Aerico

Aerico are frail, sentient humanoids native to Albania. Aerico are an aggressive disease spreading species, and are shunned in most places.

Physiology
Aerico are a frail species that stands 1.70 meters on average. Their skin is grey and sickly looking. They have large eyes, and the cornea of the eye is black with red pupils. Rarely a female can be born with pure milky-white eyes, and this is thought to be a sign of great power.

They have very thin black hair which is usually kept long along the females, whereas males loose their hair very early on in their life. They have bat-like noses and very long sharp teeth. They have claw-like hands, with claws instead of fingernails.

Because of their mist powers Aerico are always surrounded by a mist oozing out of their skin.

Life cycle
Aerico are a long-lived people with a lifespan of 150 years on average. Infant Aerico are called children and female Aerico give birth to 1 to 2 children during their life. The children are usually kept in the confinements 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 30 Aerico are viewed as full-fledged adults, and are considered in their prime around the age of 40. Aerico are qualified as "middle-aged" by 50 to 110 and as "old" by 110 to 150.

Abilities

 * Sickness magic - Aerico have the ability to make other races sick from their mist. They have this ability since they are born, but doesn't fully master it until the age of 15. The disease is always a serious one, such as the plague or malaria. They don not have the ability to remove sickness from people.
 * Sickness immunity - Aerico are completely immune to any kind of sickness.
 * Shape-shifting - Aerico have the ability to shape-shift into a cloud of mist to travel around. However they can't fully shift their humanoid form, and that is why mist always seems to ooze of their skin.
 * Levitation - Aerico have the ability to levitate.

Behavior
Aerico mostly keep to themselves and their most immediate family, being shunned by most societies because of their disease magic. They are usually found in remote hills and mountains and usually only visit other races when it's absolutely necessary. This has made Aerico quite aggressive towards other species.

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
Aerico are native to Albania. This is also where you can find the most concentrated population of Aerico. The Aerico Council can be found in Elbasan. A small population of Aerico can also be found in Greece.