Saiyans

Saiyans (サイヤ '**Saiya-jin'**, lit. "People of the Saiya") are a race of bipedal, humanoid extraterrestrials that first appeared in the Dragon Ball series. They are a nearly extinct race that was known for their savage fighting personality.

The most notable full blooded Saiyan is Son Goku.

 Overview

### Appearance

Saiyans closely resemble humans, with light skin tones, dark brown or black hair. However, their appearances due differ in that Saiyans appear to be more naturally physically fit than humans, and when they are born, they have a furry, prehensile tail like that of a monkey.

Saiyans are also known to have a single hair style that rarely become altered over the course of their life. Though there have been some cases where a Saiyan has grown bald or has grown a beard in addition to their hair style.

### Powers and Abilities

* **Saiyan Physiology**: Saiyans have a much more dense cellular structure than Humans do. This allows them to preform feats of impressive strength and durability.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Saiyans have shown to have incredible strength without much training. A Saiyan who has not trained has been shown to still be strong enough to survive a crash space ship and resist dangerous weather. A heavily trained Saiyan can destroy mountains with ease.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: Saiyans have high durability and pain tolerance. Saiyans have been shown to take attacks from highly trained humans with little to no effect. However, young Saiyans have been shown to sustain significant brain damage when they hit their head.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: Trained Saiyans have been shown to move faster than the human eye can see. This allows them to be effective assassins and mercenaries. Through further training and the application of energy, a Saiyan can preform long range teleportation.
	+ **Energy Sensing**: Saiyans can train their body to develop an extra sense. This sense allows them to be aware of a person's energy as they get within a certain range depending on the Saiyan. If an object or person has a large enough energy source, a Saiyan can pinpoint its location where ever it may be once they see it once.
	+ **Energy Manipulation**: Saiyans, like Humans, can train their body to harness energy known as Ki Energy. This is a Saiyan's main method of attacking beyond martial arts. Saiyans have shown to manipulate Ki energy into energy attacks often customized by the user.
	+ **Great Ape Transformation:** All full-blooded Saiyans are born with a fur-covered prehensile tail, resembling that of a monkey. This tail holds enzymes that transform the Saiyan into a giant Kaiju-class monster resembling an ape, but with a tail. In order to do this, the Saiyan must either look at the Moon, a planetary object reflecting light, or an energy ball resembling the Moon. While transformed, untrained Saiyans will simply go on a rampage, destroying anything near. Trained Saiyans retain their mental capabilities, being able to talk and preform all of their previous capabilities.
	+ **Earth Death Note Immunity**: As a being not native to Earth, Saiyans have immunity to being killed by a Death Note that resides on Earth.
	+ **Demonic Possession Immunity:** As a Saiyan has incredible willpower and extraterrestrial strength, they cannot be possessed by Demonic entities. However, if the body is without a soul or consciousness, a Demon can possess the body.

#### Potential Powers

* **Super Saiyan Transformation**: Some Saiyans can achieve a state of higher power known as "Super Saiyan" form. This is only done through subjected the Saiyan through extreme distress that provides the Saiyan with a pure emotion. This emotion can be revenge, rage or even hate. Upon transforming, the Saiyan's hair will turn to a golden blonde and stand on end, their eyes will turn green and they will be coated in a golden aura.
	+ **Enhance Strength**: Immediately upon transforming, the Saiyan's natural strength will increase tenfold. Allowing them to preform feats of strength that they previously where unable to do.
	+ **Enhance Durability**: Upon transforming, the Saiyan's natural durability will increase tenfold. Allowing them to take several attacks that caused them pain previously without issue.
	+ **Enhanced Speed:** Upon transforming, the Saiyan's natural speed will increase tenfold.
	+ **Enhanced Energy Manipulation**: Upon transforming, a Saiyan's energy manipulation will dramatically improve. Allowing them to preform more complex abilities.
		- **Super Saiyan 2 Transformation**: Through intense training or further stress, a Saiyan can ascend to a new level of Super Saiyan. Once a Super Saiyan enters the 2nd state, their aura gains electrical arcs and their hair now completely rises. A Super Saiyan 2 further increases their natural capabilities.
		- **Super Saiyan 3 Transformation**: Through further training, a Saiyan can achieve a third level of Super Saiyan. Once a Super Saiyan enters the 3rd state, their muscle mass increases greatly, they loose their eyebrows in exchange for a pronounced brow, and their hair greatly grows down to their feet. A Super Saiyan 3 further increases their natural capabilities beyond that of a Super Saiyan 2.

