Goonhub
06-27-2020, 11:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-27-2020, 11:23 AM by Enakai. Edited 2 times in total.)
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Species name: Baal (As referred to by Nanotrasen. Original species name unknown.)
Home planet: Talach V
Origin: ??????
Species age: ??????
Synopsis:
The Baal were encountered on their home planet, Talach V, after Nanotrasen sent out a Survey Team to investigate the planet. Plasmastone was discovered beneath the surface, buried several thousand kilometres under the crust, via a long range pulse once the team had made landfall. This interested investors greatly.
The air of Talach V was breathable, (barely), as it was scorching hot and the stench of sulphur hung thickly in the atmosphere. A mixture of ash and red sand blanketed the surface of the planet, leaving much to be desired, as the environment looked more like a hellscape than a functioning world with life on it.
The initial response from the Baal was incredibly hostile – Any attempt to communicate with them usually resulted in the messenger being returned in a mess of torn flesh and broken bones. Eventually, they came to trust those that remained of the team, and contact was established.
They possessed the same level of sentience and intelligence as human beings, if not smarter. For whatever bizarre reason, either through degeneration or some other terrible accident, they had been left stranded completely on the planet of Talach V, restricted to a nomadic lifestyle of living off the land with no hope of ever returning to the stars.
Several ancient, crashed starships were found buried far beneath the sand and ash, indicating that they had once arrived here and that Talach V was not their original home. No further data could be gleaned from these wrecks.
They were found to be far more physically capable than the average space-faring human, as well as having an innate resistance to heat. They did; however, seem to have an adverse reaction to colder temperatures. Whether this is because they had been forced to evolve in order to survive on Talach V, or if they had these characteristics prior to whenever they were stranded remains to be seen.
MALE
![[Image: Jt75bGt.png]](https://i.imgur.com/Jt75bGt.png)
FEMALE
![[Image: HFkfEGo.png]](https://i.imgur.com/HFkfEGo.png)
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Hi! Thanks for taking a quick read of this little synopsis I did for my demon-esque people, or the Baal, as I’ve chosen for them. I’ll hopefully be able to provide a little more organized, in-depth lore at a later date but I was really excited to post this because I wanted to gauge the reaction from the community and see how everyone felt regarding the addition of newer, lore-rich species. I’ve been working hard on these guys for the past few days in aseprite and have reached a stage where I’m comfortable posting what they currently look like.
I’ll hopefully be able to look at doing some other species too later down the track, but these guys are my first goal. The current synopsis is definitely going to undergo some changes at some point, as may the sprites and species name due to me wanting to polish them a little bit more, but please let me know what you think!
(There is, of course, no guarantee that these will ever be added. This is just my attempt at spitballing some ideas and trying to get a little bit more interesting lore and diversity amongst the current species we have access to.)
Species name: Baal (As referred to by Nanotrasen. Original species name unknown.)
Home planet: Talach V
Origin: ??????
Species age: ??????
Synopsis:
The Baal were encountered on their home planet, Talach V, after Nanotrasen sent out a Survey Team to investigate the planet. Plasmastone was discovered beneath the surface, buried several thousand kilometres under the crust, via a long range pulse once the team had made landfall. This interested investors greatly.
The air of Talach V was breathable, (barely), as it was scorching hot and the stench of sulphur hung thickly in the atmosphere. A mixture of ash and red sand blanketed the surface of the planet, leaving much to be desired, as the environment looked more like a hellscape than a functioning world with life on it.
The initial response from the Baal was incredibly hostile – Any attempt to communicate with them usually resulted in the messenger being returned in a mess of torn flesh and broken bones. Eventually, they came to trust those that remained of the team, and contact was established.
They possessed the same level of sentience and intelligence as human beings, if not smarter. For whatever bizarre reason, either through degeneration or some other terrible accident, they had been left stranded completely on the planet of Talach V, restricted to a nomadic lifestyle of living off the land with no hope of ever returning to the stars.
Several ancient, crashed starships were found buried far beneath the sand and ash, indicating that they had once arrived here and that Talach V was not their original home. No further data could be gleaned from these wrecks.
They were found to be far more physically capable than the average space-faring human, as well as having an innate resistance to heat. They did; however, seem to have an adverse reaction to colder temperatures. Whether this is because they had been forced to evolve in order to survive on Talach V, or if they had these characteristics prior to whenever they were stranded remains to be seen.
MALE
FEMALE
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Hi! Thanks for taking a quick read of this little synopsis I did for my demon-esque people, or the Baal, as I’ve chosen for them. I’ll hopefully be able to provide a little more organized, in-depth lore at a later date but I was really excited to post this because I wanted to gauge the reaction from the community and see how everyone felt regarding the addition of newer, lore-rich species. I’ve been working hard on these guys for the past few days in aseprite and have reached a stage where I’m comfortable posting what they currently look like.
I’ll hopefully be able to look at doing some other species too later down the track, but these guys are my first goal. The current synopsis is definitely going to undergo some changes at some point, as may the sprites and species name due to me wanting to polish them a little bit more, but please let me know what you think!
(There is, of course, no guarantee that these will ever be added. This is just my attempt at spitballing some ideas and trying to get a little bit more interesting lore and diversity amongst the current species we have access to.)
