Kryptonians

**Kryptonians** (クリプトン人 *Krypton-jin)* are a race of extraterrestrial humanoid beings who originate on the planet Krypton. They are able to utilize energy in their body in far more direct and elaborate manners than Earth based humans do. The source of their immense energy metabolizing abilities lies in their cells, which are said to be the greatest organic power storage units in the known galaxy.

Various dimensional Kryptonians have developed superpowers in regards to Earth-based humans that vary drastically in comparison to their various native dimensions. Super speed, heat vision, x-ray vision, and super breath are among many Kryptonian superpowers.

## Overview

### Homeworld

The Planet Krypton, which orbited the Red Star Rao, was a harsh environment of jagged rocks and deadly fauna who forced its native inhabitants, the Kryptonians to adapt or die. As a result, Kryptonians grew incredibly resilient and developed extremely advanced technology to enhance their quality of life to the point that the deadly outer wastelands of Krypton seemed inconsequential to those who lived in its large metropolitan cities, such as Kandor, Argo, and Kryptonopolis.

Additionally, Planet Krypton boasted a natural gravity that is ten times that of Earth, granting Kryptonians a natural strength greater than that of other races. In addition, life on Krypton adapted to the harsh radiation of its Red Sun, so when beings native to Krypton enter a planetary environment with a healthier, younger Sun, their cells absorb and metabolize that radiation to grant them even greater abilities.

### Culture

Despite being known as powerful physical juggernauts to other races, Krypton was famously more known for its highly advanced technology. Many children as young as the age of 5 studied engineering. A society more rooted in order and logic, Krypton held its technological advancements in the highest esteem and rapidly progressed at rates that pushed the boundaries of what their planet's natural resources could endure. The majority of Krypton's people lived isolated lives, rarely having personal meetings, only communicating through electronic methods. They had no sexual intercourse anymore, and their children were generated by artificial ways; gathering gametes of a couple into a matrix chamber, eventually leading to the belief that natural birth was taboo and heretical. Their technology seems to be based on self-grown crystals which made up the vast majority of Kryptonian settlements on the harsh planet's surface, resulting in entire cities to be composed almost entirely of crystal. Vast amounts of data and information could be stored on relatively small crystals. The Fortress of Solitude is a recreation of Krypton's architectural structure to reflect Krypton in its prime before the planet's destruction, and also serves as a storehouse for all the knowledge obtained by the Kryptonian race from the known galaxies within the universe.

Each Kryptonian family, or what is called a "House," is represented by a crest or symbol, often worn by the head of the house. The House of El, for example, is represented by an "S"-like shape. Coincidentally, Superman wears this same symbol on his costume that serves for dual meanings: his Kryptonian heritage and the "S" for Superman.

### Social Structure

Kryptonian society mainly places its values on arts, science, military might, and theology, strictly dividing its citizens into the five respective guilds. All citizens must choose to be part of a guild or it will be chosen for them against their will:

* The Military Guild -governs all forms of martial power and military might on the planet and serves as the backbone of Kryptonian conquering authority. It maintains the martial glory of Krypton.
* The Science Guild - governs most forms of technology and science on the planet and houses the race's most ingenious minds. The guild is decried as emotionless but has contributed to the race being being a mighty technological power
* The Artists Guild - governs all forms of art, design, and creativity and believes the most strongly in the religions of the Krypton besides the Religious Guild.
* The Religious Guild - the most secretive and reclusive of the guilds which serves as the absolute religious authority on Krypton. The guild is governed by priests which represent all Kryptonian Gods, each in turn representing a guild.
* The Labor Guild - keeps the planet's functions running, taking on all and any manual jobs and ordered to serve all the other guilds. They are commonly the unseen masses of Kryptonians; that are often overlooked and looked down upon as second class citizens by the other guilds. To further the point, they lack any guild representation. and have no say in society affairs. According to Kal-El, they are tantamount to glorified slaves.

