have the Aggressive personality trait. Aggressive courts often have a large a military or guard and are very confrontational, as such visitors to these courts should be cautions as fey here will likely attack with little to no provocation. They are more likely to be malicious and have the most advanced weaponry.
Ability:
Catcu'teae have the unique ability of natural weapons and spike growths. Their natural weapons are their spiked clublike hands, and they can summon spikes in combat.
Catcu'teae
The Nomads
The Catcu'teae court, occupies a collection of hot savanna islands. Most Catcu'teae fey live alone or in small groups traveling across the badlands in caravans with their smelting equipment.
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Other Creatures
Many other animals and creatures populate this core.
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