Invasion!/Yokai:Profile

Yokai

The Yokai are a species of ancient colonists who came to earth before it had developed any self-aware sentient life. They set down in a region on the east side of the Eurasia continent. Later as human life developed sentience the descendants of the Yokai colonists made the decision to hide themselves and keep interaction to a minimum, although there were those who broke this standard. The Yokai possess a shape-shifting ability which they had originally used to take on the appearance of a mammal local to their landing area known in the earth language as a "Kitsune" in the local language, or "Fox" in the current dominant English. They do have a weakness in their transformations that they can never cause their tails to fully vanish which renders then unable to add or remove limbs from their body, only change their appearance. Thus, in cases where they do take on a form like that of a human, they usually keep the tails they had in their fox form as they have grown more accustomed to those bushy tails over their own natural slimy tails.

Throughout the centuries, the local humans have created several stories in regards to the Yokai, attributing several abilities to them that they do not in fact possess. Most of the local folk-lore correctly attributes most of their abilities to the name "Kitsune," identifying the fox which is their preferred form with all of their capabilities as they are, but the same folk-lore has gone on from there to use the actual name of their species and attributed all manner of forms, abilities, and powers that far exceed anything they can actually do, although due to them having the ability to change their shape it is easy to see how this confusion could have happened.

The native Yokai colonist descendants are long removed from any technology or contact with their home planet. During the invasion, a landing party made contact with the native Yokai colonist descendants in order to warn them of the impending danger.

Abilities

Shape-changing abilities The Yokai can alter the appearance of any limb of their body, and their short front hands can even shrink down to where they are barely visible, however they can never make their tails shorter than 6 inches in length. Pyrokenisis The Yokai have the psychic ability to create and control fire. Flames that the Yokai create will always have a bluish-white color where as already existing flames they manipulate will have the color appropriate their original fuel source.

Biology

Senses

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