Difference between revisions of "Selassian Update"

The [[Selassians]] are a strongly matriarchal race that physically looks as if a snake mated with a human. The aristocratic among the females decorate their faces with distinct black and white makeup, and favor elaborate headdresses. Male Selassians are smaller and weaker than females, and while there are exceptions, they tend to exist to serve the needs of the females.  

Selassians lay eggs but, when their progeny hatches, they breastfeed for the first year or so. The females reach physical maturity in about 12 years, while the males take up to 19 or 20 years to reach it.

The [[Selassian Dynasty]] is a hereditary form of government, based on their racial home planet of [[Corryb III]], with rulership passed from mother to daughter, and was established about 11,000 years ago in the wake of the [[War of Eggs]]. In this - one of the defining conflicts of Selassian civilization -  one of the factions released a virus that caused infected females to lay eggs with shells far weaker than is typical, resulting in the collapse under their own weight of most eggs. With 90% of Selassian younglings perishing before making it out of the egg, the factions realized they had to come together and, after destroying they destroyed the leaders of the faction that had released the virus, the Dynasty was formed.