Ketrenian

**Ketrenians** were a sentient species native to the planet Ketrenia, located in the eastern reaches of the Cassiopeia Galaxy's Central Expanse region. They were recognized for their rocky-scaled olive-toned skin and tendency for greenish hair.

## Biology and Appearance

Having evolved from baseline humans, the Ketrenians were rather similar to humans in terms of their physiology and biology. They were mainly distinguishable by the rocky scales that grew on their faces and bodies, as well as for their colorful hair, all of which tended to be colored shades of green or greenish-blue. The color of a Ketrenian's scales tended to be a darker shade of their hair color. While green hair and scales was common, hair and scales colored red, orange, and yellow was somewhat rarer, with black and brown hair and scales being extremely rare. Ketrenian eyes could be red, orange, yellow, or dusty rose in color. While Ketrenians could have light and dark skin tones like humans, they tended to have olive or greenish complexions.

It was believed that, due to an abundance of magical energy on their homeworld of Ketrenia, the Ketrenians were believed to have substantial control over clairvoyance-based magic, similarly to the Unoculans but not as clear and precise. The strongest magical ability of the Ketrenians was their ability to sense things right before they happened.

The Ketrenians had the capability to reproduce with humans and most other sentient humanoid species. Those with mixed Ketrenian ancestry often had better reflexes than most.

## History

### Old Ketrenia: City-States

Long before the 6th millennium ASA, it was believed that the first Ketrenians were human settlers who, as generations passed, had their genetics changed and affected by the planet Ketrenia's magical properties. In time, the humans on Ketrenia developed as their own distinct new species.

The Ketrenians divided themselves into distinctive city-states. Over the course of Ketrenian history, city-states rose and fell, and allied themselves with each other and rivaled with each other. While wars between the city-states were fought, they were few and far between.

### Colonization: Roots in War

During the Cassiopeian Civil Wars, Ketrenia was annexed by the Cassiopeian Republic in order to serve as a base and stronghold for the Cassiopeian Military in the eastern Central Expanse. Ketrenia was one of several eastern Central Expanse worlds colonized for such a purpose, in order to defend the Inner and Outer Core Republic worlds from Federation of Cassiopeian Star Systems attacks. The people of Ketrenia accepted the outside presence, at it seemed to bolster trade and commerce on their planet.

After the war had ended and the Cassiopeian Republic had been reformed into the United Cassiopeian Republic, Ketrenia continued to be used as a Republic outpost world. The war had unified the existing city-states of Ketrenia, allowing for the formation of a new parliamentary government that would adhere to the laws of the UCR.

## Trivia

* The Ketrenians and their homeworld derive their names from the character of Keeve Trennis from the *Star Wars* franchise.
* Visually, the Ketrenians take inspiration from the Urayan race featured in *Xenoblade Chronicles 2*.