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She's not entirely human, but is entirely unaware of that fact. The other half of her genetic heritage it Lyrian, originating from the planet Lyria, which orbits a red dwarf star in the Andromeda galaxy.. A small blurp about the race is included down at the bottom of this panel.
Phaedra does NOT have any secret powers, massive psychic power, magical-ness, etc. In fact, due to her mixed genetics she is afflicted by cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia, making it difficult for her to travel - or even go outside during the winter - without being extremely cautious and prepared.
Phaedra is completely ignorant of her non-human heritage. Her mother died when she was 15 and, so far as she knows, she has no other relatives. She enrolled in an alternative education program, completed high school just before her 17th birthday, and acquired a job at Globotech repairing and maintaining equipment and software.
While the pay was not ideal, she quickly gained a reputation for being a technological MacGyver; there's not a technology or program on the planet that she can't figure out, dismember, and rebuild in a better way. Thus, she's not only earned a small raise or two, but people frequently enlist her services directly and never fail to pay her well.
Phaedra isn't what you'd call a social animal. She doesn't go out of her way to meet people. She has no friends to speak of. While not outwardly rude, her typically passive and frank demeanor is often mistaken for being cold.
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Regarding the Lyrian race: They are a delicate-looking race, tall and reedy with eye colors ranging from palest blue to vibrant green or gold and hair of varying shades of red. They have excellent eyesight, not typically inhibited by darkness; unlike with human beings, only 1 in 1,000,000 Lyrians will have any sort of eye defect. They're primarily herbivorous; meat typically gives them terrible indigestion and disrupts their natural endocrinology, though for some reason the females tend to crave the flesh of other mammals when entering a fertile cycle.
They are naturally inclined to hibernate during the winter; during the summer their waking cycles will last anywhere from 4 to 9 days, whereas they may be awake for only 12 to 28 hours at a time during the colder seasons. Their planet of origin, Lyria, orbits a red dwarf star in the Andromeda galaxy.
The average lifespan of a genetically pure Lyrian is estimated to be between 600 and 1,000 Earth years. They are capable of limited transdifferentiation, enabling them to repair and regrow most organs and limbs. Note that reproductive organs ARE capable of regenerating their physical structures, but if the fertile components are damaged, they typically do not regain fertility. Lyrians lack an organ that would equate to the human spleen.
Around one or two thousand B.C. a catastrophe in a nearby binary solar system cause massive waves of radiation to wash over the planet. A large portion of the species died shortly thereafter. Some fled and survived, but many of them mutated or were rendered infertile. The end result is that there are very few genetically pure Lyrians left, though their genetic trail can be tracked all across the universe.
Phaedra does NOT have any secret powers, massive psychic power, magical-ness, etc. In fact, due to her mixed genetics she is afflicted by cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia, making it difficult for her to travel - or even go outside during the winter - without being extremely cautious and prepared.
Phaedra is completely ignorant of her non-human heritage. Her mother died when she was 15 and, so far as she knows, she has no other relatives. She enrolled in an alternative education program, completed high school just before her 17th birthday, and acquired a job at Globotech repairing and maintaining equipment and software.
While the pay was not ideal, she quickly gained a reputation for being a technological MacGyver; there's not a technology or program on the planet that she can't figure out, dismember, and rebuild in a better way. Thus, she's not only earned a small raise or two, but people frequently enlist her services directly and never fail to pay her well.
Phaedra isn't what you'd call a social animal. She doesn't go out of her way to meet people. She has no friends to speak of. While not outwardly rude, her typically passive and frank demeanor is often mistaken for being cold.
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Regarding the Lyrian race: They are a delicate-looking race, tall and reedy with eye colors ranging from palest blue to vibrant green or gold and hair of varying shades of red. They have excellent eyesight, not typically inhibited by darkness; unlike with human beings, only 1 in 1,000,000 Lyrians will have any sort of eye defect. They're primarily herbivorous; meat typically gives them terrible indigestion and disrupts their natural endocrinology, though for some reason the females tend to crave the flesh of other mammals when entering a fertile cycle.
They are naturally inclined to hibernate during the winter; during the summer their waking cycles will last anywhere from 4 to 9 days, whereas they may be awake for only 12 to 28 hours at a time during the colder seasons. Their planet of origin, Lyria, orbits a red dwarf star in the Andromeda galaxy.
The average lifespan of a genetically pure Lyrian is estimated to be between 600 and 1,000 Earth years. They are capable of limited transdifferentiation, enabling them to repair and regrow most organs and limbs. Note that reproductive organs ARE capable of regenerating their physical structures, but if the fertile components are damaged, they typically do not regain fertility. Lyrians lack an organ that would equate to the human spleen.
Around one or two thousand B.C. a catastrophe in a nearby binary solar system cause massive waves of radiation to wash over the planet. A large portion of the species died shortly thereafter. Some fled and survived, but many of them mutated or were rendered infertile. The end result is that there are very few genetically pure Lyrians left, though their genetic trail can be tracked all across the universe.
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