Shami

The Shami Empire
The Shami are a powerful and advanced race that appeared out of nowhere from a strange vortex that suddenly appeared in Squin territory. The vortex was massive and red in color, nothing came out of it for 3 minutes. The Squin were curious and also a bit scared when they saw the vortex. As Squin ships approached it, they stopped suddenly when a massive alien ship, along with a fleet, came through the vortex. The alien fleet simply ignored the Squin and kept moving on, they quickly dissapered after leaving the vortex because they warped away. The vortex then closed.

The Squin were left in shock but it wasn't long before strange radio signals started to come from a nearby un-inhabited star. When the Squin investigated the signals, they found a Shami colony and a large fleet orbiting the planet.

It wasn't long before the Shami became a now well known empire in the A.O.O. The Shami, now, are one of the most intelligent races in the Squin galaxy. Also, the Shami now own a vast empire in the Spore universe.

Although the Shami are more intelligent than the Squin, they lack the fire power that the Squin have. So even though they are smarter, the Squin are still more powerful.

Basic Shami History
The Shami used to live in a thriving galaxy that was far off from the rest of the galaxies. It was peaceful, and the Grox didn't live there. Everything was going great until the core collapsed and sent waves of energy through the galaxy, turning any planet that is T2 or T3 to T0. This resulted in wars over resources such as spice. It became a madhouse, as every race was put up against each other just in order to survive. Entire wars were fought over any T1 planets that remained! Soon, the Shami could not afford to live in this ruined galaxy, so they migrated to the cluster of galaxies in which the other RP empires thrived in. Even though they used their vortex ability, the journey still took a many years because it was so far, during this time though, the Shami people were frozen, so that they could survive the journey.

The new Shami home planet is named Naikia and is in one of the common galaxies. They have expanded to become a large empire.

Wars
The Shami have been through many wars but have managed to either win or stop them; they have never lost a war before. They have been through the following wars:
 * The Great Corruption War (also known as the Great War): This war separated the Shami and their original allies. Although it seemed like defeat, the Shami were able to contain Corruption and move into a new home.
 * The Arton War: This was a massive war with a powerful empire known as the Arton. The war spread out to many other empires. This war was only won because the Shami had a lot of help.
 * First Squin Civil War: This was a massive war that shredded the Squin empire. The Shami took sided with the original Squin Communists who were lead by Squaven I. The war ended in a victory and the Squin were returned to normal.
 * Fall of the AOO: Like the first Squin civil war, this war has ripped apart the Squin. The only difference with the Shami though in this war is that they have sided with the Squin Monarchy this time. They planned to keep Squaven II in power, even though he ran the Monarchy.
 * The REMOVED War: The Shami were constantly fighting the REMOVED Hive over massive disputes and disagreements. This ended after the Apocalyptic War.

The Great Change
After the first Squin civil war and right before the second Squin civil war, the Shami slowly began to merge with the Armon, one of their closest and first ever allies. When Carix, the first ever Shami and Armon hybrid, took leadership of the Shami, he brought on a new change. The Shami and Armon, who are said to be created by the same gods, discovered that they could be much more powerful if the two races became one. So, they did, and in doing so, the Shami citizens were required by law to only pro-create with Armon (and vice versa). After many, many years, the Shami became a full on race of only Shami and Armon hybrids. Instead of calling themselves hybrids though, they simply took on the name of the strongest race out of the two empires; the Shami.

The Armon are no more now and the same goes for the original Shami. It is only Shami and Armon hybrids now, but they are now simply considered as Shami.

The Rycarna Alliance
As the A.O.O fell apart, the Shami decided to leave the Alliance of Order and bring most of their allies with them too form a new order. They did this because the Alliance of Order was very unstable and would be very likely too collapse. In doing so, they formed the Rycarna Alliance. The Rycarna Alliance was formed off most of the original Alliance of Order empires but unlike the A.O.O, it was stable and was lead by the Shami.

The Shami in The Alliance of Order/Rycarna Alliance
Alliance Of Order: The Shami were the leading scientists in A.O.O. It was their job to present the rest of the A.O.O with new technology and advancments to aid them.

Rycarna Alliance: The Shami served two roles in the Rycarna Alliance; they were the leading scientists and the leaders of the Rycarna Alliance.

