Tetragonian

**Tetragonians** were a sentient species native to the planet Tetragonia, an ocean world with islands of stone located in Metric Space. They were well recognized were their geometric head shapes and relatively short statures. Because of this, they were sometimes referred to as **Shape People**.

## Biology and Appearance

* Tetragonians could be found in many different shapes and colors
* Tetragonians could be found in many different shapes and colors
* Tetragonians could be found in many different shapes and colors
1/3Tetragonians deviated from standard humanoid sentients in the galaxy in a number of ways. Unlike humans, Tetragonians had perfectly geometrically-shaped heads. The Tetragonians were known to have heads in the perfect shape of (but not limited to) cylinders, rectangular prisms, square pyramids, spheres, and cubes. This meant that at most times, Tetragonian faces were often flat on the front-facing side of their head. A Tetragonian could be born with a variety of different skin tones. Some Tetragonians, like the Dawn Isosceles Idoh, had a vibrant yellow skin tone while others, like the baker Ruby Rundum, had a vibrant red skin tone. Other skin tones included blue, green, pink, white, black, and violet, but Tetragonians could generally be born with any color immaginable as their skin tone. While this same principle applied to their eyes, nearly half of all Tetragonians had black-colored eyes.

Tetragonians were known to be less than 1.5 meters (or around 4'11") in height, with very few ever exceeding 1.6 meters (around 5'3") in height. While they lacked noses, they still possessed a sense of smell through small slits on opposite sides of their heads. Interestingly enough, these same slits were used for a Tetragonian's sense of hearing as well. They processed audio differently than most sentient species, and could tell their brains to either raise or lessen the volume of their surroundings. While Tetragonians also lacked hair, some possessed protruding parts on their heads that resembled the hair of other humanoid sentients.

A Tetragonian reached adulthood at a slower rate compared to other sentient humanoid species. As children, Tetragonians aged 20% slower than the average human. After reaching the age of 20, which humans considered the age of 16, Tetragonian aging continued at a rate similar to other sentients.

Tetragonians were not known to be able to reproduce with humans nor with any other sentient species aside from their own.

## Society and Culture

The Tetragonians reigned over Metric Space under theocratic rulership. Most Tetragonians living Metric Space were followers of the Church of Metrics, a religion that revered the Metric Pantheon. The Metric Pantheon consisted of gods that were each associated with a different shape and aspect of life, having said to have been the creators of such shapes and aspects. Followers of the Church of Metrics greatly respected their deities.

Unit Speak was the primary language of the Tetragonians. Unit Speak was known to be an incredibly complex language, difficult to learn and speak properly by those not of Tetragonian descent. It was even said that only Tetragonians possessed the necessary vocal chords in order to speak the language perfectly, with other sentients sounding sloppy when trying to speak it.

Tetragonian kinship differed from the kinship of many other sentient humanoid species. Traditional families as humans knew it did not exist as a concept to the Tetragonians. Normally, children born to a community were said to be the children of that entire community. Blood relations to a biological mother and father were not accounted for. That being said, if Tetragonian children were born to the same community, they would consider themselves siblings, even if an actual blood relation did not exist.

### Pilgrimage

When a young Tetragonian reached the age of 8 (10 in actual years), they were sent on a pilgrimage to further their spiritual connection to the Metric Pantheon. While the pilgrimage itself was mandatory for Tetragonian children, the duration of the pilgrimage was to be determined by the individual, with the unofficial minimum duration stated to have been two weeks. This meant that some Tetragonian children went on two-week pilgrimages while others took years to complete their own spiritual journeys. After returning from a pilgrimage, a Tetragonian child was traditionally considered an adult in Tetragonian culture. However, Tetragonians living outside of Metric Space had dropped this tradition to conform with the culture of the United Cassiopeian Republic, now considering Tetragonians to be adults by the age of 16 (20 in actual years).

The act of not returning after one's pilgrimage was looked down upon, as it essentially severed ties from a Tetragonian's homeland with a newfound attachment to something other than Metric Pantheon. This being said, those who returned to Metric Space after their pilgrimages were celebrated accordingly. Deciding to leave Metric Space after such celebrations was not taboo.

## History

At some point in history, the Tetragonians were represented in the Galactic Embassy of the UCR. In the mid-60th century ASA, a Tetragonian named Yocto Secondo represented Metric Space as an ambassador.