Arborans

## "Ancient humans once spoke of Ents...now we shake hands with Arborans" -Kodette Venclorus, on Viridians

### Description:

Arborans are one of the rarest and largest subraces of the Viridian people. They live as walking bastions and guardians for the Viridian people, often assigned to protecting important Viridian officials. Arborans live in any temperate climate with plenty of sunlight and enough water to sustain their photosynthetic processes; they are not particularly common and are seen very rarely across the K0 Universe, especially anywhere outside the Xel-Ti Confederacy. Arborans usually weigh upwards of several hundred pounds due to their sheer size and density, and can stand over 7–8 feet tall. They look like giant walking tree people, which lends them to look very strange and easily intimidating, even when an Arboran often does not want to give off such aggressive energy.

Arboran eyes, which exist as relatively simple organs when compared to most other races, are solely shades of green. Arborans do not have hair, but do have leaves that can range in shades of green (although mutations can occur to alter this). Arboran skin is more akin to bark than skin, and as such comes in shades of brown with a wood texture to it.

Arborans are viewed as one of the more outlandish and generally "alien" races in the K0 Universe. They are seen as being strange, otherworldly, and odd on an uncomfortable level.

Arborans, due to their general position within Viridian society as guardians, are not the most intelligent creatures within the Milky Way. They do not worry themselves with trifling matters like science or engineering of any kind, and, much like almost all other Viridians, do not understand inorganic machines or technology. Arborans are, however, very wise and often well-traveled due to their long lives and status as protectors of Viridian officials and other Xel-Ti politicians. They give great advice, and are very skilled in their jobs.

Arborans reproduce sexually via a form of germination between males and females, conducted through the intermingling of root-like limbs; this process is undertaken as part of an instinctual urge and not out of pleasure. Arborans reproduce several times across their lifetimes, but mature very slowly compared to most other races. Young Arborans are often kept on the planet of their birth until their maturity, during which years they are trained and taught in the ways of their parents and ancestors.

Arborans live, on average, 300 years, but their maximum lifespan can approach 400. This maximum cannot be extended.

### Personality:

The general goal of Arborans is to protect their people, protect each other, and conserve nature as much as possible. While Arborans will not be outwardly hostile towards those of other races that use inorganic materials for their lives, they see those other races as misguided and unlikely to prosper indefinitely due to their nature of being non-renewable.

Most Arborans are not egotistical, and, like most Viridians, view themselves as part of the whole as opposed to individuals. They view their lives as means to protect nature and spread the Viridian way of life across the galaxy. They are not quick to violence and prefer to preserve life wherever possible, but are more than capable of eliminating any threat to nature or themselves that should appear.

Arborans do not keep slaves, considering it an affront to the natural order of things. They treat each other as companions in the eternal fight to preserve their race and the entirety of nature, as brothers and sisters in arms against the growing tide of destruction. They treat other living things with respect, generosity, and kindness, but detest robotics and machines.

Arborans do not practice any form of hedonism, believing the accumulation and waste lf anything excess to be horrid and immoral, a belief which often places them at odds with the likes of the Zoag-Tan. Arboran artwork includes highly complex gardens, the keeping and preservation of animals and environments, music (modeled after animal sounds), and their personal bodysculpting to be key aspects of their cultural expression.

Arborans tend to be trusting of any race that shows them and nature the respect the Arborans feel such things deserve.