Kelxuiru Priestess

Species: Kelxuiru
Home World: Kex'arnu
Physiology: Humanoid
Diet: Omnivorous
Habitat: The Kelxuiru live on a lush tropical plant. The planet has two distinct season, the winter season when temperatures drop and the majority of snow falls on the mountainous regions, and the spring season which is when the heaviest rains fall and flooding is common. The population is split so that there are two subspecies of the same race. There are the ones who live above ground in cities built in the massive canopy of the rainforests, this race is referred to as Kelxuiru, or Underlight. The second race lives in cities built in massive, extended underground caverns further to the northern and southern poles where the larger mountains are. They are called the Kelxueru, or Underdark. These race names are also used to reference the location of their cities. An example would be Kelxueru Maher, the largest city found in underground in the northern pole.
Genders: Both species have three distinct genders. The primary two genders are ‘male’ and ‘omega,’ with ‘females’ being more rare since a plague released on their planet nearly wiped out the ‘females.’ Males and females are much like they are among humans and other humanoid species, the omega is more closely related to what humans would term hermaphrodite. The omega has both male and female reproductive organs, though the female organs are only fertile during a heat cycle which occurs approximately every 6 months, unlike the female of the species which is fertile for at least 12 days out of every 30 day period.
Life Span: The average Kelxuiru life span is longer than that of a human – approximately 60% longer – though they mature more rapidly and then age more slowly after reaching sexual maturity.
Special Abilities: The Kelxuiru are a highly telepathic species, though they are very controlled in how they use their abilities and on who. Adult Kelxuiru rarely speak telepathically to people who are not in their immediate family group. Children have far less control of their abilities and until they are nearly twelve Earth years old will rarely speak verbally. Some Kelxuiru have even been found to have telekinetic abilities that far exceed anything previously recorded by Federation scientists. Most Kelxuiru wear horn covers to help mute their psychic abilities. Doctors and teachers being the only profession that do not cover their horns regularly.
Description: The first race of the two subspecies is the Kelxuiru. They have skin that is smooth and comes in shades of white, pale green and pale blue. Both races have bodies with feline-like features such as triangular faces with large, almost hypnotically golden, red, violet, or teal colored eyes. The ears are long and arrow shaped, with pointed tips which delicately curve back towards the skull at the tips. They are also very flexible, being able to shift and move in a manner somewhat similar to a felines. They also have bioluminescent markings that seem to follow the path of the circulatory or nervous system and aid in identification and mood display. They also have non-bioluminescent markings at the corners of the eyes, which are often mistaken for makeup by other races. These marking are typically bright red, though on occasion (typically among Omegas) they can also be a teal or violet color. The bioluminescent marking are brighter and more prevalent in the second race than in the first race, whose circulatory marking are not visible in daylight.
     Females also have a single skin covered horn at the center of the forehead, just below the hairline. Males, and omegas, have a pair of curved, skin covered horns, one on each temple. When they are born the horn is more of a bump that grows bigger and more pointed as they age, growing no larger than 3 inches long for the females. The males horns grown longer than the females, often growing to be 8 to 12 inches long. The omegas horns grow to be 3 to 6 inches long. The horn(s) are very sensitive and are usually covered by decorative headgear as they are considered an erogenous zone due to the heavy concentration of telepathic receptors and nerve endings in them.The horns for all three genders are so thickly covered in bioluminescent markings that the horns glow brightly, the glow even slightly visible in the light. The bioluminescent markings of the horns glow their brightest when they are using their telepathy.
     The hair of the Kelxuiru is very smooth and fine, the texture having been compared to silk by several other alien races. The coloration of their hair is primarily white or black, though you can find variations of color in shades of pale blonde, and bright red. The Kelxuiru appear to have no other body hair, with the exception of eyelashes and eyebrows.
     The waist is narrow and elongated and the body slender. The shoulders of omegas are narrower than a males but slightly wider than a females. The males the shoulders are wider than the narrow hips of the genders, much like a human males. In females the hips are more rounded causing their shoulders to be slightly wider as well, though full males still have the widest shoulders. The musculature is sharply defined, giving no sense of emaciation despite the otherwise thin proportions. The average male is approximately 7 feet tall; females and omegas being closer to 6 feet tall due possibly to evolutionary "size" dimorphism.
