Overview

Name of Heritage Group:

Lumesylv

The Lumesylv are a refined, light-touched people whose bodies resemble living quartz, marble, or frosted crystal, animated by a subtle inner glow. Their “hair” consists of fine, flexible filaments that behave like fiber-optic strands, shifting color with mood and ambient light. Their eyes contain swirling color pools with no visible pupils.

A defining trait of their kind is the Empathy Sync: when two Lumesylv touch skin-to-skin, their internal lights pulse in harmony for a heartbeat and a brief emotional impression passes between them.

Culturally, they revere truth, clarity, and unbroken memory. Their ancient enemy is the Umbranyx — beings of shadow, distortion, and deception—toward whom they maintain a deep, generational hatred.

Species:

Lumesylv

Race:

Culture:

Indigenous Regions:

Their capital city is Illastir in the Ainaria region of Central Keotura.

Attribute Shifts:

Total IP Cost:

0 IP

Physical Traits

Frame

Average Frame Value (Male):

4-5 (Light to Light-Medium)

Frame Min./Max. Values (Male):

3-6

Average Frame Value (Female):

4 (Light)

Frame Min./Max. Values (Female):

Frame Variation (both sexes):

Low-Average

Height

Average Height Value (Male):

HV 5-6 (4'11" - 5'6")

Height Min./Max. Values (Male):

Average Height Value (Female):

Height Min./Max. Values (Female):

Height Variation (both sexes):

Moderate

Physique

Average Physique Value (Male):

3-4 (Graceful; not physically dominant)

Physique Min./Max. Values (Male):

Average Physique Value (Female):

Physique Min./Max. Values (Female):

Physique Variation (both sexes):

Low-Average

Resilience

Resilience:

Age

Average Lifespan:

80-95 years

Age Breakdown Table:

adjust table based on average lifespan

Interactive Points

IP Gained per interval:

7 IP

(Avg. Lifespan/70 = Interval in yrs.):

1 year

Gender Ratio

% Male:

% Female:

Appearance

Appearance:

• Skin like frosted quartz or wet marble, laced with faint inner glow.

• Hair behaves like fine fiber-optic filaments, shimmering with hue changes.

• Eyes are pools of shifting color rather than pupils.

• When two Lumesylv touch, their lights synchronize for a heartbeat — a momentary empathy exchange.

Inherent Physical Aspects

Inherent Physical Aspects:

Optional:

Inner Radiance Rank 1

Soft glow; no mechanical brightness or damage.

Light-Touched Physiology Rank 1

Slight resistance to glare, radiant effects, and optical illusions.

Reflective Hair Rank 1

Filament hair shifts color automatically based on mood/light.

Psychological Traits

Inherent Aspects:

Truthbound Rank 1

Cultural tendency toward honesty, clarity, and aversion to deception.

Empathic Sensitivity Rank 1

Mild Intuitive awareness of emotional tone.

Mental & Spiritual Traits

Inherent MS Aspects:

Recommended MS Aspects:

Hatred of the Umbranyx Rank 1

Development Considerations

Inherent Expertises:

Language (Lumesylv Illastiri) Rank 5

Language (Trade Tongue) Rank 2

Observation Rank 1

Insight Rank 1

Lore (Truth Traditions/Light Philosophy) Rank 1

Wilderness (Forest /Hills) Rank 1

Recommended Expertises:

Influence (Diplomacy, Mediation, Presence)

Healing (Emotional, Spiritual, or Cultural)

Detection (Spotting falsehood, illusions, distortions)

Investigation

Lore (Light, Memory, Clarity)

Perception-based skills

Favored Weapon (light blades or ceremonial arms)

Cultural Features

Environmental Adaptation

Principle Environment:

Mild forests, river valleys, and bright stone uplands around Illastir.

Adaptability:

High in bright or open areas; average in deep forest or darkness

Heritage Orientation

Orientation:

Embrace - Truth, social harmony, shared perception

Select - evaluating other culture's beliefs carefully

Rarely Refuse, except towards Umbranyx influence

Orientation Description:

Orientation Aspects:

Customs & Lifestyle

• Communal memory-keeping
• Truth-speaking ceremonies
• Fiber-optic hair-binding rituals
• Empathy bonds forming close social units

Status & Family

• Family "light-lines" trace ancestry through inherited glow-patterns
• Elders known as Clarity-Seers

Symbols & Art

• Crystal Pendants
• Marble-carved truth sigils
• Filament hairwork
• Prism-lit architecture

Clothing & Decoration

Religion & Magic

• Worship or respect for Lumen Aspects (truth, clarity, revelation)
• View magic as a tool of perception, structure, and light - as opposed to Umbranyx distortion

Language

Language Family:

Illastiri Luminic

Melodic, soft, with tonal changes that reflect emotional nuance

Frequently accompanied by subtle glow-pulses or hair-shifts

Dialect:

Historical Notes