Coronian

A coronian is a human-like anthropomorphic genetic cross between humans and various animals, originally created by the first scientists as a series of experiments which went exceedingly well. Shortly after discovering pandorians, the scientists found a larger vacant planet in which they terraformed into a paradise for these experiments into a habitable planet. Once ten members of each type were created, they were sent out into the wild to breed and build society with the help of the scientists.

## Biology & History

In discussions of coronian biology, there will be a lot of overlap with their history in the discussion, and vice versa. It helps to discuss them both at once so that some aspects can be fleshed out fully. They often go hand in hand, major historical events being largely impacted by the biology and nature of coronians, and their interactions with pandorians as their 'equals'.

### Typical physical makeup and genetics of coronians

Coronians are made of the same stuff humans and most animals are made up of, depending on the specific species of coronian. Their body structure is fairly similar, being made up of similar muscle, bone, and tissue that humans and pandorians are made of. Their organs are also typically similar to humans, although some species of coronian have different organs, such as canine coronians having the same type of genitalia as typical canine do, same is true where applicable for other species. Note that some aquatic coronians do not have gills, and some are adapted for life on both land and sea.

Although the insides remain relatively consistent, the outsides can vary heavily on the species of coronian in question. Coronians can be furry, scaly, feathery, or have leathered, smooth, or rough skin. All of these depend on the species, as well as physical features of the coronian, such as ears, face structure, tail, and other parts of their bodies. These physical features are what defines certain families of coronians, some more effectively than others.

The biggest and most reliable tell of a coronians species is it's skin type. This is good to tell what general type they are. as different species will have different skin types. For example, feline coronians will be furry while reptilian coronians will have smooth or slimy skin. A more specific reliable tell is the face structure, more specifically the ears and the nose. These will be a good representation of their species, or at least one part that makes up their species in hybrids.

For some species, there are indicators which will be specific to certain types, and will not appear in other purebred types. Some of these are types of noses, horns, tails, ears, whiskers, gills, wings, and other specific features. These also come with genetics, which will dictate fur/skin/feather/scale color and length, fur/feather/scale patterns, hair color, hair type, tail shape/color/type/size, other embellishments, and the color, style, length, and shape of specific features such as horns and wings. Aside from these breed specific features, there are also some other features not present in humans or any given species which may appear.

Horns for one are a bit dubious in some occasions, as every so often they will appear in purebred coronians where they shouldn't for example a famous case of the child of two feline celebrities coming out with horns. There were accusations of cheating and lots of drama, but several DNA tests proved that they were the parents. It is believed that they may have originated from the original experiments which created the first coronians, from using at least one pandorian instead of a human, causing the recessive genes for horns to appear in coronians and later be passed down. Note that this gene appears far less often in coronians than pandorians.

Another possible explanation for this is hybrids, but it does not account for all cases, such as the one mentioned above. The hybrid theory comes from the fact that no known cases of 'mystery horns' as they've been dubbed have appeared before hybrid relationships became legal. This theory is generally regarded as shaky though, because not only does it not account for the rarity of the gene, but it also does not account for the destruction of thousands of years of history that was destroyed in the Great Corona War, which makes it impossible to know for sure.

### Coronian populations and species frequency

In coronians, there are many species, some found more commonly than others. The classification for what defines a species as rare or common is a bit strange in itself. The species who are considered common are Feline, Canine, and Leporidae (rabbits). These are the only three known as 'common species,' while many other species are considered uncommon such as Cervidae (deer), rodent coronians, and avian coronians. The uncommon species list is the longest by far (not including hybrids), and surprisingly the common list is the shortest.

As you get to the rare species list, you may be a bit surprised. Some species of animals that are normally to be considered somewhat common or uncommon are not often seen in coronians. Ursids and most farm animals are rare to see among coronians. After the rare coronians are a short list of very rare coronian species, some of these gaining this classification after going extinct. Although this list may seem comprehensive, it is only for purely land based coronians which creates some issues.

This classification list was made specifically based on land-based coronian data, so obviously there will be an unfair representation of amphibious and aquatic coronians. The list is also only based on publicly known information, which does not paint an accurate picture of the species as a whole, especially due to their secluded nature. It may not seem on paper like this list would have a lot if impact, but this list was the base for the entire population data measure of the entire species.

Lots of population data was gathered for this list, initially not meaning to be specific and only as a means of a general percentage approximate. Once the project was nearly finished though, it was realized that no official population data existed which caused a lot of time and effort to be spent in trying to get accurate data that wasn't exactly accurate. These lists were only population surveys of known civilizations of coronians, both corrupted and uncorrupted. This project marked an uneasy alliance with the corrupted and uncorrupted coronians for one of the first times ever.

For what it was, it was very accurate. The data was collected efficiently and seemed to be fairly accurate to what is known about coronian civilizations, though it is not very accurate to what it was marketed as and portrayed as. The project was launched in June 2039 and was completed in early 2043 and was marketed as comprehensive coronian population data. Obviously, this does not account for the unknown amount of coronians who live in hidden towns or don't even have a properly formed 'civilization' like many others do.

It is known that there are quite a few groups of wild coronians, though a true number is impossible to know due to the massive, massive area they roam. Amphibious coronians are also known to inhabit wetlands and coastal regions, and aquatic coronians are known to inhabit some large lakes and oceans, adapted differently for each. For these wild coronians, the typical laws were merely a suggestion, and they were known to create hybrids occasionally, being one of the reasons they were looked down upon. They were always seen as lesser even though they were not too different from regular coronians.

