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{{Info races
{{Info races
|image = Allarsplashy.png
|image = Hb42hb42h.jpg
|pronunciation = All-lar
|pronunciation = All-lar
|classification = [[Gorr]]
|classification = Gorr
|subraces =  
|subraces = Many
|nicknames = Slimeskins, Scalies, Scaleskins, Lizards
|nicknames =  
|languages = [[Zasta]]
*Slimescales (derogatory)
|naming = Varying vowels with double L,S and Z
*Wisescales (praising)
*Clawgnashers (Elven)
|languages = [[Pidato]]
|naming = Indonesian, not including Muslim/Arab names
|distinction =  
|distinction =  
|maxage = 130 years
|maxage = 200 years
|height =  
|height =  
|eye = Slitted pupil (some also round) with a bright yellow iris and white sclera
|eye = Slitted pupil (some also round) with a yellow/orange/blue/green iris and white or dark-gray sclera
|skin =  
|skin =  
|}}
|}}
[[File:Greve.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Allar make excellent Jungle Warriors.]]
[[File:Hw34j453wn.png|260px|thumb|right|Ksat Caste Allar are ferocious Ring fighters.]]


Originating from the mysterious and unmapped jungles of [[Sendras]], the Allar are a diverse and varied race of reptilian humanoids known for their towering intellect and scientific capacity,  their long-term defiance of the [[Regalian Empire]], and their boundless capacity to thrive in the harshest of societal conditions. The Allar have weathered many setbacks over the centuries, surviving that which would have crushed any other race into oblivion, and turned detriment to their advantage. The most recent of these setbacks occurred during the [[Chrysant War]], in which the [[Humans]] of [[Regalia]] attempted to inflict genocide upon the Allar. In the fifteen years since, the Allar not only overcame the losses of that war, but turned public opinion on them around, and became one of the founding races of the Crown Alliance of the Regalian Empire, being some of its most prized and loyal citizens. While many other races still have disdain for the foreign lizard-looking Allar, their influence on global events as shrewd, capable and flexible people cannot be denied. With their diverse cultural caste system and specialized sub species all fulfilling a specific role in their society, Allar have quickly risen to become an intricate race rivalling even the complexity of Human society in the Regalian Empire and eclipsing the [[Elves]] in their unity and recovery of past glory. Allar remain known as highly efficient, knowledgeable and adaptable, seeking fortunes in the shadows of others, or benefit where others would not deign to look. Their alchemists are the leading alchemical inventors of the world, having unrivaled skill in the identification, mixing, and application of alchemical substances. Their gladiators remain some of the fiercest and most popular ring-fighters, being able to rip even the strongest of warriors of other races to shreds. And finally, their politicians remain flexible as ever, adeptly weaving themselves through the ruling classes, aiding in their public perception and their profiting from good relations with other races, for good, or nefarious purposes.  
Originating from the mysterious jungles of [[Hadar|Sendrass]], the Allar are a diverse and varied [[Heritage]] of reptilian humanoids known for their societal flexibility and scientific capacity, and their boundless capacity to thrive in the harshest of conditions. The Allar have weathered many setbacks over the centuries, surviving that which would have crushed any other Race into oblivion, and turned detriment to their advantage. The most recent of these setbacks occurred during the [[Chrysant War]], in which the [[Regalian Empire]] inflicted massive damage on the Allar and reduced their homeland to a backwater colony. In the fifteen years since, the Allar have not only overcome the losses of that war, but turned public opinion on them around, and became one of the founding Races of the Crown Alliance of the Regalian Empire, being some of its most prized and loyal citizens and filling government positions all the way to the top. Allar alchemists are the leading alchemical inventors of the world, having unrivaled skills in the identification, mixing, and application of alchemical substances. Their politicians remain flexible as ever and unburdened by the rigid Caste System that defines their society, allowing them to aid in their public perception unbothered by other duties of governance.  


==Physical and Mental Characteristics==
=Core Identity=
To call Allar a Reptillian race, is not quite accurate. While the majority of the Allar are reptilian in nature, there exist also amphibian Allar, and even aquatic Allar that have more in common with fish than with either reptiles or amphibians. The only true aspect that unites Allar, is that they all have some form of scaled skin, as those with reptilian physiology enjoy reptilian scales, those of aquatic origin have small shark-like scales, and those of amphibian origin have smooth scales. Stature wise, Allar are also very varied based on their subrace. Their largest subrace can reach up to 6’6, while the shortest of them is as short as 5 feet tall. There is no gender dimorphism in their race, which can sometimes be hard for non-Allar, since female Allar rarely have a tell as to their gender, save for a more elegant voice, lacking any other female specific body parts externally. Masculine and feminine body shapes do exist in their race, but only in the sense of the overall silhouette, and they appear in equal measure among females and males of their gender. In fact, gender isn’t always strictly set for Allar. If they exist in an environment where it is necessary for more females to reproduce, a male might spontaneously change to become female, while having no visible changes externally, as all Allar reproduction organs are internal. These changes can occur to satisfy compatibility with a lover, but can also spontaneously occur if a large group of male Allar are frequently grouped up, and have little interactions with female Allar. To Allar, this change is normal, and most Allar in fact go through life swapping between genders a few times, and it can even occur in compatibility with other races. Proportion wise, Allar are the same as other races, having two arms and two legs and a head, set on a torso. The only appendage they have that other races do not, is a tail. The length of this tail can vary from Allar to Allar, and is not necessarily consistent even in subraces. For example, while all Cro-Allar have roughly similar head shapes, their tails can vary in length, some of which are only a short little stump, while others are the length of their legs and then some, thick, and dragging over the floor behind them. Allar tails are strong, and prehensile. They are not able to wield any objects or weapons with them, but they can wrap their tail around things, with about the same force as two hands applying pressure. Allar live for 130 years, but rarely reproduce during this period. A couple of Allar may only lay eggs once every ten years, though when they do, a female Allar can produce anywhere between five and thirteen eggs after a carrying period of about a month. The siblings born from the eggs are rarely ever identical, in fact there can be extreme variance between the Allar. The Allar have developed so called Castes to support this random birth of children, called Uz-Cazz. Each Allar child that is born is classified along these subraces, or Uz-Cazz, has different physical and mental characteristics. To understand each subrace, they are divided in sections below.
===Science over Magi===
The Allar are commonly believed the Race with the greatest intellect in scientific matters on [[Aloria]]. While other Races can certainly produce intellectuals, the Allar have a mental pre-disposition to insight, problem-solving, logic, and understanding complex linguistic, mathematical, and medical issues. Allar alchemists are prized around the world with unrivaled skills in identification, experimentation, and mixology, with nearly every alchemy business in the Regalian Empire having at least one Allar working at it. On the flipside of this heavy emphasis of the natural sciences, the Allar find [[Magic]] to be somewhat uncomfortable and incomprehensible, as it upends the laws of physics and reality, and makes everything unpredictable, exactly the way the Allar do not want to see the world. While it is certainly possible to find some Allar [[Mage]]s, they most survive on the edges of a society that favors science over Magic.  


===Als-Allar===
===Everyone their Place===
Als-Allar are the most commonly seen Allar, both domestically and abroad, and are the most commonly born Allar. Als-Allar are seen as the general Allar population, and are also the least specialized in the sense that they are flexible. Among the Allar, they can in theory fulfill all roles, but do so at a lesser efficiency than the other races. Als-Allar are commonly more nervous or skittish than the other subraces, preferring desk-jobs over field-work, and excelling particularly in intellectual positions and fields. Als-Allar are capable of being the most skilled alchemists in the world, largely due to their Racial Abilities, but also because of their ability to hyper-focus on their craft, and their extremely steady hands. Als-Allar are described as social, when they want to be, but very prone to anxiety when they are uncomfortable, and quick to hide or seek the comfort of other Allar in a situation where they feel exposed. They are generally friendly, and don’t want to offend anyone, through have been known to have a mean streak when it comes to playing pranks on those they feel comfortable around. In Allar society, the Uz-Cazz of Als-Allar fulfill the roles of alchemists, bureaucrats, craftsmen, shopkeepers, cattle tenders, farmers, and any other position in the service industry.
Allar society is strongly defined by the social castes that they are born in. Allar very much a "planned society", where the upper classes dictate the manpower needs, and new populations are born through the help of a variety of alchemical concoctions. If one leader wishes for more labor forces, the next generation shall be born strong, while another leader might wish for better fishers, thus siring a generation of slender and agile aquatic Allar. An Allar is always born for a specific purpose and a specific role in their society, and it is very hard to break out of it, with much resistance from society at large. The Allar believe they have been able to weather traumatic events and terrible calamities specifically because of the stability afforded to them by their strict societal rules and hierarchy.  
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===Surviving Today===
! Ability
Allar are extremely pragmatic and straightforward in securing their immediate needs. While most other Races seemingly make mistakes and toil with the issues for long periods of time, the Allar are uniquely aware of their immediate pyramid of needs, and will prioritize survival and overcoming, before considering long term thriving and improving of conditions. Allar are incredibly resilient, capable of receiving a great deal of mental anguish and torment over their conditions, knowing that they will above all survive, and that a better day will come where the struggle will have all been worth it. Certainly, the impressive swivels in their fortunes around the world have been evidence of this fact, with Allar quickly rising from one of the most oppressed people in the Regalian Empire, to some of its most respected and well-off people who have overcome levels of poverty that affected the [[Ailor]] for generations, in but a single lifetime.  
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===All-Truths===
! Description (All Als-Allar have these Abilities and Traits)
The Allar have a curious life philosophy called Allteach or Guru in their native language. The idea of this philosophy, is that everything that is claimed, sad, or stated as fact, is at least partially true and must be investigated and should not be dismissed out of hand. It should come as no surprise that the Allar are a nexus of experimentation and trying new doctrines, ideas, plans, and designs. Sometimes, this experimentation and field-testing goes to extremes, like alchemy testing on prisoners, damaging the environment for science, and other unethical practices. Additionally, this philosophy has sometimes led to the rampant existence of conspiracy theories among the Allar, who continue to investigate theories that other Races or societies have rejected as completely nonsensical. The policy remains important however, as it has led to some of the most ingenious discoveries that were originally dismissed as unviable.  
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==Design==
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===Physical Characteristics===
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Simplest put, Allar are a Race of semi-aquatic reptile-like humanoids, though there is a very large range of design freedom within that distinction. Allar have humanoid bodies with two arms and legs, though the legs can be digitigrade and have lizard claws or even raptor claws, while they also have a tail that is either rigid or prehensile and can be so long as to drag behind them. Allar skins are scaled and sometimes even feathered (think raptors), while their heads are distinctly reptile-like (including turtles, crocodiles, lizards, dinosaur, but not snakes or birds). Allar can also have elements of aquatic mammals or fish (including amphibian salamanders) mixed in, for example a shark head, dolphin fins on the arms, or dunkleosteus bone plating. Designs may either disregard aquatic traits altogether, or lean fully into the aquatic design, for example a full-body shark humanoid. Allar use the practice of Kelahiran to infuse their eggs with genetic alterations that suit an Allar child more for one particular task over the other. This is why the Allar are so physiologically varied, because each generation is designed to fulfill a specific role in society, and acquires traits that are useful for this. For example, if Allar society needs more fishers, a batch of eggs may be altered to have crocodile-like snouts useful for catching fish, and shark-like fins and skin to make it easier to swim. If Allar society needs more fighters, a batch of eggs may be altered to have carnotaurus-like heads with broad shoulders and a predisposition to a more muscular frame. As such, there is no commonality in size between Allar, some are as short as [[Dwarves]], while others as large as [[Urlan]]. Allar can grow to be 200 years old, and have less gender-dimorphism than for example Ailor, as they are an egg-laying species. As a result, they are incompatible with all other Races and as such Half-Allar do not exist. Allar can have scales, shark-like skin, feathers, horns, spikes, enlarged claws, short or long snouts, short or long necks, bone plating, club tails, feather tails, or pointed tails. Scale colors can be realistic from real-life animals, or fantasy colorations and patterns. if you need help designing, feel free to make a ticket!
| Als-Allar are generally slim or athletic, while having a general reptilian body. Their heads are usually shaped like those of most lizard species (such as gecko, iguana, chameleon, etc.), most sauropod species (such as diplodocus, brachiosaur, pachycephalosaur, etc.), or ornithopod species (such as parasaurolophus, dryosaur, ouranosaur, etc.). They can also have any of their scale patterns and colors.
 
