Seedling
Template:Riyi Riyi are ambulatory plant creatures made up of tough tendrils and skin-like leaves. The tendrils wind around themselves to form a humanoid shape. It is not known why Riyi grow in the shapes that they do, when any tendril shape should be possible. Some assume a more female shape while others a more male shape, but technically both are hermaphrodites and biologically the same.
Riyi are actually just one phase of a larger life cycle. Sometimes called seedlings, they are ejected from a much larger, rooted version of the species and carried by winds to different places. During this phase the Riyi have an instinctive wanderlust. They gather experience and memories that will sustain them during the next phase of their life cycle, where they root and become separated from their friends and adopted families. The Riyi call this period 'turning within', and experience it as a sort of transition to old age. Once a Riyi turns within it seldom speaks anymore, but seedlings it ejects later emerge with second-hand racial memories from this period.
Wandering Riyi have no society of their own. They tend to adopt the conventions of whatever place they land. They are often adopted by childless couples or taken in as lucky omens, and raised as a member of society despite their difference in appearance. Riyi blood is a thick, sappy milk, and they have few 'vital' organs as such, making them extremely hardy. Riyi are photosynthetic, and subsist on sunlight, water, and occasional nutrient supplements. Generally those supplements are soil or even compost based, but Riyi are omnivores and can process meat when desperate.
See Also
Version 2.5.0
©2014 Frameworks Games
This is outdated content. Update Needed!
