Nphyr

The Nphyr are a race of humanoids that resemble small human children. Like the Matossa, they have their own inner supply of magical energy, appearing as a body-wide tattoo that can grow or shrink in size depending on a Nphyr's current power level.

Most Nphyr are found working as either merchants or entrepreneurs, living as monks in their mountain monasteries, or serving in the al'Sakakin division of the Hassanid Janissaries.

Appearance and Features
On the surface, Nphyr most obviously resemble small human children and can be mistaken as such by foreigners not familiar with the race. On average, they can grow anywhere between 2'8" and 3'4" tall. They have monochrome colored hair which normally ranges from snow white to dark gray. Albeit rare and seen as an oddity, there do exist some Nphyr with pitch black hair. Most have a very light and even pale complexion, though there are some families of Nphyr that have darker skin tones.

Another unique feature of a Nphyr are their tattoos. These markings are natural and appear to "grow" involuntarily. A Nphyr's body functions much like a recharging battery, continuously generating magical energy which shows up on their skin as what appears to be a black tribal-style tattoo that is simply cosmetic and serves no other purpose. These markings can continue to grow denser and denser until their skin turns completely pitch-black, and begin to dissolve whenever a Nphyr uses magic in any way.

Nphyr also do not age. However, they do possess extremely weak immune systems. They cannot die from old age, but can succumb to something as simple as the flu, and even with proper medicine there is still an off chance.

Abilities
They still require a lyrite focus to properly channel their energy into a spell, but Nphyr also possess the ability to project their inner energy outward into a wave of pure magic of varying lethality. They can do this at will and require it in order to work off excess stored energy as keeping too much contained can be very detrimental.

A Nphyr's life force is the only thing keeping their energy stored inside their bodies. As a result, if a heavily tattooed Nphyr were to suddenly drop dead in the middle of a city, said city could possibly lose an entire block and several people would be killed in a rather violent yet spectacular explosion. This explosion leaves the Nphyr's body completely unharmed save for what killed it in the first place.

A dead Nphyr, similar to how a dead person's fingernails still grow after death, still produces a meager amount of magic. However, this "aftershock" does not appear as a tattoo. It forms into an ethereal mass that eventually shapes itself into a hostile and mindless silhouette of its former self that usually attempts to kill any living thing it sees using the above mentioned magic wave. This creature is called a Ghūl. Nphyr carefully undertake special rituals on their dead to prevent this from occurring and are almost always successful.