[hider=Long Worm Dude]Name: Ceeln.

Age: Twelve years of rapid growth. Due to the short lifespan of kir subspecies, Ceeln can expect to live about another decade before reproduction and death.

Gender: Ceeln has no biological sex yet, taking the pronouns ke (s/he), kir (his/her) and kirself. Ceeln will grow internal genitals of both kinds towards the end of kir short lifespan, and will die upon rupturing kir body to release eggs and sperm.

Race: Kirghal, a race descended from segmented worms. Kirghal are not widely distributed, but can be populous in the cities they form part of. Their non-human physiology usually includes a handful of sensory tentacles around their head, fan-like gills, several sets of arms, and a long lower body suited for crawling or living in a tunnelled home for many years, but can vary widely. Kirghal are predominantly some combination of slow, blind, drab, bottom-dwelling and unintelligent (pick about three). Due to this they function as the lowest working class of several Mer cities. Those with a sedentary lifestyle are suited perfectly to menial tasks such as waste disposal (usually by feeding on it), tunneling, and filtering nutrients from plankton or volcanic vents. Intelligent or magical Kirghal may patiently use their bodies to construct living libraries. Fast, mud-crawling Kirghal may be set to use their natural venom and blind hunger to keep a city's border free of pests. Kirghal lucky enough to be born with bright colours and swimming fins may be unquestioning, ornamental servants of upper-class Mer or Tueda.

This form of systematic servitude may be classified as slavery, but the Kirghal are ultimately the benefactors, as without the organisation of the more advanced races they would never achieve civilisation and its benefits. Most Kirghal live slowly and at length, dying upon reproduction. The inherent randomness of spawning inevitably produces some Kirghal with better combinations of traits than the majority, such as Ceeln, who though ke is nearly blind, magically impotent, and in the lowest class of Kirghal by life expectancy, is intelligent, free-swimming, colourful and venomous. These genetically lucky Kirghal are usually adopted into families of Tueda, with whom they share a closer lineage than the other races, and considered of noble birth.

Not all Kirghal are city dwellers. In the far Dark, a Kirghal needs no intelligence to harbour a [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H4J5QDQeA4]gruesome appetite[/url].

History: Ceeln's egg was, like hundreds of others, collected by Merfolk during a Kirghal spawn so that shortly after birth ke might be assigned to an employment befitting his genes. Sorted at first into a collection of larvae that appeared to be promising palace handmaids due to their fins and bright colours, ke was one of two who appeared to possess an exceptional genetic composition due to their intelligence, which rejected the simplistic training of other servant-class Kirghal and stood on par with a Merfolk child. A Tueda family, the Nuul, made a bid for the upbringing of both the young Kirghal, which was granted. Although Ceeln and kir sibling Jvan were never allowed to assume the family name, they were raised with the same respect and pride shown to Tueda heirs. As the pair grew, however, it became plain that Ceeln was not a perfect Kirghal, as his development rapidly outsped that of Jvan, marking him as a Kirghal with an abnormally fast childhood and an abnormally short lifespan. Knowing that ke would die many, many decades before Jvan, whom ke loved above all else and considered a younger sibling, Ceeln took on a furious determination to aspire to the Merfolk Senate's few places reserved for intelligent Kirghal, and blaze the trail for Jvan to follow to a much longer rule.

Role: Ceeln's involvement with Tueda nobility has given kir a high education. Ke is literate and versed in scientific and political knowledge, and kir close relationship with the Kirghal working class has given kir an excellent knowledge of the inner industries of the Merfolk Empire. Ceeln is physically competent and has received some training in self-defense in addition to the natural protection granted by kir second set of jaws, which have an enormous bite strength, surprising reach, and venom designed to inflict an intense rush of pain and nausea. More relevant to Ceeln's chosen career, however, is kir elegant and exotic body, which ke uses to help win popular appeal and sometimes forge bonds through seduction. Ceeln is currently on the lookout for military experience and public acclaim to speed his way into the political scene.

Magic: None.

Appearance: I'm still drawing Ceeln, consider this a work in progress, but Ceeln's lower half is based on [url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e5/eb/74/e5eb74cba5167d296fa0796849542fb7.jpg]this[/url] animal. Ke has four arms. The upper pair are well-muscled and masculine, resting on a torso with broad shoulders and a full bust. The lower torso is flat-chested, with arms that appear thinner and more feminine. Ceeln's scalp and upper face is a blank, mask-like surface with a handful of sensory tentacles and two expressionless eyespots over a pair of sultry lips and a vicious secondary set of mandibles under his chin.

Other: I... Don't think so? Kirghal are based on Polychaetes. This character probably derives quite a bit from the study of Julius Caesar I undertook for my ancient history assessment yesterday.[/hider]