Races

Asyndi (Shar'Vaire and Quar'Vess Clans) - by T.A. Saunders ©1997 v3.7

Racial Articles Appearance

The Asyndi are a very tall and slender people (the tallest male being 7′ and the tallest female being 6'6″) with certain regal presence and other-worldliness about them. With the Quar'Vess, this manifests itself in much the same manner it did with their ancient Asyndi ancestors before the Falling, with a sort of angelic presence. With the Shar'Vaire, because of the demonic taint that has filtered into the Asyndi bloodline, this divine presence gives a more devilish presence. While Asyndi are very thin framed, this slightness of frame does not make them a fragile people as many who have faced a Shar'Vaire berserker in battle can attest. On an average they are not as physically strong as other races, save perhaps Elves, but make up for this with impressive agility and their unmatched cunning.

Albinism is also unknown amongst the Quar'Vess, but with the onset of demonic ancestry into the Shar'Vaire bloodline the extremely rare case exists. The most well known of these is the current sovereign of the Shar'Vaire, Chance Dur`lane I.

Asyndi can have a varied range in eye color, though Shar'Vaire tend to have black, red, orange and yellow eyes whereas Quar'Vess have more purples, blues, browns, hazel, greens and the like. There are no brown-eyed Shar'Vaire and no crimson-eyed Quar'Vess. The Asyndi also have a trait of faintly luminescent eyes, that reveal themselves in dark conditions, or when they are highly agitated, further revealing their once divine status. This light is the result of the magical energy interwoven into their very being; should this light ever fade from their gaze, it is a sure sign the Asyndi in question is soon to depart from this world.

The skin tone for the Quar'Vess is quite pale, nearly always but they can tan if they tend to be outdoors a lot. Shar'Vaire however darken as they get older, till reaching a near sackcloth black at the eldest of Shar'Vaire. Hair too tends to be varied in color with most Quar'Vess being either blonde, silver, various shades of brown or white-haired. Shar'Vaire conversely tend to have black, crimson or even wine-colored hair along with silver or white. As with the eyes, there are no brown-haired Shar'Vaire.

Both the Quar'Vess and the Shar'Vaire can live to be roughly 2,500 years old, however the rate of which they age is different than other slow-aging races. Between birth and twenty years, they age as quickly as humans do. Between twenty and thirty years, the aging process slows in half. Every ten years the aging process is slowed by a full half, so by the time they reach a venerable status, they'll likely still be fit enough to defend themselves.