| Decheeran | |
| Leader | Not really applicable. |
| System | Atria |
| Homeworld | Orpheon |
| Capital | Sabiak |
| Allies | Song Dominion |
| Enemies | Celestine Ascendancy |
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Morphology and Physiology
The Decheerans are a very long-lived biped, unisexual race that spawns via budding rather than sex. A Decheeran who is willing spends some time meditating in a forest or other suitable location, and sheds and arm or a leg when it wants to spawn a new Decheeran. The proto-Decheeran roots itself to the ground, and that's the last intentional contact a Decheeran has with its "children." They don't recognize or care later who spawned them, or whom they spawned. The proto-Decheeran then spends ~30 years growing, slowly, gaining in sentience until one day, it decides to unroot and move, at which point it is considered an adult Decheeran.
They have an analog to smell, and have a very keen sense of it. They can smell layer upon layer of scents simultaneously, combining into a kind of aroma symphony. In particular, they love the deeply subtle scents of forests and swamps.
History and Culture
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The Decheerans first achieved spaceflight around 105,000 B.E., making them among the older Younger Races. They don't have families or any concept of one. What they do have are groups of Decheerans called 'Groves.' These are completely voluntary associations of Decheerans who bond with each other by rooting in a group together for a period of time, after which they are closely allied and can very vaguely feel the emotional state of other Grove members. It is possible to voluntarily cut off your connection with a Grove, but it's not possible to eject an individual unwillingly from a Grove.
They have an interesting view on technology generally. They certainly use it and are actually quite adept with it. They live in their native forests with technology, but it's usually blended with or accompanied by significant organic material. That might be anything from having living trees on their starships to deep bonds between nanotech and organic tech in their planet-bound dwellings.
They don't have a government as such, though they do have those who speak for the will of the majority of Decheerans, called Speakers. There's also a First Speaker, who will speak for them in the most important cases, but these are not leaders as such.
They don't have a formal religion, but they do speak reverentially of the force they believe allows them to form Groves - called the Tal. It's not a god as such, and it dictates nothing for them behavior-wise. They don't personify it either, choosing to simply revere the idea of it.
Culture
Nusriza live communally in collections of unrelated families called Throngs. They usually share there unique buildings that rise above the clouds, designed with entrances for the winged young to come and go. When an individual reaches age 17 after the period the quickening, they are initiated into Nusrizan culture through a ritual known as the Seventeen Mirrors, a two day even in which seventeen individuals honestly critique the individual on the first day and extol his or her virtues on the next.
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Their native language, Nusrizan, is perhaps the most complex vocal language in the Starmourn Sector. It possesses not only fourteen unique tones, but involves subtle hand motions to produces various inflections. Their range makes Nusriza excellent singers, and competitions are one of their most favored forms of entertainment. They were able to attain spaceflight only 24,000 years ago and are experts in sensor technology.
The Nusriza are ruled by a dynastic monarchy ruled by a Tajhan that has changed lineages on occasion throughout their history. However for a long time, the true power on Frixion VI lied with the religious establishment of Echanism which worshiped a warrior god called Echanine. This religion held the race back in many ways, prohibiting fraternization with other races impeding trade and cultural advance, and banning the use of heretical kith powers. When the people became disenchanted with Echanism and the Schism relegated the religious to the minority, their culture began to grow once more. They allied themselves with several other races to form the powerful Song Dominion and began to practice both star kith and void kith.