Acheri

Acheri are frail, sentient humanoids native to North America. Acheri are a disease spreading species, and are shunned in most places.

Physiology
Acheri are a frail species that stands 1.50 meters on average. Their skin is very pale and sickly looking, and has a grey tint to it. They feature a set of heavy set eyes, with dark eyelids, and the eye color is usually a light grey or light blue without a visible pupil. They have sunken cheeks and their skin is usually very dry.

They have black thin hair that is usually kept long, by both sexes, and that often looks dirty. Neither sex can grow a beard, and are quite hairless except on their heads. They have claw-like hands, with the tips usually a dark grey color. Their lips are dark grey, and they possess a pair of fangs

Life cycle
Acheri are a long-lived people with a lafespan of 100 years on average. Infant Acheri are called children and female Acheri give birth to 1 to 2 children during their life. The children are usually kept in the confiments of the home for the first 10 years of their life, before they are able to somewhat control their disease magic.

From the age of 23 Acheri are viewed as full-fledged adults, and are considered in their prime around the age of 30. Acheri are qualified as "middle-aged" by 45 to 75 and as "old" by 75 to 100.

Abilities

 * Sickness magic - Acheri have the ability to make other races sick from their touch or breath. They have this ability since they are born, but doesn't fully master it until the age of 20. The disease can range from a common cold to cancer. They don not have the ability to remove sickness from people.
 * Sickness immunity - Acheri are completely immune to any kind of sickness.

Behavior
Acheri mostly keep to themselves and their most immidiate family, for the fear of infecting someone with their disease magic. They are usually found in remote hills and mountains and usually only visit other races when it's absolutely necessary.

They never wear anything in the color red, because in Acherian culture that is the color of blood, which relates to wounds - the only reason for Acheri death, except old age. An Acheri killed before its time is usually burned in a cloth of red fabric.

Acheri are very fond of music, and have a natural talent for drums and singing. Acheri holidays are always filled with dance and songs. They are also very fond of baking, and according to themsleves quite good at it, but no other race has tried out of the fear of getting sick.

Because of their sickness immunity they usually work in fields where it is dangerous because of sickness posibility, and can often be found at power plants, or as exterminators.

Demographics
Acheri are native to north-east USA. This is also where you can find the most concentrated population of Acheri. The Acheri Council can be found in Winnipeg. They are usually found in the north-eastern states of the Unites States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) and the eastern territories and provinces of Canada (Manitoba, Ontario, Québec). They can nowadays be found throughout the United States and Canada. A large population can Acheri can also be found in India.