Identification: glowing polyhedra, indistinguishable from any normal outcropping of fluorescent perspex
Variants: inexplicably cut gemstones or sentient crystal balls
Also Known As: Auroraureans, Astralians, or Cosmo‐Intellectuals
Origin: just sitting about on some random planet (or sometimes found in meteorites)
| LOOKS: | pretty in an abstract way | B+ |
|---|---|---|
| BRAINS: | the only sign of intelligence is that they have stupendous psychic hectoring powers | 60 |
| LETHALITY: | kaleidoscopic polarised beams of raw unpleasantness | 0.14 |
| CULTURE: | they always claim to have inspired the Ancient Egyptians, which would make them bronze age | 14 |
| HARDNESS: | they're on the regular Mohs scale, but they're right off the bottom of the SF one | 0 |
| TOKENISM: | organising your psychic crystals is very important for Feng Shui | 37 |
Religion: omniholistic spiritual mysticism
Lustre: vitreous or adamantine
Natural Predators: the Macropygmoids (who grind them up and sprinkle them over their food)
Weakness: (space‐)operatic sopranos
Hobbies: meditation, or at any rate internal reflection
Affiliated With: they were a customary 1500th wedding anniversary gift in Palaeosophontoid tradition