Regauricles

Regauricles, also known as "Regal Ears", are a race of elf-like beings which resemble humans with severely elongated ear antihelices. Regauricles share a common ancestor with humans and came into existence when a community of humans was isolated on another dimension after losing access to their portal. Compared to humans, regauricles have developed physical differences such as their distinctive ears and much lower melanin levels. It is unknown whether regauricles are able to breed with humans, as no regauricle has ever agreed to such a union.

Regauricle culture intensely prizes ear-length as a mark of beauty and status, going so far as to feel contempt and disdain for humans and even smaller eared members of their own species. Autism is treated somewhat uniquely by regauricles, being considered the result of "dark eco"; those afflicted are often described as "eco-touched". The rage and meltdowns common to autistic regauricles are thus viewed as a manifestion of this eco in the form of twisted mirror images or inner demons possessing the autistic individuals.