[ACCEPTED] Unathi disabilities

[DekserBecauseILostMyAccoun]

Type (e.g. Planet, Faction, System): Fluff disabilities/disorders

Short Description: Adds Unathi disabilities, these include things in relation to claws, scales, frills and horn growth, eyes, albinism clarifications and tail-size changes. All are fluff.

How will this be reflected on-station?: Would make for interesting character additions, and explain some things about current characters. 

Does this addition do anything not achieved by what already exists?: Not that I know of, the wiki mentions albinism but it doesn't go TOO far into it.

Do you understand that the project may change over time in ways that you may not foresee once it is handed over to the Lore Team? Yes.

Long Description: (Less of a description, more what I have written at the moment.)

Minor disorders: Minor disorders are those that affect Unathi in very limited ways, both physically, mentally and culturally.

"Lsh'islasulu" sometimes shortened to "Lsh disorder" is a very rare scale disability affecting very few Unathi, the disorder is poorly studied because of its lacking negative affects and extreme rarity. When suffering from Lsh disorder, Unathi will lose their dead scale cells through a painful peeling process, rather than sporadically. A Unathi suffering from the disorder will need to painfully peel their scales off once or twice a month in droves. The disability is caused by increased cell death, scale cells will die rapidly for no apparent reason. Luckily this process only causes pain and increased susceptibility to the cold, not causing any damage or making the scales much weaker in terms of durability. Further information is lacking due to little research preformed.

"Kaasilik" is a famously known yet equally rare disorder inflicting unique symptoms. Those suffering from Kaasilik lack any growth of frills, hoods, horns or any other structure on the head or face. While labled a disorder, those affected by it suffer no physical drawbacks and are believed to be the result of a genetic lottery in which generations of couples between Unathi with certain horn or frill growth reproduce. While typically undamaging to the Unathi physically, it can make identifying them from another suffering Kaasil incredibly difficult. Children of these Unathi will likely have very small or limited frill and horn growth, it is unlikely they will suffer the same disorder.

Medium disorders: Medium disorders typically affect Unathi in a negative way with few arguable pros and usually a societal impact of some sort.

"U'ehas" roughly translated to "Dilated pupil" is a disorder roughly estimated to be affecting 0.5% of all Unathi. U'ehas causes the eye pupil, which is typically always slit, to be dilated into an oval shape, unable to expand or shrink. This causes several issues, preventing the eyes ability to adjust to a different lighting, causing near-sightedness and in extreme cases, even total blindness. The dilation is caused by a issue during embryo development, where the eye pupil for whatever reason develops dilated to adjust to a non-existent lighting change, the eye never un-dilates. This disorder is famously studied as there is little understood on why this happens. Most believing it is caused by a spiritual interaction, Unathi suffering the disorder face little discrimination and some even sympathy or congratulations depending on the culture.

"Raek'ssk" translating directly to "Blunted spirit" is an uncommon disability affecting an estimated 4% of Unathi. The disorder completely stops all claw growth on the hands and feet, leaving those affected almost completely defenseless when unarmed. Those who suffer Raek'ssk have the dead keratin cells that would have typically made up the claws, sporadically shed with scales. Leaving behind tiny, blunt stumps at the ends of fingertips. It is believed to be genetic, with the effects occurring roughly once every two generations. Fortunately, in 2460, Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals developed a remedy as an off-shoot of horn gel, it would recreate the claws with calcium rather than keratin. While slightly less durable and unable to grow back, these claws function just as well as keratin in combat.

Major disorders: Major disorders affecting Unathi are typically disorders that severely affect them on a physical or societal level.

"Albinosm" or Zis'lak, caused by a general lack of pigment in the scales, can appear in two states. Partial albinism and total albinism. Partial albinosm causes the scales appear much brighter and usually have a tint of white, this is because one or two pigments are lacking in the scale color. Total albinism in Unathi makes the scales appear totally white, sometimes with a minor tint of green, red or sand/orange, caused by a total lack of pigment. Albinism in Unathi can also cause a unique shift in eye color, while typical for Unathi to have colors like orange, red or green, albinism can shift the eye color to an unusual violet. This is due to a lack of eye pigment combined with the light refraction off of the blood vessels within the eye. Unathi that suffer from total albinosm usually remain away from sunlight as their sensitive scales provide little to no UV protection and put them at risk of burns. Total albino Unathi are also often seen as a bad omen at birth and as such those within the Hegemony's lower populated areas are often banished from their clan or in extreme circumstances, even labeled Guwan. It should be noted that azure colored Unathi cannot be albino.

"Illiz" is a disorder appearing in two states with a wide variety of recorded variation. The disability details highly irregular tail size, this can include tails the size of a finger or tails so long they become a tripping hazard. The former being nicknamed, "Hasik." Unathi affected by Hasik typically suffer when sprinting, their short tails also prevent fat storage, which results in the fat being stored elsewhere like the arms, thighs and lower body. The latter mentioned state of Illiz, nicknamed "Hasil" is the complete opposite. Those affected by Hasil find their tails reaching lengths of up to 6 feet long. Hasil includes similar issues as Hasik, most notably that it also negatively affects balance. Those with longer tails struggle to sprint, carrying the weight of such a large tail. Though as a benefit, it does allow them to consume more food. Culturally, Those suffering Hasik are viewed as pathetic and as cowards, while those with longer tails are viewed honorable and typically a noble. It should be noted that very few nobles have been documented suffering Hasik, while many, using plastic surgery, increase the size of their tails to mimick Hasil.

Most of these are un-reviewed by anyone other than myself. Open to suggestion, edits or anything else.

 

EDITS: WHOOPS THERE WAS GUIDELINES I DIDNT READ

Edited April 7, 2022 by Haydizzle
Accepted

[Alberyk]

Follow the format, please.

[Captain Gecko]

OKAY. It's been... Way too long and we're sorry about that. BUT, better later than never, yes? Hopefully? Anyways...

 

The team agrees, these are some interesting proposals, and as far as I go, I do enjoy the idea to actually dedicate a space on the wiki to disabilities and such... Anything to help create and flash out characters, all the while enriching the lore is always good! However, because there's a however, we're not so sure about some of the finer details.

Thus, we will see about implementing it, but not without checking and perhaps tweaking and changing a few things first. In any case, your application is highly appreciated! Thanks! And sorry again for the VERY late response!