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Description
Standing between eight and twelve feet in height and weighing upwards of ten tons, these inorganic bipedal creatures command an imposing presence. Each rock segment is attached to the next by millions of platinum-colored filaments, somehow allowing them full freedom of movement. Two large, glowing eyes peer out of their head-like appendage, ranging between lemon yellow and an amber-green, but typically an electric chartreuse. While typically having two locomotive limbs, two manipulative limbs, and one sensory appendage, some lines stray from this. At their center is a human head-sized stone called a lifestone that glows the same color as their eyes, and seems to have strong telekinetic and electromagnetic abilities. It connects to billions of tiny white-silver filaments which seem to act both as muscles and a crude nervous system. It is able to sense its environment via a sort of electromagnetic radar from its ‘eyes’, allowing it to sense minute shifts and eddies in the electromagnetic spectrum within a few hundred feet, barring the blocking of extremely insulating substances. They speak via a group of specialized filaments in the neck joint, which vibrate like a stringed instrument when an electric current is run through them. Young or small Drrhaan might sound like a cello, while most adults sound like a bass or even lower.
Drrrn(in G# minor)
Covered in turgid acid and lightning storms, thousands of active volcanoes, toxic mists and acidic lakes, the Drrhaan's home planet has a very high magnetic signature, and temperatures of 100-200F. Organic life seems limited to bacteria, fungi, basic insects and lichens.
Society
Drrhaan live in tight-knit communities of up to ten thousand, and observe daily purification rituals to stay polarized. Society revolves around immersion pools, eroded hollows in the rocky surface the size of a pond. These are filled with mineralized water and stocked with photosynthetic bacteria that emit a strong electrical current. During daylight hours, the Drrhaan immerse themselves in these pools, gaining electrolyzed minerals as well as recharging their lifestones. External lifestones are also left in these pools until needed.
Mrrriti
An elite band of Drrhaan dedicated to the protection of their community, and occasionally, important individuals. They are heavily trained in martial arts and in the use of the Knntus, a volcanic steel polearm featuring a hammer, a pick and a spear point. Advanced Mrrriti are actually able to channel an electric current through the weapon, and use electromagnetism to either attract or repel other such weapons. Their main opponents tend to be the Depolarized, a group of lawless barbarians.
Depolarized
About ten percent of Drrhaan are ‘Depolarized’, a group of nomadic barbarians. They live in small groups of five to fifteen, and follow the seasonal lightning storms around the continent. They can be distinguished by their polished stone segments (as opposed to the societal Drrhaan's craggy exterior), a size of seven to ten feet, and their wild, violent demeanors. It is believed that this madness is somehow an intrinsic byproduct of their removal from balancing ceremonies, and their electromagnetic signature begins to become ragged. Depolarized Drrhaan are despised by their more civilized counterparts, as the Depolarized are known to raid civilized settlements to steal supplies and lifestones.
Technology
Drrhaan technology is very basic, but what they do have is extremely well-made. They possess volcano-forged steel tools and weapons, lichen weaving to keep the acid rain off, basic oil refinement, glassmaking, and 1800's-level chemistry.