When it comes to the unique and one and only warp technology that the Shami have though, things get different. The Shami were afraid to give out their warp technology because they were afraid it will be abused. Right now, they are only willing to share the blueprints for the basic worm hole creator, and only to trusted leaders. However, the MSR is the only other known empire to have mastered the warp technology and use it effectively. After the Shami mysteriously dissapeared, Captain Reno of the Mothrai Empire scavenged the mysterious warp technology data from a secret lab in the destroyed Shami capital. During the ware between the REMOVED and the Rycarna the warp technology gave the REMOVED an edge, but it still cost both sides millions of lives. The Mothrai then transmitted it to the DNA machine where the new Mothrai Socialist Republic uses it.

After the 50 Million Year Jump
Unlike other empires, the Shami sent out five DNA capsules instead of one to ensure their race's survival if one were to be destroyed,even after they were to go extinct from the wars. Each capsule also had blueprints and history to help speed up the develoment of the species. This also included religion, so that the reborn species would share the same religion as their ancestors 50 million years ago.

They would have sent more than five capsules, but at the time, they could only afford five. Strangely though, each capsule passed through unknown space cloud like fumes that slightly altered the DNA of each capsule. It is unknown where these clouds came from, what they're made of, and what happened to them (they vanished shortly after). Each capsule recieved different alterations. The alterations only effected details and color though; the body shape (such as head design, arm and leg length, etc.) all stayed the same.

The first capsule recieved alterations that made it's inhabitants able to connect under a mind link and use unique physic abilities that often resembled lightning or eletricity. The second capsule recieved alterations that made it's inhabitants have powers similar to the first capsule's (including the mind link); there were only minor differences in the physic abilities, such as color (there's often resembled red or orange electricity).

The third and fourth capsules both recieved dark abilities. There were differences among the abilties of each capsule but in the end, they were fairly similar. These dark abilities allowed it's inhabitants to maniuplate shadows and blend in. Some could even cloak themsevles.

The fifth capsule recieved powers similar to REMOVED powers.

Although some capsules recieved powers similar to other capsules, each species formed from the capsules had different color skin and different details than the species of other capsules, (such as horns or spikes). Despite this, they are all still counted as Shami, since they all share the base species of the Shami.

The current living species of Shami (the Aszadon, Zederath, Telrezok, and Korra) all share the same level of technology, which happens to be very advanced.

The First New Shami
Today they are refered to as the 5th Shami, but despite this name, they were actually the first Shami to form after the 50 million year jump. Oddly though, this species of Shami is no longer alive; they went extinct about 1,000 years before the other four species of Shami formed. Their reason for dying out is still unknown. However, they did manage to reach the stage of civilization, where they had cities and empires across their planet. They failed to achieve much technology though before they died out, thus they never made it to space.

However, the first Shami left hundreds of ancient ruins on their homeplanet of Sidardun. They also didn't worship the Ancients (gods that the Shami follow), as their capsule told them to,  like the other four races of Shami did. The reason for this is unknown. However, they did apparently take on to worshipping a god they named Zoradun, who, as their ancient writings say, was an REMOVED and Ancients hybrid.

Culture
Not much is known about the 5th Shami's culture; only that they were a very aggresive species that built temples that looked more like dungeons, but were confirmed to be temples. It is believed that the 5th Shami faught many wars with the residents of other parts of the planet. However, despite this, they all shared the same culture throughout the planet.

The Omion
The 5th Shami's strange powers lead them to somehow keep indiviuals alive for hundreds, even thousands, of years. However, the body of such an indiviual would eventually die and rot, but still allow movement. Basically, they were undead. It is unknown how they were able to create undead but it is believed that a strange power source is what allows the body to remain semi functional even after death and decay. These undead are called Omion. It is believed the 5th Shami created the Omion to guard tombs and temples and other special or religious places. The problems are that the Omion are not very smart, possess almost no memories of their past living form, and have no form of communication, both physically and mentally. In fact, their mind is set so that it only has one purpose; defend. This makes Omion very dangerous and they will attack any intruders that enter their sacred places. They happen to use energy blades formed from their physic abilites. This makes them very hard to deal with.

Luckily though, Omion have almost no organization when they attack and can even be lured into their own traps set up around the ancient temples. An Omion only truely dies when it's power source, which looks like a glowing orb in their chest, is destroyed. The best way to do this is to stab or shoot it.

Omion bodies, despite being incredibly old, are not just skeletons though. They have somehow maintained a layer of rotted skin and flesh, despite not exactly being mumified. This is believed to be apart of their power source.

Despite the flaws with the Omion, they are still very dangerous. Many unwary adventures who have ventured into ancient 5th Shami temples have never returned.

