Lore and Legends of the Dezzyverse

Tribes of the North Part 3

The Síoraí (pronounced “see-or-EYE”) were born from mortal people whose spirit had been displaced by a spirit from the Fæ realms. Though their bodies remain mortal, albeit with extended lifespans, their Færie spirits reincarnate into newborn bodies after their former body expires. Since time in the Fæ realms passes differently than it does in Fahr Ryasc, a given Síoraí’s Færie spirit may reincarnate quickly, or ages will pass before the spirit sees the world through mortal eyes again.

Over the centuries as the Síoraí developed as a people, the influnce of the Færie spirits has become more pronounced. The Síoraí have grown more distinctive among themselves, assuming a physical form more pleasing to the Færie who live within their mortal vessels. While, in some regards, this continued metamorphosis of the moral bodies are considered beautiful by other mortal peoples, they have grown inceasingly inhuman by contrast.

The Færie spirits inhabiting the Síoraí have long memories, sometimes being able to recall events from past incarnations. However, their time as spirits within the Færie realms is hidden from them, and they can only remember the fullness of their many lives when existing as spirits there.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Síoraí are humanoid in appearance, though they are taller and thinner on average. Síoraí have two sexes and reproduce heterosexually. Their physical bodies go through puberty before reaching maturity and women experience menopause during middle-age.

Síoraí also have two folk, which derive from the Fæ courts their spirits belong to. The Deasíoraí are connected to the Deadí Færie court of Long Days. The Bansíoraí are connected to the Banyte court of Long Nights. The Fæ are ruled by the Deadí from the Spring Equinox through the Autumnal Equinox and the Banyte from the Autumnal Equinox through the Spring Equinox.

While the Deasíoraí and Bansíoraí are the same people, they each vary in complexion and hair color. Deasíoraí tend towards deeper brown and ruddy complexions coupled with fair red and yellow hair and light eyes of green and blue. Bansíoraí tend towards pale skin coupled with black hair and dark eyes.

Genetics and Reproduction

Síoraí reproduce sexually, most often births are singular, but dual and multiple births are not unheard of. Infants are not yet possessed of Færie spirit at birth, but by the time the child reaches it’s second anniversary, about the time they begin to learn how stand and take their first steps, their Færie spirit fills the mortal vessel and they develop into Deasíoraí and Bansíoraí as appropriate.

Growth Rate & Stages

Síoraí grow similarly to other mortal peoples, reaching maturity in 18 to 20 years. Once reaching adulthood, they age half as fast due to their Færie nature. Thus, Síoraí reach Middle Age by 60, and old age by 100. They survive for another 50 years, with a natural lifespan of 150 years.

Behavior

Síoraí often seem indifferent to others, and self-centered. They have an unusual perspective on events and relationships due to their multiple incarnations through out ages. Even though the mortal body they inhabit may be only decades or a century old, their spirit, being of the Færie, can recall memories from multiple lifetimes. The Síoraí have difficulty relating to the here and now, or to people who will inevitably become only distant memories of past lives.

There is an exception in other Síoraí. Síoraí recognize and can empathize with other Síoraí in ways that are simply not possible with other mortal people. Síoraí are among the very few people in Fahr Ryasc who have the shared history of experiencing multiple lifetimes over the course of ages, and can form tight bonds with the inherent promise of those bonds renewing in future incarnations. Síoraí are able to share with one another first-hand experiences of events that no other living mortal could have been through.

This also makes Síoraí rather archaic as a people. They derive a certain comfort from the familiar, being grounded in habits and environments of their previous lives. They tend to speak with outmoded diction, being accustomed to the language they have been conditioned to speak over dozens or hundreds of lifetimes.

Additional Information

Social Structure

The Síoraí develop their societies as a mirror of their courtly civilizations within the Fæ Realms. They Organize based on their Færie nature as Deadí and Banyte Fæ and their positions within those courts, whether Noble or Small (or Common) Fæ. However, other mortals who live among the Síoraí are appointed into social positions, but are always treated as lesser, since their mortal contributions are perceived by the Síoraí as “temporary by nature”.

Síoraí who live among the other mortal realms of Fahr Ryasc, often live so apart from the established social structures. Their multiple lives and sense of mortal impermanence extend even to the great empires of Fahr Ryasc. They can’t help but see the achievements of other mortal people, even nations, as fleeting. The Síoraí find “progress” distasteful, especially the rapid progress of mortal people, unless, of course, that progress compliments themselves or their aesthetic concerns.

Physical characteristics

There is a definite sense of the otherworldly about the Síoraí. They are at once beautiful and distrubing to behold, especially as they mature, their mortal bodies exaggerating the mortal form, growing tall, willowy and deft with long, delicate fingers and toes.

A Síoraí’s face is long and oval, with sharply angled almond-shaped eyes, high cheekbones, a sharp blade of a nose, long tapered ears and a narrow mouth. There are further distinctions between the Deasíoraí and Bansíoraí. Síoraí men can grow facial hair, but it’s normally thin, fine and short, matching the hair covering their head and it usually comes in after middle-age. Síoraí women do not normally grow such facial hair. Both sexes grow sharp angled eyebrows, and tend towards high foreheads. Neither sex develops wrinkles or sagging until very late in life, 130 years or older.

Síoraí hair remains a consistent color throughout their lives, seldom going grey or white with age.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

The Síoraí can be found nearly everywhere in Fahr Ryasc, but are most common in their realms located in the Tanglewild forest in the South, the Elderwild forest in the North, and beneath the Auborobua mountains.

Average Intelligence

The Síoraí possess typical mortal intelligence. However their Færie spirits provide them access to knowledge from their past lives and a perspective that is more supernatural than the average mortal experience. This gives the perception that Síoraí are more knowledgeable than most people (also are eternally irritating to sagacious professions that deal in secretive information as a Síoraí, after an evening of meditation can recall some bit of esoterica which takes others days or weeks of research in archives).

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Síoraí, being born from mortals, have senses of smell, taste and touch that are similarly sensitive as their cousins throughout Fahr Ryasc. However, their Fæ ancestry makes their senses of sight and hearing almost supernaturally sharp.

Civilization and Culture

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Lazáqo is the primary language spoken in the Síoraí’s homeland of Záqu, hidden deep in the Tanglewild forest. The Elderwilde forest is home to the northern realm of Taur Ymagar, speaks a dialect of Lazáqo named Vakláno. The Síoraí realm of Berízal deep below the Auborobua Mountains speaks a dialect of Lazáqo known as Berxáno, which is the most widespread common language of the underworld civilizations beneath Fahr Ryasc