The Zoian Race

Discovery of the Zoians:

Zoians were discovered in the year 4414 when HEA explorers and scientists were discovering the planet and taking samples of life. Zoians are a sort of Humanoid beast which has the ability to think intelligently. They are thought to be capable of most of the things the Humans are. The first Zoians to come in contact with Humans were merely hunters that were hunting fresh meat. The communication was slow but the scientists, Zara Dee and Josef Arv were allowed to come to the village to try and talk with the Zoians and figure out their hierarchy. Some of the Zoians even tried to speak Unilang. News was sent back to the the IHF council where study was ramped up. The estimated Zoian population is 30,000. The IHF created the Zoian Discovery Association(ZDA).

Zoian Culture:

Zoians are diverse but there oceans are small and most of the continents are connected which ultimately makes them less diverse then Humans were on Earth. However, they still have many cultures and do occasionally attack each other. They speak different languages, do different things, and look different to each other depending on where they are.

In some communities they still practice primitive methods of classing the females and males in different ways, having the females usually doing the maintaining of fire and home while all the while taking care of the children. However, some communities have females as their chiefs and hunters. Matriarch communities are much more common on Zoi then they were on Earth though still being in the minority.

Some of the dessert communities life in caves instead of outside to avoid the sun. But in the tall rainforests the dominate the land there are mostly tree communities who live in the air using bridges to move from house to house. These are usually the most powerful communities as predators cannot get to them as easily. Keeping out predators are a large part of the Zoian’s culture as predators are bigger and scarier then they usually are. Because the Zoians are based around defense and building huge structures to protect themselves they are strong and well bodied. They have somewhat of a distaste for disabilities as they cannot help the village. Some are extreme in their ways of dealing with them and some are more accepting.

Religion is more of less important to Zoians. There are many religions though out the Zoian population and too many beliefs to count. They warship basic things like the sun, the 2 moons, the stars, nature, and some even warship the new human explorers. They warship these religions using rituals and by constructing shrine and statues.

Zoians usually try to be diplomatic and kind towards others, a sort of respect humans never seemed to have for each other. However, war is still possible and sometimes, if its seen as the only way, Zoians will pick up arms and attack a village to take their stuff. The Zoians usually use stick clubs or spears they made out of rock and branches.

Zion villages usually have some sort of hierarchy. These can include a chief who plans the defenses and leads the hunters. Most will have females working at the village while the males go out and hunt the prey. The disabled are usually casted aside and shamed for being the way they are, something humans hope to change. Disabled people seem to be at the bottom and chiefs are at the top. Below the chiefs are usually the elders and below them are the hunter/builders, then there are usually females. The matriarchal villages usually have the opposite. They are still extremely diverse and not all have been documented.

Physical Appearance:

Zoians are somewhat humanoid in nature but look very different from humans. They are more reptilian having patches of scales which they use to better defend themselves. The gravity is a bit lower then Earthen gravity so they grow to an average height of 6’7. Their color changes depending on the region they are in. In the few deserts they are tan and brown, and in the forests they are green and beige. However the shade of these colors and the look of the overall structure of the Zoians fluctuate depending on where they are. Some have rougher shelly scales while others have softer ones. They have more or less the same kind of eyes, their eye color can be diverse but on an individual level.

They have 5 fingers and a opposable thumb like humans as that essential to grip object to build habitats. They are more built to be able to run on four limbs unlike humans but when they are not running they are standing fully erect like humans. They do have a small snout but the length depends on where they are. Usually more sedentary communities have short snouts but the ones who move, hunt, and fight more often usually have long ones. They have sharper hands which allow them to climb much easier.

Human Interaction:

Humans came to Zoi in late 4413 but didn’t discover Zoians until 4414.

First interactions were confusing and then the Zoians and Humans started trying to communicate. The Zoians were very confused and were all trying to figure out what humans were in the first place. Gods? Rulers? Invaders? However, for the time being human scientists just lived in villages, documenting the species.

The next years to come the IHF allows trade with Zoians. The Zoians find themselves getting a hold on technology that was impossible to them. They could not comprehend this stuff. However, the IHF put limits on what to give them, especially nothing that would kill them. The ZDA sent its own technologies and artifacts there to help with there development. Special task teams were sent to educate them on humanity and science. Many Zoians learnt to speak Unilang so they could translate to the other Zoians. The Humans managed to teach of technology and governments. They preached humanism(the belief that humans should be all united in one federation) but more adapted to fit the Zoians.

Zoians started unifying into small and then bigger nations. Cultures mixed and mingled to create newer, more similar ones. Waring was seemed as not moral by the Zoians so they refrained from any types of warfare. The Humans taught them of federalization and fair representation throughout. This made many Zoians refrain from using any form of dictatorships or monarchies, favoring more republics and federations.

In 4440, The IHF allowed companies more rights to cultivate unclaimed land by the Zoians. This meant less land for Zoians and more for Humans to cultivate. The Zoians thought this to be weird but it was fine as the ZDA was still supporting them and being their saviors.

In 4484, the Rektans arrived. The Zoians noticed that humans were fighting each other and the Zoians were extremely confused as this went against the teaching that humans taught them. They were distraught and the ones who believed the humans to be gods believed this meant the end of the world. Some Zoians tried helping the humans but humans kind of look the same to them and they didn’t want to attack the wrong ones. The IDG were few on the planet anyway and were outnumbered. Another thing hinting towards the end of the world were the explosions they could see in lower orbit and the wreckage of ships hinting the ground and creating explosions. After a few months it all stops and new humans they hadn’t seen before came. They were violent and wore different cloths. They took the capitals of many countries and declared that they now ruled the entire planet. The Zoians were in shock and most were too scared to fight back. The Republic of Lir’nagsa and Heivns were the last to fall as they fought in the name of the IHF and IDG that fell to these new invaders(The Rektans).

After a year of securing and figuring out the planet the Rektans installed the institution of slavery of the Zoians to please the lords. Whole populations of Zions were taken from their homes and forced to work forever. Any Zoians who fought back were punished severely.

Conclusion:

The Zoians are the first intelligent life found which was not human. They were found as hunter gatherers and small communities with extremely diverse cultures. As humans preached their beliefs to them, they adopted more human ways of doing things. They became more advanced and created governments of their own, uniting countless cultures. When the Rektans arrived its as if life got worse just and fast as it got good. The Rektans enslaved the Zoian population reduced them to shame. For the next few centuries the Zoians grew distrust and hate, their culture changed but at the same time this allowed them to grow similar and all have more or less of a united culture.