Once masters of the desert, now scavengers among ruins: the Demarian spirit endures.

Welcome, storyteller! This guide will help you understand the Demarians of OtherSpace – and inspire you to bring one to life in 2825.

🐆 Who Are the Demarians?

Species: Feline-like humanoids, built for speed, power, and survival.
Origin: Demaria – once a proud desert world of vast cities, now a struggling wasteland.
Culture: Ancient traditions, warrior codes, honor-bound clans, and a love for luxurious living when possible. Their first name is generally based on a physical feature or an aspect of their personality. Their last name is the noble house from which they are descended or the Rite Name they are allowed to choose after surviving their trial upon reaching adulthood.
History:
- Thrived under a structured, hierarchical society: nobles, warriors, merchants, commoners.
- Celebrated their physical prowess, craftsmanship, and deep family ties.
- Suffered deeply when the plague struck – Demaria was devastated. The survivors cling to the shreds of their old greatness.

⚔️ What Defines a Demarian?

Pride: Even in ruin, Demarians carry themselves with dignity. Pride is survival.
Tradition: Many cling to the old ways: family lineages, honor codes, ancient ceremonies, even if the structures around them are gone.
Physicality: Agile, powerful, sharp-eyed, survivalists and warriors by instinct and training.
Luxury and Beauty: Before the Collapse, Demarians loved fine food, rich fabrics, intricate jewelry. Even now, they try to reclaim little fragments of beauty from the ashes.
Cunning: When strength isn’t enough, Demarians fall back on patience, politics, and cleverness.

A Scattered People: Demaria is still inhabited, but it’s scarred and half-forgotten. Many Demarians now roam the galaxy: traders, mercenaries, diplomats, scavengers, bounty hunters.
Lost Nobility: Titles mean little off-world, but some cling to old family honors even when they’re living in cargo bays or starship ghettos.
New Traditions: Some younger Demarians believe survival demands change: adapting the old codes to the new realities of a harsher galaxy.
Grief and Fire: Demarians feel the weight of what was lost, and burn with the desire to reclaim something of it, even if it’s only a story, a song, or a blade handed down through generations.

Survival vs. Pride: How much can you lose before you lose yourself?
Honor in a Broken Galaxy: Can the old codes still mean something when everything else has fallen?
Family Legacy: Are you trying to live up to the memory of your ancestors – or escape it?
Adapting or Preserving: Do you cling to old traditions, forge new ones, or blend both?

A noble’s heir turned wandering bounty hunter, wearing a tattered but meticulously polished family crest.
A desert poet traveling the stars, carrying songs of fallen Demaria to any who will listen.
A merchant-trader hawking salvaged relics of the old world – and hiding a sharper edge behind a charming smile.
A former warrior monk struggling to teach the “old ways” to a younger generation who barely care about tradition.

They aren’t just fighters. Demarians have rich artistic, diplomatic, and intellectual traditions too.
They aren’t relics. Demarians evolve – some cling to the past, but others blaze new trails.
They aren’t isolationists. Many Demarians have adapted to life among humans, Nall, and other species.
They aren’t emotionless. Beneath the dignity and discipline, Demarians feel deeply – anger, love, sorrow, hope.

Playing a Demarian means carrying the pride of a broken world, whether you fight to rebuild it, reimagine it, or simply honor it with your life.

You are the flame that refuses to go out.