These wild coronians descended from the same group as most of the more sophisticated coronians which were put on IZ 144 initially. Not every coronian on the planet descends from these, as there are small groups who managed to get to IZ 144 from Corallia, the coronian's home planet over the years. It is believed that they got there through wormholes or on spaceships, most during the heat of tensions and even a few during the war after confirming that they were not affiliated with the Red Kingdom and were seeking asylum on a safer planet (or managed to convince whoever they were talking to that they weren't corrupted).

There is a lot of diversity among coronians, especially with hybrids who are discussed below. With all of this diversity, there are bound to be many strange things that pop up over time, quite a lot being able to fly under the radar. One of these things that may have flew under the radar is mystery horns, and as discussed above it is unknown for how long these types of occurrences happened. The destruction of historical records and millions and millions of coronians being destroyed along with the planet.

### Coronian classification and hybrids

With coronians, getting into the finer details gets complicated easily. Coronians fall under the class coronae, separate from the others because they encompass other classes, most notably mammalia, however they do not differ enough to be individually classified in a phylum because they all fall under the chordata phylum. Going further down into each order, they are commonly named after non-anthro counterpart, if such exists. For members of hybrid orders, they fall under the order bimora, an order for any which could be classified under two or more orders.

Going down to families, they are the same as their real-world counterparts for normal cases. For hybrids, the names for families are often made on the spot, often being named after the species that make up the hybrid, though this is not often done for those who can be classified under more than two families, for those their classification is usually named after the parent. For example, a mix between a cervid and a feline could be named 'cervo-felinis', the more prominent species being named first.

Lastly, down to species. There can be a lot of variation with coronians, and it is always just a further extension of how it's done for animals. For hybrids they are given unique names as well. In the early days of coronians as a species, the need for these was nonexistent as interspecies sex was outlawed and severely punished. In those days members of different species of coronian could still marry, although society viewed hybrid species as taboo, and thus they were never created, or created in secret.

Much later however, in the societal revamp off the heels of the Great Corona War, interspecies sex became legal. It was theorized that hybrids could be stronger than purebred coronians, and in the years following, lots of tests were conducted on them. It was deduced that though hybrids do not gain any additional powers than the typical coronian, multiple studies have shown that they have advantages over the typical purebred coronian, although these can vary from case to case.

As hybrids became legal, the population of hybrids increased dramatically, and over time the population percentage became less and less saturated with purebreds. In the current day (2058) their population is still on a steady increase, hybrids making up around 39% of the known population for coronians. Out of this percentage of hybrids, only 4% are made up of more than two species.

Hybrids were initially seen by both coronians and pandorians, but coronians quickly became very supportive and promoted hybrid relationships, knowing of the studies that showed how they're more powerful than purebreds caused many parents to want to raise a stronger child to be proud of, and coronians that were already in interspecies relationships were legally allowed to have children, although pandorians typically viewed these relations as taboo, and many still do.

### Pandorian and coronian interactions & Corrupted vs. uncorrupted coronians

Many members of pandorian society still hold a lot of radical views like these due to traditional values that were passed down, mainly due to pandorians being encouraged to be strong and straight for a long time, although these were heavily enforced by the Great Corona War. Coronians were usually progressive, except for when hybrids were outlawed, although that was only due to the fact that it was unknown if hybrids would have unwanted mutations.

Pandorians and coronians were not always in as much opposition with each other as they are now, and before the corruption spread across the universe, they lived in harmony. After the corruption spread though, they started seeing each other differently, especially because of the fact that coronians were more susceptible to become infected by the corruption, specifically about 3/1 ratio of corrupted to uncorrupted. Although much more coronians appear to be corrupted than pandorians, this is because of several factors.

For one, pandorians are much more in control of their corruption and are able to hide in plain sight easier. Coronians on the other hand are pretty good at separating the corrupted population from the uncorrupted, to the point where entire communities are made up of either corrupted or uncorrupted. The uncorrupted tend to stay hidden for their own safety from both corrupted coronians and pandorians in general. Pandorians would often go hunting for any coronian, without a care if the coronian in question is corrupted or not, due to the high likelihood that they will be, especially in the wild.

Corrupted coronians tend to live closer to residential areas than uncorrupted coronians, and due to a combination of this and their large population, more often than not corrupted coronians are seen by everyday people who they often become aggressive towards. Many separate coronian communities live in forests. Corrupted coronians often live in bases underground while uncorrupted coronians often live in built up communities with clear housing, though occasionally they live in places where corrupted communities once lived.

There are many great examples of what typical communities look like for coronians, for example the typical uncorrupted coronian community being shown by the hometown of the Unsung Nebulas and their stand-ins. This is a typical small town, just more rural and surrounded by a massive forest on either side. No roads lead in or out. The typical corrupted coronian community can be represented by the various bases shown off throughout the book, the first example shown being the base near Fury Manor in Stonemill, where massacres occurred, and love stories brewed.

More often than not, corrupted communities have corrupted pandorians in them as well, always in bases, and sometimes in other types of corrupted communities. Corrupted pandorians and coronians tend to get a long quite well, and though some do not, those who do often live around each other and work together. For example, in Chapter 1, Kosa sees pandorians in the base, and in Chapter 4, Josh sees a similar thing, being perplexed by seeing pandorians and coronians in the same space knowing how often they fight. There are many other examples of this occurring throughout the story which establish the relationship between corrupted pandorians and coronians, and how this relationship is different from relationships between uncorrupted pandorians and coronians, corrupted coronians and uncorrupted pandorians, and uncorrupted pandorians and uncorrupted coronians.