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{{Race_infobox | {{Race_infobox | ||
|racename=Shen | |racename=Shen | ||
|image= | |image=[[File:Shenmale.png|300px]] | ||
|leader=[[Jatt Yaghah]] | |leader=[[Jatt Yaghah]] | ||
|system=[[Barrak]] | |system=[[Barrak]] | ||
|homeworld=[[Kovalar]] | |homeworld=[[Kovalar]] | ||
|capital=[[Janilyn]] | |capital=[[Janilyn]] | ||
|allies=[[Utan Mir]] | |allies=[[Celestine Ascendancy]], [[Utan Mir]] | ||
|enemies=[[Fatar]], [[Ishvana]]}} | |enemies=[[Fatar]], [[Ishvana]], [[Cleax]]}} | ||
==Morphology and Physiology== | ==Morphology and Physiology== | ||
[[File:Shenfemale.png|thumb|left|A Female Shen]] | [[File:Shenfemale.png|thumb|left|A Female Shen]] | ||
The Shen are a humanoid race with distinctive appendages growing from their heads. The males possess four large symmetrical horns, while the females possess one central horn and a corona of appendages. They possess long faces with gaunt mouths and strikingly bright eyes which lack pupils. Both sexes exhibit a pair of tentacles growing from the base of their jaw which they often ornament. Females give birth to live young after a gestation period of approximately 13 months, and the average lifespan is approximately 120 years. They are strongly monogamous, and divorce is frowned upon. Homosexuality is common and accepted. | The Shen are a humanoid race with distinctive appendages growing from their heads. The males possess four large symmetrical horns, while the females possess one central horn and a corona of appendages. They possess long faces with gaunt mouths and strikingly bright eyes which lack pupils. Both sexes exhibit a pair of tentacles growing from the base of their jaw which they often ornament. Females give birth to live young after a gestation period of approximately 13 months, and the average lifespan is approximately 120 years. They are strongly monogamous, and divorce is frowned upon. Homosexuality is common and accepted. | ||
'''Height ranges:''' 155cm - 218cm | |||
'''Age ranges:''' 20-120 | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Shen are one of [[Starmourn Sector|Starmourn's]] older [[Younger Races]] in terms of the age of their civilization, though they are far from the eldest. Famous for their former connection with the believed-extinct [[Elder Race]] of the [[Utan Mir]], today they are famous for their real estate and transportation interstellar corporations. The achieved spaceflight approximately 110,000 years ago. | The Shen are one of [[Starmourn Sector|Starmourn's]] older [[Younger Races]] in terms of the age of their civilization, though they are far from the eldest. Famous for their former connection with the believed-extinct [[Elder Race]] of the [[Utan Mir]] who taught them to wield [[Void Kith|void kith]], today they are famous for their real estate and transportation interstellar corporations. The achieved spaceflight approximately 110,000 years ago. | ||
Approximately 26,000 years ago, the Shen aided the [[Elder Races|Elder Race]] of the [[Y'saari]] fend off the [[Cleax]] that invaded through the [[Voidgate|voidgates]]. The Shen have also had many conflicts with the shapeshifting [[Fatar]] race, whom they detest. In the [[Changeling War]], long ago, it was first discovered that the Fatar had infiltrated the Shen's government, its military, and its society. The resulting series of paranoid purges almost certainly killed far more Shen than Fatar, and the Shen have since tried more than once, unsuccessfully, to wipe out their enemy. They are also implacable foes of the [[Ishvana]] ever since that terrible being's destruction of the Utan Mir during the [[War of Extinction]], who they venerated and who taught them so much. | |||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
The Shen have a rather rich and sophisticated culture. They are strict vegetarians and find eating meat detestable. However, there is only one instance where they consume flesh, the [[Ritual of Coadunation]] in which the paternal elder consumes a portion of the placenta to symbolize the bonding of the families. The tend to have a sober and stoic nature unless inebriated by the favored libations of [[Rootwine|rootwine]] or [[Fermented Vuu Honey|fermented vuu honey]], at which point they often put on rather raucous and emotional displays. | The Shen have a rather rich and sophisticated culture. They are strict vegetarians and find eating meat detestable. However, there is only one instance where they consume flesh, the [[Ritual of Coadunation]] in which the paternal elder consumes a portion of the placenta to symbolize the bonding of the families. The tend to have a sober and stoic nature unless inebriated by the favored libations of [[Rootwine|rootwine]] or [[Fermented Vuu Honey|fermented vuu honey]], at which point they often put on rather raucous and emotional displays. | ||
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The Shen use two racial languages - [[Low Shen]] and [[High Shen]]. The former is what they use most of the time in day-to-day use. The latter is a dialect reserved for important events like the Ritual of Coadunation or the funeral of a Prime Elder. | The Shen use two racial languages - [[Low Shen]] and [[High Shen]]. The former is what they use most of the time in day-to-day use. The latter is a dialect reserved for important events like the Ritual of Coadunation or the funeral of a Prime Elder. | ||
The Shen originated the practice of [[Shi Dhuk]] as well, and the Shen Tradition is the leading Shi Dhuk tradition to this day. | |||
==Notable Members== | ==Notable Members== | ||
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*[[Roan Sheel]] - A famous deceased aetherscape composer | *[[Roan Sheel]] - A famous deceased aetherscape composer | ||
*[[Yen Agafan]] - A famous aetherscape composer of [[The Palette of the Stars]] | *[[Yen Agafan]] - A famous aetherscape composer of [[The Palette of the Stars]] | ||
*[[Qin | *[[Qin Zidhissid]] - A prominent historian who wrote [[On the Function and Form of Kith]] | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Younger Races]] | ||