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===Cultural Personalities===
| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Exclusive Body Trait<br />(Only Als-Allar can have this body trait)
Allar personalities are also very varied because of Kelahiran resulting in fluctuating hormone levels, though their society can generally be defined by 4 major similar cultural outlooks listed below.
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| Als-Allar exclusively have some form of horns, either at the center of their forehead, or on the sides. These can be single horns, double horns, or multiple smaller horns. These can also be a cranial crest, or a combination of the two. Als-Allar always have either horns, or some sort of cranial crest, as this is their racial identifier.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Physical Adaptation
<span style="font-size:130%;><center>'''Kota-Allar'''</center></span>
| Racial Passive
The Kota-Allar or "City-Allar" are by far the most common Allar to find. Kota-Allar have a predisposition to social engagement, as they live in very densely packed coastal cities or major Regalian cities where space is a premium and most people have to be able to get along with each other. Kota-Allar are very open and hospitable to other Races, and generally approachable people who take pride in their employment and service to society, while bearing the fruits of that labor. Kota-Allar are also politically engaged, with many of the leading Allar politicians coming from this cultural outlook, and mingling with the Regalian Empire's aristocrats and Dukes at court. Kota-Allar are most likely to integrate in Regalian society wearing Ailor clothes.
| Self
| Als-Allar, as long as their head is still attached to their torso and their heart is still beating, will regrow any lost limb or organ over the span of 5 days. This is consistent no matter how much is lost. For example, if an entire arm is lost, if regrows in 5 days, the same amount of time as if just a finger was lost. Scars of damage remain on the body however.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Als Taste
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Als-Allar can taste any substance for its component ingredients. As long as they do not ingest an alchemical substance, and only taste it on their tongue, they can taste all the ingredients, while also suffering none of the effects of ingestion. If they swallow the substance however, it will affect them. While the Als-Allar can identify substance ingredients, they still need the necessary Proficiency Points in for example brewing or alchemy to know what the ingredients do.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Als Alchemicus
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Als-Allar have a gland in their mouth that secretes a specific Alchemical substance used to do (???) to other alchemical mixtures, or act as a stand-alone ingredient that does (???). This substance is highly perishable, meaning it cannot be traded with others, and can only be used by Als-Allar to craft Alchemical concoctions, which can be traded. Even Als-Allar that do not have any Alchemical Proficiencies still know the concoctions that use this ingredient, and can make them without fail. (Eccetra still needs to write this into Alchemy and expand on what it does).
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===Maz-Allar===
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Maz-Allar are the second most commonly seen Allar, and are most frequently seen in Allar armies, as well as the fighting rings. While it is not impossible for Als-Allar to have a job in the army, Maz-Allar are far more suited at it both temperementally and physically. While Als-Allar are commonly seen as omnivores, Maz-Allar are almost exclusively carnivorous, with a temperament to boot. Due to their large raptor-like claws on their feet and their energetic nature, they are ferocious fighters that give their all in battle, and can literally rip others to shreds with their claws. Maz-Allar are generally more muscular than Als-Allar who remain more athletic rather than broad. Maz-Allar also have larger teeth, and a more muscular tail that is frequently combined with some sort of weapon to use. Maz-Allar are boisterous and can be violent, relishing in the victory and thrill of battle, and may sometimes be prone to just starting a brawl with other Maz-Allar just for the sake of it. Their Racial Abilities also uniquely suit their combat abilities, and as such, even in Regalia, most Maz-Allar can be found in military positions, either as a soldier, or a guard, but also as a gladiator or some other form of ring champion. To say that they are entirely war-oriented is not entirely accurate however. The Maz-Allar temperament also uniquely suits them to theatre and acting, as well as having a surprisingly soft touch, despite their claws, for bodycare and the training of others.
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! Ability
<span style="font-size:130%;><center>'''Dibawa-Allar'''</center></span>
! Type
The Dibawa-Allar or "Under-Allar" are a less common sight, but still living on the peripheries of Regalian society, largely conforming to a group of Allar who prefer to live in the water, and as such spend more time in the ocean shallows and medium-depths. Dibawa-Allar have cities underwater, though these cities were not built by the Dibawa-Allar, rather they were found to have belonged to a long-gone civilization, yet were sturdy enough to house their expanding need for homes. Dibawa-Allar tend to be more reserved and stoic than other Allar, though capable of ferocious tempers and bursts of energetic behavior when provoked, or pushed into action by outsiders. Dibawa-Allar in general are more distrusting and careful of outsiders.
! Range
! Description (All Maz-Allar have these Abilities and Traits)
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;width:10%;" | Maz-Allar Appearance
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| Maz-Allar are generally athletic or muscular, while having a general reptilian body. Their heads are usually shaped like those of most theropod species (such as dilophosaur, allosaur, velociraptor, etc.). They can also have any of their scale patterns and colors.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Exclusive body trait (Only Maz-Allar can have this body trait)
| -
| -
| Als-Allar exclusively have a raptor-like large claw on their feet that has a wide range of motion, and can be used as a weapon through its extreme sharpness. Additionally, Maz-Allar exclusively can have feathers either covering parts of their body, or forming a crest. While Maz-Allar can exclusively have colored feathers, this is not a consistent trait that all Maz-Allar have, only their raptor-like claw is. The feathers however can have a wide range of vibrant colors.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Physical Adaptation
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Maz-Allar, as long as their head is still attached to their torso and their heart is still beating, will regrow any lost limb or organ over the span of 5 days. This is consistent no matter how much is lost. For example, if an entire arm is lost, if regrows in 5 days, the same amount of time as if just a finger was lost. Scars of damage remain on the body however.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Maz Tracking
| Racial Passive
| Self
| As soon as a Maz-Allar has drawn blood on another person either through their claws or their weapon, they are able to track them for up to an hour after they left Emote Distance. There is no way to obfuscate this smell or tracking, whether through submersion or Ability disguise or translocation or anti-tracking Abilities.  
|-
| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Maz Recovery
| Racial Spell
| Self
| Maz-Allar are able to use Maz Recovery to reset any body damage they have incurred over the past hour. This means that any lost limbs or destroyed organs are recovered in a span of 10 seconds, while any stamina loss from fighting is recovered instantly also. This ability can be used mid-combat and cannot be interrupted (but wounds inflicted during the 10 second recovery window do not get recovered), and goes on a 5 day cooldown after being used.  
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===Izu-Allar===
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Izu-Allar are not frequently seen, but only because of their nature, as they are still the third most frequently born Allar subrace. The Izu-Allar are more of amphibian nature, in contrast to the Maz-Allar and Als-Allar which are exclusively reptilian in nature. The Izu-Allar are still covered in small smooth scales, but have a smooth and slippery skin oil that makes their scales appear like actual hide or skin. Izu-Allar are more spiritual in nature, having Racial Abilities that make them more suited to the pursuit of arcane matters, or general arcane knowledge. They are curious and hungry for more learning, while this boundless knowledge also makes them excellent advisors and strategists. Most if not all leading Cro-Allar have a host of Izu-Allar known as the Advisory Body that provides the leading caste with the necessary knowledge on how to effectively rule. Izu-Allar are excellent planners and are uncannily capable of thinking outside the box, deploying unusual strategies and using unusual skills to turn the tables in any sticky situation. They often prefer to stay hidden among crowds, even among Allar, as many of them also double as spies or infiltrants, relying on their slippery nature as opposed to any great skill at deceit or subterfuge like other races.
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<span style="font-size:130%;><center>'''Pelayaran-Allar'''</center></span>
! Description (All Izu-Allar have these Abilities and Traits)
The Pelayaran-Allar or "Sailing-Allar" are fairly common, though are noticed far less than their more gregarious Kota-Allar brethren, as Pelayaran-Allar tend to be more timid, shy, or otherwise lacking the confidence to be open and bold. Pelayaran-Allar mostly consist of those Allar and their families who work for the Perpustakaan Besar, which is a massive Allar Alchemy Guild of sorts that wields a lot of political influence and wealth. The Pelayaran-Allar conventionally travel the world on the backs of giant turtles where their towns are built, so as to sample the alchemical rarities of the world, though this often puts them at risk of the dangers on the high seas, ergo their habit to hide and run rather than stand and fight.  
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;width:10%;" | Izu-Allar Appearance
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| Izu-Allar are generally slim or short (being the only ones capable of being 5 feet tall, with all other Allar having a minimum of 5 feet and 5 inches tall), while having a general amphibian body. Their heads are usually shaped like those of most amphibian species (such as frogs, toads, salamanders, etc.), and they have webbed feet and hands. They can also have any of the aforementioned species skin patterns and colors.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Exclusive Body Trait<br />(Only Izu-Allar can have this body trait)
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| Izu-Allar exclusively have larger eyes that are able to rotate in a much larger degree than that of other races. While most Allar have eyes that are set forward, Izu-Allar can see in a wide range around them, meaning that Izu-Allar can often not be taken by surprise.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Physical Adaptation
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Izu-Allar, as long as their head is still attached to their torso and their heart is still beating, will regrow any lost limb or organ over the span of 5 days. This is consistent no matter how much is lost. For example, if an entire arm is lost, if regrows in 5 days, the same amount of time as if just a finger was lost. Scars of damage remain on the body however.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Izu Awareness
| Racial Passive
| Emote Distance
| Izu-Allar are immune to any form of Rogue Proficiency inflicted on them (except Conning). Furthermore, if they are the ones to discover a person using Stealth Rogue 10 to reposition after discovery, this reposition is instead foiled, and they are immediately discovered. Furthermore, Izu-Allar can never be snuck upon from behind, or taken by surprise from another angle besides in front of them.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Izu Spirituality
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Izu-Allar are the only Allar species capable of learning Sorcery and Magic (though other Allar subraces can learn Ritualism). Furthermore, Izu-Allar are capable of seeing Soul Rivers, and perceive flashes of emotions of those that have passed away, though this only has aesthetic uses. Finally, Izu-Allar are allowed to ‘purchase’ 2 Arcanology Proficiency packs at the cost of 0 Proficiency Points.  
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===Cro-Allar===
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Cro-Allar are the most rarely born Allar, and as Uz-Cazz, are often the ruling classes as well as their most prized honor guard. Cro-Allar are born considerably larger than all other subraces, but generally lack the energy to be effective frontline soldiers like Maz-Allar, preferring the role of heavy brute, or vanguard protector. While they are very clever and calculative, they lack the capacity to focus on their work like the Als-Allar, and lack the ability to truly repress their presence in a crowd like the Izu-Allar do, because of their vanity and pride. A Cro-Allar is immensely self-aware and vainglorious, speaking with a cadence that presumes royalty on their part, even when they are in a losing position. It should be no surprise that in Hadar, the homeland of the Allar, the only ruling Allar are Cro-Allar. Indeed, Cro-Allar also fulfill the roles of aristocrats, governors, or leaders of any other kind. It is they who own the businesses that the Als-Allar work for, it is they who own the gladiator schools and armies that the Maz-Allar fight for, and it is they that employ Advisory Bodies of Izu-Allar to increase their governing efficiency. Any Cro-Allar that did not make it into aristocracy or nobility usually ends up owning some sort of business, or becoming a highly prized ceremonial guard or personal bodyguard to another Cro-Allar. Cro-Allar love to be at the center of attention and love talking themselves up among others, but never in such a way it becomes just empty flattery, always with a purpose to be seen as less harmful despite their size and stature, to extract some benefit at a later time.
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<span style="font-size:130%;><center>'''Rumah-Allar'''</center></span>
! Type
The Rumah-Allar or "Home-Allar" are not common, though might often be mistaken for Kota-Allar. They are energetic, passionate, wild, impulsive and wild, with a streak for cruelty and ridicule of others they deem too weak. Rumah-Allar are those Allar native to Sendrass where the Hadarian Allar fled from centuries ago. Their most important trait, is that while the other cultural outlooks of Allar follow the Guru, the Rumah-Allar are religious, reject the Guru, and follow [[Void Worship]] with an Allar-oriented variant of it. Rumah-Allar can exist in Regalia, but should generally have been smuggled or snuck in, as Sendrass is technically still at war with [[Hadar]], and the Regalian Empire at large, thus making Rumah-Allar enemies of the state. Besides their habit for tribal dress-code however, Rumah-Allar look identical to other Allar. Refugees from the cruelty of Sendrass are also not far-fetched.  
! Range
! Description (All Cro-Allar have these Abilities and Traits)
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;width:10%;" | Cro-Allar Appearance
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| Cro-Allar are generally muscular or bulky, while having a general reptilian body. Their heads are usually shaped like those of most crocodilian species (such as crocodile, caiman, alligator, etc.), most sauropterygia species (such as plesiosaur, nothosaur, pistosaur, including having a longer than usual neck, etc.), or most mosasauridae species (such as mosasaur, thylosaur, prognathodon, etc.), while they can also have any of the aforementioned species scale patterns and colors.  
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Exclusive Body Trait<br />(Only Cro-Allar can have this body trait)
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| Cro-Allar exclusively grow taller than 6 feet, as all other Allar are shorter than 6 feet. Additionally, while all other Allar are capped at Muscular Body Shape, Cro-Allar are the only ones capable of becoming Strongman.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Physical Adaptation
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Cro-Allar, as long as their head is still attached to their torso and their heart is still beating, will regrow any lost limb or organ over the span of 5 days. This is consistent no matter how much is lost. For example, if an entire arm is lost, if regrows in 5 days, the same amount of time as if just a finger was lost. Scars of damage remain on the body however.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Cro Physicality
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Cro-Allar gain +10 Physical Stat (that cannot break Stat Limit) for free without any Proficiency investment. On the flipside however, due to the Cro-Allar stature, they are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMINTOSZhDo unable to sprint]], or run for more than a single straight line in a street, thus are incapable of chasing an escaping prey, no matter what their Physical Stat or athleticism is like.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Cro Crushing
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Cro-Allar can, when they have at least one hand touching a piece of armor (for example an arm-guard or bracer, or a helmet, or cuirass), use overwhelming force in their hand and claws to crush that armor piece. The armor piece itself is rendered useless, it remains attached to the body in a broken state, but no longer provides protection against further attacks. If this Ability was used on a limb like an arm or leg, then this limb is additionally paralyzed for 2 minutes, or until a person other than the person who the Ability was used on can remove the broken armor piece that constricts the limb underneath. If this Ability was used on a helmet, the visor is crushed, and the player must use /t add Blind to emulate mundane blindness, for 2 minutes, or until they can get someone else’s help to remove the crushed helmet around their head. This Ability does not work on Artifacts, but can work on Ability Armor. If such Ability Armor has some form of “disappears after 3 hits”, or some similar conditional durability, it is instead instantly destroyed, if it does not have conditional durability, it responds like normal armor. This Ability can be used once per 24 hours
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===Mai-Allar===
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Mai-Allar despite being born more frequently than Cro-Allar are in fact the least seen Allar species around, purely because they are almost entirely aquatic. Mai-Allar are more fish-like than the other Allar species, having webbed feet and hands, as well as fins on their forearms, back, and even on their tail, with their tail usually having a large shark-like fin at the tip. Mai-Allar live mostly underwater, though are capable of living on dry land perfectly fine. It should be noted however that Mai-Allar do become sluggish if not submerged in water at least for a few minutes every 48 hours, and much prefer to speak to others while half submerged or otherwise partially touching water. Mai-Allar have the role of hunter or scout for Allar society, but their loyalty isn’t always consistent with Allar society as a whole, and many Mai-Allar in fact live outside of Allar society, having chosen to not be a part of it anymore. They are avid collectors and love shiny things, while they also seek the thrill of the hunt, often being compared to aquatic Url in that sense. Mai-Allar are perfectly capable at being social even among other races, but are sometimes prone to saying strange things, or things that are awkwardly worded, that cause them to be misunderstood, as they have their own aquatic language that has a vastly different grammatical construction, resulting in mix-ups of words. Mai-Allar can be very comedic, seeking ways to prod fun at others and situations that seem otherwise dour, preferring to look at life from a positive angle at all times. They remain however also very rebellious to the Uz-Cazz of the Allar, resulting in them being somewhat mistrusted by other Allar, even if permitted to live on the fringes of their society.
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! Description (All Mai-Allar have these Abilities and Traits)
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;width:10%;" | Mai-Allar Appearance
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| Mai-Allar are anywhere between slim and muscular, while having a general aquatic body. Their heads are usually shaped like those of specific marine species (orca, most shark species, hammerhead shark (including the head shape), dusky dolphin, or dunkleosteus). They can also have any of the aforementioned species skin/scale colors and patterns (including a shark-like appearance, with orca body coloring)
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Exclusive Body Trait<br />(Only Mai-Allar can have this body trait)
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| Mai-Allar exclusively have fins on their backs, forearms, and tail, and sometimes on top of their head like a mohawk. While Izu-Allar also have webbed feet and hands, theirs are non-functional, while the webbed feet and hands of Mai-Allar allow them fast underwater swimming. Additionally. Mai-Allar have gills that allow them to breathe underwater, but also have normal lungs that allow them to breathe above water. Additionally, the Mai-Allar have a sonar-like language that only they can hear underwater. It sounds like disorganised screeching to others either above water, or when they are submerged too. Finally, Mai-Allar are capable of sharing their oxygen with others, either by breathing into their mouth in mouth-to-mouth, or by blowing a larger air bubble near their gills that stays there, allowing a person to hold onto their body, and insert their head into this air-bubble that stays attached to their scale-skin due to the texture. This allows 1 person to submerge with the Mai-Allar and breathe from their air-supply indefinitely.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Physical Adaptation
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Mai-Allar, as long as their head is still attached to their torso and their heart is still beating, will regrow any lost limb or organ over the span of 5 days. This is consistent no matter how much is lost. For example, if an entire arm is lost, if regrows in 5 days, the same amount of time as if just a finger was lost. Scars of damage remain on the body however.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Mai Scalehide
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Mai-Allar are immune to any type of Mundane or Ability based trapping, constraining, rooting, or stunning. If for example Mundane Bolas are used on them, the friction of their skin causes the ropes of these Bolas to snap the moment they touch them. If Abilities are used, such as for example, encasing a part of their body in ice, the slipper and sharp scaled skin immediately allows them to slip out of it, breaking their constraint as if someone else was there to help them get out of it. Additionally, because of their keen awareness, they are immune to any form of short Ability stun as long as it applies for shorter than 20 seconds. Anything over 20 seconds will still apply its effects.
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| style="background-color:#b4c8b4;" | Mai Whirlslide
| Racial Passive
| Self
| Mai-Allar are flexible and acrobatic. While in or outside of combat, Mai-Allar can rapidly spin in place, slashing out their tail in a circular motion, before dashing to another location in Emote Distance. The rapid spin causes anyone within 3 Block Distance to be knocked 5 Blocks backwards, before giving the Mai-Allar the opportunity to pick any location within Emote Distance to dash towards, as long as there is no obstacle, and it happens on a horizontal axis. While underwater, this Ability instead applies a 20 second stun to a single individual, and allows the Mai-Allar to tail-lasso them, dragging them to their location of choice underwater within Emote Distance. This Ability has a 1 hour cooldown regardless of where it is used.
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Further Information on Allar Behavior: https://forums.massivecraft.com/threads/case-study-on-allar-behavior.67577/
==History==
[[File:Crollor.png|260px|thumb|right|Throughout history, the Cro-Allar have led the Allar in military pursuits, for better or for worse.]]
The earliest records of Allar appearing in [[Aloria]] are through various snippets from Altalar explorers around 1200 BC. At this time, the Allorn Empire labeled the land of Sendras dangerous and uninhabitable, mostly due to the unfavorable climate, but also partially due to the frequency of tropical illnesses striking foreigners in the dense jungles of the continent. As such, there is very minimal historical writing on the Allar in their early days, though what can be told from Altalar sources, is that the Allar subspecies all existed around this time in lesser kingdoms. Somewhere around 800 BC, the Allar seem to have unified into one massive spanning Empire, though the exact circumstances that led to this unification remain unknown to this day. Comparatively speaking, the Allar developed a system of writing far later than any other race, and in many ways, what alternative methods of historical recording they did have were lost to time. It is assumed that in many ways, early Sendrassian civilization (while unified) resembled primitive [[Ceardia]] with numerous fledgling kingdoms and warlords controlling local areas in a very rudimentary pre-feudalism manner.
 
