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=== Tall and Alluring ===

With their exquisite figures, graceful motion, and reserved yet empathic nature, safir appear hauntingly, yet extraordinarily, beautiful to humans and to more than a few other races. Safir are well-known for their blue blood, and for the light blue hue that it imparts upon their skin.

Safir are unique among the known sentient races in that they have three sexes: female, male, and a sort of in-between known as '''azhar''', who, while looking outwardly female, can sire children as well as bear them. They are also unique in their unequal sex distribution: for every 36 children, on average, there are 25 females, 5 azhar, and 6 males. As well, the resting body temperature of safir is lower than humans; however, they can consciously modulate their body temperature via meditation. Male safir are rarely seen in public, due to their scarcity and their closely protected nature, while, aside from height, it is difficult for an outsider to tell an azhar safir apart from a female one.

Female safir range from 6 to 7 feet tall, males from 4¾ to 5½ feet, and azhar from 5½ to 6¼ feet. All safir have pointed ears, like elves. A plurality of safir have brown hair, but all manner of hair and eye colors are possible; they have no facial and little body hair. There is great variation in hairstyles among safir, but longer hair is usually indicative of higher social class.

Excepting a general lack of nudity taboo among safir, their usual form of clothing is a long robe that is close-fitting around the torso but loose and flowing at the sleeves and around the legs, which can be found dyed all manner of colors — though cool colors are more common — and printed with many different patterns, commonly geometrical, abstract, or nature-based designs. Safir who have blended into elven or human society may wear the costume of their adoptive homeland.

Typical adventuring gear for this people includes flat- and recurve bows, curved swords made from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel a strange, beautifully patterned steel], various forms of polearms, and crossbows.
Author	Halian +
Effective Character Level	2 +
Favored Class	Psion +
Identifier	3.5e Race +
Level Adjustment	1 +
Racial Ability Adjustments	+2 Intelligence +
Rated By	Foxwarrior +, Aarnott +, Havvy +, Eiji-kun + and Franken Kesey +
Rating	Rated 2.4 / 4 +
Size	Medium +
Subtype	Psionic + and Safir +
Title	Safir +
Type	Humanoid +