The Omion will forever walk the halls of ancient 5th Shami ruins as if their masters were still alive.

Species
The true look of the 5th Shami species is unknown; however, it is believed they looked very similar to the Shami that lived 50 million years ago. This likely means they were physically similar, including the way they acted, both inside and out, to the old Shami.

Sidardun and it's Moons
Sidardun is planet very similar to Earth. Certain parts of it are tropical forests, others are woodland forests, and some are deserts. The planet doesn't have very many mountains or rockey areas. Most of it is fairly level terrain. However, the few amount of mountains and rockey areas have allowed variation in climate and life throughout the planet.

Sidardun has two moons, Echarkus and Platario.

Echarkus
Echarkus is a very strange moon; in fact, very few moons and planets have been found that are similar to it. Despite the vast amount of research that has been put into it, it is still not clearly known why the moon is the way it is. Echarkus' surface is almost all a very fine sand. The entire moon is basically one giant pool of quick sand. This makes it near impossible to actually walk on the surface without sinking or being swep away by the oceans of sand. Another strange thing is that this moon happens to have a slight atmosphere. The atmopshere it has is not habital but it does create very strong winds all across the moon. The moon also rotates much faster than most moons and planets, which also contributes to the strong winds, due to the atmosphere being very dangerous.

There is no life on Echarkus but studies show it might have once had bacteria life, before it became a raging oceaon of sand and dust. Echarkus is also one of the worst moons in the universe to accidently crash a ship on, for obvious reasons.

Echarkus is a medium sized moon; not too big and not too small.

Platario
Platario is a fairly common type of moon; typical giant grey rock with no atmopshere. In this situation though, this is very strange because it isn't anything like it's neighboring moon, Echarkus. Normally one would think the two moons would be similar, however this obvioulsy isn't the case. Clearly Platario was formed from remains of Sidardun while Echarkus was formed from remains of something different and unknown.

Platario happens to have a strong source of iron and silver, as well as a few other common metals such as copper. Mining on the moon was banned though due to the moon being small and the need to preserve it for research, since it's part of a very mysterious and extinct empire still being studied.

Platario is a smaller type of moon than Echarkus.

The Aszadon Shami
The Aszadon were formed from one of the capsules that gained physic abilties resembling eletrcity or lightning. Unlike the fifth Shami, the Aszadon are still very much alive and their empire is part of the Shami Faction Alliance (an alliance beween the four living races of Shami). The homeplanet of the Aszadon Shami is Kharis with it's two moons Typtos and Zodarch.

The Aszadon follow the same religion as the Korra; the belief that the light in the universe is what gives them power.

Species
Aszadon have blue colored skin and long appendages (they can't move them though,

they just hang down like hair) on the backs of their heads. These appendages are what allow the Aszadon to share a strong mind link and also use their physic abilites. If these appendages were cut off from an Aszadon, they would lose all it's physic abilities, including it's mind link powers.

Male Aszadon have slightly different details on their face than the females do.

Culture
The Aszadon are considered a very peaceful race. However, when they do have to fight, they show no mercy to their enemies. However, they still prefer other means to ending wars than simply through winning them.

The Aszadon have very unique buildings that are mostly colored blue, cyan, silver, and grey. Their buildings often have an almost organic look to them due to the vast amount of curved metals and designs. The Aszadon also tend to build the most temples out of any race of Shami. Some of their most elaborate and unique temples are built on the sides of cliffs and on mountains.

The Aszadon's armor and clothes tend to match their structures by having unique organic like designs and styles. Their clothes and armor often resemble that of Mayan (from Earth) style, just without the use of leaves and such and instead with real fabric and fine metals.

Space Ships
Aszadon ships do follow an organic like design but not nearly as much as their buildings. They also tend to have most of their weapons hidden away to only show during a battle.

Aszadon ships, like their buildings, follow a color design of blue, cyan, silver, and grey.

Kharis and it's Moons
Kharis is a very unique planet. It is a very tropical planet with plant life that is blue in color rather than the common green. A lot of it's wild life have unique colors and patterns too. Kharis does not have much mammal or bid wildlife; it mostly has insectoid like life, with insects ranging from the size of tiny rocks to giant cars. However, despite this, most of it's insect life isn't hostile towards the Aszadon; in fact, most wildlife simply on Kharis simply prefers to stay away from the populated areas. However, this is because the insects have had hundreds, even thousands, of years to adapt to living along side the Aszadon. The same cannot be said for visitors of other species. Anyone who is not an Aszadon, or something similar (such as another species of Shami) has a very high risk of being eaten alive by giant insects if they wander the un-populatd areas of Kharis.