Allar civilization did not truly civilize (the way Regalians understand it, with formal writing, governance, and culture) until after the [[Sendrassian Civil War]], an event that has marked the development of the Allar as a whole greatly. The Sendrassian Civil War was an event in Sendras that occurred between 73 BC and 22 BC, making it one of the longest, if not the longest, military conflicts in Alorian history. The civil war started over religious differences as the Allar had long held the faith of the Dragons in high regard, but the growing influence of [[Void Worship]] caused social unrest. Important distinctions should be made in contrasting the rise of Void Worship among the Allar in comparison to the Altalar, however. While the general population of the Altalar was converted at a slow, but steady pace, such a thing did not occur among the Allar. Due to the pyramid structure of Allar society, it took only a few Es- and Cro-Allar to convert, for vast swathes of their population to fall in line without necessarily converting. As such, it was possible for only a handful of leading Allar to convert to Void Worship, while thousands of their subjects remained loyal to the old faith, but simply went along with their rebellion because of their docile attitude to their leaders.
 
Small skirmishes between loyalists and Void converts eventually broke into open rebellion, which culminated into the civil war which is marked to have started with the Void convert attack on the capital of the Sendrassian Empire, the Golden Soor. From very early on, the Void converts (largely by act of the Es-Allar) engaged in magical terrorism to shock and awe the loyalist Al-Allar into line. The capital of the Sendrassian Empire, led by a strong loyalist Digmaan (Cro-Allar Noble), was completely eradicated when a group of Es-Allar used magic to create a massive acid cloud that killed every living being in the city. The rival Es-Allar and Cro-Allar continued to wage their civil war for decades in a conflict where the death toll has never been fully recorded, though often assumed to be in the hundreds of thousands. Towards the later years of the civil war, the void converts appeared to be losing the war, as the Digmaans of the loyalists and their Mu-Allar armies seemed to be gaining the upper hand. This turn of fortunes caused the Es-Allar who worked for the Void Worshipers to increase their magical terrorism, which would prove the final blow in the Civil War. While the loyalist Digmaan and Mu-Allar were prepared to continue the fight, the civilian Soor-Rassa-Allar (which was entirely comprised of Al-Allar) made plans to flee the continent. Many of the Cro-Allar lineage and Mu-Allar loyalists still resent the Soor-Rassa-Allar to this day for essentially betraying the military castes of the Allar Empire, as they were of the belief that they were winning, but only fled because of the cowardice of the Al-Allar.
 
Regardless of the circumstances of the loyalists losing the civil war, The Soor-Rassa-Allar organized a massive flight of loyalists out of Sendras, of all subspecies of Allar, fleeing north to the sparse continent of [[Hadaria]] which at the time was barely populated save for a few wandering groups of [[Slizzar]] and some Allorn outposts. While the Cro-Allar and Mu-Allar originally resented the flight from their homeland, their overriding protective nature of the other Allar species eventually took the upper hand, and they escorted the flight out of Sendras. To many, after the flight of January 12th 22 BC, Sendras became a dark continent, both in a literal and figurative sense. The Void Worship Allar won the Civil War and shut off the continent from the prying eyes of outsiders. To this day, few adventurers have ventured to the shorelines, and even fewer have returned with tales of abominations and savagery in the dark jungles to the south. The Regalian Empire, in fact, has a general bar on anyone approaching the continent, and likely with good reason, as no state that has allowed to fester in Void Worship for as long as Sendras has, could reasonably maintain normality.


The Allar settling in Hadaria eventually splintered into the lesser kingdoms often called the Chrysant Kingdoms by the Regalians, though they often maintained a unified aspect despite the implication that they were separate kingdoms. The Soor-Rassa-Allar remained an organization that loosely tied the Allar together, even if individual Digmaan would continue to wage war against each other over land squabbles. The move to Hadaria caused the Allar to be more frequently exposed to the rising Regalian Empire and the collapsing Allorn Empire. Contact to civilized states in this manner (largely through trade and diplomacy) caused the Allar to rapidly standardize their language, writing, and historical recounting. While much was lost in the flight from Sendras, the Allar who lived in Hadaria quickly recovered and even managed to thrive in their new environment no less than twenty years after arriving.  
==Heritage Traits==
Hadaria, however, was already natively inhabited by the Slizzar. Over decades that turned into centuries, the Slizzar slowly integrated into Allar society and managed to infiltrate every level of politics. From the lowest caste of the Soor-Rassa-Allar, Slizzars seduced the timid Al-Allar, up to the highest ranks where Slizzar became consorts to the Cro-Allar. This slow and steady seduction of Allar leadership is what many today consider the reason why the Allar never fully unified in a way other Empires did. Eventually, this led to one particularly successful Slizzar called [[Miko Missa]] seizing power over all the Chrysant Kingdoms by seducing the strongest Digmaan and using them to force the others in line. This sudden and dangerous skirmishing with the power balance of the region caused aggravation of the Regalian Empire, which would soon declare war on the Essa Empire (the Allar name of their new realm in Hadaria) in 286 AC.
[[File:Hgrwgbrew.png|260px|thumb|right|Many Allar have large Raptor claws.]]
[[File:H43hb423q.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Rama Caste Allar are extremely vain.]]
[[File:H423hb42.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Allar clothing in general is very ornate.]]
[[File:H4b3qb3.png|260px|thumb|right|Some Allar subraces can have large horns that make them look almost Dragon-like.]]
[[File:H3qhb44.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Aquatic Allar look very aggressive, but are actually quite stoic and say very little.]]
[[File:H2h3jk5qw.png|260px|thumb|right|Allar still eat grains and other non-meat dishes.]]
[[File:4hb2b.png|260px|thumb|right|Allar Scars only persist for a few days before they too heal over.]]
[[File:Eher4hjn5er.png|260px|thumb|right|Sang or Nang subrace mixing with other subraces often leads to more aquatic appearances.]]
[[File:H534qhnb3q.png|260px|thumb|right|Size has very little to do with the actual leadership skills or command of a Rama Allar.]]
[[File:Jh3jhn2.png|260px|thumb|right|Comparing an Allar to a non-sentient lizard is a sure-fire way to get one very angry.]]
[[File:Sagwshgerhew.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Feathers are common on Allar bodies, especially the head, arms, shoulders and tail.]]
When designing a Character, Proficiency Points allow for a limited Ability selection with Point Buy Packs. Heritage Traits adds free Packs and Mechanics on top of that to help with cultural themes. Free Packs grant Abilities usually, while Mechanics change the way a character functions in Roleplay through subtle, and usually out of Combat ways. In essence, Mechanics just add aesthetic flair that invest in the niche of each culture. Free Packs never raise Proficiency Points, but the character must be able to purchase them normally. (ex. if a character is a certain Affinity that locks them out of a category, they cannot take that specific free pack and must choose the alternative option.) If a Free Pack grants Magic of some type, that Magic can be of any Alignment the character can normally choose, or limited to a select alignment, which will always be written in the Free Pack description.  


While the Mu-Allar and Cro-Allar proved competent on the field of battle against the inferior Regalian troops, the Ailor were far too numerous and outclassed the Allar navies to a laughable extent. Attacked from all sides, the Allar military eventually cracked, and the war changed from military conflict to a civilian genocide, fueled by Ailor racism. By the time Fessa Huallo (the new capital) fell, the Allar were completely at the mercy of the Ailor. Surprisingly, however, unlike other races, the Soor-Rassa-Allar quickly subjected itself in a very submissive manner, even if the Cro-Allar and Mu-Allar resisted. This quick submission and docile compliance to Regalian overlordship would later prove to be the greatest boon the Allar could have employed to secure their future.
Mixed Heritage characters (i.e. characters born from two parents of different Cultures) may take one parent's 'Free Packs' and mix and match up to 5 Mechanics from both parents, although some Peoples cannot produce Mixed Heritage children (due to Magical/Fantasy reasons). Allar cannot be included in Mixed Heritage Characters.
===Free Packs===
* Allar can choose either the Mundane [[Adapt_Point_Buy#Oceanic_Pack|Oceanic Pack]], or choose one Pack from [[Chem Point Buy]].
* Allar can additionally choose either the [[Melee_Point_Buy#Diving_Tackle_Pack | Diving Tackle Pack]] , or choose one Pack from [[Medical Point Buy]].


Immediately following the Chrysant War, Hadaria was divided into numerous Ailor-led governorates, subject states and puppet kingdoms that continued to wage war on one another for various reasons. While Allar sovereignty was crushed, they were released from the Slizzar grasp who were eradicated with a much higher degree of efficiency than the Allar were and retreated to the far corners of the world. The subservient attitude of the Soor-Rassa-Allar turned around Regalian attitudes to the Allar in record time. It was their loyalty, their silent public relations struggle, and willful obedience that turned the Allar into a valuable ally. This eventually culminated into the Allar collectively integrating into Ailor society, becoming the first non-Ailor race to become first-class citizens in the Regalian Empire, and even having the Digmaan recognized as non-Human nobility in their own right. Needless to say, out of all races, Allar have suffered the most in terms of setbacks against their race, yet overcome all of them. Furthermore, they are also classified as the second most successful race in Aloria, having created a strong working relationship with the Ailor (though racism against them still exists), and being present in nearly all layers of Ailor governance of the Empire.
===Mechanics===
* Allar are immune to any (non Magical) disease or illness, such as viruses or bacteria, though they can become asymptomatic carriers.
* Allar bodyparts regrow over the timespan of 24 hours when lost, though scars can be left behind if desired.
* Allar have sensitive taste, their tongue capable of deeply analyzing anything they taste, what the ingredients are, and whether it has alchemical functions.
* Allar have perfect sight at night and in dark environments, capable of seeing in the dark without needing any external light source.  
* Allar can breathe underwater without any Abilities, and can also see perfectly underwater without it blurring their vision, allowing them to stay submerged indefinitely.