     They have five fingers on each hand, including opposable thumbs, and five toes on each foot, including an unusually large, sickle-shaped talon on the big toe of each foot, which is found only on the males. This talon is no longer used as a primary weapon, but it has not yet been deemed unnecessary by evolution. Males will typically cover the talon with beautifully ingrained metal sheaths. This is to both protect others from the sharp talon, and to bring attention to it as a sexually desirable trait. The only males which do not cover their talons are the Guards and Hunters.
     They also have roughly four times the strength of the average human due to the nature of their bones and muscles structures.
Mating Customs: The Kelxuiru are monogamous creatures who mate for life. The mechanics of reproduction are similar to that of humans and other Terran mammals. Cultural anthropologists believe that when an appropriate mate has been selected, the male, omega and/or female will have an Elder of each family create a telepathic bond between the mating pair that will last a lifetime. The intertwining of minds in forming the bond is both highly erotic and profoundly spiritual, but does not in itself lead to reproduction.
     Among Male and Omega bondmates, the mating bond is typically formed during the Omegas heat cycle. This is not as common among Male and Female bondmates, who will become bonded at any point in the females fertility cycle. In the clans that closely follow tradition the bonding ceremony is followed by the pairs first mating. This mating is done before the Elders who created the mating bond and is only considered to be legally completed once the mating has been finished, even if conception has not take place. In some of the more progressive clans the first mating is only “witnessed” by the Elders vocally, where the Elders would be seated outside the mating chamber to guard the entrance until the pair is done, rather than be seated in the room where the mating is taking place.
     Omegas are self-lubricating and have the ability to become pregnant during their heat cycle. The Omegas heat cycle lasts for 5 to 7 days on average, though the change in pheromones that herald the beginning of a heat cycle may show as early as two weeks prior to the Omega actually becoming fertile. During their heat cycle the Omegas male reproductive organs temporarily become sterile, as the female organs go into overdrive. The Male Kelxuiru and the Omega both have similar penile structures, though the Males is larger than the Omegas.
     The Kelxuiru penis is retracted inside the body, only extending out to urinate or while becoming erect for mating. The Kelxuiru have a baculum, a bone inside their penis, that aids sexual intercourse by maintaining sufficient stiffness during sexual penetration. The Males penis is on average 10 inches in length, while an Omegas is closer to 7 inches in length. For both Males and Omegas the penis is a purple shade fading into a pink shade towards the tip, and are curved, with a line of ridges along the top of the penis from the base to the pointed tip of the mushroom-like crown. On the bottom of the penis of both, is a line of flexible spurs. These spurs are entirely muscle, rather than bone, and are designed to stimulate the pleasure zones inside an Omega or Female Kelxuiru. One difference between a Males and an Omegas penis if that an Omega Kelxuiru does not form a knot when mating, unlike the Male Kelxuiru who will form a knot at the base of his penis when mating. This knot can last for over an hour when the Omega or Female that the Male is mating with is fertile. The knot will only form if the mating partner is producing the proper hormones, which occur only during their fertile period.
Names: The Kelxuiru have three names. They have a personal name, a family name (which follows the matrilineal family line), and a clan name. When first introducing themselves to someone new the Kelxuiru will identify themselves by all three names, stating clan first, then family, and lastly the personal name. When addressing them one should always address them by the clan name the family name, unless given specific permission to address them by their personal name.
     The personal name is typically used only by close family, friends and spouses. A persons personal name holds great significance to the Kelxuiru and many still believe that someone can gain control of a person if they know the persons true, or personal, name. The family name always comes down from the female or omega parents line, except in certain instances where the female or omega has committed a grave crime. In such causes the child will take the fathers family name. A matrilineal family name is always started with N' and the name, an example is N'Tres, where the N shows the Matrilineal nature of the name and the Tres is the actual family name. If the child takes the patrilineal name it would be changed to L'Tres, the L denoting it as a patrilineal family name.
     The clan name is a slightly more complex issue as a child can take the clan name of either parent. Traditionally the child would take the clan name of the larger or more powerful clan. But a child can also take the clan name of the other parent for political reasons, or to continue on the clan in the rare case of the child being the last living member of the clan.
     When two Kelxuiru marry the two will keep their own family names, but one will take on the other spouses clan name. Like a child typically the spouse from the lesser clan will adopt the clan name of the spouse with the larger, more prestigious clan name. How the spouse from the larger clan can choose to take on the clan name of the spouses lesser clan.
     The clan names will also often reference if race of the clan. If the clan descended from a line native to the race living above ground (Kelxuiru) the clan name will use the word Iru (Light) as part of the clan name. If the clan descends from a line native to the race living under ground (Kelxueru) the clan name will use the word Eru (Dark) as part of the clan name.