species profile no.2 - earthhawks

yay earthhawks!


earthhawks are thought to have been the greatest species that ever existed, their only real weakness being their numbers. they're a hundred percent immortal but for one fatal spot that is never discovered. earthhawks had wings made out of a purified silvery metal that can cut through diamond easily, and feathers can be pulled off to be used as daggers and throwing knifes. they can revert their wings to an energy form and store it on either side of their spine. when their wings are held in there are long, thin diamonds of silver on their shoulder blade. feathers can be pulled out of the diamonds as well ^_^

an earthhawk's one fatal spot is between their shoulder blades. they cannot be killed by being impaled through the chest- it has to be from behind. before the race mysteriously disappeared, only one earthhawk has been killed by a human- killed period, actually. his name was Tuliuso, and he was killed by the prince of a country named Scaris. the sword that he was killed with was stained black by his blood, and gained the strength of their metal feathers and was locked away. the sword was called the Sword of Isyss. Leon (an earthhawk) had the sword stolen and he destroyed it. one piece of it hangs on a chain around his neck, and another was giving to the thief who stole it- a man named Greyson Nuver. the remaining pieces were thrown into the sea (and they didnt resurface thousands of years later, so forget that xb)

because earthhawks were immortal and very rarely did one of them die, very few of the females were born able to bear children, and never more than three. earthhawks mated for life (ha, eternity), and so everything pretty much worked. they lived on a spat of land high in the air until somehow, they all died. the island burned untill there was nothing there, and the earthhawks were just...gone. O_O a young girl, only about six years old (so YEAH YOUNG!) feel from the island and past out. she was caught by another earthhawk (heehe, the only other one who survived), but never remembered. Stel was caught by Leon : ) Leon is about 30 to 40 years older than her.

so two earthhawks remained out of....(uuhhhhhhh)....maybe a hundred or so. Leon and Stel! Stel doesn't hide what she was. she was one of the people who started the rebellion in Tork. Leon joined the Flag later, and didn't let on about what he was until Stel was impaled and nearly killed in the final battle. he flew her away from the field to heal her.

Stel was not one of those few females who is able to have children, so there'll never never been any little Leons and Stels.

earthhawks can eat just about anything, and Leon and Stel do eat humans. one thing Leon has said a lot is "when you been alive for so long, you care so much about it- living."

earthhawks commonly had unusual hair colors (red, grey, white...) and jewel toned eyes (red, gold, blue, green, bleh blwah blah). i hadn't really thought about skin, but now that i think about it i guess it was a pretty wide range....

they had sharp senses that could magnify at will and, a human comments at one point, a "predatory aura" about them.

last thing- not all earthhawks could use magic. because they're powerful enough without it, it was an uncommon gift, and magic users as powerful as Leon were unheard of.

(done!)