Turstan

==Physiology==
The Turstan are a plantoid species who, as their organismal category suggests, are sentient autotrophic organisms. Their physiology is similar to that of plants, with a circulatory system consisting of xylem and phloem like structures to transport water and nutrients throughout their bodies as well as internet organs for the use of sunlight and energy as food.
Skeletal structure consists of lignin dense "bones" and their neural pathways create a strong, bodywide connectivity rather than having the largest concentration to be at their heads.
==Culture==
The Turstani spent practically their entire existing knowing peace as well as developing their spiritual connection to their surroundings, leading to a highly monastic society. The role monks play are akin to that of political and religious leaders in other civilizations and help guide the common masses with their faith.
With their lack of reliance on consumption of other material for food and energy, the Turstani have evolved to be "caretakers" of the worlds they inhabit. If a forest requires clearing due to overgrowth, they will start a controlled fire in the area to allow the ecosystem to recover once more, if a fauna species requires their numbers to be balanced, the Turstan will initiate a culling to bring their numbers to sustainable levels, and so on and so forth.
Upon reaching the capability of space travel, the Turstani have only spread to a few other worlds within their vicinity but have spread across the galaxy in several regions to establish small temples to try to spread their message of peace of harmony.
==Religion==
The one faith that unites the Turstan is the Monastic Order of Turstarkuri, in which three branches are practiced en masse, decided upon the preference of the individual.
The first of the branches is called the School of Narya, which emphasizes the relationship between the self and their surroundings and stresses the importance of respecting one's environment and finding peace in it.
The second branch is called the School of Quenya, which emphasizes the building of one's spiritual energy to find balance in their everyday life and to always control their urges and feelings to find an inner peace.
The third branch is called the School of Jinyu, which emphasizes the need to be a steward of life and to tend to life however and whenever you can and also emphasizes the importance of any and all life in the universe.
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