Bralona

Bralona
Race
Pronunciation	Bra-loan-a
Common Nicknames	Slimers (derogatory) Clankers (derogatory) Iconoclasts (Dragon Worship)
Languages	Dragon Speech and Common
Racial Traits
Distinctions	Curious and invasive scholars without boundaries
Maximum Age	Unknown
Height	Varies based on Shaping
Eye Colors	Any Color, with a faint glow

Bronn often have ear-like plates that appear Nelfin-like, even if they don't have actual ears.

Despite being made of viscous fluid, the Bralla (just like the Bronn) wear fancy clothes. On their homeland, they are summoned with Primal Magic.

Bronn head shapes often resemble helmets, curiously, of a variety of cultural designs despite never having had contact with them.

Foreword: The Bralona will release at the beginning of the Summer Occupation Event. We are publishing this page in advance to give a picture of the upcoming lore. Our hope is that players will make Characters to fight for both the Bralla-Bronn High Command (the Occupiers) and the dissenters (rebels who will come in later to help the Regalians resist). Bralona cannot be played until the Occupation Event begins.

The Barlona are an enigmatic Race from a series of islands to the far south-east of the known world, filled with rose-quartz statues of Dragons. The Bralona have had little to no interaction with the wider world for presumably thousands of years, and spent most of their history in a never-ending civil war between subraces, of which the origin is lost to time. Having only recently learned that the rest of the world is filled with sentient Races and mysteries to solve, both the Bralla and Bronn subraces of the Bralona Race ventured forth into the world to meet, explore, and dissect all things unfamiliar to them, and to learn what can be learned from the world beyond while potentially even subjugating part of it, or demanding it change to their whims and views.

Core Identity

To be a Bralona is, at its core, to be ever curious and on the move to see, feel, taste, hear, observe and experience new things, and to foster a deep understanding for them while completely disregarding social convention and ethics. While other Races have a level of legal and moral constraint to their scientific pursuits, the Bralona care not for such trivialities, and engage in rampant research and discovery without concerns for the collateral damage. The Bralona are ever amazed at all the wild and extraordinary things that the other Races have developed, from concepts like burials, births, charity, government, social norms, religion, hierarchy, relationships and money. Going from a world where the Bralona just did whatever they felt like and nobody bothered them, to a world where every action they perform has consequences, they are quite literally a fish out of water.

Anti-Religion

The Bralona have no religion, though it is not exactly correct to simply call them Atheist. They are more specifically anti-theist, meaning they find all concepts of religion completely abhorrent and try to show other Races that religion is folly, the Gods aren’t really divine, and they won’t help them. The Bralona claim that they once killed their Gods, and that the other Races can do this too to unlock their true potential by being lords and masters over their own destiny. There is a heavy-handed implication that the Gods they killed were Dragons.

Bodily Autonomy

Each Bralona is an autonomous and self-reliant body. While the Bralona do have souls, their bodies are so vastly different that they bear no comparison. Both the Bralla and Bronn don’t have traditional organs, a nervous system, blood circulation or indeed even a brain. Their soul is the sole part of cohesion, and their body is shaped as whatever they like it at any given time. This is different from Slizzar however, as a Bralla might attempt to look like an Eronidas, however still look distinctly slime-like (while a Slizzar can never imitate a Bralla). Equally however, their bodily composition allows for a great deal of sensory information transfer. A Bralla or Bronn can envelop around an object and understand a great deal about it, which is also the main way of them interacting with things.

Pointless Ethics

Many Bralona work as scientists, and believe that progress and invention are the first priority. They are often willing to watch thousands die if it means inventing a single disease cure, or collapse an entire ecosystem to learn the mystery of predator cross-breeding. Not only this, but they also enjoy research that has no purpose. Hypotheses such as: setting sad people on fire does not make them happier, playing with bricks does not cure alcoholism, and making others homeless is bad for their health, are considered valid study topics among the Bralona. For the Bralona, the reward or the conclusion of the research itself is not the value, the value is in the research journey and the satiation of their curiosity, they will just as quickly abandon their ongoing research to start something new.