### Technological Prowess

In its prime, Krypton was regarded throughout the known universe as a technological juggernaut whose inventions rapidly shaped their cultural identity. The ingenuity and intellectual development of Krypton being one of its foremost cultural aspects, many children began studying engineering and developed complex machinery as early as the age of 5. This allowed for an intense focus on mechanical and scientific development as most if not all of Krypton's inhabitants had an advanced understanding of complex mechanisms. This in turn led to even more complex schematics and machinery, resulting in Krypton being entirely dependent on its machines for its daily life. As technology advanced, Krypton used up many of its natural resources, bleeding the planet dry in order to sustain itself.

Many technological wonders were developed by Krypton, including spacecrafts that could travel great distances in mere minutes, robots designed to assist with daily life, unique metal alloys native only to Krypton, birthing chambers for newborn infants, and perhaps most famously a projector to open a door to the Phantom Zone, which Krypton used as its prison to incarcerate criminals and dangerous threats to Krypton's existence.

### Religion

The main religion on Krypton is Raoism in which Kryptonians worship the God Rao as their prime God and the progenitor of their race and world. The religion is henotheistic, as it includes lesser gods that are also worshiped by the respective Kryptonian guilds in addition to Rao, such as Cythonna, Yuda, Nightwing, and Flamebird. A better comparison would be that of Catholicism, with Rao as the monotheistic deity surrounded by the lesser gods as "angels". Outside the standard life cycle events of birth, marriage, and death, Kryptonians have no interaction with their clergy and the clergy rarely interacts with the rest of society. Each of the Kryptonian Guilds honors a specific god, Telle (God of Wisdom/Science), Lorra (Goddess of Beauty/Arts), Mordo (God of Strength/Military), Yuda (God of the Moon/Labor), and Cythonna, who is personally honored by the Religious Guild, while Rao is honored by all.

## Physiology

### Physical Appearance

Outwardly, Kryptonians are entirely indistinguishable from ordinary humans. They range in height, physique and complexion in all the same ways humans from Earth do, and a Kryptonian can easily live in hiding among the people of Earth if they never use their powers to reveal themselves.

### Photonucleic Effect

The Photonucleic Effect is the ability that all Kryptonians possess that causes their cells to absorb ultraviolet solar radiation from a yellow or blue star to empower them. This ability is a passive trait and always active, meaning that as long as a Kryptonian maintains a presence on a planet with the correct star, their power is always constantly growing. Their cells, while nearly identical to a human's under a microscope, act like chloroplasts to absorb and harness solar energy upon exposure to grant a Kryptonian dramatically improved abilities. There is no known limit to how much solar energy a Kryptonian's cells can store, allowing for them to only grow stronger over time the less they use their powers. This allows a Kryptonian to gain abilities such as super strength, speed, and the ability to generate intense blasts of heat from their eyes.

The more a Kryptonian uses these abilities, the more stored solar radiation in their cells is expended, causing their powers to fluctuate based on how much effort they regularly use. But because of the lack of any discernable limit to how much solar energy a Kryptonian can store within their cells, many Kryptonians who have had long-term exposure to a yellow or blue star such as Earth's sun have such deep reserves of energy that their abilities seem godlike by comparison to even other superpowered individuals. Some Kryptonians have even been record as growing strong enough to affect entire planets, such as when Kal-El pushed Mogo the Living Planet into Earth's sun with little effort or when Sparga battled a Super Saiyan 4 Goku with enough intensity between their clash to destroy a planet as a consequence of their fight.

#### Flight

While Kryptonians are incapable of flight on their native planet Krypton, under the benefits of the Photonucleic Effect, they are able to propel themselves in flight at hypersonic speeds. This method of flight requires no propulsion or push, and a Kryptonian capable of flight can initiate take-off without any need to build up momentum.

#### Strength

Kryptonians naturally possess a level of superhuman strength far greater than that of humans. Even without formal training, a Kryptonian is capable of lifting large objects several times their own weight even without any additional benefits from the Photonucleic Effect. Planet Krypton's naturally higher gravity being 10x that of Earth enables even Kryptonian children to possess more strength than other races.