==Society==
==Society==
[[File:Esmular.png|260px|thumb|right|Despite their constantly grumpy appearance, the Es-Allar contribute a valuable service to Allar history and society as the Mages and Arcane specialists.]]
===The Caste System===
Allar society is remarkably complex due to the caste structure that has been observed in practically every era of their existence. Every subrace of Allar exists on a separate caste that grants them specific rights and duties. While there is no real discrimination between the castes, all Allar are expected to fulfill the roles within their casts, and those who refuse to do so become outcasts. The Allar caste system is extremely strict and is mostly centered around occupations and life ambitions. Al-Allar are the general craftsmen and civilian population of the Allar caste system. They are responsible not only for the creation of common goods but also food production and alchemical business. Mu-Allar are the general military population of the Allar caste system. They are almost exclusively soldiers, though in peace time they are permitted to engage in other professions. The Zu-Allar are the historians and bookkeepers of the Allar caste system, also having developed the Allar writing system. During war time, however, they are also called into the military. Sa-Allar (while being a caste of their own) don’t formally have a working expectation since they just attach themselves to whatever employment they can usually. The Es-Allar are the magical caste, covering mages and advisors to the ruling class of the Allar, while the Cro-Allar are the ruling class of nobility. Like some other races, Allar are extremely cooperative within their own race, to the point of having some sort of positive disposition towards even stranger Allar that never met before. The Keel-Allar sometimes fall outside of Allar society, either voluntarily or by force from the other Allar. For those who do remain within the structure of Allar Society, they end up doing odds and ends and smaller tasks between the castes that the other Allar think themselves too good for. Finally, the Kaam-Allar fulfill the clandestine roles in society, often serving as spymasters for the Cro-Allar. The Kaam-Allar fulfill roles of saboteurs, spies as well as specialists to combat forgeries or clear areas of any potential dangers to their Cro’s, such as detecting would be assassins from behind pillars or suspended from the ceiling.  
To understand Allar society, one must understand the Caste System and its various layers. To outsiders, the Caste System is suffocatingly restrictive and harsh on those who they consider on the bottom, though the Caste System is not that simple. Outsiders are often to compare the Caste System to their own capitalist poor masses, but because of the general lack of currency and self-reliance in Allar society, their Caste System works radically different. Resources and labor within the System are common good and work towards common interests, meaning the lower castes provide just as crucial of a role as higher castes. Below follows a list of the Castes, with general physical and mental descriptions that can be overlaid onto Cultural Personalities, ordered with most important at the top and least important at the bottom.  
===Allar Politics===
* '''The Rama Caste''' are the leading Allar of Allar society, usually large framed and dangerous looking in an attempt to cower the other Castes in line (think large crocodiles and carnivore dinosaurs), while also intimidating outsiders with their size. Rama are commanders, generals, admirals, task-masters, foremen, governors, and most importantly: Digmaan, the Allar variant of Nobility. Hadar itself is split into thousands of smaller Digmaan (term both used for the territory and the ruler) making most Rama standalone warlords.
====The Digmaan====
* '''The Kertas Caste''' are the bureaucrats and administrators of Allar society, usually slender and nimble framed with large eyes and dexterous hands to excel at writing and reading. Kertas are authors, poets, writers, bureaucrats, administrators, scribes, historians, book keepers, and data analysts. Wherever there is a single Rama, there are always a dozen or so Kertas always running around them, with the Rama performing the politics, and the Kertas ensuring they have all the necessary paperwork to do their work well.
Allar Politics is multilayered, meaning that politics can often become very complicated as if multiple sovereign entities overlap one another. At a base level, all Allar exist within the realm of a Digmaan, which is their feudal overlord. A Digmaan is always a Cro-Allar, but a Digmaan does not always own land. Allar fluently move between Digmaans assigning their loyalty to whatever Digmaan they believe does them right, or has subjected them to their rule. This makes Allar akin to having a clan-like structure, without actually working like a clan. Digmaan without land who rule over other Allar have a family-level of disciplinary authority, but their control usually ends there. Digmaan with land can subject Allar within their realm to their own laws and rules, as long as they are not in contrast with the rules of the states of Hadar in total (You can make your character an under-Digmaan in Character Applications, but need an Noble Family permission to be a land-owning Digmaan). Sometimes, Digmaan even overlap one another where one Digmaan can exist inside the realm of another, where this landless Digmaan effectively becomes an under-Digmaan, but not by choice. In such instances, the Allar of the under-Digmaan are subject to the under-Digmaan, but the under-Digmaan is subject to the Digmaan of the lands. Digmaan as such act very much like warlords, owning their own private armies, and holding their own court. Generally speaking, the fortunes of Digmaans waxes and wanes. It is a commonly accepted norm that most Digmaan engage in frequent wars with each other, even under the noses of their overlords, and that petty infighting often results in the loss of a succession or chaotic implosion. This provides catharsis for the Mu-Allar who frequently need a way to express their martial blood lust, as well as the Cro'Allar's natural desire to plot against other Cro-Allar for more power.
* '''The Kuat Caste''' are the physical laborers, the personal bodyguards of the Rama Caste, or cattle-herders. The Kuat Caste is bred for their large size, with each being quite beefy or stocky and durable, though having a far more calm and kind temperament than say the Rama, or the Ksat. The Kuat Caste is of higher importance in Allar society, because Allar prize civil service as socially more important than the military, leading to the Kuat having a venerable "protector" role within the Caste System of Allar Society.
====The Soor-Rassa-Allar====
* '''The Kyat Caste''' are the crafting-folk, the alchemists, the intellectuals, and the scholars. The Kyat Caste is often much smaller than the others, favoring intellectual development over physical size or brawn, and fulfilling a number of societal occupations like shopkeepers, farmers, alchemists, researchers, scholars, messengers, cleaning service, and other general service sector work. Kyat tend to be nervous and skittish, even around those within Allar society, preferring to stick around other Kyat for comfort.  
Completely separate from the Digmaan is the Soor-Rassa-Allar which acts as a secondary authority ruling the civilian bureaucracy and science board. The Digmaan have a disciplinary authority and often also law-of-the-land based authority over the Allar, but the Soor-Rassa-Allar controls the flow of information between the Allar states and Digmaan, as well as centralizing research and scholarly pursuits through their boards of review. The Soor-Rassa-Allar is headed by 24 famous or infamous alchemists at the head, which control smaller regional councils, usually overseeing a province. The regional councils in turn control chapter houses, which are usually established from city to city, each with an elder and several Rassarians, which is the name for representatives of the Soor-Rassa-Allar. Regalia for example currently has three functional chapter houses each with their own elder and Rassarians. (You can make your character a Rassarian in Character Applications, to be an Elder requires a Special Permission for Chapter House Leadership). Rassarians travel between research institutes, gathering information and demanding submission of orderly documents on research conduct and outcomes. These are then transmitted to the Soor-Rassa-Allar who test the validity and credibility of the finds, and publish a memorandum outwards to all the regional councils on the findings. This process can however get political, since many of the Rassarians or even the Soor-Rassa-Allar highest council, are ambitious researchers of their own who have not been known to shy away from stealing work from others. Elders in local chapter houses are voted in by all other Rassarians, meaning they are generally more reliable however, and seen as fatherly figures when it comes to engaging in safe and rewarding research conduct. In civilian life, the Soor-Rassa-Allar also demands the inclusion of information such as births, deaths, marriages and other life decisions made by the Allar. Much of the Regalian bureaucracy is said to be based off of the Soor-Rassa-Allar's dutiful accounting of civilian information, but this remains only speculation among the nationalistic Allar. The Soor-Rassa-Allar does have the authority to shut down or outcast a controversial alchemist or researcher if the need is there, which will result in them being banned from all alchemist shops and resource vendors.
* '''The Ksat Caste''' are the warrior caste, fiercely competitive, dogmatic, loyal and willing to pick a fight with any foe twice their size. The Ksat Caste tend to be lean and athletic, built for rapid deployment in combat and fierce fighting. Among the Ksat are soldiers, gladiators and ring fighters, assassins, hunters, trainers, and any other occupation that requires a modicum of adrenaline or reckless disregard for self. Ksat often bully Kyat Caste members, despite their higher rank, due to their boisterous nature.
====The Local Level====
* '''The Nang Caste''' are the mercantile and aquatic Caste, containing fishers, merchants, foreign diplomats, explorers, and aquatic warriors. The Nang Caste is considered lower in the Caste structure despite the value of merchants and diplomats, because they either live underwater (and thus removed from the majority of Allar society), or because they heavily interact with outsiders and currency which the Allar consider unclean, and a corrupting element that aims to upend the Caste System by creating private wealth.  
On a more local level, each town, village or city, is generally governed by a steward. Stewards do not have executive authority within their land, since the land is ruled by the Digmaan and they only act as delegation of the Digmaan, but a Steward which is called a Lazzai, acts as the final representative of a Digmaan, and is also in charge of ensuring the proper functioning of all other offices under a Digmaan. The Digmaan rule, but their actual day to day ruling of their lands is practically wholly delegated out to other castes to ensure effectiveness, and also because most Digmaan simply want to enjoy life as rulers, not as bureaucrats. Regalia also has a Lazzai, even if the city is not ruled by Allar, purely because of the number of Allar living there. The positions in Regalia tend to be more ceremonial than formal purely because the Regalian authorities take care of a lot of the day to day business for the Allar within their Regalian Bureaucracy, but many of these positions as appointed by the Qar-Digmaan or Lazzai still have some prestige associated with them. Next follows a list of all the various positions that one can find in the court of a Lazzai, or the positions given away by the Digmaan to divide up their authority and control so they have to spend less time directly ruling.
* '''The Paria Caste''' are the untouchables. There is no real other way around it, those that belong to the Paria Caste are Mages generally speaking, as well as [[Arkenborn]] or [[Godborn]], or anything else that isn't fully "normal" in the view of Allar society, even if they aren't strictly Occult. A member of another Caste can also be downgraded to the Paria Caste if they become [[Afflictions|Afflicted]] or Occult somehow, which is why it is exceedingly rare to find a Learned-Mage Allar, and sad to find a Born-Mage Allar. Despite being untouchable, the Paria Caste is still taken care of by the other Castes by given housing (on the edge of town), free food and services, they just can't be touched by non-Paria Caste members for fear of Occult infection. It should be noted that among Rumah-Allar, this is completely inverted, the Paria Caste is directly below the Rama Caste, and instead of being untouchable, they are eagerly accepted, with the Rumah-Allar believing access to the Occult brings good fortune, and they are given a more lavish lifestyle accordingly.  
* '''Lazzai:''' A Lazzai is a diplomatic representative and steward to a Digmaan's personal court. This position is generally seen the most respectable.
* '''Rhax:''' A Rhax is in control of the ceremonial guard of a Digmaan. The position of Rhax is generally considered the most prestigious.
* '''Ghizzal:''' The Ghizzal (plural) are the Digmaan's personal favorite pet-warriors or bodyguards. These are subservient to the Rhax, but have a unique favored position.
* '''Nash-Avaq:''' The Nash-Avaq is considered the most esteemed adviser of a Digmaan above all other advisers. This position is exclusively held by Es-Allar.
* '''Tol-Zzeem:''' The Tol-Zzeem controls the agenda and direct communication of the Digmaan, though does not represent like the Lazzai does.
* '''Tol-Uvzzal:''' The Tol-Uvzzal controls the entertainment and event hosting of a Digmaan, as well as the acquisition of art and food produce.
* '''Tol-Maarq:''' The Tol-Maarq controls the sanitary conditions among the Digmaan's subjects, inspecting their homes and businesses.
* '''Tol-Iyaz:''' The Tol-Iyaz controls the business and trade of a Digmaan, also inspecting businesses and investing in them from the Digmaan's wealth.
* '''Tol-Chroq:''' The Tol-Chroq controls the Digmaan's treasury and has to ensure that it remains in surplus despite all the lavish spending.
* '''Tol-Kkhit:''' The Tol-Kkhit controls the Digmaan's personal estate, but is notably also responsible for the Digmaan's personal hygiene and physical needs.
====The States & Qar-Digmaan====
Completely separate yet again from the Digmaan and the Soor-Rassa-Allar exist the sovereign nations. The sovereign nations are state entities that exist in their own right, often ruled by Digmaan, but not always. The borders of these nations fluctuates frequently, since the majority of them derive their authority and land borders from the Digmaan that exist within their core regions. These Digmaan pick fights with Digmaan from other regions, resulting in shifting borders depending on the fortunes. In theory, it is almost impossible to enumerate all Allar sovereign nations, because there are hundreds of smaller one-city or even one-village sovereign nations, some of which would even cease to exist or come into existence the moment their names are being written. As such, the following list covers only the major nations that are staple in Hadar and outside of Hadar.
* '''Qozzrak:''' A major nation ruled by a council of powerful Digmaan in the south of Hadar. This is largely a federation of smaller Digmaan held together by a common distaste of other nations.
* '''Rosh-Akkahr:''' A nation entirely ruled by the Soor-Rassa-Allar in the north of Hadar. Digmaan do exist in this land, but the Soor-Rassa-Allar has become the most powerful ruler here.
* '''Mok-Throk:''' A nation ruled by a single Digmaan on the western edge of Hadar which engages in a lot of warfare with Altalar and Kathar.
* '''Vizzal:''' A republic ruled by a rotating elected Al-Allar ruler in the northeast of Hadar. This was previously part of the Regalian demilitarized done, hence the lack of Digmaan.
* '''Chazzrak:''' Another major nation ruled by a council of powerful Digmaan in the south of Hadar. Generally considered the major opponent of Qozzrak.
* '''Bizztal:''' A federation of city-states ruled over by viceroys of various castes. Yet again however, due to its very northwestern position, this region lacks Digmaan.
* '''Volosh:''' A small island chain nation to the southwestern tip of Hadar that is almost entirely dominated by Void Cults, who despite their Sendrassian outlook, are loyal to Hadar.
* '''Zeerak:''' A small kingdom to the very north of Hadar that is ruled by an Ailor family, but is part of Hadar proper. This state has a large rich Ailor minority.
* '''Itra:''' A very large single city-state that is known for its research and alchemy pursuits, but also its rampant poverty and caste divide in the center of Hadar.
* '''Oltenna:''' A series of islands in the ocean between Hadar and Etosil. This region is formally a part of Hadar, a major Digmaan-Yaotl stronghold, and crucial for the link between Hadar and Regalia.
* '''Vish:''' A number of smaller Digmaan who have all raised up the Qar-Digmaan as their main ruler. Vish is considered the heartland of Hadar and the core of any Qar-Digmaan's rule.
It is important to note here that generally speaking, the further south one goes the more Digmaan one finds, and the further north one goes the less Digmaan one finds. This is because the northern Hadarian states were previously occupied by Ailor noble families as part of the war settlement, and many Digmaan were either killed during the Chrysant Wars or were simply pushed out by their Ailor overlords. Even if a state like Rosh-Akkahr exists without Digmaan rule, Digmaan still exist as civilians in that region, and they still control most if not all the Allar as part of their Digmaan, it just so happens to be the case that they are all land-less, since all the land is owned by the Soor-Rassa-Allar. These nations, despite being independent of one another, act as a federation unity under Hadar itself, which is formally ruled by a Qar-Digmaan, or a king of kings-style title that is only formally recognized inside Hadar. This is because Hadar is also a subservient realm of the Regalian Empire, and royal titles aren't formally recognized under the royal Imperial administration. The title of Qar-Digmaan is currently held by Digmaan Yaotl, but the title is considered very unstable, based on historical precedent. Qar-Digmaan have existed before, most notably during or just before the Chrysant Wars, but none has ever been able to pass their title to an heir without either being killed before that could happen by another Digmaan, or have their heir live through the complete collapse of their power structure with infighting. Qar-Digmaan are generally well respected among all Allar, even if they are independent or live under other Digmaan, but the reality of the warlord-like nature of the Digmaan is never far out of mind.
====The Regalian Level====
Finally, the last overlapping authority that was mildly mentioned in the previous paragraph is the Regalian authority. Hadar is bound by a number of treaties and has also sworn loyalty to the Regalian Empire following the loss of the Chrysant Wars. While only 60% of their land was actually indoctrinated into the Regalian Empire, in more recent years, the rise of the Qar-Digmaan and the subsequent submission of the nominally independent states have resulted in 100% of the land falling within the borders of the Regalian Empire (even the heretical Volosh islands). This means that Hadar is subservient to the Regalian Navigation Laws, trade structure, royal monopolies and state laws, pays the Tenpenny Tax, and is also subject to other taxation and tariff arrangements with the central government, though it does have a couple of unique arrangements not seen among other states. Hadar has a complete freedom of movement arrangement with several Regalian sub-states, meaning Allar can seamlessly move between nations and become citizens and find work. Furthermore, the Qar-Digmaan (or any entity succeeding them), has been given the authority to deal justice onto its own subjects by laws dictated within Hadar. This means for example that if an Allar commits a crime in Regalia proper, they are judged by the Qar-Digmaan as opposed to the Regalian Judiciary, following the stipulations of Hadar Law, not Regalian State Law. This frequently causes a tug of war between the Digmaan and the Regalian Judiciary, who believe strongly in the concept that crime in Hadar should be punished by Hadar rules, and crime in Regalia should be punished by Regalia rules. That being said, the legal situation is considered a compromise and a concession from the crown to placate Hadar, and will most likely remain in place in perpetuity.
===Culture===
Allar culture is all about the natural sciences and [[Alchemy]], especially Alchemy, which dominantly domes over their caste system. Even if an Allar is not knowledgeable in alchemy, they spend most of their time in life gathering alchemical ingredients, plants, liquids, and metals and storing them for later use or at least aiding in the acquisition of such goods as military escorts or other support services. Allar clothe themselves in green, blue, or white colored fabrics, usually made from the finer cloths and furs produced by Regalia, dressing in local styles with comfortable adaptations for their tails and scales. In fact, since the integration of Allar into Ailor society, many Ailor tailor shops have started to produce special clothing fitting for Allar. Most Al-Allar, Zu-Allar, and Es-Allar consume almost exclusively agricultural products, which may often come as a surprise to many other races due to their teeth. The Cro-Allar, Sa-Allar, and Mu-Allar however consume exclusively raw meat. Allar life is very communal, as they often flock together to socialize with one another in awkward ways, though one must always understand that an Allar’s alchemical stash is always private and never shared. In fact, one of the few ways to draw the ire of the Allar is to either impede on their Alchemical stash, or to re-order the ingredients in a non-alphabetical order. An even more dangerous way to aggravate Allar, is by either endangering them (which draws the ire of the Sa-Allar) or by insulting the sense of style of a Cro-Allar (which is considered extremely dangerous).  


Another major cultural aspect of the Allar is their glassworking. Allar were, in fact, the first race to use glass for windows of their houses in the early centuries after the Cataclysm. In fact, glass window making was not popular in the Regalian Empire until 220 AC, most houses still using the old traditional wooden shutters. The early Allar immigrants in Regalia did well both due to their Alchemy and their unrivaled glassworking skill. With the power of Alchemy, the Allar developed secret mixtures and acids that colored glass in certain ways. Certain other powders and additives also gave their products superior shine and durability, with added properties like resistance to soot residue or increased transparency brilliance. Allar glass making is highly prized among the nobility of Regalia, and most colored and stained glass windows in all major Regalian buildings have been crafted by Allar. Even the workplace of the Allar themselves where they brew alchemical recipes is often filled with a variety of colorful glass alchemical tools, dispensers, pots, and other containers. To Allar, glass crafting is an art, and it is often also their only manner of artistic expression.  
===The Perpustakaan Besar===
The Perpustakaan Besar sometimes also shortened to Perpusta or just Library, is an guild of highly skilled Alchemists that exists in Allar society as a pseudo government of sorts that regulates scientific experimentation and investigation as well as central houses of learning, and reliable publication sources for scientists. The Perpusta is the only organization of its kind in the world that fact-checks research papers and provides peer-reviews for new theories, meaning it is one of the most reliable centers of learning in the world. It has offices in all the major Allar cities, and several across other places in the Regalian Empire, such as the chapters in [[Westwynd|Ithania]],  [[Regalian Archipelago|The Rim Isles]] in the Regalian Archipelago, the [[City of Regalia]] itself, [[Northbelt|Nordskag]], [[Westwynd|Etosil]], and the [[Westwynd|Silerian Chain]]. Each of these chapter houses has a vast alchemical library, and storage for most known alchemical ingredients under the sun, including samples of mixtures and lessons on how to produce them, not to speak of the traveling guild towns on the backs of giant sea turtles. The Perpusta has soft power in Allar society even over the Digmaan, purely because they control the flow of information and also ensure that no Digmaan hoards any scientific research for their own political purposes. The Perpustakaan Besar also has a very important place in the Imperial Palace and the Scholar’s Court of the Regalian Empire, having integrated into their structure, and frequently seeing members travel in and out of the Palace to discuss scientific matters with the court scholars and the Emperor. Any Character can be a low or high ranking member, though Council members at the top are reserved for NPC's at Staff discretion.  


Allar distinguish no difference between gender, and in many cases, they also do not distinguish between age (though some military castes prefer older Allar for experience sake). Allar have romantic relations between castes, there are no specific rules against this, though most Allar stick to their own subspecies due to the impracticality of a bulky male Cro-Allar mating with a small female Al-Allar. Despite the strong relation between Allar mates (which, in their society, makes no distinction between same-sex and opposite-sex relations), parent and child relation is often a bit odd. Any Allar mating pair that can produce offspring are told not to attach themselves to the eggs they lay early on. Female Allar that have completed their carrying period and are ready to lay eggs do so in a specific building where the egg birth is properly recorded. Eggs that do not fit either the caste of the father or the mother are removed from the offspring and placed with another couple to be raised in the proper caste. Fittingly enough, despite the infrequency of birth, Allar couples tend to produce enough eggs never to require an adoption. As such, adopted eggs usually end up in same-sex couple’s care, meaning the Allar are the only race with a functional system for same-sex adoption. Allar still retain a sense of family towards their biological family, however, even if they are of a different subspecies. Throughout their raising, adopted Allar are informed of their parentage and sometimes their biological family is even directly exposed to their upbringing. This in many ways helped foster the very strong bond Allar have with one another, even strangers.
===Language & Names===
The Allar speak a language called [[Pidato]]. Pidato as a language is based on real-world Indonesian, with all loan-words of English included. In lore, this is explained because the Allar deeply integrated with Regalian society, where Common is the first spoken language. As such, many loan-words from Common became established in Pidato, such as for example ‘bisnis’ for business, ‘gosip’ for gossip, ‘sistem’ for system, and ‘komplit’ for complete. Allar naming customs are generally simpler than that of other Races, as Allar don’t have surnames or middle names at all.  