Kharis is mostly hilly and flat terrain; it doesn't have many mountains or rockey areas.

Kharis has two moons, Typtos and Zodarch.

Typtos
Typtos was believed to have been formed from remains of another planet in the same solar system but ended up in the gravitational pull of Kharis due to many large astroid impacts that happened during it's formation. This is why Typtos is very different from Kharis and Zodarch.

Typtos has a thick and deadly atmopshere. The atmopshere is constantly raging with storms that has made the moon very dangerous. The strange atmosphere of Typtos has also created the exact oposite effect of global warming; rather than heating up, Typtos is getting colder. This is because, due to what it's strange atmosphere is made of, Typtos is blocking out most, if not all sunlight, resulting in an icey wasteland with temperatures that will freeze a living being instantly. This has made Typtos a very strange moon, since it orbits a planet that is very warm and tropical.

Typtos has oceans of liquid hydrogen. It is believed that no life can ever form on Typtos. However though, studies show that unique forms of bacteria could have formed deep under the surface of the planet. Research is still being done on that though.

Because Typtos has slowly been getting colder and colder over the course of thousands of years, the Aszadon have become worried about it because it could reach a point where it is unstable and could possibly cause harm to Kharis. To prevent this though, shortly after the formation of the Shami Faction Alliance, the Aszadon, using advanced technology, placed hundreds of stabalizers on the moon of Typtos that completly halted the effect of oposite global warming. The moon is no longer getting any colder but it isn't getting hotter either; it's now simply frozen at a single base climate. However, the moon is still very cold and will freeze just about anything. This is because it simply froze where it was at; the Aszadon decided not to make it any warmer because they agreed that they wanted ot keep it cold, since it's strange formation has made it very unique looking from space. It is also a major tourist attraction for tourist ships. The ships only orbit the planet though; it's too dangerous to venture in.

Typtos is a medium sized moon.

Zodarch
Kharis' second moon, Zodarch, was clearly formed from remains of Kharis. The

moon is like most other moons except that it has a unique core. Zodarch may look like any other moon on the outside, but in the inside, it is very active with underground volcanoes. This has caused the moon to yield thousands of unique and valuable gems that are found underground. Speical mining technology is required to extract the gems due to the vast amount of magma under the surface.

Zodarch is a medium sized moon but it is slightly smaller than Typtos.

The Zederath Shami
The Zederath were formed from one of the capsules that gained dark and shadow-like abilities. However, this does not make them evil, despite the fact that they often use dark and gothic designs.The Zedarath are from the planet Miroris, with it's moon Mirmiar.

As will be mentioned further below as well, the Zederath follow a religion based on the belief that the darkness in the universe is what gives them power (not as in evil darkness though).

Species
Zederath have green skin, usually dark colored, almost reselmbing that of zombie or decaying skin. However, their skin is very much alive and healthy. The Zederath also have unique fin like features on their heads but do not have long appendages off the back like the Aszadon and Korra have.

Female Zederath have slightly different facial and head designs, especially in the fin like

structures.

Culture
The Zederath have a shadowed based culture. They believe that the true power of the universe lies in the darkness that surrounds it (basically the black part of space). To the Zederath, this darkness forms of massive web of power that holds everything together. Because of this belief, they have styled their structures in dark colors with specific colored highlights. Zederath structures also follow very spiked or even sometimes gothic designs. They have even called dark planets, such as planets that recieve very little sunlight but just enough to substain life, their homes.

Zederath wear clothes that are usually similar to robes, plated armor, or lose fabrics bound together to form pants, shirts, etc. (the quality of the fabric isn't bad though and is considered better than that of what Humans from Earth wear).

Zederath warriors also follow the theme of darkness. They often have armor designed to look like the armoed plates of great alien beasts or of specific types of skulls. As mentioned above, Zederath have dark themed powers too. Some Zederath can cloak themselves without the need of a mechanical device to do so while others can teleport short distances just by using their mind. Zederath are also more powerful in the shadows than they are in the light.

Space Ships
Following the dark and gothic theme as well, Zederath ships can sometimes be hard to spot in deep space due to their dark colors. However, this gives an advantage to the Zederath, who are fully capable of spotting out their own ships whilst their enemies may struggle without strong scanners.