Anti-Dracona

The Bralona have an inexplicable hatred for Dragons and all things Dragon related, which is related to their history with their creators, the Rose Pink Dragons. The Bralona are not secretive about the fact they are an artificial Race and that they were created by the Rose Pink Dragons, who they slew before turning on each other for unknown reasons. While a Bralona won’t outright attack an Archon in the street, it would require a serious amount of convincing or statistical data to turn a Bralona’s opinion of Dragon matters around.

Design

Bralona are split into the Bralla and Bronn subraces. The Bralla can best be described as humanoids made out of partially or wholly see-through viscous fluid, almost akin to slime or goo. The Bronn can best be described as humanoids made out of mechanical parts and metal, though it appears they function more like a clump of metal welded together without individual moving parts, than an actual Automata which is powered by gears and moving mechanical parts like Engineers produce. Both subraces are mentally identical, and have similar physical characteristics beyond the obvious fact that one is slime-like, and the other is metal-like. As a result, this section will discuss the Race’s characteristics as a whole.

Mental Characteristics

Bralona are intensely curious and exploratory. They have to experience new things: like the food, drinks, activities, art, and philosophies of the world around them. Always willing to see new places, the Bralona bounce with energy, only truly put off and sad when told off for their excitement, or denied a chance to learn. This curiosity makes them seem harmless, which is far from the truth. The Bralona have lived for millennia without a concept of morality–an idea they are discovering for the first time. While they can obey moral codes to make their lives easier, they are equally capable of committing every kind of tyranny and terror with a smile. Bralona, besides their curious, exploratory and energetic nature, don’t have strictly set personalities. Unlike other Races, their personalities can change from month to month beyond those basic traits, either from outside factors, experiences, or just randomly because they feel like it.

Physical Characteristics

The Bralona defy any sort of categorization with other Races. While the Bralla and Bronn look dissimilar, they are identical, just made with different substances. Bralona don’t have organs: they are made of pure substance (slime or metal), though have a great deal of functional control over their body. While they for example lack a digestive system or circulatory system from which they can become intoxicated, they are able to control their body in such a way that it produces these functions and simulates their features. Bralona (unless they create one) don’t have reproductive systems and don’t reproduce - their Race was created with a finite number of members, each one individually immortal. Bralona have a great deal of control over their bodily functions, they can become see-through, squishy or hard, change orientation of limbs, substance colors and glow. It is important to note that the Bronn never appear mechanical. Their bodies are not made out of pumps and gears, but just clumps of metal or shapes of metal held together by extreme magnetics. As such, they should always have more organic looking shapes with curves and rounds as opposed to hard lines, though contours can be used here and there (see art for reference). Bralla equally look more rounded and soft because their fluid mass doesn’t allow for extreme fine-detail, though in some places where hardened the slime can become more detailed.

Bralona in Regalia

Bralona will arrive as this summer’s Occupiers. Their subraces have temporarily unified into the Bralla-Bronn High Command, and together will invade the isle of Regalia, looking to put it under occupation and tap it for knowledge. However, not all the Bralona agree with this–their society lacks Kings, Empresses, or any such central figure. It is expected that those of them who don’t agree with the High Command’s ruthless ways will arrive at some point in the future, and make things more complicated. While the truce of the High Command endures, Bralla and Bronn can still be venomous to each other with snippy comments and expletives. When the Occupation is over, this section will be rewritten to reflect up to date place in Regalia.

Racial Abilities & Specials

Racial Abilities are generally a set of unique powers and effects that all peoples of that Race all innately have, while Specials are more passive, aesthetic focused capabilities. Specials are defined per-page, while Abilities can be searched on the Ability List page to determine their generic function. Bralona have a mix of Abilities and Specials themed around their substance bodies and being able to change it. There are no Half Bralona as Bralona cannot reproduce. Bralona Abilities are complicated, and as such, the Bralona Race is not recommended for new players.

Abilities

Note: Bralona by default have all of the "Bralona Modifiers", but, get only 1 of the two modifiers between "Bronn" and "Bralla" modifiers, based on their subrace.

