Aliens

"**Aliens**" are basically any species that is non-human from outside Jerde/Earth.

## In the Rabydosverse

The grifajes humanoids (who are considered as an alien species to human standards) refer all other sentient species as *kleda*. Humans are also considered to be *kledajes*, but because they have become so numerous, they are instead known by a different name, as *manu*.

Like the people of Jerde, most of the aliens in the Galaxy worship a variety of gods. These gods differ between one's species, civilisation, nation, and culture from the rest.

The Rabydosverse has an inversion of the "alien invasion" cliche, being the *Terran* invasions. From the warlords of Jerde who summoned them into the universe, the Terran humans waged war on the rest of the Galaxy, driven by years of fanaticism and indoctrination to become the most depraved and hated of all warriors.

Humans and aliens alike hated Terrans for the madness, ruin, and destruction the infernal civilisations left behind; while the dystopias of the Galaxy had many terrible uses of their Terran hirelings, from simply insane masses to even fuel for horrific resources and greater destruction!

## Trivia

* There are some cliches about "aliens" beign subverted or inverted in the Rabydosverse's lore:
	+ Aliens invading earth - Humans invading other humans from another universe, such as the Terrans from other dimensions summoned by warlords. The Terrans represent various extreme, destructive, and dysfunctional mentalities seen in various human peoples across the world.
	+ Humans worshipping aliens as gods - Aliens worshipping human gods. Novantirna people worshipping the Norse gods as bringers of law, civilisation, and magic.
	+ Aliens stealing cattle, flying saucers - in Galactic civilisations, both human (Londurilli) and alien, such paltry raiders would be mocked as pirates and barbarians. Instead of a proper army with a goal, such as conquest, such fools resort to cowardly thieving.

### UFO lore influences

* In 2017, the author was amused by UFO lore, and its extensive, semi-mythical setting and worldbuilding for the sake of some New Age teachings. So he twisted and changed its characters to become something else:
	+ Nordic aliens (peaceful, mystical) - Arnadjanai (Scythian, barbaric, aggressive, lusty); Heronoi (Mycenaean, blonde, obsessed with beauty, doll-like, ditz, also more like "Norse aliens" because they adopted Norse culture and venerated Norse deities); Valgeta (cult-like, spacefaring, religious, cannibalistic)
		- He played around with "Nordic", and then its meaning of "Aryan" to make the resulting culture based on the Scythians (related to the Iranians, one of the ancient "Aryan" peoples alongside the Vedic Indians) and Amazons of ancient Greek legend.
		- The closest equivalents to "Nordic aliens" would be the Naumakanir cult that oppressed the ancient Arnadjanai, the Valgetans, and the Heronoi people.
		- The Naumakanir once ruled over the Arnadjanai, enslaving their less-advanced kin as they practiced esoteric rites. They were later overthrown and enslaved by the Arnadjanai tribes.
		- The Valgetans, who converted the Naumakanir to their esoteric religion, were a parody of Nordic aliens and New Age cults, except they are more obscene and cannibalistic, if not warlike. They also operate under a hive mind.
		- The Heronoi resemble the Nordic aliens, not only because of their blonde appearance, but also because (as a play on "Nordic"'s meaning) they worship Norse gods in their syncretic religion. However, unlike the Nordic aliens, they don't have magic, and they are more emotional and unstable.
		- For another meaning of "Nordic alien", where "Nordic" means "Norse", the Novantirna fulfill it to some way because they pray to Odin as one of their major gods.
	+ Anunnaki aliens (tyrannical, insidious) - Imdegabat (strong, corrupt, decadent, lavish)
		- His depiction of "Anunnaki" aliens may be based on Humon's webcomics.
	+ Grey aliens (heartless, manipulative) - Oenlekhan (an angry bandit who led a slave revolt, only to die escaping the Arantarese)
	+ Reptilians (manipulative, cruel, godlike) - Raldoxai (loyal, obedient), Isauri (devout, noble)
		- He came up with Raldoxai after assuming that any sentient species might become einherjar just by dying in a battle, so he imagined that Valhalla in early times would consist of space aliens dressed in Norse armour.
		- The Isauri may also be inspired by the Lizardmen of Warhammer.

## See also

* List of alien races (Rabydosverse)
* List of alien creatures (Rabydosverse)
* Monsters