Unlike Aszadon and Korra ships, most Zederath ships, even some of the large ones, can cloak. It is not yet known though as to why this technology hasn't been shared with the Aszadon and the Korra. However, it is believed it is cultureral based.

Miroris and it's Moon, Mirmiar
Miroris is a dark world, however, not in a sense of evil dark. It is litterally just very dark during both the day and the night. Despite this though, the temperatures are considered warm rather than cold. This is likely due to a very fiant form of natural global warming that likely stopped at some point in time. The reasons for it stopping are not known though. However, because of this, life thrives on the planet. The majority of life on Miroris, however, is also dark in color with dull pigments and glowing highlights.

There isn't much hostile wildlife on Miroris, at least species that could be a threat to the local Zederath living there. There is, however, a unique mix of mammals, reptiles, and insectoids. None of which are sentient though.

Mirmiar
The singular moon of Miroris is called Mirmiar. Mirmiar is a very common type of moon though. It lacks an atmosphere and thus has no life. However, it does have rich sources of iron, copper, and tungsten. Despite this though, Mirmiar can easily be compared with the common (but not always true) definition of a moon; "a big rock floating around a bigger rock."

The Telrezok Shami
The Telrezok are the second race of dark themed Shami species that formed from the original capsules. They too follow the same base religion of the Zederath; that the darkness in space is what gives them their power. However, in terms of looks and structure designs, the Telrezok are actually a lot different despite following the same religion.

The Telrezok are from the planet of Idarian and it's moon, Icka.

Species
Telrezok closely resemble of the original Armon and Shami hybrid, also known as the base of the five races of Shami known today. They have orange/yellowish skin with small horns on their head, usually six of them. However, Telrezok Shami can have varrying horn designs, depending on the family they're from and it's genes. The most common horn design though is six small horns on the top of the head, three on each side. Telrezok females have horns as well but they're usually smaller than that of the males.

Culture
Telrezok can easily be compared, in terms of simularity, with that of the fictional Orcs from Earth. Like Orcs, Telrezok warriors (not usually the citizens though) can be ruthless and belligerent. They're not like this towards the citizens though; only to the enemy(s). This also means that Telrezok often use brute force over their physic abilities, even though they technically have the same abilities as the Zederath (cloaking, short teleporting, extra power in darkness, etc.). Because of this, Telrezok warriors often have large and powerful guns or even advanced, futeristic warhammers and war-axes.

Telrezok Shami wear clothes that are armored and plated. However, unlike the soldiers, the clothes that the citizens wear are not usually heavy, due to the specific types of plating they're made out of. They're also very flexible.

Like the Zederath though, the Telrezok are stronger in darkness too. However, the homeworld of the Telrezok, Idarian, isn't as dark as the Zederath homeworld of Miroris. It is still fairly dark though but many people say it's more gloomy. This is because Idarian always seems to have dark/grey clouds filling the sky, even when there isn't bad weather (which most of the time there isn't). This does, however, create a decent level of darkness for the Telrezok.

Telrezok structures are similar to Aszadon structures, in terms of where they're commonly built. Because Idarian is a very mountain-filled world (incredibly rockey compared to most other planets with life), like the Aszadon, Telrezok structures are built upon the sides of large cliffs or on mountains. However, Telrezok buildings them-selves do not resemble Aszadon bulidings; they're often spiked like Zederath buildings and tend to have darker hues (not as dark as the Zederath though).

Space Ships
Telrezok ships follow the same spikey theme of the buildings/structures. However, despite the fact that they're also dark themed, not as many of them can cloak; at least not as much as Zederath ships. They also have brighter hues and different types of weapons. As said above in the Zederath section, it not fully known as to why Aszadon and Korra ships cannot cloak, despite being at the same level of technology; it is likely a cultural thing.

Idarian and it's Moon, Icka
Idarian is a very wood-land type planet. The majority of it's forests are of plants similar to Earth's spruce, pine, etc. Idarian is also a very rockey world. The majority of life there either flies or has strong climbing abilities in order to navigate the land. As mentioned above, Idarian has skies that are almost always cloudy, despite not having much harsh weather at all. It is believed that this is caused by a non-harmful substance in the atmosphere, although the substance is not yet known.

Idarian has a decent amount of wildlife but not nearly as much as the Aszadon or Zedeath homeworlds. There are a faily large amount of predators on Idarian though, but most stay clear of populated areas.

