is always deadly
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──────────────────────────────────────────── The Touched or those that dance with darker forces..
Blood / Spirit / Bone
"There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand." ─ M.Shelly Frankenstein
〘 Airborne Weakness: Frankincense
〘 Tactile Weakness: Copper
〘 Ingested Weakness: Ginger〘 Lifespan: Until something kills them
〘 Population: Limited
No one can say where the touched came from, they have existed as long as man, bridging the gap between our world and the beyond, sharing common features between them as well as individual traits. All of them toe a line between human and something else, bound by the same set of weakness's that expose them for what they truly are and diminish their abilities causing them great pain. Copper seems to burn their skin, ginger makes them sick and frankincense can render them unconscious if too much is inhaled burning their lungs like fire, these things that exist so commonly among society can out a touched if they are not careful.
Many chose to live amongst society living alongside humanity whilst others still hide in the shadows, fearing being caught. Almost all of them chose secrecy, hiding their condition where possible to ensure their safety and the safety of others. Though some among them cannot so easily hide what they are, having to stick to the shadows, to places others simply wouldn't go, their features betray what they are.
Most of the Dark touched are born that way, but there are a few who become dark touched later, Elites can make Ravages sharing their darkness through the ingestion of blood. Hideborn can create Moonsick through their bite and Mystics can pass on their gifts from parent to child.
These creatures can live an unnaturally long life, they do not become stronger over time, nature seems to maintain some form of balance even over these dark touched souls. However many never make it to an impressive age, dying through their own fault, discovery or the misfortunes of the loneliness a longer life can create.
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"Beauty was savage. It was as dangerous and lawless as the earth had been eons before man had one single coherent thought in his head or wrote codes of conduct in tablets of clay. Beauty was a Savage Garden"
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...•⚜ Elite ⚜•⚜STRENGTH⚜
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⚜SPEED⚜
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⚜SPIRITUAL⚜
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⚜STEALTH⚜
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⚜SENSES⚜
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Blessed with an ethereal beauty and grace the Elites are perhaps one of the touched that can most easily pass for human save for their razor sharp teeth and yet there is something about them that puts people naturally at edge, invoking a sense long forgotten from a time of hiding from the larger predator. Their natural allure allows them to take positions of power and influence in society, Lawyers and landowners, politicals and socialites. But as with all blood touched they suffer from an undeniable thirst for human blood that must be sated daily, if it is not that natural allure soon turns to something else, leaving them looking more sallow, more predatory. But don't let their beauty fool you, Elites are capable and deadly killers naturally faster than others they can appear to move across a room in the blink of an eye. But these are not the vampires of books, they do not burn with the touch of silver, though copper hurts them as it does all Darkness touched, they have reflections and their hearts most certainly still beat, the sun does them no harm and they can enter your home without invitation, save for their hunger and their skills they are almost the same as you or I.
