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| Scientific Name: Kamiri shohobi antimonus |
| Classification: Humanoid |
| Avg. Height: 7’0″ (175cm) |
| Avg. Weight: 200 lbs (90kg) |
| Avg. Lifespan: 180 Years |
| Homeworld: Antimone |
| Native Language: Timonese |
The Timonae are an offshoot race of the Val Shohobian Mystics who gave up the “higher calling” and the heightened psionic gifts of the Mystics in favor of the pursuit of the here and now. They tend to live in the moment, and don’t place much value on material things. They cherish friendships – brief as they may be – and they wander from experience to experience, absorbing them. They also enjoy taking risks, so, it’s probably a good thing that they bill their latent psionic echoes as luck.
Timonae, like their Mystic brethren, have silver hair and olive skin (closer to brown than green). Their eyes are opalescent; that is, they have a uniform, lustrous sheen, and lack distinction between iris and pupil. Timonae usually have green or violet eyes. Partly contributing to their racial stereotype as rogues and pickpockets are the construction of their digits: they have four joints on each finger and toe rather than three, meaning longer and more dextrous fingers (and toes!).
Timonae culture is very individually deterministic, and has fewer inhibitions on sexuality – and most other things in general – than most other races, but this has a tendency to become fetishized by the non-Timonae observer. As with anything, just because you can do or be something does not mean you will.
Similarly hyperbolized are the stereotypes of the Timonae as thief and criminal. There is indeed bustling Timonae underworld – due in no small part to their homeworld’s status as a favorite stopover for Lord Fagin’s men – but there are also Timonae businessmen, poets, musicians, soldiers, and philosophers. The same seat-of-the-pants, high-risk attitude towards life that can mean high yields for a Timonese crook can also bring in profits for a lucky Timonae CEO, fame for a poet, or victory for a soldier.
Timonae religion (or what passes for it) is oriented around the concept of luck, as personified by the Lady. Much like a coin, the Lady has two faces: Lin and Maza, the personification of good and bad luck, respectively.