Orloi

The **Orloi** are a race of Ranxilli, the humanoid people of Valgeta.

## History

The clones who became the Orloi were "pleasure clones", concubines and harems of elite Valgetans and Princesses who lived in eternal, sensual pleasures. They were created in batches. That is, unless they displeased their masters, when the perpetrators were ground into more meat and killed for the savage feasts.

The first of the Orloi were entire populations of pleasure clones that were accidentally disconnected from the Hive Mind. At first, they stopped and lay lifelessly like dolls, before stumbling as they wondered what were they doing in their dream-like state. A few even revolted and killed their masters, seeking to escape the stations to create their own settlements.

The awakened settlements were vulnerable to brutal purges by the Valgetan hunters, and by slave raiders from other civilisations. A few survived and learned to utilise their creators' technology, allowing them to create new space stations to replenish their people. They focused less on being concubines and more with trying to survive in a hostile galaxy.

They were pitied by some cultures, such as the Crusader Fleets and various space pirates, who protected them. In fact, some Orloi emerged from hiding to join the Crusader Fleets to avenge their murdered kin. The Crusaders' motives and defence of the Orloi space cities were enough to convince the Orloi that they were a more reliable ally.

### Descendants

Some Orloi either cloned themselves to populate the ruined planet-cities of the Malendor territories of the west, while others founded their own families. Three cultures emerged in the Galactic south, all of which were known for being pink-haired peoples: Mïtella, Ïrnaja, and Ngolngoira, all of which are republics.

All of them are loyal Malendor subjects, a loyalist bastion at the southern edge of the Malendor Supercorporation. Yet it was they who also sabotaged the bombing fleets that tried to exterminate the Malpetak System - the Ngolngoira hated people who committed war crimes, driven by their faith in Odin. Some Crusaders felt that they should have explained to the Ngolngoira not to let their hatred of injustice consume them, but the Ngolngoira were fanatically obsessed with justice, that they ended up being among the Tanaecharins' best allies.

Later on, the Tanaecharins included the Ngolngoiraes into their federation. Although they loved to put up Malendor symbols, they eventually put them aside and switched to Tanaecharins. Their friends told them that the Malendor Supercorporation was on the verge of collapse due to the Warlords, and the Tanaecharins will send their vast fleets to protect them again.

## Biology

Orloi resembled cartoonish versions of the Valgetans - pastel-coloured skin and hair, soft skin, and wavy hair.

By default, Orloi tended to be physically weaker than the Valgetans.

Orloi were either cloned in batches at every six months, or born to female adults. They are technically immortal, but they can be easily killed.

## Society

Orloi society tends to be communalistic, focusing everything for the survival of their space station. Nonetheless, all Orloi belong to a "tribe", whether it is a family headed by two (or more) parents, or a gathering of new clones and youths who reached adulthood.

Orloi marriages tend to be open and polygamous, reflecting Valgetan norms. Adultery does not exist in Orloi society, although some Orloi can be jealous if they are not involved with their partners' love affairs. However, to gain the favour of their protectors and the respect of the Galaxy (even if the latter will still hate them), many Orloi willingly practiced monogamy and stopped their "lusty" practices, adopting the mannerisms of nearby civilisations.

## Language

Although Ste-Orea (Oriolian) has a common language for communication between the city-states, all of them officially use a dialect as the official language.

Letters: st, k, o, r, l, a, ea, etc.

## Trivia

* The author created the Orloi on April 30, 2022, as one friend warned him that the trope about "weak hedonists being crushed by warlords" was often used by fascist-aligned extremists and militants. He instead reorganised some of the "hedonists" in his story into a proper faction.
* The Orloi may have also been inspired by the Leagues of Votann, a recent faction in Warhammer 40,000 based on the Squats (Dwarfs).

## See also

* Heronoi
* Arnadjanai
* Brosaddar, Freyrgardians