Calypsians

## BASICS

● Name: Calypsian

● Homeworld: Calypso

● Lifespan: 100-150yrs

## GENERAL INFORMATION

● Planet(s) Inhabited: Calypso, Harmony

● Current Status: Space-faring

## APPEARANCE

● Description: Calypsians look very similar to humans, being a bipedal sentient being from a mammal genetic base. Calypsians normally have pale to olive skin as their planet often resembles that of a Mediterranean area like Greece or Rome. As a standard Calypsians range any where from 5'2-5'9. Any calypsians taller or shorter either suffers from a medical condition, isn't whole Calypsian, or is simply an odd one out.

Calypsians also often seem more rainbow colored then humans are. Due to their mire vibrant planet then earth, Calypsians have developed hair which is often more colors then just brown. Most colors of the spectrum to be exact. Green, blue, red, purple, orange are all valid colors for natural calypsian hair. Though while their hair may be a vibrant color their body hair often isn’t. This shows this might have become a way of identification for early Calypsians. On top of it, calypsians also have very vibrant eyes as well with two sets of irises causing them to change between colors. Meaning they could have green eyes then it changes to blue. While they do change, its often due to a emotional or mental change in attitude or state. Such as when struck with sudden grief or joy they may switch. Though, as generations go on, more and more Calypsians have been able to change their coloration at will.

● Height Range: 5'2-5'9

● Weight Range: 100lb-300lb

● Genders: Binary

## **History**

Calypsians first evolved close to 200,000 years ago. While on a cosmic scale short, this is more than enough time for a species to evolve and adapt quickly. They began forming tribes and constructing tools shortly after their first evolution. In fact, they proceeded quite quickly, discovering fire only 10,000 years after and soon even beginning to settle down almost 500 years after. Despite being adaptable and quite advanced the cultural part lacked though from what artifacts could be recovered from these ancient sites showed they were a warrior culture. Though the odd part is they weren't warriors as a culture yet. This may be due to their southern neighbors known as Gardum. These were also another sentient species though their cultures weren't as clear as most sites were destroyed. All that is known of them is they were large and brutish in nature and they seemed to enjoy taking calypsians as slaves. And often raping or working them to death

Fast forward to 100,000 years ago and its estimated 90% of Calypsians ended up slaves to the Gardums through raids and warfare. Though this wouldn't last much longer. Despite constant failed rebellions the Calypsians eventually got free due to "Visitors". Calypso, then known as Barran, had been visited by another species and they tried to take the planet but suffered issues from the Gardum. This caused a war ending in one of the southern continents to be glassed resulting in what is known as "The Lower Ruins". Although not directly focused on the Calypsians, they took their chance and began learning how to use the alien tech, eventually fighting and grounding their flagship, resulting in the fleet abandoning the planet and a victory for the Calypsians

By this time the Gardum were extinct, leaving Calypsians as the only sentient species on the planet. Now as a single unified species the Calypsians adapted the alien tech from the flagship which remains outside of the city of Rigrad as a mass grave and memorial to their history. Now with space age technology the calypsians practically went from an enslaved group of tribes to a well armed military. Their population increased and they began learning about the universe

## **Ja'zxui**

Ja'zxui (Ja-Zulee) is a religion of sorts. Its both a polytheistic religion and a set of moral codes on how to live ones life. The general text of Ja'zxui is the Halra. In the text it describes the gods as both merciful and revengeful which control general things such as storms and earth. While most gods have fallen out of practice due to science, some which relate to actions such as War, Strategy, Peace, Honor, and so on still stay in practice as it is seen as a non-material therefore a godly manner and up to fate. Alters also have fallen out of practice but some still pray to the gods before combat, a new job, and so on for good luck

On the side of Ja'zxui being a moral code it often states that the perfect way to live is a life similar to their gods. Humble but proud, merciful but only to those who do you no wrong, Honorable and loyal even when facing death and so on. This strengthens the resolve of most to fight for their empire and for their culture and in a way makes them both Xenophilic and Xenophobic. They enjoy interacting and teaching other cultures and species however are very protective in their own and get aggressive when threatened. This has caused long lasting issues with humans in the past which have many different cultures, many drastically different from theirs.

Calypsians run off an honor system of sorts which is spread word of mouth. They are a very social species and often gossip with those they see as friends or even casual talk with strangers while waiting for a transport or in a line. This also makes it easy to hear good or bad things about others and its been noted if a person simply does enough things that is seen as dishonorable by others they simply quit talking to others. This is due to others in-fact isolating them due to their dishonorable actions. The origins of these practices are unknown but the Ja'zxui may have something to do with it.

Dishonorable actions may be, not helping someone, betraying someone, crime, dirty tricks, and even not staying with the organization you first choose such as governments and so on. This tends to have a positive effect on nationalistic mentalities as Calypsians do not start rebellions for if they did they would permanently be outcasts however uprisings sparked by outside species have happened