Echthroi

Summary
The Echthroi are a cruel race of hedonistic, grey-skinned humanoids. The Echthroi embody nihilism and anti-theism, as well as a hatred for all other species. They embody impersonalization, and so the species commonly wear masks, so as to hide their individuality from others of the species. They believe all other races are inferior, and deserve death or slavery.

Physical
The Echthroi are an extremely tall, skinny race of grey to white skinned humanoids. Their hair is silver or white, and their eyes simply appear as black orbs devoid of any life. Their appearance seems sickly, and they are very frail. Their heads are very round, and echthroi have no hair upon the body other than at the top of the head. Their arms end in large hands, with long talons. Some echthroi choose to cut these talons, others keep them at length.

Echthroi have small, sharp teeth. However, when they are speaking, these teeth normally remain unseen due to their size.

Clothing
Echthroi normally wear grey or black garb. Kilts and robes are extremely common amongst the species, normally in a black. When moving, echthroi can often seem to be simply gliding across the floor due to their oddly graceful movement. It is often uncommon for echthroi to wear anything on the upper body, often displaying the weak torsos many of the species have.

Masks
Echthroi always wear masks in public, and an individual echthroi will possess multiple masks to be worn on various occasions. It is seen as unacceptable to show your face to anyone who is not a family member, and asking to see an echthroi's face is extremely impolite. This ties in with the echthroi belief of the sacrosant Grammaton.

Entertainment
Echthroi find pleasure in many of the hedonistic aspects of the life. Again, tying in with Grammaton law, this belief maintains that individuals only exist to further their own pleasure. Since fulfilling some ideal of the whole is meaningless, every echthroi must find their own pleasures. Sexual coupling is discouraged, but drug use and self-mutilation are extremely common outlets of pleasure amongst the species.