An image for shits and giggles.The sivermun serpent is a rare creature of celestial origins, believed to have come from the Sloan Great Wall which is 1 billion light years away from Earth.
Even though they are sparse in between and populated only a few worlds, they had evolved tremendously and are capable of many things. Even though their base form is that of a great serpent whose length can more or less entirely cover Asia depending on age, They are able to shift their size and shape by willing it. Not only that, they are able to mimic DNA shape. This means that they can change their body to match or even improve on the traits within living organisms. But to do that, they must first taste the genetics of said organisms to be able to use that trait, be it claws, wings, fur, hooves, breasts, etc etc etc. Much that is said of snakes, sivermun grow larger the more they age. But they use many means to alter their size, be it magic or technology, but mostly size shifting biological adaptations.
Their understanding of technology is phenomenal. Just as they taste an animal, plant, or other living beings to analyze and learn of their traits, they are able to understand technology by, again, tasting it. Sivermun serpent technology is very advanced in nature, so much so it could be theorized that it has a special software system, a.k.a. 'nullware', which makes it practically immune to outside viral attacks. Many computers that uses this technology is considered to be so advanced, it can have an artificial intelligent sentience hidden inside the machines themselves.
Magic in their species is fairly strong since their true origin is not of this universe. They are able to cast many spells and magics. But the quickest way to explore such magics is, you guessed it, by tasting it. It is very rare that sivermun serpents would combine magic with technology, but it would often be used for the preservation of their species, and hardly for war.
They come in a broad range of colors, patterns, and scale shape, though they can change it easily, but their base form is always serpentine in nature. Unlike regular Earth serpents, they have no fangs or teeth, but can easily form them when they need to. They have no eyelids, but can form them to help with sleep. But because they are able to shift their flesh to alter their form, they are able to live on another world without anyone knowing about them since they can appear human at any time they wish.
Sivermun Serpents wriggle and slither through the universe to consume high energy gasses, metals and minerals. But they do favor organic life since it is a delicacy to them, and would go out of their way to venture light-years for a belly full of indigenous life forms. But the chances of meeting one if any are astronomical.
Even then, most of them aren't evil. In fact, they're metabolism changes as they shift to a different size so it is very possible for them to live on a world and eat small amounts of gasses, minerals, metals, and an animal or two from the creation of the planet to its destruction.
The diet of the Sivermun range from many things since they can eat anything and almost never get sick. Their excrement seems to be a liquid in nature. Their cloaca is located at the base of their tails, while their reproductive organs is protected by a membrane located within their colon. Should such a serpent eat too much in one sitting, there would be a possibility of the membrane to excrement a murky, musty liquid. This may trigger the serpent to enter into heat, and behavior may change in accordance to its biology.
Breeding would seem to be straight forward enough, being a species able to breed asexually. Their breeding organs can be accessed by their anal scale, though the term 'cloaca' can be respectfully used. The reproductive organ is covered in a really tight membrane that keeps any penetrations from bursting the membrane and releasing what lays inside. When a Sivermun eats too much, the particles that pass through often collect around this membrane and rub up against it. This membrane is very sensitive and oftentimes would stimulate sexual arousal, that and the membrane would also produce the sivermuns musky liquid. (One could potentially enter a sivermun serpents butt and massage this membrane for the same result.) The membrane would retract, revealing the creatures egg store and the eggs inside. They can number anywhere from 1-100. If the egg sack is punctured, the eggs inside would collect in the colon and slowly form hard shells, forming a tight clutch inside the chamber of the colon cavity, or 'egg pouch', and be stored there until the conditions to lay is reached. They tend to hatch after 2 years and 6 1/2 months in Earth time. But there are times that sivermun eggs has hatched inside a sivermun mother if the eggs remained inside the egg pouch. Live birth would result in this fashion. (The afterbirth is usually soft eggshells.)
Sivermun serpents number in the billions, but are so far away from each other that two or more of the most highest ranks rarely ever meet. They would often prefer the company of themselves, being in a life of solitude except when breeding or deciding on expansion. Some however may prefer to travel in groups or packs, usually being one or two parents and their offspring, ranging from 1 to a hundred hatch-lings. An exception to this is when a deity rank populates a planet with its people.
Sivermun serpents don't die often, as natural death usually occurs when two or sometimes more said creatures starve and start cannibalize each other, or die of starvation. Occasions have happened where the sivermun serpents have been violently slayed. But sivermun tend to stay away from one another should one become sick. It is very possible for a sivermun to die of illness, mostly occurring from obesity, having untreated wounds, or succumbing to various kinds of toxins. Sivermun can die by war, plague, and famine, but are greatly immune to Death's greatest weapon; time.
There is a growth and rank system that sivermun follow by. Each and every sivermun is determined by 4 statistics. Adaptability, technology, thaumaturgy, and age. The following is a list to the stages of growth and rank used and known. Numbers are the rank, and the names next to the numbers is the growth stage/rank.
0: Egg. Unhatched sivermun.
0: Hatchling. Hatched sivermun.
0: Toothless. Sivermun who lost their egg tooth.
0: Youngling. Young are taught at a young age on how they are able to use their powers, abilities, and tech.
0: Teenager. They are only one growth stage away from becoming full grown adults.
1: Youthful/novice. They become independent at this age, and gain the right to breed and fend for oneself.
2: Young adult/Adept. Adepts are, obviously, a higher rank than novice.
