Altari

Information
The Altari species is a sub-species of an ancient species going back thousands of years and a fairly technology based culture and religion. Modern Altarians unlike their ancient counterparts are clones and are unable to reproduce naturally with each other. The last true ancient species went extinct when the curators of the guardian temple revolted. However The original Altarian's split off when the first humans arrived to their cities they were called the Qwe'tsn Empire. After the collapse of their ancient civilization

then "Great Splinter" happened in which the species diverged one remained adapted to the water and the other on land still retaining their amphibious abilities. sealing themselves in the sea temples while the other adapted to land and are known as the "Altari." The Technocracy of Aquaris remains the one of the last remnants of their civilization. They also migrated around the world and developed small enclaves on distance islands

which are now lost and forgotten. After years of self isolation they opened there borders to traders and merchants the capital of Atlaris is where a majority of the population are currently housed in facilities. After forming islands of there previous homes they began to form the cities of Aquaris which is a network of islands connected to each other causing a new merchant class to arise.

Revival
The Ancient Altarians are not however completely extinct there remains a few left. While the modern Altarians were created to substitute for the lack of population and labor. They were useful in the creation of several cities which effectively could revive the entire Ancient Altari species.

Cities built on sites of mana rich crystals or ancestral cities are common within the culture.

Biology / Origin
Unlike all the other lifeforms and species on Eldham and Rathnir they can breath in a pure nitrogen environment which is a likely trait used by their ancestors when first arriving on Eldham via the End portal. Which once connected multiple worlds and has since been inactive. They were also known to have been onboard during the crash of the Battlecruiser Leviathan during the Regolithic period. Which was the second Altari settlement on the world after the End portal was established. With the city of Atlaris the most ancient of all of them and is currently the capital of the Sovereignty of Aquaris.

Once the connection between the End portal was served the ancient Altarian went into a dark age which was recorded by several known historians in their culture. The dark age consisted of a major technology reduction causing no innovation within the culture. The event never caused them to lose any of their knowledge but after it they were able to make major breakthroughs with their ancient machinery.

Unique Magic
Magic used by the Altarians are advanced for even master mages. They involve either the creation of landmasses, Creating miniature stars with hydrogen. After the arrival to the world they were introduced to magic which was later infused into their machinery.

Star manipulation:
Involves the creation of stars which can be used to power cities and is most common in floating cities used by the Altari. Some are powerful enough to power a city for hundreds of thousands of years. The process involves a special gas which ignited by hydrogen can create stars. This method can create simple class G stars to class O on rare occasions.

Nature manipulation:
This ranges from creation of regions to enrichment of soil depending on the knowledge of the user.