Balyoms

The Balyoms are a humanoid warrior race originating from the planet of Shann'Kashii.

The Balyoms have very long, scorpion-like tails. Their "hair" is actually a constantly burning flame. It never spreads or gives off heat or light. The color of this is the same color as their eyes. When the Balyom dies, this fire consumes its entire body like a phoenix.

Balyoms are potentially immortal, as they never get diseases or age after they've reached full maturity, leaving them with their equivalent of endlessly being in their 20's if they were human. They can, however, be slain by other beings directly, though doing this is quite difficult.

There are many Balyoms who can control energy and amplify it and solidify it into things such as beams or blades to use as weapons. These can be extremely deadly.

Balyoms usually tend to prefer solitary life as opposed to being with other people. However, they do value various relationships with other people just as highly as anyone else would.

Balyoms seem to be equally split on whether they mate for life or not. This can cause lots of conflicts because of different idealogies. The most likely reason for such drastically different mindsets among the members of the species is that there were two tribes while the race was in its infancy that had these different idealogies, probably as ways to increase survival rates.