Once having undergone the additional benefits of the Photonucleic Effect, a Kryptonian's strength skyrockets into being great enough to allow them to perform awe-inspiring feats of physical prowess. At this point, a Kryptonian can easily lift or destroy entire mountains, islands, and at high enough levels, a Kryptonian can strike with enough force to destroy a planet single-handedly. A clash between even weaker Kryptonians can result in blows that will result in a planet's surface warping and contracting with each shared blow. Some Kryptonians who have lived entire lifetimes gaining power from their photonucleic effect possess an astronomical level of physical strength, capable of dispersing entire hurricanes through sheer muscle by generating shockwaves more intense than the wind currents of the storm. Some Kryptonians can even grow strong enough to eventually be able to shatter through reality and breech into other dimensions from the force of their blows alone.

Because of this ease at which a Kryptonian's power grows, they rarely train to improve their physical strength and instead opt to better control their strength as needed. A Kryptonian under the effects of the Photonucleic Effect can eventually grow powerful enough to shift entire planetary tectonic plates with their steps without intending to, causing planet-wide earthquakes and tremors.

#### Speed & Agility

Once having been enhanced by their Photonucleic Effect, a Kryptonian can possess tremendous levels of superhuman speed, easily capable of breaking the sound barrier, even with their basic moves. They also have much faster reflexes than an average Human; reflexes so fast that they can avoid a bullet without any trouble at all, or even catch them with no harm. Their superhuman speed can easily be seen in their fighting skills; their movements occur in fractions of seconds which are not visible to average Human eyes, and even "super" humans have trouble following up a Kryptonian's speed.

Their agility is also substantial in their battles and training, they can easily perform immensely high jumps or acrobatics far more advanced than those of normal human beings, with no drawback or strain on their bodies. These movements can be improved by training, transformations, and other methods. These natural powers of speed and reflex make nearly all Kryptonian hand-to-hand combat very fast. Some of the most powerful and high caliber Kryptonians are capable of exceeding even light speed without experiencing any ill effects to their bodies, and even going Massively Faster than Light Speed without suffering any negative consequences.

#### Durability & Endurance

Kryptonians possess enormous amounts of superhuman durability, and are a remarkably resilient species who refuse to be physically broken. Even as children, Kryptonians under the Photonucleic Effect are easily capable of taking on bullets, and once having reached full maturity can even withstand explosions or sharpened objects and come out relatively unharmed and are able to survive extreme head-trauma and stunt forces.

As fully developed adults, Kryptonians possess immense levels of resistance to nearly all harm, and essentially, no Earthling-made weapon could possibly hurt them, and even most alien weapons cannot either. According to scholars, some early adult Kryptonians who are enhanced by their Photonucleic Effect such as between ages 20-25 are already so tough, that even basic nuclear blasts and City-leveling explosions would not manage to kill them. Even while unconscious, a Kryptonian is capable of surviving re-atmospheric reentries with no negative effect to their bodies.

As a Kryptonian matures under the effects of the Photonucleic Effect, their body gains a second layer of defense that maintains itself constantly and requires a great deal of conscious effort to disable or it thus remains passively on at all times. This is a Kryptonian's bio-electric aura, which stems from the sheer volume of energy their body metabolizes from solar absorption. This bio-electric aura maintains itself constantly as a second skin generated from the Kryptonian's own life force and acts as a barrier against all attacks to reduce the amount of trauma inflicted against the Kryptonian, resulting in only a small percentage of the actual force imparted against them to make impact without being filtered through the barrier of the aura.

More experienced Kryptonians who have pushed their Photonucleic Effect to greater thresholds and have stored lifetimes worth of solar radiation have their durability, as well as their strength, increases massively, becoming tough enough to easily survive powerful energy beams, even to their faces, with no visible harm or scratch, and take most blunt forces against large amount of rock or solid matter, with no discomfort. Kryptonians who reach this level are able to survive universe-clashing forces with essentially no harm, or even take planet-destroying finger-taps from Gods of Destruction with little issue.

However, they are not invincible, and substantially powerful forces and enemies can overcome a Kryptonian's basic durability. But even if they are hurt, Kryptonianss not only also appear able to heal from injuries at a faster rate than normal human beings, but also have an extremely high tolerance to physical pain, and will only succumb to injuries if a massively high amount of bones are broken, also, they possess remarkable immune systems, making it very hard for them to become sick, and Kryptonians are immune to most terrestrial diseases. Some Kryptonians have an even higher durability and can survive star system-shattering energy attacks and withstand the force of a supernova.

