L'na

Hailing from a world where magic is the basic building block of life, the L'na are a mystical race generally given to the tenants of subtle balance and harmony with the world around them. Physically, L'na resemble animals, but they are far from simple beasts: they are, in fact, highly intelligent and spiritual beings that are the apex of magical "evolution" on Ai, their home-world.

L'na favor all animals, and yet no particular animal, all at once – seeming to be a primordial organism of transition from which any known animal might emerge. In fact, many L'na have the ability to fluidly morph from one from into the next: one moment bearing the supple scales of a serpent and in the next, the iridescent feathers of a tropical bird, or the shimmering exoskeleton of an insect.

Further, L'na often embody aspects of the various elements within their frames, adding the frosty rime of ice and snow, or perhaps the tinkling and crisp frills of wind to their already morphic forms. While they tend to travel on all four feet, L'na are capable of using their forepaws (which are vaguely reminiscent of "hands") to use simple tools or items normally useless to quadrupeds; in truth, some can use all paws equally well and some L'na possess prehensile tails as well. However, L'na, as a rule, shy away from tools and rely instead upon what nature has given them – innate magical abilities, coupled with their claws and teeth.

Twilights

Twilights are L'na who enter into the world under Ai's night sky. Their physical forms feature mixes of nocturnal animals: monkeys, panthers, bats, owls and other night birds, raccoons, bears, opossums, and constrictors are usually seen. Twilights posses powers that are generally more subtle and secretive: energies that flit and flow through the murky places where most folk dare not delve.

L'na Twilights are experts with the powers of the mind, spirits and fate: their purview lies with soul-based powers, summoning and of speaking with the spirits long past the border of the living. Further, Twilights are powerful mentalists and are said to be able to weave the shadows themselves into protective veils and illusions. It is also widely rumored that some Twilights even posses purview over the very powers of fate and the future.

Dawns

Dawns are L'na whose lives are tied to the diurnal cycle of Ai – those born under the enlightened hours from dawn until just before twilight. The forms Dawns take are usually combinations of creatures and animals that are normally seen in the light of day and in the bright light of noon: apes, lions, lizards, vipers, eagles and most birds, bear, elk and squirrel are some of the more common.

L'na Dawns are masters of the magical powers tied to force, matter, and life: these energies thrum through their veins and smolder behind their eyes. Their magical abilities of Dawns are by and large, the more "flashy" types of powers; powers that are overt and resounding.

Dawns are those L'na who wield the mighty powers of fire and storm, water and earth mold to their will, and they are also masters of the powers of healing and growth. The powers of transmutation and the enhancement of living things are also the purview of Dawns.

L'na Artwork by John Gonzalez