In the Rikonian Exploits, the races introduced will be partly in-human and have abilities far beyond Earth scope of normalcy. Here’s a quick guide to the natural organs of some of the races that inhabit the planet.
The Theorga Gland- This is an organ located near the heart and is standard for all shape-shifting creatures on Rikon. On humans it would be located over the left ventricle. This secretes a substance through the heart directly into the blood stream, creatively termed theorgide. This happens at all times, thus keeping the cells of the user’s body primed for a shift at any moment. However, just as adrenaline flows through the blood stream in times of danger, the theorga gland will produce extra amounts of theorgide from an electrical impulse from the mind.
This allows the user to shift their shape and not their genes into that of any other race or form they have in their mind. The exact form the shifter will take is decided by subconscious, although race is decided primarily by the conscious. Either by destroying or rapidly duplication cells in the shifting process. Any attire the shifter wears is unaffected and may be discarded or destroyed during shifts.
Some exceptions to this rule are the Eiseiorei, Migan, and other races that can only take on a certain number of other forms. Their race and form is completely decided subconsciously and tend to be accessed by the conscious, either in training or in a time of need, whichever comes first.
The shifter tends to stay in their shifted forms even when knocked unconscious, as it will require another dose of extra theorgide to reverse the process.
The Sultrine Gland- Similar in property to the theorga gland. However, while the theorga gland can shift the user into any other race, the sultrine gland cannot. The sultrine gland can only shift the form of the body into one other form, generally between beast and humanoid. As such, it tends to be only found in anthromorphs that can take the form of a demi-human or animal. The gland uses an almost inherent “magical” ability to limit the clothes of the anthromorph to its demi-human form, if they wear clothes at all. There are naturally cases where there isn’t an inherent “magical” ability, thus making the shifter discard the clothes being worn at the time of shift.
The substance it secretes is called sultride.
(For a more through and scientific explanation)
There isn’t really a magical ability, but it is easier to explain to beginning biologists and merely curious people to explain it as such. The sultrine gland works in concert with the monosoride core. When the concentration of sultride in the body becomes greater then 5% the Monosoride Core will activate, specifically the electric organ. The core will generate a temporary electric field around the shifting person, breaking the molecular bonds of the clothing in the person. The molecules are then stored in a small bladder just above the pelvis. When the sultrine gland reactivates and the concentration once again exceeds 5% in the blood stream the monosoride core will reactivate and replace the molecules in position.
The exact functioning of the Sultrine Gland are still under study, for the exact way the molecules are so cleanly, quickly, and easily separated, stored, and then replaced exactly is unknown. Of course, some are unable to use that ability, usually by a defect in the monosoride core, and the clothes remain in place.
The Monosoride Core- Its actually a system with twelve points within the body. The largest part of the monosoride core happens to be within the rib cage just above the solar plexus. Generally, one point dominates over the rest in influence at birth, almost a one thousand to three ratio (to the next most powerful). Each point can control an element, the dominating point is not genetic and is completely random, stemming from the circumstances affecting the child during development. The extreme difference in influence tends to limit the person to one element for a lifetime. If that part of system was to be lost for whatever reason, and the person survived for some reason as they’re buried deep in the body, then control would go to the next most powerful organ in the system. The most common example of this is the Eiseiorei race, known for their almost god-like control over their elements that they developed.
In some races, all organs are nearly balanced at birth, none having the big difference seen in most cases. However some might be a little stronger then the rest, leaning the person towards a few specific elements. There are very few cases of this happening to a person coming from a race that usually can only use one element in a life time, very rare, a one and a million shot.
The monosoride core should not be confused with Cercain magic, which uses various hand signs and chants of varying length in the ancient tounge to use the elemental energy that is in the atmosphere of Rikon and has absolutely nothing to do with the monosoride core. Mainly because Cercain magic is learned and the monosoride core is genetic.
As mentioned previously, the twelve organs of the monosoride core are placed throughout the body. Here is a quick guide to the elements associated with each of the organs and their location.
Element, placement and description, associated color(s), rarity (for those races that control one element)
Earth, protective tissue that grows over the spine, brown and green, 16%
Demon, a gland the size of the thumb’s fingernail just under the heart, black, 1%
Water, an organ that replaces the appendix, blue, 13.4%
Holy, two palm sized organs under the shoulder blades, gold, 1.5%
Dark, thumb-sized tissue just above the brain inside the skull, any various near blacks, 2%
Light, a pebble-sized organ below the voice-box, white, 3%
Wind, a small disk shaped organ between the two lungs, gray, 13.6%
Fire, a large fist sized organ over the solar plexus, red and orange, 20%
Chaos, a tissue that covers the brain (tends to cause homicidal urges), black white and red, 10%
Ice, a serum that runs through the blood stream, enriched by a gland near the lungs, a very pale blue, 7%
Electricity, an o-shaped ring about the base of the brain, yellow, 12%
Time, an eye-sized tissue in the forehead under the skull, purple, 0.5%
Cercain Magic- This isn’t technically biology, but it should be covered and explained thoroughly. This is an ancient order of techniques established eons before the Eiseioriean “massacre”. It was created by the Eiseiorei to allow there to be elemental users in races without the monosoride core. Cercain magic uses the natural tounge of the Eiseiorei, Cercain, and various hand chants. These chants and hand signs call forth the elemental energy from the air, or specialized objects, or perhaps another living being to use elements.