Coronan

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## History

With a long history of tribalism and religious fervor upon their homeworld, the Coronan's are like any other species with peace and war having been commonplace in it's past. Engaging in a prolonged period of tribalism, early Coronan cultures and traditions would leave their mark upon the populace and go on to influence their peoples development over the following centuries. Experiencing consistent periods of conflict throughout their history, it wouldn't be until the Noble Wars of -429 NAC that an era of peace would reign undisturbed for over a century. Lasting 125 years without armed conflict, the Succession War would upset the established status quo and become the Coronan's most devastating war in history.

Persisting for fifty years of bloody conflict, the war inevitably ended in favor of the Kingdom of Kolagah which went on to instill it's values upon the defeated White Kingdom and form modern Zoscia. Once more experiencing peace after decades of war, the Coronan's would attempt to recapture their prewar prosperity with a booming art industry, successful scientific community and a unified society. Sharing a common faith and nation, the Black and White divide began dwindling over the years as old rivalries died away and the war was forgotten for more prevalent developments.

Propelling their scientific research during this period of growth, the Coronans began looking to the stars for their future; it being a clean slate for everyone in which the two peoples could live as one and experience the Light's universe together. Moving past their bloodstained history, the Coronans have ascended to the stars in hopes of a better tomorrow. Vowing to uncover their Gods creations and strike down those which would upset their way of life, the Coronans have entered their greatest era of history and work to maintain it for as long as possible.

## Biology

Coronan's are carbon-based lifeforms which are bound by the biological oddities of their world. With only black and white pigmentation, no other colors exist outside of crimson blood, gray fire and gray water. They also seem to be able to spread this effect to other planets they inhabit with vegetation being the predominant means of transforming new worlds. Harboring a spiritual bond with their homeworld Corona, Coronans have the ability to inadvertantly influence their environment through raw emotions with negative ones being damaging to the planets overall health. Violence and pain in particular transform worlds into lands of fatality with dangerous fauna and natural formations that all encourage an untimely demise; love and compassion having the opposite effect which at times can bring about coexistence with nature. While the vast majority of the populace remains unable to control this bond, some Coronans have been historically known to develop psionic abilities and form an intense bond with the planet.

In regards to the two races of Coronan, the Black and White have drastically different outlooks and biological preferences with White Coronan's having been known to be more cold and logical with a emphasis on intellectal pursuits whereas Black Coronan's are naturally more physically fit and have more emotional demeanors; the latter of which allows for a deeper connection to Corona. Physiologically they are exactly the same aside three main differences, pigmentation, muscle density and mental acuity. Black Coronan's have grayish-white skin whereas Whites are pale, they are also leaner physically than Black Coronans and develop muscle mass at a slower rate. Making up for this is their mental capability with White Coronans having greater sensitivity to psionics, higher intelligence scores and an increased rate of developing mental disorders. Black Coronans in constrast are usually more emotionally intelligent, strong willed and less innovative.

Underneath the suit, Coronan's are humanoid with somewhat curled pointed ears with a large row of canines and molars in the back; their skin is smooth to the touch and they seem to slowly produce keratin with females moreso than men. Coronan's are bi-pedal with no qualms with getting on all fours as they can move at a rapid pace when quadrupedal. Having stronger grip strength than most creatures, Coronans can swing from trees with ease and traverse larger distances before getting winded, their bodies overall being built for mobility and speed witihin Coronas varied enivornments. Building muscle mass and fat storage at a similar rate as Humans, Coronans have distinctively higher metabolisms throughout their lives and can burn through fat with ease. Having black or white hair depending on their race, they also have large eyes which are abnormal in size compared to Humans, the pupils either being white or black with the sclera being opposite. Coronan's share similar height and weight regardless of race, their sex being the main differentiating factor as women are usually shorter and lighter compared to men.

All of these traits come at a hefty cost that hinders expansion, their respiratory systems being the prime culprit. Coronan's while having normal respiratory systems on black-white worlds, the same can't be said for alien worlds that are still unconverted to black-white. On these worlds, Coronan's are unable to breath the environment since they require an element named Coda to allow their lungs to properly function. Normally produced by flora on converted worlds, unconverted flora does not share this same feature and makes alien worlds by their very nature hostile and deadly to Coronan's; it forcing them into their trademark suits or respirators just to survive. As a result of this, Coronan's inhabiting unconverted worlds are biologically foreign to them and has made migration very unpopular if not impossible to said worlds, people only traveling to foreign planets if they plan on colonizing and converting them or if they are given a task or assignment.

## Trivia

The Black-White idea was inspired by Knight Alien's love of the two colors together.

## Gallery

Coronan Citizen.Drawing of the Council of Twelve.