Hattie

Some Sozarien are blessed with additional gifts such as healing themselves or others, regeneration, or invisibility. As a child, Hattie had always wanted to be invisible to better help with her thievery. Unfortunately, that was not the power she received.

Instead, Hattie can regenerate from wounds, burns, and sicknesses at an extremely rapid rate. Depending on the severity of the injury, Hattie can seal her wounds up almost instantly or up to six minutes. Things that don't immediately kill her she can survive from. She can even regrow parts of her body such as arms, hands, legs, etc. though this takes around ten minutes.

Cutting her head clean off, stabbing through all five of her hearts at once, or cutting through/destroying her brain stem will kill her. If, say, a sword was stabbed through her stomach, she would heal around the sword and be forced to pull it out and recover again.

When it comes to things like sickness, intoxication, or highs, Hattie is not immune to them but is extremely resistant. It takes her approximately five times the average dosage of drugs or alcohol to affect her and sicknesses tend to heal twice as fast for her than they do most people. She will never die from illness, alcohol poisoning, or overdose, her body heals too rapidly for that.

The Sozari are a species of carnivorous plants on the planet Ameratha. They are a small, dexterous race with more agility and speed than strength.

This species is made up of bright golds, reds, greens, and purples. Their eyes tend to be gold, orange, or red with black or green sclera. Their torsos, legs, and arms are on the longer side, giving them a willowy physique. They have three fingers on each hand, and their feet are sharp, with long thorns up the back of their legs.

Taste and Hearing: The Sozari have no noses or ears, but that isn't to say they can't smell or hear things. Again, the foliage on their heads helps with this. They hear through vibrates using their anthers and are extremely sensitive to even minor changes in the air, such as a person whispering. To counteract this, they really can't smell all that well, though they can smell using their mouth. Like snakes, they taste smell but not nearly as well. Even strong scents are mild for them.

Unappealing Taste: Their blood is on the thicker side and a bright golden that seems to shimmer when hit by the sun. Notably, they don't taste very good. Too much like medicine, sour and sticky, clinging to the back of the throat.

Body Structure: It should be noted that the Sozari also have five hearts. One on each side of their chest, one at each of their sides, and one around the abdomen, located somewhere beyond their womb. Their body lacks bones in favor of a skeleton made up of cartilage and connective tissue. This is what helps the Sozari be more nimble and flexible; it also means they heal a little faster than humans, due to not getting broken bones.

The Head: By far the most important part of their body would have to be the leaves on their head. These serve multiple purposes, including being part of their mating ritual, a sign of attractiveness in their culture, and the most vital part of their body language cues.

When on the hunt, feeling profoundly aroused, extremely excited, or in a state of intense fear the petals at the back of their head will open up. As a form of intimidating the petals will shake viciously and the Sozarien will make a long hissing sound along with sharp coughing noises. When in a state of submission or depression, the leaves will hang limply on the head. Typically, they're neither open nor slack and tend to appear wind struck.

Self Plant Manipulation: Their body is made up of foliage that the Sozari have control over. Most of them prefer to use this as a method of dress, rather than wearing real clothing. These plants are no less a part of their body than their hands or feet are. They can change the shape, density, or color. There are limitations to this ability, of course.

For one, this manipulation ability is only to the leaves directly connected to their body; they have no actual control of the environment. Secondly, everything on them is still just plants and as weak and protective as natural plants are, which is to say not a whole lot. The colors on their "clothing" are limited to the coloration of their species (red, orange, gold/yellow, white, pink, and green) unless they take the time to paint themselves the colors they wish to be.

This plant mimicry isn't instantaneous, depending on the intricacy of the clothing the Sozarien wants to make it can take anywhere from fifteen seconds to a total of seven minutes. When casting this ability, the foliage on their body can be seen moving into place or being pulled within their body (when undressing). In simplest terms, this ability is just how this race dresses.

Sweet Secretion: Mentioned previously, the Sozari are primarily carnivorous. They hunt small prey or in small groups for larger prey. They tend to be scavengers or ambushers by nature. That said, the Sozari have a few inherent abilities that help them in the pursuit of prey.

The first of these abilities is the skill to secrete a sweet scented adhesive over the entirety of their skin. The smell is rich and subtle, a beckoning thing that pulls people in close enough to touch. The adhesive is similar to a Chinese finger trap in that the harder someone struggles to get away the stickier the adhesive is, but if they relax and gently pull themselves free, they can slip away with ease. Unfortunately, most creatures panic and don't think to do this.

Unhinged Jaw: The second of these abilities is the capability for the Sozarien to unhinge their jaws like snakes to help them consume their prey. They can unhinge their jaw enough that their mouth opens to about the size of a watermelon and reveals their two rows of sharp, serrated teeth. Generally speaking, these teeth are hidden well enough that it's likely one could wonder if the Sozarien had them at all.

Small: Because of her small stature and lightweight, Hattie is easily overpowered by and thrown around. Even against someone as small (or smaller) than her would be too much to handle in a fight. Because of this, she prefers the supporting role or her people's ambush attacks.

Solo No-Go: As a pack creature, Hattie hates solitude and really can't live on her own. She isn't strong enough singularly, which is why her crew is the most important thing she has. If left to fend for herself, she wouldn't make it. Simple as that.

The Cold: Coming from a tropical, wet heat planet, Hattie hates the cold and dry heat. The cold is worse by far, and she avoids it at all costs. She requires warmth and moisture to maintain herself and thus, must take precautions on her trips throughout the galaxy with her crew. Snow is liable to put her in a coma or kill her. She'll go into a hibernation state until warmed to an appropriate degree. The same is said if she dries up.

Their Head: The Sozari's head is by far their most vulnerable and sensitive spot on their body. It contains the majority of their nerves and thus heavily protected. Cuffing them on the head, or pulling the leaves there is incredibly painful and liable to have them getting dizzy and nauseous. Pulling out any of the leaves or their anthers is an indescribable agony.

It should be noted that no Sozari will wear hats or scarves around their heads. Otherwise, they would be unable to hear, or their hearing would be messed up. Putting something over their head is a good method of disorienting them. These leaves are never cut, trimmed, or combed.