Nightborn Peloran

by on May 28, 2019 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Races of Humanity

The Nightborn Peloran proudly number themselves as one of the Albion’s greatest successes and greatest failures. In a race of gengineered warriors, they’re the least likely to seek out combat. And you’re not going to find them in a little home in the forests, retiring after the wars are over. They actually treat most of the gengineered mental controls as mere suggestions rather than rules. It’s one of the reasons other Peloran consider them the most disreputable members of their entire race, you know. And it’s why they get along with Earthborn humanity better than just about any other Peloran out there. They act the most…human…of any of the Peloran. Which is the secret to their success.

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Memorial Day

by on May 27, 2019 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Numerous members of my family have served the military over the years. We’re farming people, but not everybody wants to be a farmer for ever. So every generation has had members who served in the military. My cousins have served. My parents generation has served. My grandparents. My great uncle went to Europe during World War II, came back and married the girl he was writing letters to the whole time. He grew old with her. Had children and watched them grow up. My uncle went to Iraq in the First Gulf War and came home to a less welcoming wife. He survived the divorce and found a wife who understood good times and bad. He had more children and watched them grow up. And then he lost the Battle of the VA.

On Memorial Day we remember those who died serving our nation. I was just listening to a veteran talk about his walk through Arlington the other day. His reaction when he realized he knew thirty of the men buried there. How it brought home to him what Memorial Day was really about. And that’s it in the end.

Freedom isn’t free. For us or others. Brave men and women will sacrifice their lives for it again and again. We must promise to remember them, and do everything we can to make certain it was not in vain.

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Waterborn Peloran

by on May 26, 2019 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Art, The Races of Humanity

The Waterborn Peloran are based on the standard Peloran genetic codex with heavy modifications to operate underwater. Their lungs include the ability to filter out unhealthy levels of nitrogen and other gases, and to keep them from bubbling out in potentially damaging ways. This makes them mostly immune to most pressure ailments and decompression issues. Their skin is designed to blend into and better survive the underwater environment, and their eyes can detect wavelengths only seen far beneath the surface. They do still need to breathe air though, which limits their dive durations to what the air supplies in their armor can support. Despite this limitation, they were deemed fully functional as warriors and the Albion kept their genetic codex in full production until the very end.

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Waterborn Peloran

by on May 25, 2019 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Art, The Races of Humanity

The thing to know about Northern Minnesota is that it is cold. Temperatures of below zero are the rule, not the exception. We see snows nine months out of the year. The lakes are frozen a couple meters down nearly half the year. Then there are the towns ringing all the small islands up there. The blue-skinned Peloran built their houses on the water so they could go in and out whenever they wanted, and then proceeded to heat the water around their islands for good measure. It’s pretty amazing to see those towns in a January cold snap, with heat fog rising above the water and obscuring entire islands you know are right there. I used to love approaching through that fog until the houses faded into view. Wait for a pretty blue face and shining eyes to open a door and usher me into a warm place to rest and relax. Maybe swim in the warm water. I really loved those days.

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Waterborn Peloran

by on May 24, 2019 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Races of Humanity

The Waterborn Peloran sport blue skin, much like their Arnam cousins. Though their eyes are predominantly bright blue rather than sold black orbs. And they can’t breathe underwater. That limits their ability to live beneath the waves, but with breathing masks and oxygen they can swim underwater like they were born to it. Which they basically were. Their bright blue eyes can see underwater without any aid, though they can’t match Arnam eyes in the black depths far below the surface. They are every bit a match for the Arnam in the shallows though, and many times people report seeing the Arnam it is actually one of their Peloran cousins. Remember that the next time you see a blue skin walking down the street. Check their eyes if they aren’t wearing shades. You might be surprised who you are looking at.

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