===Allar Religions===
When it comes to first names, the Allar use Indonesian names. However, it is important to note that Indonesian names includes a lot of Arabic or Muslim inspired names, which should specifically be dis-included from this list. Allar names are generally non-gendered, and names are more based on the predicted temperament of the child, with children that are more soft and calm having names ending in “a”, while children that are more rowdy and energetic having names ending in “i”, though this is not a strict rule so much as it is a common trend.  
Officially speaking, the Digmaans of Hadar rule a secular sovereign nation, though perhaps not in a way that others might expect. Jacobin thought processes reject the concept of spirituality through religion and instead glorify a form of atheism with mysticism, resulting in a school of politics that demands secularism of the state for the sake of the people. For the Allar however, secularism has become a norm through two principles that they hold as very important. Firstly, because of the relatively progressive thinking of the Allar, they detest the concept of the government interfering with their personal life. Indeed, with research into obscure and sometimes controversial topics and substances being the norm in Allar society, and some of the Cro-Allar engaging in hedonistic behavior, many Allar appreciate the concept of being able to live their private lives without the ever watchful eye of an all-encompassing repressive government, something that they often struggle with in Regalia. Secondly the main religion the Great Alchzech (which is in fact not a religion but more a life philosophy) demands the acknowledgement of all faiths and all beliefs and all spiritual concepts to be true. The Great Alchzech is a peculiar life philosophy bordering on spirituality that professes that all faiths have a core of truth in them, and that in order to understand the greatness of existence, one has to acknowledge all parts of the sum, not choose to repress one that does not suit one’s personal beliefs. As a result, Allar consider narrow minded preachers who spit and froth against other faiths as exceptionally blind and dangerous to progress. Allar society as such is one with the largest amount of diverse and varied public houses of worship, with a core of every faith in the world present in Hadar in particular. That being said, there are some major forms of worship that the majority of the population follows, which is the focus of this section.
* '''Example of Allar names:''' Bayu, Budi, Resa, Aditya, Bintang, Fadhlan, Bagaskoro, Banyu, Candra, Elang, Rimba, Surya, Kartika, Dewi, Aulia, Indah, Putri, Angkasa, Bulan, Merpati, Ndari, Mega


====The Great Alchzech====
Allar do sometimes use their ancestral name as well, which is called the Namalama, based on the name of their parents. It is important to note that parents here means the people who raised the Allar, not the actual biological parents, because childhood practices will generally result in a child being raised by their non-biological parents. Most Regalian citizenship papers record both the first name and the Namalama, though the Namalama is only used in every-day as a way of formal introduction or as a means of showing deference to someone by including their Namalama in address. Namalama uses the following rules:
Most Allar don’t formally believe in a god, but rather hold that every being, thing, and an event is a part of a greater mixture that has a certain result - which is existence itself. They refer to this concept or philosophy as The Great Alchzech, while its followers are called Alchzekkan. They believe that the true greatness and vastness of reality can only be examined, by accepting and acknowledging everything that is, was, and ever will be as true. Variables factor into an outcome with a certain weight, and it was up to the alchemists to interpret the value and outcome of these factors. It could be reasoned that, in a way, the Alchzekkan believe every god and pantheon ever espoused truly existed, and every belief is right, and any future religion shall also be true. For example, they believe Ailors are destined to rule over all. They universally accept [[Unionism]] as a true factor in life. They also accept the fact that the sun is divine, as dictated by the Songaskians, and that there is a living Elven goddess statue for the Elves. The Alchzekkan factor in all these things and consider reality with the following phrase: “Nothing is untrue, every spoken truth is a variable with a degree of value in life.”
* '''If the leading parent was male''', then the Namalama begins with the father’s name, followed by ‘ayah’ (the last vowel of the name may be removed to make it sound better). So for example, if the Allar was called Surya, and their father was called Putri, their name would be Putriayah, which becomes Putrayah to make it sound easier, so Surya Putrayah.
* '''If the leading parent was female''', then the Namalama begins with the mother’s name, followed by ‘ibu’ (the last vowel of the name may be removed to make it sound better). So for example, if the Allar was called Angkasa, and the mother was called Bintang, their name would be Bintangibu, so Angkasa Bintangibu.  
* '''If the leading parent was non-binary''', then the Namalama begins with the paren’t name, followed by ‘cinta’ (the last consonant of the name may be removed to make it sound better). So for example, if the Allar was called Resa, and the parent was called Fadhlan, their name would be Fadhlancinta, which becomes Fadhlacinta to make it sound easier, so Resa Fadhlacinta.  


This furthermore makes it easy for Alchzekkan to integrate into other societies. They have no trouble accepting or adapting to new norms or peoples because they accept their beliefs to be as true as that of others. Alchzekkan religion thus is not active, but rather passive. They observe events and reason about them but make very little effort to change them. While The Great Alchzech is classified as a religion in Regalia and also considered legal due to its approval of Unionism (and passive worship), many Allar choose to accept a second faith, purely to satisfy their spiritual needs. In doing so, they do not say necessarily that other faiths are false, simply that they have a personal preference for one particular faith due to its communal aspects of life aspirations. Similarly, it should be said that there are plenty of Allar who do not believe in the Great Alchzech. The Allar are not so wholly more superior to other races to be immune to the concept of religious intolerance, and while The Great Alchzech is a chosen belief for the vast majority of the Allar, plenty of Allar exist that only belief in one religion, and denounce the others as false, similarly also believing that The Great Alchzech is a self contradicting lie, due to the nature of most religions professing the falseness of others.  
Finally to complete the Namalama, a Namasarang is added, which is the name of the ‘nest’ in a crude translation. This name is only given to those who were also parented by their biological parents (which is particularly important among Rama, who without a Namasarang are not taken seriously), as this name is a continuation of blood-line. The Namasarang is usually just a word in Pidato, so for example the Pidato words for sun (matahari), red cliffs (tebing merah), merchant (pedagang) and so forth. In the examples above, in one of the above examples, if Resa Fadhlacinta was of the sun Namasarang, they would be called Resa Fadhlacinta Matahari, but in common day to day activities simply be referred to as Resa.  
===Religion===
The Allar are [[Draconism|Draconist]] faithful, having enjoyed historical patronage from and focus on the two Dragons Felicula and Umbra, who represent polar opposites on attitudes to life that the Allar believe combine into a more profound truth when observed together. Felicula represents all that is joyful in the world and the desire to enjoy life to its fullest, while Umbra represents the fact that all good things eventually come to an end, but that this is alright, because the ordained end is what makes their existence enjoyable to begin with. Felicula has traditionally resided in Hadar and was found by the Allar when they fled north there, departing the old Empire in Sendras. It is the assistance of her and her Clade of lesser Dragons that enabled their survival, and their slow and unavertable death to a strange (likely Magical) disease in the decades before Cataclysm that is the Allar's greatest trauma, though with the revival of Dragons slowly marching on worldwide, the majority of them have returned. Umbra meanwhile has always existed in Sendras, though the Void Worshiping Sendrassians did not acknowledge him as a God but as more of a primal entity to fear as the bringer of death. While most Hadarian Allar would portray Dragon Worship of Umbra as a continuity from the old way in the homeland, it is more the case that worship of Umbra only kicked off after the Allar fled to Hadar and encountered Felicula, adopting worship of Umbra as the other half of the duality more in hindsight. Though there has been no direct observation of him or his minions since the departure from Sendras, the continued existence of disease and death in the world implies that he is still there. Rumah-Allar, those who stayed behind in Sendras, are all Void Worshipers or rather [[Evolism|Evolist]] worshipers, but with some differences. They have an unusual fear of Ifrit as the gatekeeper to the Void and the closest thing to the Devil, and an unusual view of Eloba, who they see as not benign but a scheming swamp witch who spreads rot, disease and venom to poison the land and anyone who dares stay where her hand has touched. Other than that, they tend to lack the contractual attitude that even the average Kathar has to their relationship with the Void Gods, genuinely believing in their benevolence (except for the two listed). There is additionally a sizeable but new minority of Allar [[Unionism]] worshipers introduced after the mass outflow of missionaries following the Chrysant War as well as the conversion of Allar inside the borders of the Regalian Empire, who have joined following the representation of an Allar god within the faith.


====Dragon Worship====
===Fashion===
Dragon Worship among the Allar takes a different form than the usual Dragon Worship as outlined mostly by the Dragon Cults among the Elves and the Isldar. Dragon Worship among the Allar is a form of polytheism where they personalize each subspecies of Dragon into a single divine deity to represent them. The Allar know very well that many Dragon species had different members with different names and personalities, but the Allar more-so acknowledge the divine commonality between them, rather than seeing them as individual divine creatures. Those that worship the Dragons among the Allar are called Drakkarav. The Drakkarav acknowledge the following divine beings. It is interesting to note that the Loong Dragon is not represented in Dragon Worship among the Allar. This is because the Loong Dragon was never acknowledged by the Allar as a true Dragon, and was only discovered very late in history due to the distance of the Sihai lands.
Allar fashion is dominated by bright colors and tropical styles, reflecting the extravagant tastes from the Rama aristocracy down to the expressive nature of the Ksat. Within Hadar, many of the Allar go topless (which is also not strictly an issue for modesty since Allar don’t have breasts). Though in present times the Allar start dressing more and more like the Ailor, with full-body outfits, especially in Regalia, where the mild to cold climate can be considered unpleasant to the Allar, especially during winter. Colored glass is also very common both in clothing pieces as well as decorations, even the poorest of Allar has at least one colored glass bead bracelet or necklace. Fabrics are imported from all over the world to Hadar, as the Allar are known to like to experiment with fabrics of all different kinds, and have excellent craftsmen who fix up clothes to fit their proportions and horns or fins. Elastan, the lycra of the [[Asha]], has proven very popular among the Allar, especially the aquatic Allar. Kyat, Rama, Nang, and Sang are the castes most commonly seen wearing jewelry. For Rama, it is a show of opulence and power, with intricately crafted gold piercings and metal perfectly shaped to fit their body and accentuate their features. Kyat usually wear smaller bracelets, rings, and face piercings, with the former being easily remove-able for when they must work with Alchemy. Nang will most commonly wear whatever jewelry is most popular at any given time, and Sang will exclusively wear hand-crafted adornments out of bone or coral they have harvested from the sea, or scavenged parts of jewelry from other Races found at the bottom of the seafloor.


* '''Corozz the Blue Ruler''' represented the great Dragon-king in the court of divine Dragons. Corozz is worshiped by the leading castes for good fortune. The Dragon-king is seen as a well-intending but wrothful ruler who is wise yet quick to draw blood.
==History==
* '''Yavazz the Yellow Harlequin''' represented the great entertainer of the Dragon-king in the court of divine Dragons. Yavazz is worshiped by the entertainers and artists for good fortune. The Harlequin is seen as the one responsible for ensuring the Dragon-king’s mood is at an all-time high to prevent his outbursts and cause calamity. 
Allar have existed in the world for several thousands of years, with first records of Sendrassian Allar appearing in Allorn archives around 5000 BC, with potential existence speculated thousands of years before that, though at this time their civilization was little more than a collection of tribes living in the jungles. The [[Allorn Empire]] tried numerous times to make formal contact with them, though the Allar remained agile in the jungles and were able to always clear away from any Elven ships before they made landfall. As time progressed and the Allar organized into more of a civilization, Allorn attempts to colonize and exploit Sendras became more and more dangerous, with the Void worshiping Allar tribes capturing and sacrificing any [[Elves]] who landed on their shores. How the Allar developed Void Worship centuries or even millennia before the Allorn Elves did, is unclear.
* '''Bakazz the Black Lord''' represented the brother of the Dragon-king who was passed over from the throne and now stewards the dungeons of life. Bakazz is not worshiped by anyone in particular, but appeased to stave off death.
* '''Riziv the Red Architect''' represented the steward of all things earthen underneath the court of Divine Dragons. Riziv is worshiped by the builders and Sa-Allar in particular. The Architect is seen as responsible for the creation of the earth and the soil everyone walks on, and building mountains and landscapes to his designs.
* '''Garaz the Green Consort''' represented the Dragon-king consort in the court of divine Dragons. Garaz is worshiped by the home makers, lovers and farmers for good fortune. The Consort is seen as the bringer of fertility and life, and is often depicted quarreling with Bakazz.
* '''Slzz the Silver Librarian''' represents the Dragon-king’s advisor and librarian of the great Dragon court. Slzz is worshiped by those seeking knowledge and self improvement, and a common choice for alchemists. Slzz however is also seen as a clever manipulator, using alchemy to influence the mind of his Dragon-king to make him pliable to his own needs.
* '''Vazmaz the Violet Singer''' represented the Dragon-king’s favored performer. While traditionally she could be worshiped by entertainers (much like Yavazz) she is actually worshiped mostly by diplomats and social caretakers and healers. Her songs are said to heal even the worst of illnesses and give life where it has all but disappeared.
* '''Rubzzalza the Rubine Guardian''' represented the Dragon-king’s guardian and executioner, worshiped by the Mu-Allar and other soldiers in particular. Rubzzalza is seen as just as angry as his liege lord and prone to outbursts of violence, with equal temperance in passion towards Vazmaz his consort. Rubzzalza is worshiped by those living life to their fullest.
* '''Grakazz the Gray Hermit''' represents the only outsider of the divine Dragon court, living away from the palace and hiding among the Allar as a mortal to ensure they continue their duties. The Gray Hermit is not formally worshiped, only sideways acknowledged in fear of him actually witnessing impiety among the Allar.  


Central to the belief of the Drakkarav is that the Dragons come from a divine court of Dragons, where they reside in hidden palace somewhere on the tallest mountain in the world. The Drakkarav believe that in a primordial time, the Allar existed as the workers and servants in the divine court of Dragons, that this was a time of paradise where all Drakkarav lived forever in service to their greater beings, who were seen as their creators and ancestors. Curiously enough, the Drakkarav do acknowledge the extinction of the Dragons as a worldly event, but one that had been long in the making. In their version of history, it was in fact a subgroup of Allar that betrayed the Dragons and had designs on the world of their own, causing a loss of paradise. The original palace was destroyed, forcing the Dragons to make a new one that was hidden. To punish the Allar who betrayed them, the Dragons made them into the other races and removed their scales and lizard features, which bore their heritage to the Dragons. The Drakkarav were unfortunately also punished because they allowed this to happen either in ignorance or unwillingness to act, casting them down into mortality. This set the stage for thousands of years of decline that would eventually lead to the death of the Dragons.  
At some point in history, presumed around 1000 BC, some sort of conflict erupted in Sendrassian society, though the exact origins remain unclear. The Rumah-Allar claim that the Kota-Allar showed "betrayal of the Great Ones" (in reference to the Void Gods) while the Kota-Allar claim it was a rebellion against the cruelty and sacrifices of their people to the Void Gods. While it is easy to connect the two, Allorn records indicate that the truth is more complicated than a rebellion against tyranny, and that the Rumah-Allar aren't automatically at fault for being Void-Worshiping cannibalistic sacrifice-practicing tyrants. Allorn records imply some sort of societal calamity was occurring, and the only solution the Sendrassian Empire had was to sacrifice a part of their population, which then rebelled. The rebellion was successful and these Allar fled the Sendrassian Empire in large numbers on ships sailing north, while whatever calamity would occur, happened, and wiped out many Sendrassian cities including the golden capital which turned into an acid-sea.  


The Drakkarav thus believe that the gods are dead, and that the Dragons have gone extinct. They believe that the original Allar who betrayed them won, but that the Gray Hermit still lives, and continues to roam among the Allar people to ensure their worship, lying in wait for the day when the Dragons will return through the cycle of rebirth as dictated by the Dragon-king. The recent appearance of the Imperial Dragon and the Dread Dragon have seriously complicated religious beliefs for the Drakkarav, as their behavior does not pattern into the belief of rebirth. Some yet believe that rebirth is among them and have flocked to the banners of the Regalian Empire in the hopes of serving the Imperial Dragon.
History pays little attention to the Sendrassian Allar after this point, because few historical records have anything on them. Sendras was declared a "forbidden continent" by the Allorn Empire millennia before this, and the Allar who fled to Hadar refused to speak on it. The Allar arriving in Hadar found a mostly empty archipelago of tens of thousands of little islands, with only [[Sassrakkand]], the [[Slizzar]] capital, and the [[Maraya]] state known as [[Hadar|Tohsmaaq Venheer]], holding land, with many of the islands uninhabited. This is also where they made first contact with the [[Dragon Worship#Dragon Gods|Yellow Water Dragon]]s, who helped their society quickly recover from the damage of fleeing their homeland with nothing but a few rations, tools, and clothes. Allar society reformed around the Kota-Allar at first, with the Dibawa-Allar and Pelayaran-Allar cultural outlooks developing quickly after as they started creating contacts with the wider world.  


