Enumbris Species in Kray-Maven | World Anvil
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Enumbris

Basic Information

Anatomy

The Enumbris have skin very similar to that of a corpse, greyish, almost green, with black and white hair like wisps of smoke in the night; and red eyes on a black background. The texture of their body is that of a dead person, rigid, firm, dry, but with a sensation not of touching a corpse, but rather of bathing in an eternal night.

Biological Traits

Male Enumbris may look extremely cadaverous with a lot of wrinkles, where femeale enumbris may show more smooth features.

Additional Information

Facial characteristics

Dark red eyes, partially hidden in shadow; no Other facial features is supposed to be visible, but sometimes a grin that appears. Their crystalline hair are straight pointy hair that can accord to the style they want to have.

Average Intelligence

High intelligence, receptivity and deduction capacity. Do not hide anything from them, you would not be able to anyway.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

As all Athrian they have a perfect perception of reality through magic, a perfect sight, doubled in perfect darkness, perfect hearing, except when there is too many sources. They also are perceptive of pressure, vibration, infrasound and ultrasound. And extremely attentive to emotions and feeling, especially to fear and other negative emotions.

Civilization and Culture

Major Organizations

They are cold beings, very withdrawn and not very expressive. They are direct, and consider only the family ties. The good Enumbris are content to be wise and frank hermits, or even simply good parents and honest ghost citizens. Bad Enumbris do not exist, not that there are no bad Enumbris, but they are lurking in the shadows, far from all civilizations, surrounded only by the few, if they accept them, and by the dead they have managed to control.

Common Dress Code

Enumbris like wearing dark and simple clothes, except for some that prefer more luxurious and showing. However, in general, they really just goes by Meridian classics.

History

As their light counterparts, the Eriathrils, Enumbris did not exist in Athria, and came in existence as the schism of Calyster. Since then, they lived as literal ghosts of the Meridian kingdom, observing, hearing, guessing. Still, some of them are engaged in charity and democratic actions, but never show themselves much. Their powers are opposed to those of light, being able to become invisible, cover themselves with shadow, feed on life force and take temporary possession of a body, or an entire army of disarticulated puppets; preferably dead people, and inflict many negative effects.

Historical Figures

Orbos Onirem, head of the Onirem Family. Shaar Elkram, considered both Enumbris and Eriathril, as a punishment for his tentative of mastering Oneiric power.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

As mentioned before, Enumbris tend to avoid many interactions. But they fairly well adapt to Meridian society; a bit less in others.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Scientific Name
Anuatu Aetheris enumbris
Origin/Ancestry
Calyster
Average Height
230 to 280 centimetres, extremely slender.
Average Weight
Do you expect a pure shadow to have a weight ?
Average Physique
Enumbris are made of solid shadows, extremely slender, way more slander than what an anorexic human is capable of.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Dark, jet black body, appearing to be a fluid in constant movement.
Geographic Distribution
Related Ethnicities

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