3: Middling adult/Proficient. Proficients are well known for their advances in technology.
4: Grown adult/Elite. Elites are very ornery.
5: Aged adult/Champion. They tend to ALWAYS get their breeding rights.
6: Master adult/Master. Similar to the militaristic Earth rank 'general'.
7: Basilisk/Ascended. Expect to find one on every planet they colonize. Think of them as an emperor/empress of the world.
And the deity ranks are:
8: Exosphere crosser. They can travel from planet, to planet, to planet. A sivermun that becomes an exosphere crosser has to be an ascended first.
9: Star traveler. They can travel from star system, to star system, to star system.
10: High priest/priestess. They can travel from galaxy, to galaxy, to galaxy.
11: Arch fang. They can.... um.... What is a bigger kind of celestial body that they can travel to? ... Basically, they can travel faster than light and eat black holes. They are responsible for spreading and increasing the sivermun population.
12: Type A deity. They can alter and warp space.
13: Type B deity. They can change the flow of time.
14: Type C deity. They can create entirely new forms of life and whole galaxies from their thoughts.
15: Celestial serpentine. Not much is known of them, but it is theorized that they can change, subtract, and add laws of physics to an existing universe or travel to a different reality/dimension instantly. Practically immortal.
Aside from the growth stages of a sivermun serpent, rank is determined by 70% of age followed by adaptability, science, and thaumaturgy. Usually, the one with the higher rank has the authority over the lower ones. Should any two or more sivermun with the same rank meet, they wrestle one another to determine superiority, or a higher rank intervenes and sets the chain of command.
Here is a list of the known Sivermun Serpents, though there may be more:
Name: Serina
Role: Matriarch
Background: She is an old serpent who traveled far from home with her unborn children. Much further into her past is a mystery since she doesn't like to talk about it. But she is pretty old in the average lifetime of her kind. She has left her children after she taught them everything they needed to know. She keeps close in case her babies ever get in a danger they can't solve or get out of.
Notable features: She has a scar that runs from her bottom lip to where her jaw meets her throat, and another two scars which looks like a small x on the tip of her snout and on her right cheek, and another which marks where her tail was split in half.
Personality: Serina can be very cautious in a new environment, but she can be very motherly and caring with friends, family, and loved ones. She often helps out someone who is troubled. Serina is also very protective, and should someone hurts her, her children, her friends and/or loved ones, watch out. You just might be her next meal.
Name: Scarlet
Role: Leader/Fighter/Technology specialist
Background: Was the firstborn of the litter, and as such acts like the leader among the siblings.
Notable features: She has small black dots that appear on her body. The one that is most prominent is located where a belly button some would say would be placed on a snake. Her scales are blood red while her underside is a milky white.
Personality: Scrappy by nature, but a tactical and proficient fighter at her best, Scarlet can be very intimidating when you get her going. She also happens to be a technological savant, able to construct many kinds of devices. All she would need it a blueprint and some resources. She will drop a project if her command is questioned/challenged. Even then, she can be fiercely passionate to those who she befriends, flirtatious and seductive when given an offering of food or found someone strong that she likes. But get on her bad side, pray that she doesn't chew you into a tasty oblivion.
Name: Ice
Role: Recon/Stealth
Background: The second born. Oddly, is the only Sivermun that refers to himself as a he, despite the asexuality of his species.
Notable features: Has black fractal lines everywhere on his body. Makes him look almost like cracked glass. Overall, he has a blue tint.
Personality: Calm, collected, and a bad ass, is one of the Sivermun that is the most sinister. He sees life on Earth as nothing more but food, but is unable to eat them all since his big sister can overpower him quite easily, but all his biological mother has to do is say a word just to stop him from doing anything wrong. When around his sister, he's usually more bitter, but compliant to her orders unless a dispute grows between them. He tries to be chipper when around Serina and Sunny, but often loathes behind their backs because of their affinity to help undesirables, be it outside of the family or any other sentient life form. Otherwise, he'll be trying to eat every little animal that he can sink his fangs into. Get on his good side and become his friend however, he'll just torture you for a little while or just order you to bring him food. Constantly. Either way, he can watch your back if you get into trouble.
Name: Sunny
Role: Support/Magic user
Background: Runt of the litter. She is the most friendliest of all the sivermun serpents put together.
Notable features: A bright glowing neon yellow star on her left cheek. She is yellow and white banded.
Personality: Sunny is very curious of everything around her, and would almost always want to cuddle with something she thinks is cute. Even her mother and other siblings can't stop her from coiling around every single creature that so much as say "hi" to her. *glomps* She is pretty bubbly, but also light headed since she sometimes forget what is dangerous and what is not. She also likes to ask a lot of questions, so don't worry if your overwhelmed by her curiosity! However, even if she can be so affectionate, Sunny would avoid eating animals and would prefer to eat gasses, metals, minerals, and non sentient plants. But a burger now and then does sounds nice to her. So long it doesn't squirm around or plead for mercy. But she will eat another organic being IF they request it. She'll be against the idea, but she could warm up to it in given time. Maybe
(Note: If you get confused about who is talking, don't be afraid to ask. Be sure to use (( and )) when you whisper me. ;3
But here are the general rules.
White: you are talking to multiple sivermun, or Serina, or OOC.
Red, Blue, Yellow: the other colors is of the three specific sivermun that have the unique personalities.)
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