* **Golden Great Ape Transformation**: A Saiyan retaining their tail and having the capability of transforming into a Super Saiyan can attain a form known as the Golden Great Ape form. in this form, the Golden Great Ape resembles that of a normal Great Ape, but with golden blonde hair like that of a Super Saiyan.
	+ **Super Saiyan 4 Transformation:** Upon gaining control of their mental state, a Saiyan can progress the Golden Great Ape form into what is called the Super Saiyan 4 form. While called the next level of Super Saiyan, the transformation is through a different branch of evolution. While in this form, the Saiyan returns to a humanoid body, with red fur covering their arms and upper body, and their hair has grown out. Their eyes turn gold and have red outlines around their lower lids. They are described as having more power than that of Super Saiyan 3, but requires a moon for transformation.

* **Super Saiyan God Transformation**: A Saiyan can undergo a ritual that will grant them temporary powers of a God. Requiring five Saiyans to gift another their power, this will cause the Saiyan to transform. The Saiyan will appear younger and now have red hair and eyes, with a red aura.
	+ **God Strength**: A Super Saiyan God has the physical strength of that of a deity, able to cause ripples in the universe from shear impacts.
	+ **God Durability**: As a God, the Super Saiyan God can withstand mortal attacks incredibly easily, and only ever notices an attack from another deity.
	+ **God Speed:** As a God, the Super Saiyan God can move much faster than the speed of light and can only be seen by that of another deity.
	+ **God Energy Manipulation**: A Super Saiyan God utilizes deity-level energy and can manipulate it. This level of energy can only be sensed by another deity.
		- **Super Saiyan Blue Transformation**: A Saiyan who has trained with the power of a God can harness it internally. This allows them to transform into a Super Saiyan God at will, without the use of the ritual. Upon training this form further, a Saiyan can obtain a higher form known as Super Saiyan Blue. In this form, the Saiyan now resembles that of the standard Super Saiyan form, but with blue hair and aura. At this state, the Saiyan further extends above divinity.

* **Ultra Instinct Transformation**: Saiyans, like most species, have the potential to access Autonomous Ultra Instinct. However, this transformation is considered to be incredibly hard to attain, let alone master. It is said that a Saiyan who masters this form can surpass a God of Destruction.

#### Weaknesses

* **Training:** A Saiyan's body can only maintain its peak form as long as they rigorously train. It is shown that if a Saiyan lapses in their training, that simple weapons such as pistol bullets can easily pierce their skin.
* **Tail:** As a Saiyan is naturally born with an extra appendage, it becomes a notable weakness. With the tail still attached, a Saiyan can be disabled by gripping the tail and pulling it. The tail can also be easily severed. By servering the tail, a Saiyan can no longer transform into either a Great Ape or a Golden Great Ape.
* **Moonlight**: While a Saiyan can utilize Moonlight, or rather large planetary reflections, to turn into a Great Ape, it can be detrimental. An untrained Saiyan can accidentally transform and cause destruction to friend and foe alike until the end of the exposure or until the tail is cut off. A trained Saiyan, while able to retain their intelligence, can still be at a disadvantage due to the size.
* **God-Level Energy**: While Saiyans excel in detecting energy, they cannot sense any energy emitting from a deity.

## History

Saiyans originated from the planet known as Sadala, ruled by the original King Sadala. There, the Saiyans thrived as a war race, eventually polluting their homeworld with their wars. The eventually caused the planet to begin to self-destruct, leaving the Saiyans without a home. They utilized their galactic travel and war knowledge to take a new world as they where led by the first King Vegeta. The planet in question was Planet Plant, who's inhabitants where peaceful. Following a successful planetary take over, the Saiyans renamed the planet to Planet Vegeta, and became known as intergalactic mercenaries, taking over planets for money.

However, the galactic terrorist, King Cold, found that absorbing the Saiyans into his empire would be highly beneficial. The terrorist overwhelmed the more primitive Saiyans, and made them his war-slaves. Forced to serve as planet conquerors for King Cold, the Saiyans became mere foot soldiers even the current King Vegeta and Prince Vegeta where forced to serve.