====Draconic Unionism====
Allar society was again hard hit during [[Cataclysm]], as Hadar was mostly made up of volcanic islands, resulting in mass eruptions all across the continent due to the rampant magics. Many Allar had to flee their homes into the ocean, while for some escape came too late. Following the chaos and complete destruction of several major cities, the Slizzar offered to help rebuild, which turned out to be a Faustian bargain. As the centuries passed after Cataclysm, Allar society became more and more infiltrated by the Slizzar, who had effectively taken control of the top two Castes by either impersonating or seducing them into their service, thus finalizing the Allar into what they then called the [[Essa Empire]], populated by Allar but ruled by the Slizzar. The Essa Empire was the only real Empire to rise from the ashes of Cataclysm, alongside the [[Songaskia#Politics|Songaskian]] and Regalian Empires, starting a game of geo politics between them.  
Draconic Unionism is a more devolved concept of Ailor Unionism with serious Allar overtones and preferences projected onto it. Draconic Unionism is not an officially registered faith in Regalia, and probably would be illegal due to its fairly heretical concepts. That being said, those that follow Draconic Unionism can usually hide their beliefs under the Great Alchzech and life live fine with their worship intact, especially in Regalia. Draconic Unionism’s core concept is that the Spirit is in fact the soul-lineage of Dragons among mortals. The believers of Draconic Unionism, who are called Bondrakkar, believe in the divinity of Dragons before what they refer to as Convergence, the event in which the Dragons invested their souls into mortals. They believe that Dragons created the world and stewarded creation for all eternity, until all eternity ended when their creation turned on them. They then believe the Dragons invested their souls into the mortal beings of the world to continue to protect it, but leave the actual world’s fate up to the mortals themselves.


They believe in the concept of the Great Way through a more racially diversified vision, believing that all races should submit to the belief of Unionism one way or another, and that all races under the umbrella of Unionism can have their own version of Unionism made for their beliefs, as long as they worship the Spirit one way or another. The Spirit in turn is a more esoteric representation of the Dragon’s rebirth among the mortals, identifying individuals as Carriers of Dragons, which are akin to Herons in typical Unionism, except that they likely possessed part of or a whole Dragon soul in their being. Bondrakkar have increased in number recently, benefiting from both converts from general secular Alchzech as well as Dragon Worship due to the arrival of both the Dread Dragon and the Imperial Dragon in public conscience and existence.  
Conflict would eventually erupt between Regalia and the Essa Empire in the 280's, called the Chrysant War, which was more of a genocidal war than a formal one. Regalian navies bombarded civilian targets and committed pogroms on cities that resisted their advance, culminating in the sacking of the capital Fessa Huallo where the Regalians killed tens of thousands of civilians, while most of the Slizzar infiltrators snuck away in the shadows, a fact which still causes a lot of resentment among the Allar who feel their Race was goaded into a conflict with Regalia that they did not want, all for the puppet games of the Slizzar who took none of the damage for it. The Allar in Hadar were effectively reduced to a backwater colony by the Regalian Empire, occupied by their superior weaponry (due to the recent invention of the cannon while the Allar still used bows).  


The Bondrakkar have further expanded as a result that the Dragons now exist in a state of limbo. Citing the Imperial Dragon as an example, they state that the Imperial Dragon is the divine being and divine state deserving of worship and prayer, and that the humanoid form is the burden of all mortal sin made flesh. They essentially believe that the Dragons also bear the taint of sin of all other mortals, and that as such, they are forced into a humanoid form from time to time to expel sin from the world and become ignorant of themselves and their divine purpose. The Bondrakkar worship in the same Unionist churches and sermons as regular Unionists do, effectively blending into their population while keeping a keen eye on the Imperial Dragon, as opposed to the current Emperor. They believe only a hand few Emperors were ever Carriers of Dragons, and that only the Imperial Dragon right now is the true Emperor of the Regalian Empire.  
Allar society however recovered, by quickly ingratiating itself to the Regalian Empire, and proving itself invaluable in a variety of sectors. Instead of being resentful against their new overlords, the Allar managed to overcome their racial stigma, prove their loyalty, and eventually become so crucial to the proper functioning of Regalian society, that they effectively became part of it on equal terms with Ailor. In recent years, Hadar has suffered conflict due to the advances of civil organization, as well as war. The Sendrassian Empire re-emerged in a spectacular way with a full-blown invasion of South-Hadar, in a war that Regalia effectively lost, ceding territory to it (though some will continue to claim it was a stalemate). Then, there are those in Hadar who want to abandon the Caste System and join Regalia's currency-based capitalist standard, and those who want to hold onto the old ways. This conflict caused a civil war, largely between the Kota-Allar led by the Triumvirate of Progress, and the Dibawa-Allar led by the Deep-thought Council who wants to hold onto the old ways. The Pelayaran-Allar have thusfar avoided the conflict and declared neutrality, though the civil war continues to rage on while Allar in Regalia can only watch.  


====Mother of Soil====
==World View==
Mother of Soil is a relatively small faith among the Allar which finds its basis in Estel Worship. Mother of Soil worshipers are called Soilists, which outsiders consider an insult but the Soilists actually use with pride. The main concept of Mother of Soil is that Estel, called Ezztahl by the Soilists, is the creator of all existence, and represents an earth-mother esque figure. She supposedly rests at the core of the world (as the fact that Aloria is round is well established nowadays), seeing the world as a shelter or cocoon for their divine earth-mother. The world is believed to be her bed in which she slumbers, and from her life sprung everything on the surace. Mother of Soil worshipers are very ecologically sensitive, being extremely anti-industry and mass resource harvesting, believing that explosions in particular hurt the Mother of Soil, and destroy her pristine beauty. Soilists are frequently seen around Yanar, who they believe have a unique and strong connection to the Mother of Soil. They also believe in the Elven Pantheon, but instead of seeing them as individuals, they see them as emotions. They believe that when anyone feels an emotion, that this emotion is sent to them through the Mother of Soil, and it is in a way expressing the Mother of Soil dreaming about them, and dreaming for them to do something.  
World View is optional content that helps give Allar flavor and depth.
* Allar are a mostly carnivorous Race that eats a combination of fish, meat and insects, either roasted or raw. They are capable of also digesting vegetables, nuts, and roots, but only see these as condiments and additions to their main course.
* Rama, even when each other’s lovers or siblings, will continue to make public appearances of competition. Even if they deeply care for one another, they cannot stand being seen as the inferior partner in public, and will publicly argue and fight for appearances sake.
* A form of showing subservience, obedience or submission among the Allar is to tip the nose upwards and expose the throat to those who are worthy of being respected as above one’s self. This is to emulate exposing the neck, the most vulnerable spot on an Allar’s body in trust or subservience.
* Engineering has a somewhat complicated place in Allar society. Among the Allar, technology and alchemy constantly compete over what is the superior scientific craft, and the majority of Allar society supports alchemy in this endeavor. Though, Technicians among the Allar have developed Chemtech in an attempt to merge the two.  
* The best gift to be given to an Allar is a basket of rare alchemical ingredients. Save for the most combat or solitary hunter of Allar, alchemical ingredients have a value beyond money. Even if an Allar does not do alchemy themselves, giving them ingredients allows them to give these valuable gifts to someone else, an act in itself that is valuable.
* A common social gathering among Kyat Allar is to bring a number of small unmarked alchemical vials that they have crafted, usually two to three per Kyat, and play a game of roulette in imbibing or drinking them to witness their effects. Part of the game is determining who made what, based on their skill level, personal tastes, and preferences.
* While it is exceptionally rare for Allar to act outside of the caste system, those who do are usually shunned and completely avoided and ignored by other Allar. If an Allar must ever explain why they do so to a non-Allar, they will usually say something along the lines of “not seeing those who choose to wallow outside of order.”
* Allar highly value second opinions on research and their work, and many Kyat Allar especially will compete with each other by trying to attain the largest peer-review listing to flaunt to others. It is a common saying that an Kyat will only be happy when their list of references circles Aloria.
* Allar society is the only known society in the world that takes mental illnesses, and in fact depression in particular, very seriously. Allar society has developed a number of alchemical mixtures and tinctures to combat the negative effects of such ailments, and has developed a very wide treatment for Allar who suffer from depression by combining medical treatments with therapy. This practice is however very slow to catch on in other societies due to the inherent stigma. Post traumatic stress is for example barely recognized in Regalia, simply referred to as ‘Knight’s Disease’, which is left untreated outside of a whorehouse.
* A combination of their unique biology and the hot, humid climate of Hadar led to the Allar developing a very unique relationship with Music. Allar mostly prefer singing and vocal arts, but uniquely also use an instrument they developed called the “Thermin.” The Thermin uses a combination of freshly mixed alchemy and engineering to create a small wall of alchemical vapor that the Allar can wave their hands through, with the disruptions creating unique sounds. This allows for ‘hands free’ music, and produces a unique set of sounds unheard of by any other instrument. It is usually shaped like a delicate metallic box, with slits at the top, and is propped up waist-height in front of the Allar who is playing it.
* Dragon Worship is frequently picked by Allar within the framework of Keyakinan as their dominant religion, due to the deep folklore of the Yellow Water Dragons. The Allar have many stories of their arrival in Hadar, and how it was mostly inhabited by critters, Slizzar, and more notably, Yellow Water Dragons. They say that the Yellow Water Dragons (who were about the size of dogs) were extremely playful, and helped them establish the first irrigation systems to make their islands green and fertile. The Yellow Water Dragons continued to live alongside the Allar and play with them, until a mysterious disease wiped them out several decades before the Cataclysm. The Allar tried with all their might to cure the disease through alchemy, but failed in the end, and the loss of the Yellow Water Dragons still exists in the psyche of the Allar as a deep social trauma. The Perpustakaan was founded after the Dragons were lost to the Allar, to make up for the shortcomings in communication between the various efforts to cure them, to ensure that in the future there would always be an answer to calamities of this nature.
* The Allar have developed a unique method of communication, based on Sign Language, that they used to communicate with mute or deaf peoples, as a part of their studies. It was originally developed by the Aquatic Allar, who also found it useful for quickly getting messages across while underwater. This is why universal Sign language exists in Aloria. Sign Language is not "buyable" as a Point Buy Pack, any character can just add it into their backstory.


Ulley is instead seen as arrogance, pride and justice. Ellea is seen as love, care and kindness, while Vallea is seen as courage, willfulness and anger. Sca’Elle is seen as inspiration, creativity and inquisitiveness, while Asc’tea is seen as connivance, trickery and malice. Tal’Sieth is seen as strength, stubbornness and wroth, while Ammu-loa is seen as grief and misery. Finally, Cae-Maen is seen as compassion and mercy, but also indignance and indifference. Soilists have a quirky habit to praise the name of an Elven deity whenever they feel one such emotion very strongly, almost like a habit that they don’t even have control over. Soilists are also generally seen as dirty by others, since they are perpetually followed by a root-like earthy smell, on account of their constant use of soil and incense. Despite being practically vegan, Soilists still eat meat, since Allar are obviously carnivores. The Soilists have found a solution by ritualistic sacrifice and bleeding of an animal, letting its blood run into the soil. Soilists believe that life is in blood, not in the flesh. As soon as such an animal is drained of their blood, they become Halazz or “holy meat” which is approved for consumption among the Soilists. Halazz butchers do exist in Regalia, using that specific title to be used by Soilists for food consumption. Soilist are however, due to this soil-bleeding technique, unfortunately frequently harassed by Vampires since their habitats are usually surrounded by either fresh or dried in blood that is frequently replenished. Vampirism is also very common among them, not by choice however, as drinking blood is considered vile among the Soilists, it just happens to be the case they frequently get infected because of the Vampires being attracted to their blood soaked surroundings.  
==Trivia==
* Each member of the leading council of the Perpustakaan Besar is one of 24, the 24 brightest and most successful alchemists of the Allar at any given time. Each member invented a great alchemical mixture that advanced the Allar Race as a whole.
* Allar were once badly treated in the Regalian Empire, however their luck swiveled due to the so called Satrillian accords. The rumor goes that Emperor [[Alexander]] named the accords as such, after an Allar he grew familiar with in the times when he was not yet on the throne, called Satril Meray. The story goes that the Emperor was touched by the obedience and loyalty that Satril showed, despite being spat on by Ailor customers of the tavern, and would always clean without complaint, believing that all Allar would be so loyal and dedicated to service in the Empire.
* The Allar are the only Race in the Empire that does not have an embassy in the Regalian capital, or some form of consulate. This is because the Allar are so deeply integrated in the Regalian state apparatus, that they are basically considered on the same level as Ailor in terms of civil rights, and have no need for consulates to fight for their rights.  


====Void Cults====
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Void Cults do exist among the Allar, and this is an often overlooked and uncomfortable fact for the Allar in Regalia, especially since they have to acknowledge them as having a right to exist and their faith being real, if the Allar believe in the Great Alchzech. The Void Cults among the Allar are not very small, but do cover the wide ranges of the Arken, directly worshiping them and their predominant traits as divine. Void Cults among the Allar are often considered the opposite of Soilists, desiring the ravaging and destruction of the planet’s surface to make it habitable to demons, and for vices to be worshiped by engaging in them, not shying away from them. While a Soilists home might be close to blood-soaked soil, a Void Cultists’s home will never have blood wasted so egregiously, as it is used up by sacrifices or ritualism. Void Cultist Allar are remarkably hard to spot, as most Void Cultist Kathar practically bear torches and bright colorful lights on them announcing how invested they are in the occult with their horns and mutations, while Allar remain surprisingly unmutated. This is largely because, as scholars have speculated, while the Allar worship the representation of the Arken, they don’t perform the “right” rituals to actually connect with the Void. Whether this is intentional or not is not entirely clear.
 
Void Cults among the Allar do however have one peculiar practice that is not seen among other races, and that is the creation of Shadowbrood. Shadowbrood are extremely rare, and the knowledge of their existence is not well known even among the Allar, but they can be identified with their red and black scales, and red eyes, even when they are not a Vampire. Shadowbrood are created during vast Arken rituals and age rapidly, meaning they are born and might be an adult the next week. Shadowbrood are not otherwise remarkable besides the fact that they are in essence made of Void Essence, and as such also trigger all bells and whistles to those who seek it out. The presence of a Shadowbrood usually means a Void Cult is nearby. Why Shadowbroods are created is also not entirely clear. They do not actually fulfill any worship role for the Void Cultists, the common belief simply being that they are a happy but unintended side effect of the rituals to please the Arken.
===Combat and Warfare===
Allar combat and warfare is surprisingly similar to Regalia, though their military structure could even be called superior. At the head of an Allar army stands a Cro-Allar general, though they frequently fight on the front lines also. Underneath them is a complex ranking system of Mu-Allar, far more complex than any other army in Aloria. Allar armies are almost entirely made up out of Mu-Allar with supporting shock trooper roles of Sa and Zu-Allar, and with additional Al-Allar alchemical powered artillery units or skirmishers. Es-Allar remain the only subspecies of Allar that do not formally take part in armed conflicts, largely because they are considered too frail to face a battlefield. Even though Mu-Allar armies can sometimes act savage and disorganized on the field due to their bloodlust, they are actually far more disciplined than meets the eye, and these episodes of bloodthirst tend to be referred to as “organized chaos,” and entirely intended.
===Economy and Technology===
Allar economy and technology is practically entirely centered around Alchemy. Not only does nearly every non-essential employment (such as food production) serve Alchemy one way or another, the Allar have no actual use for many of the medical services they create, thus providing a massive export base. Allar can be found in practically all alchemical organizations everywhere around the world, especially in Regalia. Resource gatherers scour the world for new ingredients that are rigorously tested before the Alchemical organizations release new products onto the global market. Especially in Regalia, Allar medical concoctions are extremely popular and make some Allar exceptionally wealthy.
==Trivia==
*The Soor-Rassa-Allar is filled with 24 members of varying ages, the only thing they all have in common is that they are considered to be the most skilled alchemists of the Allar race as a whole at any given time. Each member invented a certain alchemical composition that strongly contributed to their wellbeing, either in the Regalian Empire or before.
*Allar are, racially speaking, distant cousins of the much more different Dakkar, which have since been forced underground forever. They see the Dakkar as little more than alchemical ingredients; however, the difference in intellect between the Allar and the Dakkar results in the Allar denouncing the Dakkar as animals.
*The Allar were at risk of going extinct in 214 AC due to a terrible contagious disease that no amount of effort could halt. Through the work of one highly skilled Alchemist that made a cure called Eyssrokz, the race was not only saved, but the disease completely eradicated before it claimed more than 30,000 lives, ensuring the future of the Allar as a whole.
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Allar
Race
PronunciationAll-lar
ClassificationGorr
SubracesMany
Common Nicknames
  • Slimescales (derogatory)
  • Wisescales (praising)
  • Clawgnashers (Elven)
LanguagesPidato
Naming CustomsIndonesian, not including Muslim/Arab names
Racial Traits
Maximum Age200 years
Eye ColorsSlitted pupil (some also round) with a yellow/orange/blue/green iris and white or dark-gray sclera
Allar make excellent Jungle Warriors.
Ksat Caste Allar are ferocious Ring fighters.

