MARINALS

World Species

About

What are Marinals?

Marinals are a species of shape-shifting aquatic humanoids that can transform into marine organisms. Each individual possesses one or more abilities, and based on how many they possess, they would be ranked higher in their civilization because of their greater capacity to adapt to harder environments. They were referred to as the explorers because of the way they liked to travel the world.Some members of their group, who possessed numerous abilities, eventually developed a healing capacity so powerful that it essentially gave them immortality. Known as the primed ones, those immortals were chosen as rulers entrusted with defending their civilization and frequently pursued the most dangerous tasks. They grew so strong that many people, including their allies, feared them. What happened to them is unknown, but we do know that a huge cataclysmic event destroyed their society and almost wiped out their whole species. There are just only a few thousand individuals left in the cosmos, and the majority of them are primed beings. Primed individuals are unable to reproduce naturally because the gene that grants immortality automatically renders them infertile.

Species Basic Info

Name	Marinals
Nicknames	The explorers
Type	Sapient, Alien, Aquatic, Humanoid
Average height	180~ cm
Lifespan	Varied
Diet	Omnivore
Native planet	N/A
Habitat	Artic, Ocean, Urban
Subtypes	6
Creation date	2020

Anatomy

Physical traits

Marinals have a basic humanoid bodyplan. The color of their eyes and hair can only be monocromatic colors.

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Tongue

Eyes

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Hands

Feet

Internal Biology

There are organs inside

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Life cycle

They are born, grow up and become adults.

Diet and nutrition

Food preference

Subtypes

Don't worry about the rarity scale, its only listed for lore reasons.

Primitive

Subtype info

Possible Diet: Herbivore, Omnivore

Lifespan: N/A

Rank: 1

Rarity: common

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Basic

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Possible Diet: Omnivore

Lifespan: N/A

Rank: 2

Rarity: Uncommon

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Explorer

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Possible Diet: Omnivore

Lifespan: N/A

Rank: 3

Rarity: Rare

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Prime

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Possible Diet: Carnivore

Lifespan: Immortal

Rank: 4

Rarity: Ultra rare

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Mega

The Mega is like some sort of queen. The Mega's purpose is to merge lots of genes together so that more marinals can be produced with better abilities. THe Mega Marinal is a mega fusion of muiltiple individuals who merge together to beccome a mega organism. Fusing is like some sort of ascension that some individuals sacrifise themselves for the betterment of the species. An individual sacrifice is a fully volentary act, forcing others to fuse with a mega can cause the organism to become unstable whch can lead to a terrible outcome.

Mega's have the ability to comunicate telepathically and its even rumored that they can change the genetic makeup of a single organism but th latter are simply rumors.

Possible Diet: Carnivore

Lifespan: Immortal

Rank: 5

Rarity: Mythical

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Artificial

The Marinals, who are created artificially, are known as artificials. Depending on the genetic pool used to create them, artificials can be extremely powerful, but they are more likely to have crippling defects which can greatly decrease their quality of life. The ability to be more than two marine animals and to have colors other than the monochromatic scale are two telltale signs of an artificial Marinal.

Possible Diet: Anything

Lifespan: Varied

Rank: N/A

Rarity: Ultra Rare

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Abilities

Marinals can a lot of diverse types of abilities. A Marinal's ability is heavvly influenced by the marine species from which they share dna with. For example pufferfish Marinals can have poison spikes.

Abilities example list

Shape shifting

Shape shifting [Animal]: The marinal has the ability to turn into their animal form at any time they desire.
Shape shifting [Human]: The marinal can take a form which resemble humans very closely, their marinal features are no longer visible.
Partial shape shifting: The marinal can shoose to modify sertain aspects of their physical body co closely match one of their gene animal.

