Luceva
The Luceva are a closed species created by Pey and Crouton. They are a demon species that were created to bring order and control to some of the more sinister sides of life. They are renown in the Underworld for their efficiency and organisation.
The Luceva are split into four different clans; Ombra, Eagla, Iluze and Anima. The shared aim of all the clans is to ignite terror on the human realm but they all have different skillsets in order to complete this. However, Luceva are free to befriend and enter into relationships with citizens from other clans and Luceva law encourages this to promote harmony. Any activities that are seen to be promoting clan supremacy are strictly forbidden and are punishable by realignment.
At birth, a Luceva does not yet have an assigned clan. They will not yet have a clan symbol on their chest and all other traits will be completely golden. Clan status is not hereditary and young Luceva often find themselves assigned to a different clan than both of their parents. As a child, it is believed that the fates decide which clan best suits and the first indication of clan status occurs when a stripe of Luceva's hair begins to turn a certain colour. Once a Luceva comes of age, without warning, their body will undergo a painful process where their clan symbol will emerge on their chest and their other physical Luceva attributes will begin to bare the colour of their given clan. They will be assigned an elder mentor from their clan and, from this point on, they must begin to conform to their clan's ideals.
Those Luceva who stray from their given path will face realignment. A realigned Luceva has physical traits which represent that they have betrayed their species. Any Luceva who continues to shame the species will transition fully into a forsaken Luceva. Forsaken Luceva are despised by the rest of their species and all of their traits will turn completely red to highlight the shame they have brought to their species. For this reason, an acclaimed Luceva will never wear red.
Acclaimed
Acclaimed
If you were to visualise the perfect Luceva, you'd be thinking of an acclaimed Luceva. The acclaimed, no matter their clain, are proud to be representing their species to the fullest. They abide by the Luceva laws and follow their clan's mission. You will never seen an acclaimed Luceva wearing any item of red clothing, the idea of being associated with a forsaken Luceva in any way disgusts them.
The pictured Luceva is an Acclaimed Iluze. The concept and artwork are by Crima.
- Acclaimed Luceva have two golden eyes.
- Their horns will transition from black to their clan's colour.
- They have a section of their hair that is their clan's colour.
- Their clan symbol is protruding from their chest and shines in the clan's colour. It is forbidden in Luceva law to hide this symbol.
- Their fashion sense is fitting with their clan's purpose. They will not wear red,
- Acclaimed Luceva may choose to wear accessories that involve their clan's symbol and colours.
The Ombra clan work completely in the shadows with their powers allowing them to control movement of shadows. Their main aim is to use the shadows to trigger extreme paranoia. If you think you've ever seen something move in the corner of your eye, it was probably an Ombra behind it. You convinced yourself that you were seeing things, but were you? So that they can blend in with the shadows even further, the Ombra opt to wear dark clothing. Their clan colour is navy blue and some Ombra, in addition to the stripe of blue that they have in their hair, will choose to incorporate this colour into their clothing.
The pictured Luceva is an acclaimed Ombra. Concept and artwork by Ellyn.
The Eagla have psychic powers and can sense all of your biggest fears and thrive off of the anguish that people feel when they are petrified. As the Eagla do not have projection abilities, they will often work together closely with the Iluze clan to make someone's fears become a reality. The Eagla like to look as intimidating as possible and do not care about fitting into societal norms through their attire. For an Eagla, the more eccentric that they can look and the more attention that they can draw to themselves, the better. Because of this, they will often wear bright and vibrant colours. Colour clashing, what's that? The Eagla have never heard of it. Their clan colour is purple and some Eagla will represent elements of this through their dress.
The pictured Luceva is an acclaimed Eagla. Concept: Pey, Artwork: Crouton.
Realigned
Realigned
Realigned Luceva are transitiong between the two other states of alignment. They can either be attempting to atone for their actions and realign from forsaken back to acclaimed. Or, they are at a state where they are on the path of treachery and beginning to go against the laws of their species and are realigning from acclaimed to forsaken. Their bodies will undergo changes which reflect their state of alignment.
Pictured Luceva is a realigned Iluze. Concept and artwork created by Baah.
- If realigning from forsaken to acclaimed, their horns will be the colour of their clan at the top and black at the bottom. If realigning from acclaimed to forsaken, their horns will have cracks of their clan's colour on them.
- For forsaken to acclaimed, their clan symbol on their chest will be half red and half their clan's colour. If realigning from acclaimed to forsaken, their clan symbol will be mostly their clan colour with cracks of red.
- Realigned Luceva have one golden eye and one red eye. If realigning from forsaken to acclaimed, their left eye will be gold and their right red and vice-versa for the other realignment.
- All Luceva have a piece of hair that is their clan'd colour. However, for realigned Luceva this will transition into red at the ends. The only exception is the Iluze clan who's whole hair is white but will transition to red at the bottom when realigned.
- All realigned Luceva have cracks on their skin. These will never disappear and serve as a permanent reminder of their treachery agaisnt their species.
- Those realigning back to acclaimed try their best to fit back in with their clan's norms and will try to represent their clan and not wear red. Those realigning to forsaken may opt for more red or go against their clan's norms.
The Iluze are masters of deceit and can conjure any hallucination at any given time. They use this skill to make your nightmares a reality. Some of the more powerful iluze can cast hallucinations upon a crowd of people at the same time. However, others with slightly less power can only create one hallucination per person. Unlike other clans, the Iluze cannot customise their hair how they wish. As children, all hair on their body begins to turn ghostly white. To fit in with their appearance, the Iluze mainly like to wear light colours and their clan colour is white. However, do not let their appearance deceive you, there is nothing light or bright about the Iluze.
The pictured Luceva is a forsaken Iluze. Concept and artwork by Crouton.
The Anima are the only clan that work purely with the dead. When a being dies, their soul is sent to the Anima to decide their fate in the Underworld. Anima are capable of inflicting eternal torture on those souls who are deemed deserving. The Anima are very arrogant beings and their choice of attire often reflects this. Essentially, the Anima do not fear anyone in life as, in death, they are the governors of your soul. They like to wear tight fitting clothing that accentuates their body and their clan colour is green which they will often choose to add to elements of their clothing. It's probably best to not piss an Anima off.
The pictured Luceva is a realigned Anima. Concept and artwork by Pey.
Forsaken
Forsaken
Forsaken Luceva are the shame of Luceva society due to going agaisnt the laws of their species and clans. They are shunned by the rest of the Luceva species. Many of the forsaken do not care about their new status and avoid wearing their clan colours. However, there are a small minority who are ashamed of their forsaken status and will still try to represent their clan despite being outcast.
The pictured artwork is a forsaken Anima. Both concept and artwork are by PrincePol.
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Forsaken Luceva have two red glowing eyes.
The horns of a forsaken Luceva are red at the top and black at the bottom.
Every forsaken Luceva has a section of red in their hair. This was once their clan colour but turned red when they became forsaken.
Their clan symbol on their chest is completely red and glows. It is prohibited to hide this despite any shame they may feel.
Forsaken Luceva have cracks across their skin. These cracks are red inside and have a pulsing glow. Legend has it that a new crack appears everytime they go against their species' ways.
Most forsaken Luceva no longer wear accessories representing their clan's symbol. Many will openly wear red to fully claim their forsaken title.
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