User blog:ThisIsXenon/Novaspawn Info

Name
Novaspawn:  “spawn of Nova,” alludes to their creation story

Creation
Novaspawn were created by the god Nova.

The original Novaspawn was Delphi, but many people thought her strange or scary, so he created a second generation of Novaspawn in his image. To ensure their safety, he created an island in the middle of spacetime that’s nearly impossible to get to. This island—the Isle of Stars—is shrouded in mist, unable to be seen from the outside.

The first Novaspawn had incredible magic—not Delphi caliber but still up there—and they became legends.

Examples:

—Polaris the leader

—Orion the trickster

—Sirius the healer

—Asterodea the outcast

Many Novaspawn name their children after these legendary figures in order to imbue their children with the qualities of those figures.

The next generations were more in-line with the magical caliber of the current

Species characteristics
Novaspawn have night-black skin speckled with stars, similar to Nova in his human form. Their hair and eyes are somewhere on the pink, blue, green, or purple spectrums, and occur in varying degrees of intensity. Hair and eyes always match. Those with some sort of magic have steam/smoke leaking from their eyes. They're usually thin and tall, and most have an androgynous body type. They live for hundreds of years, and it is not uncommon to meet some that have lived thousands.

Their circadian cycles are unique—they only need to sleep one day out of a week.

Nebula Tree based:
—Planting a new tree:  Seeds are planted in pots and housed in a greenhouse right outside the grove. Once the saplings are large enough to hold themselves up, they are planted in the grove. The spot is chosen weeks in advance, and certain rituals and prayers are done over the plot. The actual planting is also accompanied by prayers and magical blessings, including one where the new tree is watered with essence from the trees around it.

—Harvesting the fruit from the trees:  Everyone helps to pick and process the fruit during daylight hours. At night, there are celebrations, with feasts and dancing and a mini magic tournament. These celebrations usually last for a week, culminated by everyone sleeping after the last harvest.

—Death of a tree:  Burial ceremony with more prayers, tree is buried where it falls.

Celestial phenomena based:
—Meteor shower:  Meteor showers are said to be auspicious, and those with prophetic powers are aid to receive the biggest/most important visions during one. All the Novaspawn on the island gather at the temple to Nova and watch. Those who have visions are to report them to the high priest immediately.

—Eclipse:

—New Moon: