Post by Silas on May 25, 2010 20:19:22 GMT -5
Species Name: Aquitan
Species Type: Humaniod
Planet of Origin: [url=http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/137/7/a/Alien_Moonrise_by_Ragewarden.jpg
]Proveus[/url]
Average Maximum age:
The Pure - 150 years
Tainted - 50 years
Age of Maturation:
The Pure - 10 years
Tainted - 5 years
Average Height:
The Pure - 6' 8"
Tainted - 6' 0"
Average Weight:
The Pure - 225 lbs
Tainted - 200 lbs
Notable biological features: Image
The Pure
These are a race of sentient which have long been docile, wise creatures who have sought only the wishes of a utopia for their people. Tall creatures from a planet with low gravity, have also been effected with weak bone strength, but their cartilaginous structure keeps them from constant damage. Their's is a planet filled with feral beasts, which has caused them from an early point to create large barriers to keep out these creatures, and continued with the development of shields, which has become a strong suit for these creatures. Since the beginning of their records they have considered food as a means of sustenance only, never a kind of hobby. Therefore their rate of obesity is very low, and much of their race is lithe, and has a relatively small muscle mass.
Aquitans have a very odd facial structure, and look, their skin being a steely gray, with almost a hint of blue in the dark pigment. High, typically gaunt looking cheekbones add a haggard look to them which are personified by the dark rings under their eyes. Coal black eyes, which see only in the light spectrum are ringed by a dark yellow colour, and have a much longer range than most human standards. Along with this are triangular ears pointed forward, which capture sound better, and move at will to catch sound at better angles, if even only slightly so. Both the inside of their ears, and the upturn of their triangular nose are a soft pink colour, the bridge section of their nose is also short.
As for body structure, they have two arms, and two legs which are similar to most human-like creatures, however there are a few prominent differences. Notable differences are in long thin fingers which lack a finger nail of any kind, as well as a long prehensile tail which helps with balance, and can also be used for other various things. For the most part they do not strive for much muscle mass, while some do most are thin, but quick and flexible. Aquitans all have five sets of teeth, the first set are their infant teeth which fall out quickly after they grow in, the second set are stronger with longer roots, and slightly bigger, after that they are all very sharp for tearing into the meat of their planet. The last two sets of teeth are solely for once the third ones fall out, and some of the Aquitans no longer even have any of the last set come in because of imported foods which aren’t so tough as those on Proveus.
Many of the males of this species will get white tattoos on their skin once as a religious symbol, but since their reform of government those who now get it more as a requiem to their ancestors. Male and Female have distinction in their appearance because the females ears are much large, and most of them are adorned by rings on their tips, which tend to make them droop a little farther. Along with this males will tend to be slightly stronger, and taller than the females, but it is not that much of a difference.
The entire first ten years of life for these creatures they grow at a extremely fast rate, growing to full adulthood at only the age of ten, already passed puberty by this time. Almost all of the Aquitan are force sensitive to some degree, and they have a great capacity to learn telekinesis.
Tainted -
As far as appearance goes, one would only be able to tell a tainted Aquitan from one of the Pure because of the height difference, and their more muscular appearance. All of them are much stronger, and have much more instinctual brain processes, which has caused conflict between the two sub-species in the past. One of the greatest difference between the two species is the Tainted’s heart beat three times faster than those of the Pure. Most of them only live a short amount of time, but mature at a rate even quicker than their brothers, only taking fiver years on average to reach full adulthood. Most of them are much lower in intellect than most of the Pure, and are focused more on brute strength than knowledge.
Tainted have a keener sense of smell, and hearing than those of the Pure, as well as being able to see in several spectrums of light. These adaptations have made them good hunters and gatherers for earlier tribes. Almost all of the Tainted are Force sensitive as well, but they are more adept to being able to use force powers which involve stealth, and seclusion.
Most of this sub-species has a very distinct jaw line, which is more angular, and their features are less gaunt, and thin. All males are required to get tattoos which label them, and are black with various dialects of their language mixed into symbols which represent their mythology. Females on the other hand are not allowed to wear ear rings, and may only pierce their eyebrows if they do pierce anything at all.
Number of limbs and Type: Five (Two arms, two legs, one prehensile tail) Bipedal.
Culture:
Main Cultural Structure -
All of the Aquitans are heavily influenced by a strong sense of duty, which runs through their entire race. Almost every one of them work, live, and hope for only the betterment of their race as well as the universe around them. This has lead them to only loose honour in a failure to live up to the standards of their duty to their people as a whole. There is no greater disgrace on their people than to claim someone has failed to fulfil their duty, and the punishment for such and action can be as light as prison time, or as heavy as death. Most of the criminals of this society, though, are forced to perform community service for an extended amount of time to pay back to their society what they have lost. This usually involves manual work, and it is very hard to find a different job once you’ve been put into community service.