Icka
Icka is a moon very similar to Mars, a planet found in Earth's solar system. Like Mars, Icka has a unique red/orange color and a poor atmopshere. Icka has a rich source of copper, zinc, iron, lead, silver, and small desposits of gold and platinum.

Icka's atmosphere is too weak to support life or maintain good tempeatures, thus the moon is cold and barren.

The Korra Shami
The Korra are the second species with light/eletricity powers. They also follow the same religion as the Aszadon; the belief that the light in the universe is what gives them power. The Korra style is also very similar to that of the Aszadon; often haveing structures that resemble organic forms and with very bright colored hues. However, the Korra do not build their structures on the sides of cliffs or on mountains; they simply prefer flat land like the Zederath.

The Korra are from the planet of Aurraon and it's moon, Ketmarok.

Species
Korra, like the Telrezok, greatly resemble that of the original Armon and Shami hybrids, also known as the base of the Shami that live today. Like the Telrezok, Korra have orange/yellow skin. Unlike the Telrezok though, instead of horns, the Korra have long apendages on the back of their head (they hang down like hair) that are very similar to that of the Aszadon Shami. Also like the Aszadon, the head appendages on the Korra serve the same purpose as the Aszadon; they allow them to use their physic abilities, which are light and eletricity based. They allow allow them to mentally connect with each other in a unique web of minds.

Korra can also have unique stripes on their skin. These can range from a variety of stone/brown colors. Most Korra do not have stripes though.

Female Korra have slightly different head and facial details than that of the males.

Culture
As mentioned further above, the Korra culture is very similar to that of the Aszadon culture. Like the Aszadon, the Korra enjoy bright colors and semi-organic like shapes on their structures, armor, and vehicles. They also have a very strong sense or honor (stronger than the Zederath and Telrezok), similar to the Aszadon.

Also mentioned further above, the Korra prefer to build their structures on flat surfaces like the Zederath do.

However, the Korra are considered slightly more war-like than the Aszadon. This simply means that they're more likely to try and end a war simply by winning it rather than finding other, less violent ways to end it.

The Korra's armor and clothes are very similar to that of the Aszadon, only they're more usually more armored and do not follow all of the same designs as the Aszadon.

Space Ships
Korra space ships also follow the design of their structures. They tend to have lots of curved and organic-looking features. They also exhibit bright colors.

Korra ships are considered more bulky than that of Zederath, Telrezok, and Aszadon ships.

Aurraon and it's Moon, Ketmarok
The planet of Aurraon is a very tropical world, similar to the homeworld of the Aszadon, Kharis. However, it lacks a lot less mountains and cliffs and has more flat plains. Aurraon is very similar to Earth and has similar wildlife. The majority of wildlife on Aurraon is either harmless or avoids the populated areas.

Ketmarok
Ketmarok is a very unique moon. Unlike most moons, it has a mostly liquid surface with unique rounded stone features that stand just slightly above the lquid. The substance forming the liquid is not currently fully known, however, it is very acidic and dangerous to be near. It also has a red/orange hue. Because of this though, and combined with with the fact that Ketmarok has an atmosphere too harsh for life, the moon is devoid of life and is very dangerous to go to. Luckily, it doesn't have many useful resources, so going there isn't needed.

Why Don't They Fight?
This is a common qustion for the four currently living races of Shami. You'd think they'd hate each other due to the two main religions; light/eletricty and dark/shadows. And at one point, they did fight. However, the fighting didn't last long and was too short to be counted as war.

The reason they don't fight each other anymore, and the reason why they're in an alliance together (the Shami Faction Alliance), is becuase they discovered that they're more powerful, happy, and prosperous when their powers (dark/light) are combined in an alliance. Now, they have respect for both of the religions and work together equally to make the most of them and their empires.

What the Four Currently Living Species of Shami Have in Common
The following is a list of aspects of the four current species of Shami (Aszadon, Zederath, Telrezok, and Korra) have in common. These were not mentioned above because it would have simply been the same thing for each section.
 * They all have live young; this also means the females have breasts.
 * All species of Shami, both past and present, have very long life-spans, much longer than that of Humans. The oldest ever Shami lived to be about a thousand years old. This only happened once though.
 * They all worship the same gods along side their faiths (the religions said above, which involve the light and dark aspects). These gods are known as the Ancients.
 * They all have very strong psychic abilities.

Disclaimer
A lot of my ideas for the Shami came from other video games and movies. So, I do not take credit for every idea/aspect I used in the Shami.