Zelmeri

The Zelmeri were a race of bizarre aliens speculated to be from the planet Zotem IV. The species has no recorded history nor is there any records on the origins of the Zelmeri, they did not write down any major events nor individuals. Zelmeri culture was virtually nonexistent and the only written scripts which were found in Zelmeri ruins were strange symbols and emblems. Little is known about the Zelmeri however they are a very old race of sentient beings who possess higher intelligence since they have built many structures and temples. Certain monuments on Zotem IV were created thousands of years ago and proved that the race was inherently ancient. The race was spacefaring although they possessed no starships and only traveled through small portals, they could also travel through space with ease and no obvious signs of struggle.

**RELIGION**

Zelmeri religion revolved around the lower planes dimension and mostly involved worship of the dimension itself however later on in the 4th century FOF it would be discovered that the Zelmeri worshipped the deity known as the Lower Planes Immortal. The Zelmeri connection with the Lower planes was so strong that they could effortlessly wield the powers of the dimension with no visible trouble. This worship of the Lower Planes and the deity within was one of the most notable and important parts of Zelmeri life and is one of the few observable things the Zelmeri left behind. The very few ruins and buildings which the Zelmeri would gather in were just for religious reasons. The monuments and temples built for the worship of the Lower Planes were found all over the former Zelmeri controlled planets, there were especially many temples on their home world of Zotem IV.

**WAR WITH HUMANITY**

In the year 132 FOF the Zelmeri discovered Federation scouting ships just outside of their territory, whether the Zelmeri thought of them as a threat is unknown but destroyed the scouting ships which sparked the 1st Xeno War. Zelmeri would launch multiple raids against human colonies from 132 to 136 FOF, with their supernatural powers they caused massive destruction to any human worlds they came across until Master General Alucar and his human and ai androids launched an offensive campaign in 137 FOF which pushed the Zelmeri to the fringes of their own territory. The tides would turn as the Zelmeri would be overrun by the combined arms of the Federation and around 138 FOF faced total annihilation, the same year the Zelmeri would begin to disappear from reality until none remained, this mass exodus is theorized by Elugo Tamry cultists to have been caused by the Lower Planes Immortal in an attempt to save his worshippers.

**REMERGENCE**

In 432 FOF through the experiments of Project Stargate Dr. Edict Stremund would rediscover the Zelmeri within the Lower Planes Dimension, through her expedition into the Lower Planes she also discovered the being known as the Lower Planes Immortal, the Divinity Harness which kept Stremund's soul intact inside of the wild lower planes would absorb one of the Zelmeri souls which granted her supernatural abilities similar to the powers held by the Zelmeri themselves. In 443 FOF Walter Inman and the Stargate Project would travel into the Lower Planes in order to absorb more of the Zelmeri for the Luna-9 task force. While the Zelmeri attempted to defend themselves in the Lower Planes, many of them would be destroyed by the Divinity Harness's merging their souls with human souls.