Kryptonians are also able to survive in the vacuum of space, provided their Photonucleic Effect has allowed them to grow strong enough to do so. In order to do this, their body must have absorbed enough solar energy in their cells that their respitory system is able to circulate and filter its own oxygen internally.

#### Senses

Under the light of a yellow or blue sun to fuel their Photonucleic Effect, a Kryptonian's senses improve dramatically and enable them to see and hear things that others cannot. Their range of perception spreads for miles and increases in sensitivity to lead them to potentially being able to perceive every sight and sound within a thousand mile radius, no matter how small or minute.

Gaining the ability to see through anything but lead, even down to a microscopic level, Kryptonians can use their enhanced senses of hearing and sight to perform great feats of perception. However, these improved senses do not come without cost as the sudden influx of so much going on in ones' senses at once can lead to sensory overload and potentially cripple an inexeperienced individual. However, once mastery over one's senses is obtained, a Kryptonian could filter out thousands of sounds to listen in to the specific rhythm of an individual person's heartbeat or see them clear as day from a thousand miles away. Improved Kryptonian hearing is so sensitive that Kal-El once was able to hear a distress signal from Earth while 50 million light years away.

#### Intelligence

Kryptonians are widely renowned for their reputation as gifted scientists and engineers. As a result of their Photonucleic Effect improving all parts of their biology and strengthening it, Kryptonians possess brains with far denser neural matter and the electrical impulses between neurons that transmit information into understanding for an individual fire off at thousands of times faster than that of an ordinary human, enabling for more advanced intelligence than any human is capable of. As a byproduct of this, their speed, reflexes and reaction time improve dramatically, making Kryptonians also abnormally quick learners who are able to process large amounts of information within a limited amount of time.

They are able to discern and understand the mechanism of complex machinery with relative ease and are capable of complex problem solving to bring themselves to a solution to their problems nearly instantaneously depending on the complexity of the situation because of their greater intelligence. In its prime, the planet Krypton was famed for its people being brilliant scientists.

#### Aging, Lifespan, & Growth

On Krypton, a Kryptonian could live for a few hundred years, reaching full maturity in their teens to early 20s. After this, their aging slows to a halt and they can live prolonged lifespans reaching up to approximately 300 to 400 years. As a result, many Kryptonians were still considered young even as far into their lifespan as 200 years of age.

However, Kryptonians under a yellow or blue star could extend their lifespans indefinitely, potenitally living for thousands of years. Their body metabolizing and converting some of the absorbed solar energy to maintain peak physical condition, a Kryptonian can theoretically live for millions of years before dieing of old age. Krpytonian infants under a yellow or blue sun will still reach full maturity at the same rate, but once having done so will find their aging ground to a halt as they find themselves maintaining their prime for as long as they can continue to absorb solar radiation.

Kryptonian children mature at the same rate as human children and undergo growth phases at the same rate. In terms of physical development, this differs as greatly for Kryptonians as it does for human children.

#### Reproduction

Kryptonians have a sexual reproduction system compatible with that of normal Humans, as they are able to produce fertile offspring together. This indicates that despite their vastly enhanced physiology, Kryptonians have genes that are similar enough to a Humans’s to be able to avoid debilitating genetic conditions that come with hybridization, allowing the resulting hybrids to be born perfectly healthy and normal.

Prior to their planet's destruction, Krypton was a widely xenophobic race who adamantly refused at reproducing with creatures of another race and bearing hybrids and only began intermingling with other species out of necessity.

Due to being a highly advanced race that deemed logic and structure to be of the utmost importance, Kryptonians prefered to artificially produce and incubate their offspring. The act of traditional sexual intimacy being considered taboo and heretical among Kryptonians for centuries, reproduction between Kryptonian parents was often done via surgical extraction of the necessary egg and sperm cells to incubate and grow their offspring in pods.

Given that their ability to reproduce fertile and stable offspring with humans with no noticeable physical differences between hybrids and full-blooded humans, then Kryptonians must possess 23 chromosomes in their DNA.