Most of them live in large houses with an entire family to live in one house. When a couple are bonded as one, the female will move into the males house, but the relationship can be dissolved once the child has reached the age of five if they are no longer functioning, if the relationship is broken before that it might be considered breaking your duty towards your child.
Once a child has reached the age of ten they are no longer the responsibility of the parents in anyway economically, and are expected to have a job which will support themselves, their mate, as well as any children they have. At this age an Aquitan will be expected to pick a mate, and begin to have children. Among these people it is respectable to have two children, but less than that is rather frowned upon, for the continuation of their species, and their growing influence throughout the galaxy. Out of relationship sex is considered a compliment towards the other partners, and any children will be the mother’s families responsibility.
Food -
Most of their native food either comes from the salt water fish which live in some of the few oceans on Proveus, or the reptiles which roam the harsh climate. These large reptiles are cut into large sections, and using various things found naturally on the planet they tend to use large amounts of seasoning on them. The reptiles are usually prepared with a kind of cactus which is able to survive on the planets, and is cooked in the oils from the process of cooking the animal. Most species find this too potent of a food to eat, and even the process of cooking it can cause rashes on fair skinned creatures skin, as well as causing a slight allergic reaction.
There are many types of fish in the seas on Proveus, many of which are harvested, and eaten by the Aquitans. The three most delicate type are a squid-like creature called Linatra, a crab like creature called Sinistra, and something similar to a very large cod, which they refer to as Pheaon. Linatra are traditionally cooked dipped in a batter, and then cooked in large vats of oil in huge quantities, and is served with a steamed Sinstra as a side. The Sinstra is usually pulled apart before being served, and eaten with a spoon which is dipped into a liquid which causes the meat to stick to it along with adding a distinct flavour to it.
For the most part Pheaon is eaten at expensive dinners, and large feast because of the sheer size of this animal. It is cooked over a fire very hot, and very quickly so that the outsides crispy, but the inside is still almost raw. Most of the Aquitans cut it into large pieces, and serve it with a dip which accentuates the spices which are native to this planet.
The vegetation on Proveus is very sparse, but the few plants they do have are almost all edible by the populace of the planet, and used for various dishes. A type of tree which grows has leaves which are crushed up, and used as the main ingredient in the spices they make. It isn’t very abundant on the planet, only growing on the edges of some of the areas around the seas on the planet, so it is hard to harvest. There is also a cactus which is very popular to eat, and found very abundantly on the planet, so its cheap, and considered a fine delicacy at the same time.
Clothing -
Most of the clothes made on Proveus is of a very eloquent design which accentuates their tall, thin stature while making them seem very formal almost all the time. Built mainly around dark colours, with neutral accents which are in detailed patterns and run through the entirety of their garb these clothes are very simplistic in colour, but very careful in nature. Cut in a very loose fashion, they like to stick to fairly modest clothes in retrospect, while they will wear casual clothes if they’re employed in a job which requires manual labour. Many of them will stick to this style of shirts, which flow evenly into similarly coloured pants of loose nature as well. For shoes they mainly wear dark black shoes made out of a material similar to leather, but much stronger, and is very durable. Their clothes is made exactly for the point of formality, and giving off an appearance of dignity at the same time.
Religion -
Both sub-species of this planet follow a particular set of beliefs which they call the Kataulan Scripts, which line out the creation of both the Pure and the Tainted, and why they have become that which they are. The texts tell at tale of two brothers, who were could either become immortal beings or create life, but in order to do so they would have to give their lives to the betterment of their children. Both of these immortals poured themselves out onto the land, and created a small tribe of their descendants. Before the two left the only rule they gave for them was to live by was to live as one people, and never split from each other. So the people did this, never to leave their settlement, and as the city grew it stayed as one people.
A long time after they created this city there were a few which decided they would go out to the world, and look upon all which it was. No one knew of this but the two immortals, and in their anger for their disobedience they cursed these people along with all their descendants. They then sent them back to the city, but as inferiors to them, forever to serve and obey their superiors who had kept faithful to their rule.
This text lead to all of the major social differences between the Tainted, and the Pure while giving names to the two at the same time. While the Pure were allowed to create a government, those of the Tainted could only form tribes which must follow the will of those Pure who were set above them. They also were given a persona of slave life for much of their beginning existence, and were not allowed to use the Force for any reason other than in servitude of the Pure in pain of death. Many of the Pure still look down on them even decades after their major reform of this idea.
Before hyperspace travel, or the creation of the Jedi there were those on who focused on the study of the Force, and they were told in this text to create a branch of the government which dealt with Force users. Christened the Legion, these were a primitive form of the Jedi which focused more towards study, and gaining knowledge than the greater good. While some worked as a police of sorts, they were never the kind of peace keepers which the Jedi would later become, and not as skilled by any means. While some would end up to be powerful, they never had the training which was necessary.
Governemt -
Since the reform they have created a republic which relies on the conjunctions of a senate, fashioned much in the form by which the Galactic Republic has been formed as. Senators are elected from each of the main thirteen provinces of their people, each province getting three senators. There is one central leader, which is known as the Guardian, and has the sole responsibility of moving the Aquitans towards a better co-existence, and a greater posterity for their people. All of these must be native Aquitans, and there can be no foreigners in the legal system under in circumstances. Once a Guardian has been nominated, they must be deemed appropriate leadership by twelve of the thirteen provinces.
Each province is lead by a monarch, which is chosen by the people, and will always be the forerunners as one of the candidates for the Guardian when a new one is needed. Each of the monarchs have a council of thirteen which create new legislation, and approve the sanctions of the monarchs. Many monarchs will be nominated without their consent, or prior knowledge of someone doing so, and it is considered their duty to take up the office if they are chosen.
Social Class -
Social standing is a very complex thing on Proveus, and once started in one particular place it is a complicated thing to change. Most of the Aquitans are considered to be on equal social standards unless you have been particularly shamed for some reason or another, which usually puts you into a community service position. However, there are three tiers of standards which everyone is held to, and they are mainly based on level of achievement in the first ten years of life during maturation, and growth. Every child who looks to move on into the work force is judged by three standards; past performance, intelligence, and initiative in academic, and communal activities. Tainted are judged based on totally different standards, for most of them go into either law enforcement, the military, or some sort of job which involves work.
Either you are admitted into the Legion, which now is mainly a hospital of sorts, and is the held to the highest standards, a political office, teaching, some type of specialised work, and lastly factory work or food service. Most end up in the specialised work, which involves most desk jobs, secretaries, and more of the day to day jobs. Once you are admitted into one of these standards you are paid according to a set amount for each of the positions, and while they are also elevated in each levels of importance it is more set as a duty to do your work rather than to work because for monetary gain.
All of their food is either taken from herds of native animals, or planets which have been imported to grow in the normally harsh climates of the planet. All farmers and herders are revered for their position, and each one passes his or her land on to their descendants who may never got to any formal school to spend time as a form of apprentice. These people are often Tainted, and Pure who have interbred to make a very uncommon mix of the two which always exhibit all of the traits of a Tainted.
Anyone from off world is accepted easily into their society, but they are not tolerated at all if they bring up any kinds of trouble, and will be exported from the planet if anything should come up. Almost every person who is accepted into the general populace is given more of a choice in occupation than the actual natives, but this is because they do not believe most species respect duty the way they do. So, while they do not look down on other races, they give them more lenience in being able to be more free in what they want to do, while at the same time they expect them to uphold their honour, or they will be punished accordingly.
Force Sensitives -
The Aquitans see the need for the Jedi in the galaxy, but obviously are not going to devote their entire civilisation towards becoming a knight. So, they have devised a plan in their laws which deals with the need for them to at least aid the Jedi in some way with new recruits. For every orphan that makes it to the second year of their life without being adopted, they will send that child to the Jedi for training, to give these orphans a chance to be the most they can be without a true parent to look after them. Even though it is a small ratio, the large population means that quite a few of the Aquitans are sent to the Jedi each year.
The Legion has been since the very beginning of their culture, and has followed them through to now. Each incarnation of them working for different goals, and reasons, but all of them centred around the government. Any of the Aquitans who might dapple in the dark side are claimed as traitors towards the government, and will be killed for their treasons. Because of their relationships with dark side organisations in the past, they also have a zero tolerance for any Sith based, or Dark Jedi group which might emerge. At a political standpoint there is no tolerance once discovered.
History:
6,552 BBY - Our story begins many years ago, back in a time when little of the galaxy had been born as we know it today, and a new world was just a ship ride away. People on Proveus had just begun to learn the ability of hyperspace travel, when a curious group of Force Users came to their planet. This group of people began to colonise on their world, away from the main group of the Aquitans, and there they didn’t them at first. Neither party engaged each other, and for a while they were content with this sort of a relationship, never too intent on much of a greeting. That was, of course until the Force users in the Legion began to feel something they’d only experienced a few times in the past; the dark side of the force.
It leeched from where they had began to set up what looked to be a temple, and those who wielded the force could feel it like a stain on their planet. Fear that it would seep into the people, or take root in the planet itself a party of the Legion went to talk to them, and see if negotiations could be made. At the time there was little government on the face of the Proveus except the tribal leaders, and a monarchy in the their main city of Kinona Prime, but they demanded to see their monarch. So, the Legion in an attempt to make peace allowed these strangers a council with their leader.
Once the two leaders met it was a disastrous alliance from the start, but for a while there was peace. Those of the dark side would promise to keep the planet preserved so long as the Aquitans would give them some twelve force sensitive children a month. They bargained for a long while, and it was lowered to six, but the deal was, and fates were cast. It wasn’t even a year before the Legion realised these Sith as they called themselves lied, and the taint began to get worse than ever. Determined to set this right, they went there once again to demand the return of their children, and the permanent exile of all these from their planet. None of them made it back from this voyage. The Force only knows what was done to them, but no bodies were given back either.
The Monarch at the time declared the first war in several thousand years against this organisation, and preparations began. All of the Tainted were immediately drafted into the military, and their training began at that moment. Many people were moved out to the crop fields to work, and put in factories to create their machines of war, something which was very new to these people. However, many too were brought into the Legion, too for training in the Force. This war did not last long enough for these new recruits in the Legion to be used, but the first, and only major battle took place on the Plains of Eiabre(Sorrow in native Aquitanian). Wherein the Sith forces were greatly unnumbered due to the secrecy kept in the attack, and it drew most of these Dark siders out of the land.
After this transpired their hounds of war were pulled back, and smelted down for various reasons, people went back to their occupation, and life seemed to once again be normal. However, they did notice the invaders had left some of their technology behind, and in an attempt to destroy the technology they came across a ship. While they had made it to space, they were years till they would be able to reach any of the nearest planets, much less actually travel between stars in any reasonable amount of time. This was when they stumbled up one of the hyper drives, which their scientists were able to reverse engineer after a while, and they began to produce them. It took some time before they were able to, but soon they travelled out into the galaxy for the first time, and those who came back were filled with wild stories.
These astronauts brought back ideas, and spread whispers a float of a reformation. They brought terrible ideas to these people, ones of revolution. The Monarch suspended all interstellar travel, and put those who had begun the thoughts of reformation into imprisonment for treason. Riots broke out immediately, people began for the first time to act in unison against the government, and soon even the Legion had turned on its master. For almost three years they struggled with power until finally the Monarch and his royal line was destroyed, and so came about a new era.
The originators of this new age were released, and they told of a Republic. Once again the Aquitans went to the sky, this time they went to Coruscant, and pleaded their case before the senate. They sent to Proveus two Jedi Knights, some strange new warrior from the Republic to help them in this transformation of government. It didn’t take long for the reformations to take place, the new system of government took hold, and has stayed strong to this day. This was also when they gave the first children to the Jedi Order, the same ones who had gone to the Sith not so long ago in a hopes to give them a fair chance in life. Not long after that Proveus was granted admission into the Galactic Republic.
5,221 BBY - After a long period of peace among their people the Aquitans were once again in the face of war, as the Tainted who were severely treated as an inferior race revolted. This lead to them breaking away from the Pure all together, and they demanded to be given equal rights or they would take them. It seemed like the Tainted would give in eventually, or at least that was what the Guardian thought, but it was not quite that way in the end. Once the Tainted began to manufacture weapons, supplies, and war goods the Pure realised what was to happen, and quickly retaliated. At this time the Legion had swelled in response to a rise in the popularity in the idea of being a Jedi, and the Guardian strategically used this advantage to stage an attack on their factories.
This attack was quick, precisely calculated, and timed quite perfectly. Without much effort the Legion was able to simultaneously detonate charges to destroy these very crude factories, and destroyed much of their general necessities at the same time. While this gained poor support in the people, they did win this argument, and without anymore rebellion the Tainted came back. Despite their victory the Guardian did grant them more freedoms, and equality among the people, but because of their rebellion withheld much of what might have come. Some of the leaders, and instigators of the events were killed as an example towards future rebels, their history forgotten to their senators.
A period of tense relations between the two sub-species began after this, but not like it had been before the outbreak. With the rebellion behind them they began to plan for a total reformation of the natural state of Proveus, to better the state of their people. This involved terraforming many parts of the planet to invite more of the large seas which surround the planet, and make it less rugged in nature. Then they installed atmospheric controllers which changed the climate of the planet towards a more lush, and vegetation inducing weather. Part of the planet was left untouched to preserve the natural state of the planet, but most of it was altered. Native plant and animal life was preserved, and protected under the government wherein they were still harvested to keep the culture of the Aquitan people alive.
3,959 BBY - Once again posterity ensued, as great strives to catch up with the current state of the galaxy were made by the Aquitans, and many of their policies on honour were created at this time. Most personal ambitions were lost simply in the race to catch up to all of the galaxy, and so many new things began that the government took steps to secure the number of Aquitans on their planet, but enforcing strict immigration laws for both people coming in and out of the planet. Of course the population still fluctuated very rapidly through this period of time as people came in and out. About this time, though, came the Jedi Civil war, or the Second Sith War, as many people called it at the time. For the second time a Sith organisation made their way to Proveus, and while they had relatively forgotten about the first incident, it was still taught to their children. Of course this made them cautious about these new comers, but they seemed peaceful, at first. Soon, however they staged a small attack on the people of the planet, expecting to quickly take over these people, finding Proveus as a prime spot for an outpost.
While the Aquitans were able to once again drive the Sith out of their land, they quickly set up a zero tolerance rule for anyone who attempted to use the Dark Side on their planet. This also started even more close relationships with the Jedi, and caused them a hate for the wars of the rest of the galaxy. So far during the current upheaval in the galaxy the Aquitans wish for nothing more than to stay neutral, but they will not stand for any kind of Dark Side interference on their planet even if it means to break neutrality.
