Orikin

The planet Omesa. Home to the Orikin

The Orikin (Ore-uh-kin) Race is a custom Role Playing race on RuneScape. They were created by the user Junokkra, or 'Happy Muspah' in-game.

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Omesa

The Orikin were ancient beings of a dark, desolate planet named Omesa (O-mess-uh).  The planet itself seemingly had no known weather conditions nor is it known to have any other life besides the Orikin. Omesa is significently smaller than the planet Gielinor, and lacks the wild green grass and bright blue skies. If one was to stumble upon an Orikin and able to somehow to comunitcate with them toask about the home planet, they would be informed that their dark world was nothing but black deserts, tempuratures of almost freezing, colossal rocky mountains, and water of no color but grey.

History of the Orikin

The Beginning

With the Orikin being the only known living creatures on their home world, it was easy for them to control the small planet and excel at a faster pace than any other race on Gielinor. The Orikin were seperated into two different castes, the Moto and the Ras. The Moto built colossal fortresses and outposts around their world, as well handled any other physical work to be done. The Moto were naturally strong and could go physically passed any human strength. The Moto weren't dumb, but they did not focus on magic. They were big in physical strength that usually came naturally to any Moto Orikin. The Ras were powerful magicians and scholars, they developed the order and laws of the planet. The Ras also were extremely powereful in magicks, learning how to levitate above the ground due to their abilities to absorb runic energies naturally, though they lacked any actual physical strength. The Orikin developed their own language and text, causing them to know no other ways of communication besides that.

The Disaster

Despite their unstoppable forces and clever tactics of life, the Orikin suffered a global tragedy. Due to the position of their planet, Omesa soon found itself knocked out of orbit from a life-ending astroid. This caused the planet to hurling into a belt of space debrise. With the Orikin not knowing anything of the outside world, most of them died off due to constant astroids and other rock formations ripping their planet's crust apart. Though there was a small city on Omesa, named Mothe'Abnu (Mo-thay-ab-nu). The city was a succesful safehouse as it was completely underground. Mothe'Abnu was inactive due to the lack of open space and light underneath the planet's floor.

The Orikin's Way To Gielinor

One ancient Ras Orikin, by the name of Phenaxuh, watched over the desolate city of Mothe'Abnu as survivors slowly piled in over the years. Some considered him a prophet of redemption, and referred to him as "The Face of Life". Phenaxuh was one of the only Orikin to wonder about outside life off his home planet. He was also the only living Orikin to be working with magicks to connect Omesa to the outer space. Though with him working so hard to find ways out of the planet, Phenaxuh resigned from his leadership position to focus on his task at hand. This was only to make things worse in the city, as the council and leader became corrupt and only made the lives of the remaining Orikin worse. Causing them to work and become almost seemingly enslaved to what was now known as "The Council". 

Over the long years of torment for the Orikin, Phenaxuh developed a portal to hopefully bring them to another planet and out of the miserable lives. The corrupt Mothe'Abnu government became enraged at the findings of Phenaxuh's work, afraid that the remaining survivors would leave with Phenaxuh to an unkown place. Though Phenaxuh knew this would happen, making sure

Phenaxuh, The Face of Life. Also the only known Orikin to be on Gielinor.

he developed the portal in a place only he knew. He left clues with the ones he trusted before making his leave, not knowing if he'd be shot out into a void of nothingness or to a planet of great value. He was willing to take the risk, though. 

A concept of what the portal may have looked like on Omesa.

Arrival to Gielinor

As soon as Phenaxuh activated the portal, it sucked him in violently and he became unconscious.  After waking, he arose in the new world. He somehow stumbled upon Gielinor in the second age.  He explored the world alone, and unnoticed before finding an underlying cave where he rests today, attempting to find a two way connection back to his world.

Appearance

Moto Orikin

Moto Orikin are granite grey-skinned, faceless creatures. The Moto have no eyes, no nose, no mouth, and two wholes on the side of it's head for ears. They have slits/gills that are used for speaking and making noise. They are usually shorter than the other breed of Orikin, the Ras. Most Moto stand around 5-6 feet and are always stronger and stockier. They wear leathery boar hide outfits made from one of the few living creatues on Omesa, but the name is unknown.

Ras Orikin

Ras Orikin are shadow black-skinnedvery tall and lengthy. They weigh significantly less than the Moto and they are not physically strong at all. The Ras have three dark red, beady eyes that are aranged in a triangular formation. The Ras have two small ears for hearing and no nose or mouth, but slits/gills that are used for speaking and making noise.  They are usually seen in long robes and/or sashes to help them with their magicks.

Abilities

Strengths

Moto Strengths

- The Moto are extremely strong, and they have a astonishing endurance. They are known to break rock with their bear fists.  This makes them good at building and other physical work.

- Moto Orikin technically cannot see, but they all have such good hearing that soundwaves generate an almost perfect picture in their minds. This could be called "Natural Sonar".

Ras Strengths

- The Ras are extremely great magicians, and can learn any spell known on Gielinor.

- The Ras absorb runic energies and store them in their bodies. The amount of energy is unknown, but they are known to have so much that they are able to levitate without a problem.  Runic energies still need to be channeled and charged to cast spells.

- The Ras are known to be masters of shadow magicks.

- The Ras have extremely great sight.

Weaknesses

Moto Weaknesses

- The Moto are 100% blind.

- The Moto are usually slow and always rough. (Picture a bull in a china shop.)

- The Moto almost always have a "just average" IQ.

- It would be hard for a Moto to speak another language without practice, but it is very possible for them to speak any language.

Ras Weaknesses

- The Ras are not physically strong at all. They are much more frail and weak than the Moto.

- The Ras have below average hearing.

- It would be hard for a Moto to speak another language without practice, but it is very possible for them to speak any language.

Known Orikin on Gielinor

Phenaxuh - Happy Muspah