I watched Citadel over the weekend. It is a short series on Amazon Prime and the premise is that a nice family man finds out he used to be a spy. It is played straight, serious, and violent, without being bloody or overly violent. By action movie standards. The characters are compelling, the story interesting, and I can’t stop thinking about it after finishing the series. It is an excellent series and I suggest giving it a look if you can.
An Arnam can be hard to recognize in summer due to their colorful outfits, especially at night when their skin blends into the darkness. But in wintertime on most human worlds, they are usually much easier to see. Their bodies are designed to swim down into the coldest, deepest parts of lakes or oceans without needing extra insulation, and surface temperatures below zero don’t bother them at all. They will wear the same frilly dress or light business suit in the depths of a dark winter night in the middle of a blizzard as they will on a sunny summer day. They don’t need insulated coats or gloves. And their brightly-colored clothes stand out when everything around them is some shade of white snow.
The fashion designer is probably the most common and most respected Arnam profession on human-settled worlds. And since Arnam eyes can see wavelengths no natural eye can detect, they love to show off colors all over the light spectrum. And they love to accessorize. They wear fancy shades, hats, dresses, trenchoats, scarves, frills of all kinds, and anything else they can find. Anything fun, glamorous, or amazing is always something they want to wear. It is all decoration to them, and they decorate their bodies with wild abandon.
Most Arnam who live near other humans are the most fashion-conscious people on any world. Very few of those who live under water actually own anything other than skinsuits, but some own houses on land to hold their clothes. And every town near a major Arnam settlement has a visitor center on the shore Arnam can swim up into that is filled with clothing ready to rent for a day or night on the town. And because Arnam love colors of all kinds, they are some of the most garish outfits ever seen. The wilder the better, and the Arnam have a love affair with bright neon colors. They have created some of the craziest color combinations known to man, and they are always looking for something new. Something bold. Something fresh.
The Arnam have a similar aversion to conflict as the Peloran, and prefer to spend their days having fun. They prefer cool, wet environments with plenty of lakes, like Northern Minnesota and other similar climates. Many Arnam never wear clothing of any kind, since their tough, hairless skin knifes through water as good as any skinsuit made by man. Most Arnam who spend time near other humans wear at least a skinsuit for modesty or decorative reasons though. And many of them are very decorative, sporting bright and wild color combinations designed to attract eyes. When an Arnam wants to show off, they show off in a style that no one will ever forget.
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