Species Type: Humaniod
Planet of Origin: [url=http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/137/7/a/Alien_Moonrise_by_Ragewarden.jpg
]Proveus[/url]
Average Maximum age:
The Pure - 150 years
Tainted - 50 years
Age of Maturation:
The Pure - 10 years
Tainted - 5 years
Average Height:
The Pure - 6' 8"
Tainted - 6' 0"
Average Weight:
The Pure - 225 lbs
Tainted - 200 lbs
Notable biological features: Image
The Pure
These are a race of sentient which have long been docile, wise creatures who have sought only the wishes of a utopia for their people. Tall creatures from a planet with low gravity, have also been effected with weak bone strength, but their cartilaginous structure keeps them from constant damage. Their's is a planet filled with feral beasts, which has caused them from an early point to create large barriers to keep out these creatures, and continued with the development of shields, which has become a strong suit for these creatures. Since the beginning of their records they have considered food as a means of sustenance only, never a kind of hobby. Therefore their rate of obesity is very low, and much of their race is lithe, and has a relatively small muscle mass.
Aquitans have a very odd facial structure, and look, their skin being a steely gray, with almost a hint of blue in the dark pigment. High, typically gaunt looking cheekbones add a haggard look to them which are personified by the dark rings under their eyes. Coal black eyes, which see only in the light spectrum are ringed by a dark yellow colour, and have a much longer range than most human standards. Along with this are triangular ears pointed forward, which capture sound better, and move at will to catch sound at better angles, if even only slightly so. Both the inside of their ears, and the upturn of their triangular nose are a soft pink colour, the bridge section of their nose is also short.
As for body structure, they have two arms, and two legs which are similar to most human-like creatures, however there are a few prominent differences. Notable differences are in long thin fingers which lack a finger nail of any kind, as well as a long prehensile tail which helps with balance, and can also be used for other various things. For the most part they do not strive for much muscle mass, while some do most are thin, but quick and flexible. Aquitans all have five sets of teeth, the first set are their infant teeth which fall out quickly after they grow in, the second set are stronger with longer roots, and slightly bigger, after that they are all very sharp for tearing into the meat of their planet. The last two sets of teeth are solely for once the third ones fall out, and some of the Aquitans no longer even have any of the last set come in because of imported foods which aren’t so tough as those on Proveus.
Many of the males of this species will get white tattoos on their skin once as a religious symbol, but since their reform of government those who now get it more as a requiem to their ancestors. Male and Female have distinction in their appearance because the females ears are much large, and most of them are adorned by rings on their tips, which tend to make them droop a little farther. Along with this males will tend to be slightly stronger, and taller than the females, but it is not that much of a difference.
The entire first ten years of life for these creatures they grow at a extremely fast rate, growing to full adulthood at only the age of ten, already passed puberty by this time. Almost all of the Aquitan are force sensitive to some degree, and they have a great capacity to learn telekinesis.
Tainted -
As far as appearance goes, one would only be able to tell a tainted Aquitan from one of the Pure because of the height difference, and their more muscular appearance. All of them are much stronger, and have much more instinctual brain processes, which has caused conflict between the two sub-species in the past. One of the greatest difference between the two species is the Tainted’s heart beat three times faster than those of the Pure. Most of them only live a short amount of time, but mature at a rate even quicker than their brothers, only taking fiver years on average to reach full adulthood. Most of them are much lower in intellect than most of the Pure, and are focused more on brute strength than knowledge.
Tainted have a keener sense of smell, and hearing than those of the Pure, as well as being able to see in several spectrums of light. These adaptations have made them good hunters and gatherers for earlier tribes. Almost all of the Tainted are Force sensitive as well, but they are more adept to being able to use force powers which involve stealth, and seclusion.
Most of this sub-species has a very distinct jaw line, which is more angular, and their features are less gaunt, and thin. All males are required to get tattoos which label them, and are black with various dialects of their language mixed into symbols which represent their mythology. Females on the other hand are not allowed to wear ear rings, and may only pierce their eyebrows if they do pierce anything at all.
Number of limbs and Type: Five (Two arms, two legs, one prehensile tail) Bipedal.
Culture:
Main Cultural Structure -
All of the Aquitans are heavily influenced by a strong sense of duty, which runs through their entire race. Almost every one of them work, live, and hope for only the betterment of their race as well as the universe around them. This has lead them to only loose honour in a failure to live up to the standards of their duty to their people as a whole. There is no greater disgrace on their people than to claim someone has failed to fulfil their duty, and the punishment for such and action can be as light as prison time, or as heavy as death. Most of the criminals of this society, though, are forced to perform community service for an extended amount of time to pay back to their society what they have lost. This usually involves manual work, and it is very hard to find a different job once you’ve been put into community service.
Most of them live in large houses with an entire family to live in one house. When a couple are bonded as one, the female will move into the males house, but the relationship can be dissolved once the child has reached the age of five if they are no longer functioning, if the relationship is broken before that it might be considered breaking your duty towards your child.
