Marion (3.5e Race)

Marion
Summary::One day a great magic craftman built lovely lifelike marionette, somehow over time these marionette were awoken by a strange magic. The marion are a race of marionettes suspended by dark silvery strings that vanish in mid-air. They look like extremely human-like and they feel midway between wood and flesh to the touch. While they are strangely organic they seem to burn like wood and are vulnerable if you cut the strings 'animating' them. Marion have free will and souls much like living creatures.

Personality
Marion are extremely similar to human personality wise but tend to be more sarcastic and humorous than most. They tend to stay very in-character with the persona that they were given as marionette.

Physical Description
Marion look like incredibly life-like marionette of human, they move slightly less awkwardly than an actual marionette but it still feel unnatural. Marion are usually extremely similar to human appearance wise, thanks to the magic that animated them. A marion skin feel organix to the touch but is rigid to the touch.

Relations
Marion are typically not liked too much by other races, they have no community of their own and are seen as oddities. Marions find some camaraderie with other construct races and humans and halflings of all humanoid race are more accepting of marions. Overall marions tend to be adventurers and wandering entertainers.

Alignment
Marion can be of any alignment, however there is a slight tendency toward chaotic alignments within the marions.

Lands
Marion have no land of their own, they are living marionette. Marion are usually wanderers who travel either in group or alone, most often they find a lukewarm welcome when they reach civilization.

Religion
Marion do not tend to be particularly religious, although those that do follow religion follow Gods of artifice and constructs.

Language
Marion speak common, they do not have racial languages. Marion typically do not select

Names
Marion tend to give themselves human name after their awakening, it often match the personal they were originally given.