Developing an ancient mono-gender species for a high -fantasy world
Im working on a fantasy race for my web novel series that i've been working on. I have tried developing the basic idea by taking inspiration from the forerunners from halo and the asari from mass effect, but i still need help making the species feel original and develping theri own biology, and maigcal civilation.
and a little backstory of story lore: theres used to be one earth, but due to ancient weapon similiar in scale to halo's firing, Eart was split into two dimensions. one became our modern world and other became a high-fantasy world. in my story, gates begin appearin across our wolrd that connect the two worlds, and this gates is the same weapon that was fired in ancient times.
this particular species is on the major civilzation of the setting. my main inspirations are more the forerunners from halo and the asari from mass effect thatn trraditoinal elves. they are an extremely old civilization that has developed magic beyond most other races, lamost like a form of engineering or advanced technology,
They are mono-gemder, but that isnt there to create a harem or all the women want the "a progtagionst" situation. its a simply part of their biology and culture. i want to explore what an entire civilization is built around that biology,
visually they might have some traits people associate with elves but i dont want them to beasically be " Female elves",
so basically like this:
Forerunner influence: anicent civilization, monumnetal archhitectures, magical infrastrcutres, huge histroical influence
Asari: mono-gender biology, long lives, cross gender /species relationships
so my basic inspirations are from halo froerunners mass effect
and the anime GATE: Thus the JSDF Fought There!