Tamaraneans

"*On Tamaran we appreciate the past. We respect it. But we don't live there. We live here. Now. In the moment.*"
— Prime-Earth Starfire

**Tamaraneans** are featured in a number of DC comic franchises, with *Teen Titan* member **Starfire** as the face of the race.

## History

Originating first from the planet ***Okaara*** as a feline race that worshipped the Goddess **X'Hal,** they migrated or were simply brought to Tamaran.

For a time, the Tamaraneans were a peaceful people. But this changed when a force known as ***The Citadel*** fell into conflict with them. Being forced into war was not only less than ideal, but it did also have the result of changing the nature of Tamaraneans as a whole. They fought bravely until the former crown Princess **Komand'r** betrayed her race's military secrets to The Citadel. This resulted in heavy casualties to the point where Tamaraneans were nearly driven to extinction, only to be saved by **King Myand'r** agreeing reluctantly to a truce with the Citadel, in which he had to give up his secondborn child and daughter, **Koriand'r** to Citadel slavers.

The Citadel was eventually defeated by the Omega Men, but such actions plunged the world of Tamaran into Civil War due to the fear of the Citadel overtaking Tamaran as they nearly did before. This did, however, lead to the presence of the **Psions**, who were working alongside the Citadel as both the princesses Koriand'r and Komand'r were subjects of experimentation. While Koriand'r did free herself and strike the fleet that kept her captive down, this did alert the rest of the race into appearing alongside remnants of the Citadel's forces. But the Tamaranean Civil War did more than once again plunge the planet into chaos, it set Komand'r in the throne, where she maintained her power by enslaving her people to the Psions, who would begin the same set of experiments that were set upon Koriand'r, on the rest of the people.

Koriand'r ended up fleeing to Earth, leaving Tamaran to fend for itself. In the time that she was gone, however, terror reigned over the Warrior race. And such experimentations ultimately resulted in the creation of Tamaranean Supersoldiers, known to the native tongue as "**K'leipnar**". And since then, the Tamaraneans have been a slave race. Their entire race's history is all but forgotten and completely omitted due to the fact that this once-proud, warrior race was simply reduced to a race of **drug addicts**, an unfortunate fact that was born through generations' worth of experimentation and conditioning. Through the years, this has manifested in the form of a complete abandonment of their usual ways; lost to time and drugs.

Psions also took to using the Tamaraneans as bodyguards for their travels through the systems not native to themselves, but also to their own system.

## Culture

"*You may not value my life, but I still value yours.*"

Tamaraneans began life as a simple people that valued peace. They also value emotions and operate that same way, as their emotions are what give them their power. After the Citadel advanced upon the people, however, that bred an angry generation, resulting in what was already becoming an evolutionary growth. During the years that the Citadel was laying siege to Tamaran, much of the population took to focusing on agriculture as opposed to fighting, but those that did fight became much stronger than the rest of the populace. This made them ideal test subjects when the Psions came.

### Romance

Because they are so inherently emotional, it isn't uncommon for Tamaraneans to be in polygamous/polyamorous groups that would raise their children together as a whole family unit as opposed to the hetero-normative monogamous relationships that those on Earth have. That being said, this also means that race and credence and sex are not of any importance to the Tamaraneans. They're exceptionally flexible in terms of romantic-relationship longevity, capable of nurturing both long-term and short-term romantic engagements.

### Adolescence

Every Tamaranean goes through puberty, like humans do. However, this occurs a lot more differently than humans and a lot more physically. In addition to the body generally growing more hormonal and resulting in basic changes such as what happens with the genetalia, but in females with the uterus and the breasts.. But it also tends to result in drastic changes such as the growth of horns, or a sharp growth in hair. The changes can vary, really. But towards the end of the change, they will go still and go into stasis in what's essentially a chrysalis. When they emerge, the physical changes their body endured prior will no longer be present, aside from general physical growth in addition to their hormones stabilizing, resulting in their abilities becoming much more enhanced than they previously were.

### Behaviour

Something worth noting about all Tamaraneans is that they are deeply emotional, so much so that their power levels can vary depending on their emotional/mental state. In order for Tamaraneans to take flight, they must feel 'the joy of flight'. To use their starbolts, they must feel 'righteous fury'. They value personal relationships above all else, which doesn't tend to have preferred results when it comes to matters that are arguably more 'logical'. However, Tamaraneans now may behave quite a bit differently due to the effects of the enslavement of their race. They may be more reluctant to outwardly show emotion, which may also restrict their abilities. Their dependence on drugs keeps their minds addled to prevent the use of their abilities, as the drugs in question that the Tamaranean race is addicted to.. are emotion dampeners.