Ability Name	Ability Type	Ability Range	Ability Description	Modifiers
Bralona Endurance	Trigger Passive	Self	Grants the user Bralona Endurance	Bralla Modifier-Bronn Modifier
Bralona Envelopment	Vehicle Power	Self	Grants the user Bralona Envelopment	Bralla Modifier-Bronn Modifier
Body Ranged	Constant Passive	Self	Grants the user Body Ranged	N/A
Control Immune	Constant Passive	Self	Grants the user Control Immune	Bralona Modifier
Subjugation Immune	Constant Passive	Self	Grants the user Subjugation Immune	Bralona Modifier
Omniaware	Constant Passive	Self	Grants the user Omniaware	N/A

Specials

• Bralona Body: Bralona have no organs. They do not need to breathe, and cannot be harmed by hot or cold temperatures. However, pressure, such as that found at the bottom of the ocean, still has an adverse effect on them. Their physiology also makes them able to pronounce Dragon Speech properly.
• Bralona Substance: Bralona use their own slime/robot body parts to use Abilities. Additionally, the Bralla and Bronn both are completely immune to all Afflictions (both transmitted such as Vampires and Cahal, and born such as Silven), and cannot be fed on for sustenance.
• Permuting Mass: The Bralona may modify their bodies into whatever configuration they like, as long as they stay roughly the same size. They can sacrifice an arm to produce two smaller arms, or their “hair” to make their shoulders wider. Their face shape can change, and small details like nails and fingers are editable as well. Color, textures, shapes and patterns can change, they can become see-through or solid, squishy and bendable, taller and shorter, imitate the appearance of other Races, and more: all of this at will, and instantly. However, they must always look either goo-like (Bralla) or metal-like (Bronn), and no matter how much they change, are never considered disguised.
• Mass Interfacing: The Bralona can use any Engineering Branch, even if it has religious or racial lock-outs. Even ancient technology is no match for the Bralona, capable of invading complex machine parts from the inside with their bodily mass to gain a deeper understanding of the internal functions and even operate it without permission. The only exception to this is Dragon-Cores and Dragon Sites, which use a manner of non-physical operating power that the Bralona have not yet been able to understand. Finally, the Bralona lack Magic in their homeland, but they aren’t incapable of using it. Bralona must always learn Magic outside of their homeland and may as such never have more than 2 Proficiency Points invested in Magic, and are always fairly novice at Magic usage, unless they are Primal Mages with a Custom Kit Permission.
• Primal Threads: Both Bralla and Bronn have the ability to summon clothes for themselves using Primal Magic, and also to change texture, color, shape and form of the clothes they are already wearing, so long as they were Primal summoned. These Clothes do not count as Abilities, so they cannot be Countered or removed from the Bralona without them doing so. This Special is also innate, meaning the Bralona are not Aberrant or Occult while using it, or just having it.
• Bralona Aesthetics: Bralona are very new to Magic, and their aesthetics center around this: even when they use Magic, it doesn’t look like real Magic, but an extension of their bodies.

Language

The Bralona speak pure Dragon Speech, though mysteriously, also speak perfectly enunciated Common. Their society has developed with both languages, and as such, all Bralona speak them perfectly. Bralona are inherently non-gendered but do have a gendered presentation, and as such all Bralona names can be used interchangeably. The Bronn and Bralla do have slightly different naming rules however. Bronn names must always include two n’s, while Bralla names must always include two l’s, both following each other. Bralona don’t have surnames or even family names, as they don’t acknowledge familial relations. The only times when Bralona adopt additional names, is when multiple Bronn or Bralla join a single Bronn or Bralla as their leader. Then this leader names their group, always with extremely short names with a single l or n, for example: Ral, Ran, Ton, Qal, Pel, Hen, etc.

Example of Bralla names: Ellara, Rallon, Ylleria, Fallara, Delliev, Qallon, Palla, Cuellar, Zemllar, Jalla, Fallun

Example of Bronn names: Gronn, Fanna, Dennvir, Nnala, Ennas, Xeinnia, Wannock, Pennor, Fannial, Qannir.

Religion

It is unclear whether the Bralona ever worshiped anything. However, they are willing to refer to Dragons as Gods (in the past tense only). This is in light of the fact that even though the Rose Pink Dragons created them, they killed them and usurped mastery of their own destinies. This is what led to their anti-theism, which is discussed in earlier sections. It is possible for a Bralona to adopt a religion when living in Regalia for an extended period of time, but this is exceedingly rare.

More to come as the Race is released fully and the Occupation Events are over…