#TheKirakhProject

[thatonekreachur]

hi hello! This is my first post on here :) I'm also starting a worldbuilding project on there if anyone is interested

The Kirakh

Introduction

The Kirakh were a 13 ft tall quadrupedal alien species hailing from the Xyke System, a planetary star sytem orbiting around a K-type variable orange dwarf star. They are a type 2 civilization on the Kardashev scale, as they have colonized their entire star system and two other neighboring systems, and is currently working in on a third.

The species is currently recovering from a devastating world war on their home planet that had crippled their civilization temporarily about 100 years ago, but now, they have advanced in technology afterwards and had journeyed to the cosmos ever since. They also have a long history in relative to their star's long lifespan.

The Kirakh base their calendar system around a supervolcanic eruption event from around 200,000 years ago (these approximations may change when I start charting their history), during when the species is in their stone age period.

B.E - before eruption

D.E - during eruption

A.E - after eruption

I like to think that the species is located somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy, and that the Kirakh were the closest thing to us humans in that galaxy. After all, no two alien races are the exact same, as I like to believe.

Anatomy

Chemistry

The Kirakh are carbon-based lifeforms like us, but they do also have some things that differentiate them from us too.

Unlike humans, the Kirakh have cobalt in their blood instead of iron, these proteins are called coboglobin. They function the same as the hemoglobin found in humans, and it makes their blood amber-yellow in the arteries, and clear-colored in the veins.

Limbs

Guys just ignore the small wings on their back, the image is just one of their earlier versions and they were originally gonna have these wings, but now I will be retconning them to don't have these wings.

The Kirakh have a total of three pairs of limbs, with the midlimbs and the rearlimbs being functioned for walking, while the remaining forelimbs being used to manipulate objects and items.

Unlike humans, which have pentadactyly digits, Kirakh have tridactyly digits, meaning they posess three fingers on each limb. The digits on the midlimbs and the rearlimbs have been arranged in a chameleon-like form, with two digits in the front and one in the back, and reverse in the rearlimbs.

Their forelimbs have evolved to become three-fingered hands with opposable thumbs that allows them to manipulate and interact with the world around them, as well as retractable "hooks" in their digits that is once used to hook onto the surface of the trees and help be better at climbing.

It appears that the rearlimbs on the Kirakh are facing backwards unlike the other two frontal limbs. Of course, this is a universal trait for some backboned creatures on the planet, which they take from their ancestors millions of years ago.

Skin and fur

Some parts of the Kirakh skin, such as the face and the limbs, are made out of the same leather human skin is made out of, with a layer of keratin scales going down from the nape to the section where the tail meets the body. The Kirakh also have fur under that layer of scales that cover most of the body, usually shorter and more rougher when in warmer regions to and longer and fluffier in colder regions to preserve body heat.

Respiratory System

The Kirakh have spiracles on their chest region, altough they are hidden in the fur. In some ethnicities born in warmer regions of the planet, where fur is more shorter, there is a bare patch on each of the spiracles. The spiracles connect to the lungs of the individual and is used to absorb oxygen and to distribute it along the bloodstream. Like us humans, Kirakh need oxygen to survive, and also need constant oxygen while exersizing. Kirakh lungs are also quite large to handle the strain of climbing trees.

Reproduction

The Kirakh use the basic two-gender system that most organisms on theirs and our planet use. They practice external fertilization, mainly because their reproductive parts are located in their chest cavity region, so it might be impossible for offspring to develop inside.

The female produces ovum, or unfertilized eggs, while the male produces fly-sized winged gametes that crawl into the open capsule into the ovum, and then fertilizes the egg cell inside, eventually resulting with a fertilized egg, that within around 6 months, will hatch out a young kirakh.

Life Cycle

Juvenile

The average Kirakh lives from around 90-150 years. They start off as tiny and hairless, and feeding off their mother's crop, and over time, they start growing a coat of fluffy fur that wards off parasites and other pesky insects and unwanted guests from entering it's body, and it also keeps them at their core body temperature.

They also have a fast metabolism rate when young, as they need lots of food to grow and stay energized. Kirakh young also have a sprawled stance, but then their legs get more erect as they grow.

Frequently during their juvenile stage, Kirakh shed their old coat of fur and be replaced with a new one once in every year, in a process called molting. This is usually because their fur doesn't grow along with it.

Adolescent/Adult

When the Kirakh get into a certain age, which is about 14-15 years, the fur on their back will start to fall off to make way for the keratin scales that will grow eventually. The adolescent stage will eventually end 6 years later, when they are 21 years old, their scales would be fully grown and the growth cycle would be complete as it enters the adult stage.

Kirakh may also become old when they are around 70-75 years old.

Alright so it is now done! Let me know about what you guys think :)

[thatonekreachur]

If you like this, then I suggest you can go and check out the first post of my worldbuilding project.

This is supposed to explain the titular planet from which the Kirakh came from. :)

Introduction to Natikah

The first image is a geographical map of the planet's landmasses and structures. Please keep in note that this is an old and outdated version of the map and some of the names aren't official, and some of the mountains aren't on the climate maps or vice versa. This is only to tell you some of the continent names.

The last two images are the climate maps, with the last one being without the current lines

Natikah is the second planet from it's sun and is slightly larger and different than Earth. They both have prograde orbits, but Natikah has a axial tilt of 39 degrees, which means that it will be always be day during the summer, and it will always be night during the winter in northern temperate and polar continents like Sanland or Talyke. I'm not sure about the southern continents though, I gotta run the simulation again some time.

Natikah also has two moons, called Zixarin and Altas, which slow down the planet's rotational period to 30 Earth hours a day. The two have been believed to be formed by a catastrophic collision between Natikah and a protoplanet billions of years ago during it's formation, similar to the Theia Hypothesis.

Zixarin is the more closer and prominent moon to the planet. During certain periods of time, and because of the planet's slightly eccentric axial tilt, Zixarin would appear in the sky during the day, and would even "eclipse" the sun. Altas, however, is more further from the planet. In reality though, Zixarin and Altas are like slightly the same size as each other, with Zixarin being slightly larger than Altas.

As I've mentioned before, Natikah is the second most planet from it's star in the Xyke System, which orbits around a K4 variable star, which means that Natikah's sun is more cooler and more orange than our sun. Natikah has a slightly more faster orbital period around it's sun than ours, one Natikah year more shorter, around 255.688 Earth days.

Biosphere and Atmosphere makeup

Natikah is more warmer and has more oxygen in the atmosphere, to better accommodate with the animals which have cobalt-carrying blood. It is also noted that the plants on here are carriers of the pigment Phycoethryn, which makes the leaves on the plants a brownish-red color.

Here is a sneak peak into the biosphere of the planet:

In the tropical savannas of Zogha, a herd of animals filling in the fast-running grazer niche (haven't decided a name for them yet) grazes in the tall grass in the dry season.

I'm sorry if I only have one image though. It takes a lot of time and effort to draw detailed environment shots. :(

[thatonekreachur]

announcement

I might start to post unrelated stuff in my main blog, so if you don't want that, that I suggest that you can move to the kirakh project blog that I made! It has it's own blog now :)

@kirakhproject