Healing abilities

Regular healing: Heals wounds similarly to humans, leaves little scars behind
Passive healing: Can slowly heal wounds and regrow limbs without leaving scars, takes a very long time
Advanced passive healing: Can heal deep wounds and regrow limbs in the span of a couple of days.
Active healing: Can rapidly heal deep wounds and regrow limbs instantly, leaves no scars.

poison abilities [Poison effects may vary]

Poison Fangs: Poisonous saliva makes their bites toxic
Poisonous spines: Spines on body that are coverd in poison
Poison blood: Blood of the marinal becomes very toxic and poisons anything that touches it
Acid blood: Blood of the marinal becomes extremely corrosive and can burn through any organic material. Marinals with this trait requre an advanced healing trait or else it will kill them. Those who do have the healing trait will not heal as quickly as they should due to the destructive nature of their blood.

Physical abilities

Super speed:
Super strenght:
Flexibility: THe marinal can strech out their limbs beyond its normal lengt at will
Stealth: Can move around without making a sound
Bioluminicense: can glow in the dark

Special abilities

Echolocation: Can sense the presence and location of living beings within a long range, woçrks best with marine life or other Marinals
Mind resonance: Can communicate telepathically with a large amount of individuals all at the same time.
Electric: Can generate electricity
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Culture and society

Social structure

According to the Marinal civilization's hierarchical system, a person's ranking increased with the number of abilities they possessed. People in higher positions enjoyed more privileges, but they also had more responsibilities and tasks assigned to them as a result.

Language and communication

Like everyone else, marinals communicate vocally, though some find it more difficult to speak when they are in their animal form. Although few people are aware of it, Marinals have the peculiar ability to communicate with each other telepathically. For the majority of Marinals, telepathic communication is more like experiencing a certain emotion from someone else than it is like hearing actual words. Those who possess the echolocation feature are naturally better at sensing the presence of other individuals and their thoughts.

Values and beliefs

Marinals are a very purpose driven species. They all believe that each and every one of them has a purpose that needs to be fulfilled in some way. They believe that their unique skills, no matter how powerful or weak, are a gift that must be utilized to advance society. This is a basic value shared by all marinals, even though each individual may be unique in their own way and approach to life.

Fashion and Adornments

On their homeworld, Marinals would wear a large necklace adorned with diamond-shaped stones, each of which represented a different abilities. Primed ones tend to have four crystals, in very VERY rare cases a prime could have five crystals.

Marinals can have piercings, tatoos and even prostetic limbs. Marinals with the advanced healing trait cannot have any of these because their bodies will unvoluntarly heal these things away.

Traditional marinal clothing includes wearing robes and capes or ponchos. Modern Marinal clothing heavely relies on function over aesthetic. Most of it is some variotion of a bodysuit made out of a very durable material.

Music, Dance, and Rituals

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Allies and Enemies

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Trade and Diplomacy

Marinals enjoy integrating and working with other civilizations because it not only offers them influence, but they love being usefull to others. Although after their civilisation had been wiped out, they have become extremely weary interacting with others in fear of being captured and experimentd on. Most Marinal diplomats are Primed ones.

Technology and Artifacts

Primitive or Advanced

Marinals had an extremely advanced civilisation, they hhadd a lot of technologies and they even had spece travel. It is rumored that they where SO advanced that they had managed to create time travelling technology as some million year old relics had been found on earth in the artic regions, but of course those are simply rumors...

Energy Sources

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Tools and Machines

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Art and Architecture

Just likle Marinals' themselves, their architecture and designs used a lot or monochromatic colors. Their architecture foolows a lot of geometrical and angular patterns. The most comon shape being triangles and sometimes hexagons.

History and Origins

Creation Myth

The species originates from a failed attempt at terraforming from a former colony owned by humans. It was not known what had happend to them until one day when the planet was rediscoverd, it was inhabited by humanoid beings who had seemingly evolved with traits resembling marine creatures from the Earth.

Key Events

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Wars and Conflicts

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Conflict Resolution

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Enviroment and Habitat

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Character Profiles

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Heroes and Villains

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Species history

The original Marinals where the twins Giovanni and Amanta. They both appeared in a dream i had in 2020. Over the years they have appeared in a lot more dreams where ive been able to somewhat piece together a story about their origins and the civilisation they where from. For the longest time the species had no name, the name "Marinal" came from combining the word marine & animal together.