Originating from the mysterious jungles of Sendrass, the Allar are a diverse and varied Heritage of reptilian humanoids known for their societal flexibility and scientific capacity, and their boundless capacity to thrive in the harshest of conditions. The Allar have weathered many setbacks over the centuries, surviving that which would have crushed any other Race into oblivion, and turned detriment to their advantage. The most recent of these setbacks occurred during the Chrysant War, in which the Regalian Empire inflicted massive damage on the Allar and reduced their homeland to a backwater colony. In the fifteen years since, the Allar have not only overcome the losses of that war, but turned public opinion on them around, and became one of the founding Races of the Crown Alliance of the Regalian Empire, being some of its most prized and loyal citizens and filling government positions all the way to the top. Allar alchemists are the leading alchemical inventors of the world, having unrivaled skills in the identification, mixing, and application of alchemical substances. Their politicians remain flexible as ever and unburdened by the rigid Caste System that defines their society, allowing them to aid in their public perception unbothered by other duties of governance.

Core Identity

Science over Magi

The Allar are commonly believed the Race with the greatest intellect in scientific matters on Aloria. While other Races can certainly produce intellectuals, the Allar have a mental pre-disposition to insight, problem-solving, logic, and understanding complex linguistic, mathematical, and medical issues. Allar alchemists are prized around the world with unrivaled skills in identification, experimentation, and mixology, with nearly every alchemy business in the Regalian Empire having at least one Allar working at it. On the flipside of this heavy emphasis of the natural sciences, the Allar find Magic to be somewhat uncomfortable and incomprehensible, as it upends the laws of physics and reality, and makes everything unpredictable, exactly the way the Allar do not want to see the world. While it is certainly possible to find some Allar Mages, they most survive on the edges of a society that favors science over Magic.

Everyone their Place

Allar society is strongly defined by the social castes that they are born in. Allar very much a "planned society", where the upper classes dictate the manpower needs, and new populations are born through the help of a variety of alchemical concoctions. If one leader wishes for more labor forces, the next generation shall be born strong, while another leader might wish for better fishers, thus siring a generation of slender and agile aquatic Allar. An Allar is always born for a specific purpose and a specific role in their society, and it is very hard to break out of it, with much resistance from society at large. The Allar believe they have been able to weather traumatic events and terrible calamities specifically because of the stability afforded to them by their strict societal rules and hierarchy.

Surviving Today

Allar are extremely pragmatic and straightforward in securing their immediate needs. While most other Races seemingly make mistakes and toil with the issues for long periods of time, the Allar are uniquely aware of their immediate pyramid of needs, and will prioritize survival and overcoming, before considering long term thriving and improving of conditions. Allar are incredibly resilient, capable of receiving a great deal of mental anguish and torment over their conditions, knowing that they will above all survive, and that a better day will come where the struggle will have all been worth it. Certainly, the impressive swivels in their fortunes around the world have been evidence of this fact, with Allar quickly rising from one of the most oppressed people in the Regalian Empire, to some of its most respected and well-off people who have overcome levels of poverty that affected the Ailor for generations, in but a single lifetime.

All-Truths

The Allar have a curious life philosophy called Allteach or Guru in their native language. The idea of this philosophy, is that everything that is claimed, sad, or stated as fact, is at least partially true and must be investigated and should not be dismissed out of hand. It should come as no surprise that the Allar are a nexus of experimentation and trying new doctrines, ideas, plans, and designs. Sometimes, this experimentation and field-testing goes to extremes, like alchemy testing on prisoners, damaging the environment for science, and other unethical practices. Additionally, this philosophy has sometimes led to the rampant existence of conspiracy theories among the Allar, who continue to investigate theories that other Races or societies have rejected as completely nonsensical. The policy remains important however, as it has led to some of the most ingenious discoveries that were originally dismissed as unviable.

Design

Physical Characteristics

Simplest put, Allar are a Race of semi-aquatic reptile-like humanoids, though there is a very large range of design freedom within that distinction. Allar have humanoid bodies with two arms and legs, though the legs can be digitigrade and have lizard claws or even raptor claws, while they also have a tail that is either rigid or prehensile and can be so long as to drag behind them. Allar skins are scaled and sometimes even feathered (think raptors), while their heads are distinctly reptile-like (including turtles, crocodiles, lizards, dinosaur, but not snakes or birds). Allar can also have elements of aquatic mammals or fish (including amphibian salamanders) mixed in, for example a shark head, dolphin fins on the arms, or dunkleosteus bone plating. Designs may either disregard aquatic traits altogether, or lean fully into the aquatic design, for example a full-body shark humanoid. Allar use the practice of Kelahiran to infuse their eggs with genetic alterations that suit an Allar child more for one particular task over the other. This is why the Allar are so physiologically varied, because each generation is designed to fulfill a specific role in society, and acquires traits that are useful for this. For example, if Allar society needs more fishers, a batch of eggs may be altered to have crocodile-like snouts useful for catching fish, and shark-like fins and skin to make it easier to swim. If Allar society needs more fighters, a batch of eggs may be altered to have carnotaurus-like heads with broad shoulders and a predisposition to a more muscular frame. As such, there is no commonality in size between Allar, some are as short as Dwarves, while others as large as Urlan. Allar can grow to be 200 years old, and have less gender-dimorphism than for example Ailor, as they are an egg-laying species. As a result, they are incompatible with all other Races and as such Half-Allar do not exist. Allar can have scales, shark-like skin, feathers, horns, spikes, enlarged claws, short or long snouts, short or long necks, bone plating, club tails, feather tails, or pointed tails. Scale colors can be realistic from real-life animals, or fantasy colorations and patterns. if you need help designing, feel free to make a ticket!

Cultural Personalities

Allar personalities are also very varied because of Kelahiran resulting in fluctuating hormone levels, though their society can generally be defined by 4 major similar cultural outlooks listed below.

Kota-Allar

The Kota-Allar or "City-Allar" are by far the most common Allar to find. Kota-Allar have a predisposition to social engagement, as they live in very densely packed coastal cities or major Regalian cities where space is a premium and most people have to be able to get along with each other. Kota-Allar are very open and hospitable to other Races, and generally approachable people who take pride in their employment and service to society, while bearing the fruits of that labor. Kota-Allar are also politically engaged, with many of the leading Allar politicians coming from this cultural outlook, and mingling with the Regalian Empire's aristocrats and Dukes at court. Kota-Allar are most likely to integrate in Regalian society wearing Ailor clothes.

Dibawa-Allar

The Dibawa-Allar or "Under-Allar" are a less common sight, but still living on the peripheries of Regalian society, largely conforming to a group of Allar who prefer to live in the water, and as such spend more time in the ocean shallows and medium-depths. Dibawa-Allar have cities underwater, though these cities were not built by the Dibawa-Allar, rather they were found to have belonged to a long-gone civilization, yet were sturdy enough to house their expanding need for homes. Dibawa-Allar tend to be more reserved and stoic than other Allar, though capable of ferocious tempers and bursts of energetic behavior when provoked, or pushed into action by outsiders. Dibawa-Allar in general are more distrusting and careful of outsiders.

Pelayaran-Allar

The Pelayaran-Allar or "Sailing-Allar" are fairly common, though are noticed far less than their more gregarious Kota-Allar brethren, as Pelayaran-Allar tend to be more timid, shy, or otherwise lacking the confidence to be open and bold. Pelayaran-Allar mostly consist of those Allar and their families who work for the Perpustakaan Besar, which is a massive Allar Alchemy Guild of sorts that wields a lot of political influence and wealth. The Pelayaran-Allar conventionally travel the world on the backs of giant turtles where their towns are built, so as to sample the alchemical rarities of the world, though this often puts them at risk of the dangers on the high seas, ergo their habit to hide and run rather than stand and fight.

Rumah-Allar

The Rumah-Allar or "Home-Allar" are not common, though might often be mistaken for Kota-Allar. They are energetic, passionate, wild, impulsive and wild, with a streak for cruelty and ridicule of others they deem too weak. Rumah-Allar are those Allar native to Sendrass where the Hadarian Allar fled from centuries ago. Their most important trait, is that while the other cultural outlooks of Allar follow the Guru, the Rumah-Allar are religious, reject the Guru, and follow Void Worship with an Allar-oriented variant of it. Rumah-Allar can exist in Regalia, but should generally have been smuggled or snuck in, as Sendrass is technically still at war with Hadar, and the Regalian Empire at large, thus making Rumah-Allar enemies of the state. Besides their habit for tribal dress-code however, Rumah-Allar look identical to other Allar. Refugees from the cruelty of Sendrass are also not far-fetched.

Heritage Traits

Many Allar have large Raptor claws.
Rama Caste Allar are extremely vain.
Allar clothing in general is very ornate.
Some Allar subraces can have large horns that make them look almost Dragon-like.
Aquatic Allar look very aggressive, but are actually quite stoic and say very little.
Allar still eat grains and other non-meat dishes.
Allar Scars only persist for a few days before they too heal over.
Sang or Nang subrace mixing with other subraces often leads to more aquatic appearances.
Size has very little to do with the actual leadership skills or command of a Rama Allar.
Comparing an Allar to a non-sentient lizard is a sure-fire way to get one very angry.
Feathers are common on Allar bodies, especially the head, arms, shoulders and tail.

When designing a Character, Proficiency Points allow for a limited Ability selection with Point Buy Packs. Heritage Traits adds free Packs and Mechanics on top of that to help with cultural themes. Free Packs grant Abilities usually, while Mechanics change the way a character functions in Roleplay through subtle, and usually out of Combat ways. In essence, Mechanics just add aesthetic flair that invest in the niche of each culture. Free Packs never raise Proficiency Points, but the character must be able to purchase them normally. (ex. if a character is a certain Affinity that locks them out of a category, they cannot take that specific free pack and must choose the alternative option.) If a Free Pack grants Magic of some type, that Magic can be of any Alignment the character can normally choose, or limited to a select alignment, which will always be written in the Free Pack description.

Mixed Heritage characters (i.e. characters born from two parents of different Cultures) may take one parent's 'Free Packs' and mix and match up to 5 Mechanics from both parents, although some Peoples cannot produce Mixed Heritage children (due to Magical/Fantasy reasons). Allar cannot be included in Mixed Heritage Characters.

Free Packs

Mechanics

  • Allar are immune to any (non Magical) disease or illness, such as viruses or bacteria, though they can become asymptomatic carriers.
  • Allar bodyparts regrow over the timespan of 24 hours when lost, though scars can be left behind if desired.
  • Allar have sensitive taste, their tongue capable of deeply analyzing anything they taste, what the ingredients are, and whether it has alchemical functions.
  • Allar have perfect sight at night and in dark environments, capable of seeing in the dark without needing any external light source.
  • Allar can breathe underwater without any Abilities, and can also see perfectly underwater without it blurring their vision, allowing them to stay submerged indefinitely.

Society

The Caste System

To understand Allar society, one must understand the Caste System and its various layers. To outsiders, the Caste System is suffocatingly restrictive and harsh on those who they consider on the bottom, though the Caste System is not that simple. Outsiders are often to compare the Caste System to their own capitalist poor masses, but because of the general lack of currency and self-reliance in Allar society, their Caste System works radically different. Resources and labor within the System are common good and work towards common interests, meaning the lower castes provide just as crucial of a role as higher castes. Below follows a list of the Castes, with general physical and mental descriptions that can be overlaid onto Cultural Personalities, ordered with most important at the top and least important at the bottom.

  • The Rama Caste are the leading Allar of Allar society, usually large framed and dangerous looking in an attempt to cower the other Castes in line (think large crocodiles and carnivore dinosaurs), while also intimidating outsiders with their size. Rama are commanders, generals, admirals, task-masters, foremen, governors, and most importantly: Digmaan, the Allar variant of Nobility. Hadar itself is split into thousands of smaller Digmaan (term both used for the territory and the ruler) making most Rama standalone warlords.
  • The Kertas Caste are the bureaucrats and administrators of Allar society, usually slender and nimble framed with large eyes and dexterous hands to excel at writing and reading. Kertas are authors, poets, writers, bureaucrats, administrators, scribes, historians, book keepers, and data analysts. Wherever there is a single Rama, there are always a dozen or so Kertas always running around them, with the Rama performing the politics, and the Kertas ensuring they have all the necessary paperwork to do their work well.
  • The Kuat Caste are the physical laborers, the personal bodyguards of the Rama Caste, or cattle-herders. The Kuat Caste is bred for their large size, with each being quite beefy or stocky and durable, though having a far more calm and kind temperament than say the Rama, or the Ksat. The Kuat Caste is of higher importance in Allar society, because Allar prize civil service as socially more important than the military, leading to the Kuat having a venerable "protector" role within the Caste System of Allar Society.
  • The Kyat Caste are the crafting-folk, the alchemists, the intellectuals, and the scholars. The Kyat Caste is often much smaller than the others, favoring intellectual development over physical size or brawn, and fulfilling a number of societal occupations like shopkeepers, farmers, alchemists, researchers, scholars, messengers, cleaning service, and other general service sector work. Kyat tend to be nervous and skittish, even around those within Allar society, preferring to stick around other Kyat for comfort.
  • The Ksat Caste are the warrior caste, fiercely competitive, dogmatic, loyal and willing to pick a fight with any foe twice their size. The Ksat Caste tend to be lean and athletic, built for rapid deployment in combat and fierce fighting. Among the Ksat are soldiers, gladiators and ring fighters, assassins, hunters, trainers, and any other occupation that requires a modicum of adrenaline or reckless disregard for self. Ksat often bully Kyat Caste members, despite their higher rank, due to their boisterous nature.
  • The Nang Caste are the mercantile and aquatic Caste, containing fishers, merchants, foreign diplomats, explorers, and aquatic warriors. The Nang Caste is considered lower in the Caste structure despite the value of merchants and diplomats, because they either live underwater (and thus removed from the majority of Allar society), or because they heavily interact with outsiders and currency which the Allar consider unclean, and a corrupting element that aims to upend the Caste System by creating private wealth.
  • The Paria Caste are the untouchables. There is no real other way around it, those that belong to the Paria Caste are Mages generally speaking, as well as Arkenborn or Godborn, or anything else that isn't fully "normal" in the view of Allar society, even if they aren't strictly Occult. A member of another Caste can also be downgraded to the Paria Caste if they become Afflicted or Occult somehow, which is why it is exceedingly rare to find a Learned-Mage Allar, and sad to find a Born-Mage Allar. Despite being untouchable, the Paria Caste is still taken care of by the other Castes by given housing (on the edge of town), free food and services, they just can't be touched by non-Paria Caste members for fear of Occult infection. It should be noted that among Rumah-Allar, this is completely inverted, the Paria Caste is directly below the Rama Caste, and instead of being untouchable, they are eagerly accepted, with the Rumah-Allar believing access to the Occult brings good fortune, and they are given a more lavish lifestyle accordingly.

The Perpustakaan Besar

The Perpustakaan Besar sometimes also shortened to Perpusta or just Library, is an guild of highly skilled Alchemists that exists in Allar society as a pseudo government of sorts that regulates scientific experimentation and investigation as well as central houses of learning, and reliable publication sources for scientists. The Perpusta is the only organization of its kind in the world that fact-checks research papers and provides peer-reviews for new theories, meaning it is one of the most reliable centers of learning in the world. It has offices in all the major Allar cities, and several across other places in the Regalian Empire, such as the chapters in Ithania, The Rim Isles in the Regalian Archipelago, the City of Regalia itself, Nordskag, Etosil, and the Silerian Chain. Each of these chapter houses has a vast alchemical library, and storage for most known alchemical ingredients under the sun, including samples of mixtures and lessons on how to produce them, not to speak of the traveling guild towns on the backs of giant sea turtles. The Perpusta has soft power in Allar society even over the Digmaan, purely because they control the flow of information and also ensure that no Digmaan hoards any scientific research for their own political purposes. The Perpustakaan Besar also has a very important place in the Imperial Palace and the Scholar’s Court of the Regalian Empire, having integrated into their structure, and frequently seeing members travel in and out of the Palace to discuss scientific matters with the court scholars and the Emperor. Any Character can be a low or high ranking member, though Council members at the top are reserved for NPC's at Staff discretion.

Language & Names

The Allar speak a language called Pidato. Pidato as a language is based on real-world Indonesian, with all loan-words of English included. In lore, this is explained because the Allar deeply integrated with Regalian society, where Common is the first spoken language. As such, many loan-words from Common became established in Pidato, such as for example ‘bisnis’ for business, ‘gosip’ for gossip, ‘sistem’ for system, and ‘komplit’ for complete. Allar naming customs are generally simpler than that of other Races, as Allar don’t have surnames or middle names at all.

