Solstici.
A race that firmly believes that anything can be achieved by simply believing in oneself. Rather than Magic or technology, they directly use their spirit energy as a means for attacking and for various other tasks rather than combining it with magic to amplify it's power. As such, they can't use fancy abilities and do everything like magic can, but the fact that their attacks are pure spirit energy means that there is next to nothing that can counter it, if at all.
So how have the Solstici lasted this long if they use only their spirit energy? The Solstici have a special connection to celestial bodies, like stars and moons, and even space itself. An old religion of theirs states that they were created by these celestial bodies, or they were lower organisms that attained enlightenment from them. The religion is cast out by now, but many of them still hold respect for these bodies. If they're near any of these (Or more specifically, in sight.), their spirit energy will regenerate. Solstici live very, very long lives, often being classified as unaging. They can do this because these celestial bodies seem to have enormous amounts of this energy, whether it's living or not.
How do they use spirit energy? Like stated before, they can't pull the whole "fuck you it's magic" sort of thing. Think their spirit energy like the force, they can manipulate it and convert it to different energy, or entirely new substances as well. They can draw out spirit energy from celestial bodies and other inanimate objects (They get the majority of it from space.) and even other living things if they so will it (But it's considered one of the greatest evils unless they get the expressed permission of the living thing to do it. Otherwise they'll use it if they really think it justifies something, which is very rare.). They can convert this spirit energy they receive into other elements, like fire, water, wind, earth, ice, etc. Whenever they're converting energy, or whenever they're setting themselves to a certain element, an ice-like substance grows from their arms, colored differently for whatever element they're using. Meaning they can produce these elements from their spirit energy alone. In fact, they can even produce magic through this process if they wanted to.
For ever since their genesis, the Solstici had the growing feeling of exploration, to better themselves beyond what anyone could possibly imagine. It was this feeling alone that propelled them to explore other dimensions, other universes, everything. The Shattered Planes is but only one of their discoveries among their races, and they continue to explore even now. Their longing to explore and gain knowledge on everything seems to be much like how humans started out; once they learned of outer space and it's deep vastness, they wanted to expand and explore it, but felt like it was impossible. Unlike humans though, the Solstici continue their goals, expand on them, and as an end result, grow even further beyond what they were before they did that. Because of this, the Solstici have other strange abilities that can go beyond the scope of what is usually seen in the Shattered Planes, but using these abilities outside of their home realm seems to take more out of them than usual.
The Solstici are simplistic in appearance, but contain strong convictions to plow through whatever it is that troubles them. They are not full of themselves, but just long to better themselves. They can take on any appearance they wish to, but their real look actually defaults to
wolf-like creatures that look as if made of ice, which also changes color depending on whatever element they use.
And finally, Solstici have no home planet on the Shattered Planes. They one day just, well, came out of nowhere in peace. Many of them take sides in wars to learn more about those around them, others stay out of conflicts to learn from the outside, and often many just don't care about the people but the shattered planes itself, and want to explore it instead. However, if something stands in their way, if something tells them that they can't do something because they're not strong enough or just aren't smart enough; they'll push forth and achieve whatever it is you said that they couldn't do. Quite a few of them seem to have decided to take up residence on planets like False Heaven and other interesting worlds. Some have even started living on Novier and Nil, completely undetected due to their ability to take on whatever appearance they want.
And for those that still can't piece together what I'm saying, I'll put this in layman's terms. Everything has spirit energy; moons, stars, and space itself has a crapload of it. The Solstici use spirit energy itself for their abilities, and they draw this spirit energy from the aforementioned objects, and even living things. They can convert this spirit energy to other elements, even magic itself. They've explored countless other universes, dimensions, and have a lot to show for it. They are just now exploring the Shattered Planes. They look like wolves but can take on any appearance, and their only desire is to grow and be a better person, beyond what they were before they do an ordeal. Each and every one of them doesn't want to be famous or any of that, but just want to know that they're living their lives to the fullest.
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