Once a child has reached the age of ten they are no longer the responsibility of the parents in anyway economically, and are expected to have a job which will support themselves, their mate, as well as any children they have. At this age an Aquitan will be expected to pick a mate, and begin to have children. Among these people it is respectable to have two children, but less than that is rather frowned upon, for the continuation of their species, and their growing influence throughout the galaxy. Out of relationship sex is considered a compliment towards the other partners, and any children will be the mother’s families responsibility.
Food -
Most of their native food either comes from the salt water fish which live in some of the few oceans on Proveus, or the reptiles which roam the harsh climate. These large reptiles are cut into large sections, and using various things found naturally on the planet they tend to use large amounts of seasoning on them. The reptiles are usually prepared with a kind of cactus which is able to survive on the planets, and is cooked in the oils from the process of cooking the animal. Most species find this too potent of a food to eat, and even the process of cooking it can cause rashes on fair skinned creatures skin, as well as causing a slight allergic reaction.
There are many types of fish in the seas on Proveus, many of which are harvested, and eaten by the Aquitans. The three most delicate type are a squid-like creature called Linatra, a crab like creature called Sinistra, and something similar to a very large cod, which they refer to as Pheaon. Linatra are traditionally cooked dipped in a batter, and then cooked in large vats of oil in huge quantities, and is served with a steamed Sinstra as a side. The Sinstra is usually pulled apart before being served, and eaten with a spoon which is dipped into a liquid which causes the meat to stick to it along with adding a distinct flavour to it.
For the most part Pheaon is eaten at expensive dinners, and large feast because of the sheer size of this animal. It is cooked over a fire very hot, and very quickly so that the outsides crispy, but the inside is still almost raw. Most of the Aquitans cut it into large pieces, and serve it with a dip which accentuates the spices which are native to this planet.
The vegetation on Proveus is very sparse, but the few plants they do have are almost all edible by the populace of the planet, and used for various dishes. A type of tree which grows has leaves which are crushed up, and used as the main ingredient in the spices they make. It isn’t very abundant on the planet, only growing on the edges of some of the areas around the seas on the planet, so it is hard to harvest. There is also a cactus which is very popular to eat, and found very abundantly on the planet, so its cheap, and considered a fine delicacy at the same time.
Clothing -
Most of the clothes made on Proveus is of a very eloquent design which accentuates their tall, thin stature while making them seem very formal almost all the time. Built mainly around dark colours, with neutral accents which are in detailed patterns and run through the entirety of their garb these clothes are very simplistic in colour, but very careful in nature. Cut in a very loose fashion, they like to stick to fairly modest clothes in retrospect, while they will wear casual clothes if they’re employed in a job which requires manual labour. Many of them will stick to this style of shirts, which flow evenly into similarly coloured pants of loose nature as well. For shoes they mainly wear dark black shoes made out of a material similar to leather, but much stronger, and is very durable. Their clothes is made exactly for the point of formality, and giving off an appearance of dignity at the same time.
Religion -
Both sub-species of this planet follow a particular set of beliefs which they call the Kataulan Scripts, which line out the creation of both the Pure and the Tainted, and why they have become that which they are. The texts tell at tale of two brothers, who were could either become immortal beings or create life, but in order to do so they would have to give their lives to the betterment of their children. Both of these immortals poured themselves out onto the land, and created a small tribe of their descendants. Before the two left the only rule they gave for them was to live by was to live as one people, and never split from each other. So the people did this, never to leave their settlement, and as the city grew it stayed as one people.
A long time after they created this city there were a few which decided they would go out to the world, and look upon all which it was. No one knew of this but the two immortals, and in their anger for their disobedience they cursed these people along with all their descendants. They then sent them back to the city, but as inferiors to them, forever to serve and obey their superiors who had kept faithful to their rule.
This text lead to all of the major social differences between the Tainted, and the Pure while giving names to the two at the same time. While the Pure were allowed to create a government, those of the Tainted could only form tribes which must follow the will of those Pure who were set above them. They also were given a persona of slave life for much of their beginning existence, and were not allowed to use the Force for any reason other than in servitude of the Pure in pain of death. Many of the Pure still look down on them even decades after their major reform of this idea.
Before hyperspace travel, or the creation of the Jedi there were those on who focused on the study of the Force, and they were told in this text to create a branch of the government which dealt with Force users. Christened the Legion, these were a primitive form of the Jedi which focused more towards study, and gaining knowledge than the greater good. While some worked as a police of sorts, they were never the kind of peace keepers which the Jedi would later become, and not as skilled by any means. While some would end up to be powerful, they never had the training which was necessary.
