Vyxxen
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: A sub-species of the Zelosians, more in touch with their plant origins and more free than the baseline Zelosians who have been under authoritarian rule for a long time.
- Image Credit: Gwent - Deviantart
- Canon: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: Zelosian
- Name: Wild Zelosians
- Designation: Sentient
- Origins: Evolution of Zelosians who wished to be more free and part of the nature of Zelos II
- Average Lifespan: ~100 Galactic Standard Years
- Estimated Population: Rare
- Description: After centuries of authoritarian military rule some of the Zelosians migrated into the wilds to be more free. They gave up all modern technologies and tried to return to nature. As a result of a period of time the mainline Zelosians that left the cities evolved into something slightly different.
- Breathes: Type 1
- Average Height of Adults: males 1.65m females 1.57m
- Average Length of Adults: N/A
- Skin color: Various (Standard Human tones plus more greenish hues)
- Hair color: Various (usually some hue found in foliage of plants)
- Distinctions: Emerald green eyes, blind in the dark, Chlorophyll instead of blood, Some start to grow leaves and branches. More plantlike they looked, the longer they were able to sustain themselves without intake of food.
- Races: None
- Force Sensitivity: Low
- Nature bond gives them a strong survival sense
- Forgotten and left to be
- Pacifist nature lovers will seek to avoid taking life for any means other than nutrition.
- Night blindness required most tasks to be completed during daylight and shelter to be had before darkness.
- Diet: Omnivore - Like mainline Zelosians alcohol had no intoxicating effect on Zelosians. However, refined sugar had a comparable one; a tablespoon would have affected Zelosians as four ounces of strong liquor might a Human.
- Communication: Most speak Zelosian, first or second generation might speak Basic. They are also very good at communicating with hand gestures.
- Technology level: Primitive
- Religion/Beliefs: Not necessarily to the point of worship, but they hold general “mother nature” in high regards and seek to protect all life.
- General behavior: Wild Zelosians form tight familial and tribal bonds. They value nature above all else. They understand that plants and animals give their lives for the sustenance of others, but do not take a life for any other reason. They are primitive hunters and gathers. Because of night blindness, shelter was a must for protection during the night. Wild Zelosiaons lived in caves and simple huts. Mates are chosen with complete free will of the couple. Children are raised to respect the nature around them. No formal schooling occurs among the Wild Zelosians.
Galleros Nul made himself the first Mandated Commander of the People of Zelos in 4 ABY, ending an era of freedom for the Zelosians. Sure the Empire had taken root under their noses, and the martial law imposed by Null allowed him the power to forcefully remove those Imperials. The title of Mandated Commander of the People of Zelos has been handed down to the next in line ever since. From Galleros Null it was to a subordinate officer. Sometimes it was passed to a family member. At some point around 600 ABY the title became the calling card of the Vyx family. The Vyx family really started pushing the military mentality, requiring all citizens of Zelos II to serve, which was not an unheard of requirement. But over time learning in the arts and anything not for military use was put to the side. Even though Zelos had not seen a war in any living Zelosians memory.
After centuries of living under an authoritarian military rule and a suddenly tightening grip from new leaders, a group of Zelosians decided they were better off living as they pleased closer to nature and not being dictated to by the military leader of Zelos II. The group was small at first and found an easy way to escape the iron grip of the Mandated Commander. Ironically enough the escape from military society came from the city of Nul named after the first Mandated Commander. The city closest to the Bare Forest. The leader of the group proposed a mission to investigate the forest that most Zelosians were content to just let be. Since the leader was a bit of a troublemaker the new Mandated Commander Vyx had no problem with this group taking on the horrible mission. Instead of going to the Bare Forest the naturalist group set up a settlement halfway between the Bare Forest and Nul. Far enough that no Zelosian was willing to investigate, and the group’s disappearance was passed off as more casualties of the Bare Forest and the zombies within.
Learning to live without the ease of technology was not an easy trick at first. Luckily the leaders had learned what was edible in their new surroundings rather quickly, and they had three months of rations and the ability to feed from the sun to fill in when the jungles were less generous. The choice between strict military life and the hardships of living off the land made the transition easier for most. Some struggled, a few died because of illness, but none ever thought of returning to the life they left behind.
At first the only rule among the new group of Zelosians was to remain inside the borders of the settlement. They were after all trying to escape the tight grip of the ultimate ruler of Zelos II, they felt no need to burden their freedom within the settlement with oversight of any kind. As families and as a result the settlement as a whole grew the elders of the group began preaching the value of nature, and replacing what could be replaced and consuming in moderation so that they did not trouble the nature they so loved to live amongst. A loose set of “rules” to be sure, actually more of a philosophy shared by the whole group.
Over time being closer to nature had these Zelosians evolve, or perhaps devolve. They took on more properties of their plant origins and looked less like humans than the mainline Zelosians resembled. Over time besides developing skin tones into the greens, they also started to grow leaves and branches as well. Those whose look tended more towards humanoid plants than mainline humans were also able to use the properties of their chlorophyll blood to sustain themselves for longer periods of time.
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