Adin (Merçin)

Basic Information

Anatomy

The Adin are a sibling species to humanity with magical quirks in their genetics. While they are fundamentally human in anatomy and morphology, they have polychromatic pigmentation in their follicles and eyes, and they possess gifts connected to the mystical side of the universe.

Genetics and Reproduction

Adin reproduce as humans, exactly. When reproducing with mundane humans (Homo sapiens) the offspring will be Homo medeis sapiens or Homo sapiens medeis and will match the species of their mother. Most modern adin are merçin (Homo medeis sapiens). The offspring of a half-Adin will phenotypically match their species and subspecies, though in rare cases (below 5%) the offspring of Homo medeis sapiens will inherit sufficient Homo medeis genetic material to be born as Aldjin. The exact genetic proportion or sequences is not fully understood for this to occur.

Growth Rate & Stages

Adin age as humans to adulthood, but their adult life (and aging categories) lasts roughly twice as long as for a human.

Ecology and Habitats

The Adin are as adaptable as humanity, but they thrive at their best in warm temperate climates.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Adin are primarily herbivorous omnivores. Most Adin grow, raise, or hunt for suitable food at some point in their life, and their diet focuses most heavily on fresh fruits, vegetables, and lightly processed grains, with only a small amount of meat.

Additional Information

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Adin have the same basic senses as humans in roughly the same scales and ranges. Adin also have a telepathic sense which typically adds information to one of their basic senses, though which sense varies by individual. This sense is generally capable of identifying emotional states and strong surface thoughts, but requires training to offer any ability other than awareness.
Adin also have an innate connection to the mystical side of the universe, and most Adin develop (with no formal training) one or two small ways to harness magic which suit their individual personality. They are capable students of magic, and have the most rigorous, formal, and scientific understanding of magic in the known Shattered Verse.

Civilization and Culture

Major Organizations

The Adin on and around Atrusius all consider themselves to be part of a single state, even though they form separate distinct towns, villages, and cities. This identity is the Holy Adin Empire, headed by Emperor-President Jenesis Sonhir and governed by a council of representatives from the noble houses and the leaders of the rented lands on Atrusius.
The Scarlet Blade is a revolutionary secret society which wants to overthrow the imperial state. They are known for their assassinations of the former emperor and several other leaders from the so-called old blood, but it is difficult to identify their members.
The Adin Emissary Division is currently operating on the Adin homeworld of New Gaea after returning from Atrusius, and safeguarding the Emperor-President from assassination attempts as he conducts diplomatic missions with the humans and other sapient species of New Gaea.

Average Technological Level

The adin blend magic and technology in a nearly seamless manner, with many of their technological advances being magitech. They possess computer technology, interstellar relativistic flight, long term life support, and even spacetime warping technologies that all utilize magic in some manner.
In the past, they had a pre-magitech industrial society and after observing the damages it caused to their home, they abandoned the use of all technologies which caused overt harm, quickly or slowly. Most of their magitech is designed to impact the nevironment in negligible or positive ways, and tested to those ends.
The greatest advance of Adin magitech is the life-seed project, a magically engineered life form that can simulate millions of years of evolution in months. The life-seed project is capable of converting a geosystem into a thriving ecosystem within 400 days, and is engineered to slow down and lose its rapid mutations late in its operation cycle. The basic ecosystem of Gurion, the Imperial Blue Moon of Atrusius, was created from a viable but lifeless state before the Adin approached the surface of Atrusius.

Major Language Groups and Dialects

The Adin descended from a small population that was forced into unity -- their former language dialects were merged together in this political process. The modern Adin have three dialects of the same language (Adinjo) -- Standard Adinjo is used in most writings and Adin dominated communities, Legal Adinjo is used in the Imperial court, and Landfall Adinjo is used by Adin dwelling on the surface among other cultures.

Scientific Name

Homo medeis sapiens

Origin/Ancestry

Atlantean