Felidans

> *"She was probably in some kind of Felidan village. Many of them migrated to isolated planets after the Felidan-Etheria Wars. It was not a surprise to see some of them inhabiting the Haosari."* - Lady Stardust, Everdream: Viva la Vida Page 9
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### **Biology and Culture**

Felidans are a mammalian feline-like humanoid species of the planet Felida. Their diet is mostly composed of meats, resulting in their livestock industry to be quite large. They come from almost all regions of Felida, being a very adaptable people.

They have evolved over millions of years to stand on two legs and render the majority of their mammalian glands useless, due to the lack of necessity to have many children once civilization rose. For this reason, only two mammary glands can be used for feeding their young. The majority of Felidans only have up to three "catlings" as they call their children (which is seen by some as pejorative due to the association to human feline pets).

Some of their entertainment involves hunting small animals with rudimentary weapons, along with climbing. Females and males in most of their religion are seen as equal in their value, but with different roles to play in society. The people, however, are not aggressive towards those who do not follow these roles. To them, "work is work, and work is good".

### **Society and Technological Advancements**

Felidan society is known for their community mindset. Even as large as they are now, Felidans have a strong sense of caring for each other and living in communities. This comes from a near-extinction event that happened in Felida millions of years ago. As consequence of this community mindset, Felidans have a very loose definition of personal property, simply borrowing things when they need them, not even needing to ask. This ends up putting them in many unfortunate situations in the Outer Galaxy where they are seen as thieves by most people.

Their society is composed of several small cities managed by a heavily democratic system, where every decision, position or mobilization is put on the hands of the people. This works very well since very few Felidans are corrupt politically due to a lack of a proper monetary system coupled with their heavy community mindset. However, due to the amount of votations needed for most decisions, their system is very slow.

These small cities join up as a federal union, with representatives elected by each community to speak on behalf of them, normally being someone considered a helpful, charitable and charismatic member. This federal union takes care of all the buroucracy surrounding defense, security, intergalactic trade and trade routes. The Felidan government is considered by other planets as ineffective, but its citizens are happy with this system, however long decisions might take.

As the first member of the Northern Star Federation and the first contact of humanity with alien species, Felida was supposed to send a representative of their planet's governments for council meetings. However, due to their cultural structure, they were allowed to have their entire union participate in the council. The other members of the council dislike the Felidans due to their incapacity to make decisions without a votation.

They were put into conflict with the Etherians during the Felidan-Etherian Wars, when the Empire of Etheria, desperate for resources at the end of the Federo-Etherian War, tried to take over Felida. The Federation agreed to help them as long as they joined the federal council, which they did. The Felidan-Etherian Wars also made their race to be extremely spread out throughout the galaxy as part of the Federation's refugee program. Eventually, Felida was taken back and repopulated by its people. This however, did not account for all communities established in far-off worlds. Many of them never returned to Felida, be it because they were used to their new surroundings or due to incapacity because of the way the Federation essentially forgot about them after the war ended, not investing any more money into helping them once the Etherian threat was dealt with.

### **Notable Felidans**

* Jessie, leader of Stardust Village.
* Nahala, previous leader of Stardust Village.
* Nifty, wanderer and hero of the Haosari, a major participant in the takedown of the Old Jack Pirates.