## Physiology

Tamaraneans themselves are traditionally golden-skinned individuals with green eyes and red hair. However, due to time under biological manipulation, a large amount of traits within the race are presenting themselves. This means that not every Tamaranean has the golden skin, or red hair, or even green eyes. As a matter of fact, Tamaraneans are becoming a lot more diverse as people than they originally were. In some more rare instances, feline traits will present themselves in the form of slitted pupils, tails, feline ears, claws, and extended canines. Some Tamaraneans even have elongated faces that bear resemblance to that of big-game cats on Earth.

### Abilities

* **Solar/Ultraviolet Metabolization** - Tamaraneans can absorb and process stellar radiation, which provides them with incredible strength and vitality.
* **Flight** - The absorption of stellar energy also enables Tamaraneans to defy gravity and fly without the need of artificial enhancements.
* **Interstellar Travel** - Some of the stronger Tamaraneans are able to traverse the cosmos at light speed so long as they have copious amounts of extra-stellar energy to subside on.
* **Superhuman Durability -** Tamaraneans are incredibly robust to all known forms of injury and abrasion. Being able to survive in the cold vacuous expanse of deep space, resist the intense surface heat of stars and traversal within reach of a Black Hole's event horizon with little irritation.
* **Superhuman Stamina**
* **Superhuman Speed**
* **Superhuman Agility**
* **Superhuman Reflexes**
* **Tactile Linguistic Assimilation** - All Tamaraneans possess the ability to psychophysically learn another species or ethnicity's vocabulary with little more than a simple touch or passing graze. The most effective means of doing so is usually through lip-to-lip oral contact with another recipient of the desired community.

#### Advanced Abilities

* **Nigh-Invulnerability -** Once a Tamaranean has lived long enough and absorbed enough solar energy, their bodies are capable of recovering remarkably fast to the point of appearing totally invulnerable/invincible. They do still have their weaknesses, though.
* **Thermal & Radiation Immunity**
* **Advanced Longevity**: Prehistoric Tamaraneans were known to live for an extended period of time well over that of many known species of sentient beings. The eldest of their race having been around for nearly 10 billion years while remaining in their physical prime.
* **Enhanced Senses:** They have incredibly sharpened kinesthesia which enables them to track and see beyond the visibility spectrum for most beings.
	+ **Clairvoyance:** A unique trait shown by a Tamaranean was the ability to see through the disguise thrown up by another, able to sense that a foreign entity was possessing a rogue guardian.
* **UV Energy Manipulation:** Tameraneans can consciously control the rate of Stellar Radiation intake in order to siphon power from other sources. They can also utilize it to manipulate their assimilated energies into various shapes and forms for practical usage.
	+ **Starbolt Projection:** A couple Tamaraneans are capable of emitting focused solar energy from their hands as concussive energy blasts carrying great destructive force.
		- **Stellar Construct Creation:** A skill rarely displayed lies in the ability to shape and reform starbolt energy bursts into shielding or force bubbles to carry things around in.
		- **Stellar Energy Vision:** Certain members of the race can project and emit their stellar energy from their eyes with incredibly destructive force.
		- **Molecular Acceleration:** Skilled use of starbolt optic blasts can be used to cause the terrain surrounding a target to violently explode.
* **Stellar Energy Transference:** Tamaraneans can also distill and impart their solar energies onto others if need be. Such as how ***R'yandr*** {brother to Princesses Koriand'r and Komand'r} had channeled his star-based energy force over to Supergirl when she needed a quick recharge while battling the Citadel.
	+ **Heat Touch:** Tamareneans can focus their starbolt energy into their hands and skin, being able to hyper-heat the dermal layer of their body in order to flash melt anything they make contact with.
* **Self-Sustenance:** A Tamaranean with enough solar energy charge can go without eating, sleeping or needing to breath in lifeless and inhospitable environments.
* **Nuclear Pyrokinesis:** Many who were experimented upon by Psion science gained the ability to emit flaming contrail whenever they utilize their powers. be it for the purpose of flight, energy blasts or releasing a Starbolt Nova; it often has the appearance of an irradiated fireball.
	+ **Radiation Production:** Kori's brother Ryand'r has the ability to detonate like a small-scale fusion bomb.
* **Bio-Fission:** Some individuals of Tamaran are capable of casting out their ultraviolet energy as tangible duplicates of themselves. This facet of their powers can be draining though.
* **Telempathy:** A couple of Tamaraneans have exhibited the ability to speak too people by connecting to they're psyche. Touching and influencing hearts and minds of others through the power of their minds.
	+ **Telepathy:** Komand'r through, use of borrowed power, gained the ability to mentally connect with another sapient mind. Enabling her to speak without using her mouth even in the vast emptiness of outer space.
	+ **Empathy:** A figure in Tamaranean history had the ability to broadcast her mind-numbing ire for bloodshed and madness into the hearts and minds of others while guiding their actions like a puppet master.
* **Power Replication:** Tamaraneans can siphon the unique solar/stellar/ultraviolet energy of another Tamaranean to copy and assimilate their Starbolt-based powers.
* **Power Distribution**
* **Healing**
* **Possession**