When it comes to first names, the Allar use Indonesian names. However, it is important to note that Indonesian names includes a lot of Arabic or Muslim inspired names, which should specifically be dis-included from this list. Allar names are generally non-gendered, and names are more based on the predicted temperament of the child, with children that are more soft and calm having names ending in “a”, while children that are more rowdy and energetic having names ending in “i”, though this is not a strict rule so much as it is a common trend.

  • Example of Allar names: Bayu, Budi, Resa, Aditya, Bintang, Fadhlan, Bagaskoro, Banyu, Candra, Elang, Rimba, Surya, Kartika, Dewi, Aulia, Indah, Putri, Angkasa, Bulan, Merpati, Ndari, Mega

Allar do sometimes use their ancestral name as well, which is called the Namalama, based on the name of their parents. It is important to note that parents here means the people who raised the Allar, not the actual biological parents, because childhood practices will generally result in a child being raised by their non-biological parents. Most Regalian citizenship papers record both the first name and the Namalama, though the Namalama is only used in every-day as a way of formal introduction or as a means of showing deference to someone by including their Namalama in address. Namalama uses the following rules:

  • If the leading parent was male, then the Namalama begins with the father’s name, followed by ‘ayah’ (the last vowel of the name may be removed to make it sound better). So for example, if the Allar was called Surya, and their father was called Putri, their name would be Putriayah, which becomes Putrayah to make it sound easier, so Surya Putrayah.
  • If the leading parent was female, then the Namalama begins with the mother’s name, followed by ‘ibu’ (the last vowel of the name may be removed to make it sound better). So for example, if the Allar was called Angkasa, and the mother was called Bintang, their name would be Bintangibu, so Angkasa Bintangibu.
  • If the leading parent was non-binary, then the Namalama begins with the paren’t name, followed by ‘cinta’ (the last consonant of the name may be removed to make it sound better). So for example, if the Allar was called Resa, and the parent was called Fadhlan, their name would be Fadhlancinta, which becomes Fadhlacinta to make it sound easier, so Resa Fadhlacinta.

Finally to complete the Namalama, a Namasarang is added, which is the name of the ‘nest’ in a crude translation. This name is only given to those who were also parented by their biological parents (which is particularly important among Rama, who without a Namasarang are not taken seriously), as this name is a continuation of blood-line. The Namasarang is usually just a word in Pidato, so for example the Pidato words for sun (matahari), red cliffs (tebing merah), merchant (pedagang) and so forth. In the examples above, in one of the above examples, if Resa Fadhlacinta was of the sun Namasarang, they would be called Resa Fadhlacinta Matahari, but in common day to day activities simply be referred to as Resa.

Religion

The Allar are Draconist faithful, having enjoyed historical patronage from and focus on the two Dragons Felicula and Umbra, who represent polar opposites on attitudes to life that the Allar believe combine into a more profound truth when observed together. Felicula represents all that is joyful in the world and the desire to enjoy life to its fullest, while Umbra represents the fact that all good things eventually come to an end, but that this is alright, because the ordained end is what makes their existence enjoyable to begin with. Felicula has traditionally resided in Hadar and was found by the Allar when they fled north there, departing the old Empire in Sendras. It is the assistance of her and her Clade of lesser Dragons that enabled their survival, and their slow and unavertable death to a strange (likely Magical) disease in the decades before Cataclysm that is the Allar's greatest trauma, though with the revival of Dragons slowly marching on worldwide, the majority of them have returned. Umbra meanwhile has always existed in Sendras, though the Void Worshiping Sendrassians did not acknowledge him as a God but as more of a primal entity to fear as the bringer of death. While most Hadarian Allar would portray Dragon Worship of Umbra as a continuity from the old way in the homeland, it is more the case that worship of Umbra only kicked off after the Allar fled to Hadar and encountered Felicula, adopting worship of Umbra as the other half of the duality more in hindsight. Though there has been no direct observation of him or his minions since the departure from Sendras, the continued existence of disease and death in the world implies that he is still there. Rumah-Allar, those who stayed behind in Sendras, are all Void Worshipers or rather Evolist worshipers, but with some differences. They have an unusual fear of Ifrit as the gatekeeper to the Void and the closest thing to the Devil, and an unusual view of Eloba, who they see as not benign but a scheming swamp witch who spreads rot, disease and venom to poison the land and anyone who dares stay where her hand has touched. Other than that, they tend to lack the contractual attitude that even the average Kathar has to their relationship with the Void Gods, genuinely believing in their benevolence (except for the two listed). There is additionally a sizeable but new minority of Allar Unionism worshipers introduced after the mass outflow of missionaries following the Chrysant War as well as the conversion of Allar inside the borders of the Regalian Empire, who have joined following the representation of an Allar god within the faith.

Fashion

Allar fashion is dominated by bright colors and tropical styles, reflecting the extravagant tastes from the Rama aristocracy down to the expressive nature of the Ksat. Within Hadar, many of the Allar go topless (which is also not strictly an issue for modesty since Allar don’t have breasts). Though in present times the Allar start dressing more and more like the Ailor, with full-body outfits, especially in Regalia, where the mild to cold climate can be considered unpleasant to the Allar, especially during winter. Colored glass is also very common both in clothing pieces as well as decorations, even the poorest of Allar has at least one colored glass bead bracelet or necklace. Fabrics are imported from all over the world to Hadar, as the Allar are known to like to experiment with fabrics of all different kinds, and have excellent craftsmen who fix up clothes to fit their proportions and horns or fins. Elastan, the lycra of the Asha, has proven very popular among the Allar, especially the aquatic Allar. Kyat, Rama, Nang, and Sang are the castes most commonly seen wearing jewelry. For Rama, it is a show of opulence and power, with intricately crafted gold piercings and metal perfectly shaped to fit their body and accentuate their features. Kyat usually wear smaller bracelets, rings, and face piercings, with the former being easily remove-able for when they must work with Alchemy. Nang will most commonly wear whatever jewelry is most popular at any given time, and Sang will exclusively wear hand-crafted adornments out of bone or coral they have harvested from the sea, or scavenged parts of jewelry from other Races found at the bottom of the seafloor.

History

Allar have existed in the world for several thousands of years, with first records of Sendrassian Allar appearing in Allorn archives around 5000 BC, with potential existence speculated thousands of years before that, though at this time their civilization was little more than a collection of tribes living in the jungles. The Allorn Empire tried numerous times to make formal contact with them, though the Allar remained agile in the jungles and were able to always clear away from any Elven ships before they made landfall. As time progressed and the Allar organized into more of a civilization, Allorn attempts to colonize and exploit Sendras became more and more dangerous, with the Void worshiping Allar tribes capturing and sacrificing any Elves who landed on their shores. How the Allar developed Void Worship centuries or even millennia before the Allorn Elves did, is unclear.

At some point in history, presumed around 1000 BC, some sort of conflict erupted in Sendrassian society, though the exact origins remain unclear. The Rumah-Allar claim that the Kota-Allar showed "betrayal of the Great Ones" (in reference to the Void Gods) while the Kota-Allar claim it was a rebellion against the cruelty and sacrifices of their people to the Void Gods. While it is easy to connect the two, Allorn records indicate that the truth is more complicated than a rebellion against tyranny, and that the Rumah-Allar aren't automatically at fault for being Void-Worshiping cannibalistic sacrifice-practicing tyrants. Allorn records imply some sort of societal calamity was occurring, and the only solution the Sendrassian Empire had was to sacrifice a part of their population, which then rebelled. The rebellion was successful and these Allar fled the Sendrassian Empire in large numbers on ships sailing north, while whatever calamity would occur, happened, and wiped out many Sendrassian cities including the golden capital which turned into an acid-sea.

History pays little attention to the Sendrassian Allar after this point, because few historical records have anything on them. Sendras was declared a "forbidden continent" by the Allorn Empire millennia before this, and the Allar who fled to Hadar refused to speak on it. The Allar arriving in Hadar found a mostly empty archipelago of tens of thousands of little islands, with only Sassrakkand, the Slizzar capital, and the Maraya state known as Tohsmaaq Venheer, holding land, with many of the islands uninhabited. This is also where they made first contact with the Yellow Water Dragons, who helped their society quickly recover from the damage of fleeing their homeland with nothing but a few rations, tools, and clothes. Allar society reformed around the Kota-Allar at first, with the Dibawa-Allar and Pelayaran-Allar cultural outlooks developing quickly after as they started creating contacts with the wider world.

Allar society was again hard hit during Cataclysm, as Hadar was mostly made up of volcanic islands, resulting in mass eruptions all across the continent due to the rampant magics. Many Allar had to flee their homes into the ocean, while for some escape came too late. Following the chaos and complete destruction of several major cities, the Slizzar offered to help rebuild, which turned out to be a Faustian bargain. As the centuries passed after Cataclysm, Allar society became more and more infiltrated by the Slizzar, who had effectively taken control of the top two Castes by either impersonating or seducing them into their service, thus finalizing the Allar into what they then called the Essa Empire, populated by Allar but ruled by the Slizzar. The Essa Empire was the only real Empire to rise from the ashes of Cataclysm, alongside the Songaskian and Regalian Empires, starting a game of geo politics between them.

Conflict would eventually erupt between Regalia and the Essa Empire in the 280's, called the Chrysant War, which was more of a genocidal war than a formal one. Regalian navies bombarded civilian targets and committed pogroms on cities that resisted their advance, culminating in the sacking of the capital Fessa Huallo where the Regalians killed tens of thousands of civilians, while most of the Slizzar infiltrators snuck away in the shadows, a fact which still causes a lot of resentment among the Allar who feel their Race was goaded into a conflict with Regalia that they did not want, all for the puppet games of the Slizzar who took none of the damage for it. The Allar in Hadar were effectively reduced to a backwater colony by the Regalian Empire, occupied by their superior weaponry (due to the recent invention of the cannon while the Allar still used bows).

Allar society however recovered, by quickly ingratiating itself to the Regalian Empire, and proving itself invaluable in a variety of sectors. Instead of being resentful against their new overlords, the Allar managed to overcome their racial stigma, prove their loyalty, and eventually become so crucial to the proper functioning of Regalian society, that they effectively became part of it on equal terms with Ailor. In recent years, Hadar has suffered conflict due to the advances of civil organization, as well as war. The Sendrassian Empire re-emerged in a spectacular way with a full-blown invasion of South-Hadar, in a war that Regalia effectively lost, ceding territory to it (though some will continue to claim it was a stalemate). Then, there are those in Hadar who want to abandon the Caste System and join Regalia's currency-based capitalist standard, and those who want to hold onto the old ways. This conflict caused a civil war, largely between the Kota-Allar led by the Triumvirate of Progress, and the Dibawa-Allar led by the Deep-thought Council who wants to hold onto the old ways. The Pelayaran-Allar have thusfar avoided the conflict and declared neutrality, though the civil war continues to rage on while Allar in Regalia can only watch.

World View

World View is optional content that helps give Allar flavor and depth.

  • Allar are a mostly carnivorous Race that eats a combination of fish, meat and insects, either roasted or raw. They are capable of also digesting vegetables, nuts, and roots, but only see these as condiments and additions to their main course.
  • Rama, even when each other’s lovers or siblings, will continue to make public appearances of competition. Even if they deeply care for one another, they cannot stand being seen as the inferior partner in public, and will publicly argue and fight for appearances sake.
  • A form of showing subservience, obedience or submission among the Allar is to tip the nose upwards and expose the throat to those who are worthy of being respected as above one’s self. This is to emulate exposing the neck, the most vulnerable spot on an Allar’s body in trust or subservience.
  • Engineering has a somewhat complicated place in Allar society. Among the Allar, technology and alchemy constantly compete over what is the superior scientific craft, and the majority of Allar society supports alchemy in this endeavor. Though, Technicians among the Allar have developed Chemtech in an attempt to merge the two.
  • The best gift to be given to an Allar is a basket of rare alchemical ingredients. Save for the most combat or solitary hunter of Allar, alchemical ingredients have a value beyond money. Even if an Allar does not do alchemy themselves, giving them ingredients allows them to give these valuable gifts to someone else, an act in itself that is valuable.
  • A common social gathering among Kyat Allar is to bring a number of small unmarked alchemical vials that they have crafted, usually two to three per Kyat, and play a game of roulette in imbibing or drinking them to witness their effects. Part of the game is determining who made what, based on their skill level, personal tastes, and preferences.
  • While it is exceptionally rare for Allar to act outside of the caste system, those who do are usually shunned and completely avoided and ignored by other Allar. If an Allar must ever explain why they do so to a non-Allar, they will usually say something along the lines of “not seeing those who choose to wallow outside of order.”
  • Allar highly value second opinions on research and their work, and many Kyat Allar especially will compete with each other by trying to attain the largest peer-review listing to flaunt to others. It is a common saying that an Kyat will only be happy when their list of references circles Aloria.
  • Allar society is the only known society in the world that takes mental illnesses, and in fact depression in particular, very seriously. Allar society has developed a number of alchemical mixtures and tinctures to combat the negative effects of such ailments, and has developed a very wide treatment for Allar who suffer from depression by combining medical treatments with therapy. This practice is however very slow to catch on in other societies due to the inherent stigma. Post traumatic stress is for example barely recognized in Regalia, simply referred to as ‘Knight’s Disease’, which is left untreated outside of a whorehouse.
  • A combination of their unique biology and the hot, humid climate of Hadar led to the Allar developing a very unique relationship with Music. Allar mostly prefer singing and vocal arts, but uniquely also use an instrument they developed called the “Thermin.” The Thermin uses a combination of freshly mixed alchemy and engineering to create a small wall of alchemical vapor that the Allar can wave their hands through, with the disruptions creating unique sounds. This allows for ‘hands free’ music, and produces a unique set of sounds unheard of by any other instrument. It is usually shaped like a delicate metallic box, with slits at the top, and is propped up waist-height in front of the Allar who is playing it.
  • Dragon Worship is frequently picked by Allar within the framework of Keyakinan as their dominant religion, due to the deep folklore of the Yellow Water Dragons. The Allar have many stories of their arrival in Hadar, and how it was mostly inhabited by critters, Slizzar, and more notably, Yellow Water Dragons. They say that the Yellow Water Dragons (who were about the size of dogs) were extremely playful, and helped them establish the first irrigation systems to make their islands green and fertile. The Yellow Water Dragons continued to live alongside the Allar and play with them, until a mysterious disease wiped them out several decades before the Cataclysm. The Allar tried with all their might to cure the disease through alchemy, but failed in the end, and the loss of the Yellow Water Dragons still exists in the psyche of the Allar as a deep social trauma. The Perpustakaan was founded after the Dragons were lost to the Allar, to make up for the shortcomings in communication between the various efforts to cure them, to ensure that in the future there would always be an answer to calamities of this nature.
  • The Allar have developed a unique method of communication, based on Sign Language, that they used to communicate with mute or deaf peoples, as a part of their studies. It was originally developed by the Aquatic Allar, who also found it useful for quickly getting messages across while underwater. This is why universal Sign language exists in Aloria. Sign Language is not "buyable" as a Point Buy Pack, any character can just add it into their backstory.

Trivia

  • Each member of the leading council of the Perpustakaan Besar is one of 24, the 24 brightest and most successful alchemists of the Allar at any given time. Each member invented a great alchemical mixture that advanced the Allar Race as a whole.
  • Allar were once badly treated in the Regalian Empire, however their luck swiveled due to the so called Satrillian accords. The rumor goes that Emperor Alexander named the accords as such, after an Allar he grew familiar with in the times when he was not yet on the throne, called Satril Meray. The story goes that the Emperor was touched by the obedience and loyalty that Satril showed, despite being spat on by Ailor customers of the tavern, and would always clean without complaint, believing that all Allar would be so loyal and dedicated to service in the Empire.
  • The Allar are the only Race in the Empire that does not have an embassy in the Regalian capital, or some form of consulate. This is because the Allar are so deeply integrated in the Regalian state apparatus, that they are basically considered on the same level as Ailor in terms of civil rights, and have no need for consulates to fight for their rights.
Peoples of Aloria
Central Peoples
• Ailor • Narim • Solvaan •
Northern Peoples
• Dwarves • Isldar • Sihndar • Urlan •
Eastern Peoples
• Skyborn • Sihai • Dragonkin •
Southern Peoples
• Allar • Bralona • Maraya • Slizzar •
Western Peoples
• Asha • Eronidas • Fin'ullen • Kathar • Lanlath • Maquixtl • Suvial • Yanar •
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