Governemt -
Since the reform they have created a republic which relies on the conjunctions of a senate, fashioned much in the form by which the Galactic Republic has been formed as. Senators are elected from each of the main thirteen provinces of their people, each province getting three senators. There is one central leader, which is known as the Guardian, and has the sole responsibility of moving the Aquitans towards a better co-existence, and a greater posterity for their people. All of these must be native Aquitans, and there can be no foreigners in the legal system under in circumstances. Once a Guardian has been nominated, they must be deemed appropriate leadership by twelve of the thirteen provinces.
Each province is lead by a monarch, which is chosen by the people, and will always be the forerunners as one of the candidates for the Guardian when a new one is needed. Each of the monarchs have a council of thirteen which create new legislation, and approve the sanctions of the monarchs. Many monarchs will be nominated without their consent, or prior knowledge of someone doing so, and it is considered their duty to take up the office if they are chosen.
Social Class -
Social standing is a very complex thing on Proveus, and once started in one particular place it is a complicated thing to change. Most of the Aquitans are considered to be on equal social standards unless you have been particularly shamed for some reason or another, which usually puts you into a community service position. However, there are three tiers of standards which everyone is held to, and they are mainly based on level of achievement in the first ten years of life during maturation, and growth. Every child who looks to move on into the work force is judged by three standards; past performance, intelligence, and initiative in academic, and communal activities. Tainted are judged based on totally different standards, for most of them go into either law enforcement, the military, or some sort of job which involves work.
Either you are admitted into the Legion, which now is mainly a hospital of sorts, and is the held to the highest standards, a political office, teaching, some type of specialised work, and lastly factory work or food service. Most end up in the specialised work, which involves most desk jobs, secretaries, and more of the day to day jobs. Once you are admitted into one of these standards you are paid according to a set amount for each of the positions, and while they are also elevated in each levels of importance it is more set as a duty to do your work rather than to work because for monetary gain.
All of their food is either taken from herds of native animals, or planets which have been imported to grow in the normally harsh climates of the planet. All farmers and herders are revered for their position, and each one passes his or her land on to their descendants who may never got to any formal school to spend time as a form of apprentice. These people are often Tainted, and Pure who have interbred to make a very uncommon mix of the two which always exhibit all of the traits of a Tainted.
Anyone from off world is accepted easily into their society, but they are not tolerated at all if they bring up any kinds of trouble, and will be exported from the planet if anything should come up. Almost every person who is accepted into the general populace is given more of a choice in occupation than the actual natives, but this is because they do not believe most species respect duty the way they do. So, while they do not look down on other races, they give them more lenience in being able to be more free in what they want to do, while at the same time they expect them to uphold their honour, or they will be punished accordingly.
Force Sensitives -
The Aquitans see the need for the Jedi in the galaxy, but obviously are not going to devote their entire civilisation towards becoming a knight. So, they have devised a plan in their laws which deals with the need for them to at least aid the Jedi in some way with new recruits. For every orphan that makes it to the second year of their life without being adopted, they will send that child to the Jedi for training, to give these orphans a chance to be the most they can be without a true parent to look after them. Even though it is a small ratio, the large population means that quite a few of the Aquitans are sent to the Jedi each year.
The Legion has been since the very beginning of their culture, and has followed them through to now. Each incarnation of them working for different goals, and reasons, but all of them centred around the government. Any of the Aquitans who might dapple in the dark side are claimed as traitors towards the government, and will be killed for their treasons. Because of their relationships with dark side organisations in the past, they also have a zero tolerance for any Sith based, or Dark Jedi group which might emerge. At a political standpoint there is no tolerance once discovered.
History:
6,552 BBY - Our story begins many years ago, back in a time when little of the galaxy had been born as we know it today, and a new world was just a ship ride away. People on Proveus had just begun to learn the ability of hyperspace travel, when a curious group of Force Users came to their planet. This group of people began to colonise on their world, away from the main group of the Aquitans, and there they didn’t them at first. Neither party engaged each other, and for a while they were content with this sort of a relationship, never too intent on much of a greeting. That was, of course until the Force users in the Legion began to feel something they’d only experienced a few times in the past; the dark side of the force.
It leeched from where they had began to set up what looked to be a temple, and those who wielded the force could feel it like a stain on their planet. Fear that it would seep into the people, or take root in the planet itself a party of the Legion went to talk to them, and see if negotiations could be made. At the time there was little government on the face of the Proveus except the tribal leaders, and a monarchy in the their main city of Kinona Prime, but they demanded to see their monarch. So, the Legion in an attempt to make peace allowed these strangers a council with their leader.
Once the two leaders met it was a disastrous alliance from the start, but for a while there was peace. Those of the dark side would promise to keep the planet preserved so long as the Aquitans would give them some twelve force sensitive children a month. They bargained for a long while, and it was lowered to six, but the deal was, and fates were cast. It wasn’t even a year before the Legion realised these Sith as they called themselves lied, and the taint began to get worse than ever. Determined to set this right, they went there once again to demand the return of their children, and the permanent exile of all these from their planet. None of them made it back from this voyage. The Force only knows what was done to them, but no bodies were given back either.
