Traits

🐲 Around early 2023 development, the name Xatli is inspired by the word "satellite" and "star".

🐲 The Xatli were made from the debris of the Entity of Reality's skin, resembling a mix of avian and dragon motifs. Their coat typically looks sleek, but many freely morph their appearance to have textures and aesthetics akin to fur, scales, or feathers. A Xatli's wings generously covers their entire back, and connected at the edges of where their collarbone should be. These wings are able to freely extend thrice their body's height, and easily resize when walking or at rest.

🐲 Xatli have the ability to freely detach and re-attach their heads like a floating satellite. This provides a better scope of their surroundings, but must be practiced with utmost care in order to maintain a stable connection to their main body.

🐲 If a Xatli's floating head is kept seperated from its main body for far too long, there will be a gradual loss of motor control of their limbs. This could lead to an eventual total collapse, until the head is reconnected and given an appropriate time for recovery.

🐲 A Xatli's head is also adorned with floating ornaments resembling shapes that tell stories about their history, occupation, and present interests. These animated head accessories are referred to as a "Scene".

🐲 A Xatli's scene and headshape come in many forms, often ending with a pointed snout. Their ears have an extented flap at the tip, an adjustable feature that helps maneuvering their flights (like an airplane's spoilers). Some freely generate nostrils, teeth, or decorated ear filaments for aesthetic reasons.

🐲 A Xatli's hand and feet may have three to six fingers or toes, as long as both have opposable thumbs - used for perching when taking breaks from lengthy flights and travels.

🐲 A Xatli's power form is referred to as a "Portal Form", which nearly quadruples (or more) their base size. Their body absorbs their scene/s (so it is no longer visible), heavily altering their colors and markings to have said scene/s' overall theme and motif.

🐲 For example: a Xatli with a circular scene will have a power form decorated with multitudes of circular patterns. Their poncho-like wings are now able to freely multiply (as many as they wish). It also gains a space-like inner design, and becomes a small pocket dimension that helps carry a reasonable amount of items in stasis.

🐲 This form is often used for a group's convenience when it comes to fulfilling missions that require elongated spacefarring, or travels requiring an extensive array of equipment to accomplish. However, it is not unheard of for others using it to conceal goods taken from questionable methods.

🐲 This pocket dimension's quality varies from Xatli to Xatli, often reflecting the invidual's own psyche and physical abilites. A sickly Xatli will likely have a pocket dimension that rots its contents, or warps its properties to something else entirely. A Xatli that has dedicated its life to rescuing creatures, may eventually develop a pocket dimension that can house them temporarily. There are endless variations.