The Monarch at the time declared the first war in several thousand years against this organisation, and preparations began. All of the Tainted were immediately drafted into the military, and their training began at that moment. Many people were moved out to the crop fields to work, and put in factories to create their machines of war, something which was very new to these people. However, many too were brought into the Legion, too for training in the Force. This war did not last long enough for these new recruits in the Legion to be used, but the first, and only major battle took place on the Plains of Eiabre(Sorrow in native Aquitanian). Wherein the Sith forces were greatly unnumbered due to the secrecy kept in the attack, and it drew most of these Dark siders out of the land.
After this transpired their hounds of war were pulled back, and smelted down for various reasons, people went back to their occupation, and life seemed to once again be normal. However, they did notice the invaders had left some of their technology behind, and in an attempt to destroy the technology they came across a ship. While they had made it to space, they were years till they would be able to reach any of the nearest planets, much less actually travel between stars in any reasonable amount of time. This was when they stumbled up one of the hyper drives, which their scientists were able to reverse engineer after a while, and they began to produce them. It took some time before they were able to, but soon they travelled out into the galaxy for the first time, and those who came back were filled with wild stories.
These astronauts brought back ideas, and spread whispers a float of a reformation. They brought terrible ideas to these people, ones of revolution. The Monarch suspended all interstellar travel, and put those who had begun the thoughts of reformation into imprisonment for treason. Riots broke out immediately, people began for the first time to act in unison against the government, and soon even the Legion had turned on its master. For almost three years they struggled with power until finally the Monarch and his royal line was destroyed, and so came about a new era.
The originators of this new age were released, and they told of a Republic. Once again the Aquitans went to the sky, this time they went to Coruscant, and pleaded their case before the senate. They sent to Proveus two Jedi Knights, some strange new warrior from the Republic to help them in this transformation of government. It didn’t take long for the reformations to take place, the new system of government took hold, and has stayed strong to this day. This was also when they gave the first children to the Jedi Order, the same ones who had gone to the Sith not so long ago in a hopes to give them a fair chance in life. Not long after that Proveus was granted admission into the Galactic Republic.
5,221 BBY - After a long period of peace among their people the Aquitans were once again in the face of war, as the Tainted who were severely treated as an inferior race revolted. This lead to them breaking away from the Pure all together, and they demanded to be given equal rights or they would take them. It seemed like the Tainted would give in eventually, or at least that was what the Guardian thought, but it was not quite that way in the end. Once the Tainted began to manufacture weapons, supplies, and war goods the Pure realised what was to happen, and quickly retaliated. At this time the Legion had swelled in response to a rise in the popularity in the idea of being a Jedi, and the Guardian strategically used this advantage to stage an attack on their factories.
This attack was quick, precisely calculated, and timed quite perfectly. Without much effort the Legion was able to simultaneously detonate charges to destroy these very crude factories, and destroyed much of their general necessities at the same time. While this gained poor support in the people, they did win this argument, and without anymore rebellion the Tainted came back. Despite their victory the Guardian did grant them more freedoms, and equality among the people, but because of their rebellion withheld much of what might have come. Some of the leaders, and instigators of the events were killed as an example towards future rebels, their history forgotten to their senators.
A period of tense relations between the two sub-species began after this, but not like it had been before the outbreak. With the rebellion behind them they began to plan for a total reformation of the natural state of Proveus, to better the state of their people. This involved terraforming many parts of the planet to invite more of the large seas which surround the planet, and make it less rugged in nature. Then they installed atmospheric controllers which changed the climate of the planet towards a more lush, and vegetation inducing weather. Part of the planet was left untouched to preserve the natural state of the planet, but most of it was altered. Native plant and animal life was preserved, and protected under the government wherein they were still harvested to keep the culture of the Aquitan people alive.
3,959 BBY - Once again posterity ensued, as great strives to catch up with the current state of the galaxy were made by the Aquitans, and many of their policies on honour were created at this time. Most personal ambitions were lost simply in the race to catch up to all of the galaxy, and so many new things began that the government took steps to secure the number of Aquitans on their planet, but enforcing strict immigration laws for both people coming in and out of the planet. Of course the population still fluctuated very rapidly through this period of time as people came in and out. About this time, though, came the Jedi Civil war, or the Second Sith War, as many people called it at the time. For the second time a Sith organisation made their way to Proveus, and while they had relatively forgotten about the first incident, it was still taught to their children. Of course this made them cautious about these new comers, but they seemed peaceful, at first. Soon, however they staged a small attack on the people of the planet, expecting to quickly take over these people, finding Proveus as a prime spot for an outpost.
While the Aquitans were able to once again drive the Sith out of their land, they quickly set up a zero tolerance rule for anyone who attempted to use the Dark Side on their planet. This also started even more close relationships with the Jedi, and caused them a hate for the wars of the rest of the galaxy. So far during the current upheaval in the galaxy the Aquitans wish for nothing more than to stay neutral, but they will not stand for any kind of Dark Side interference on their planet even if it means to break neutrality.