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Template:!SpeciesThe Selagans (Embla selagarum) are a species of carbon-based bipedal humanoids which evolved from Humans, originating from the planet of Selaga. Selagans are primarily located in and around the Lyak System of Florathel, although a large subset of them have migrated elsewhere. Selagans are similar to humans in most respects, having evolved directly from them. As such, they are sometimes xenophobic and hostile, and are often discriminatory to other members of their species.

Like humans, Selagans are bipedal vertebrates with a tough endoskeleton composed of various calcium compounds. They have a skull resting atop their shoulders containing the majority of their sensory organs as well as the brain. Most Selagans have six or seven digits on each limb, although some populations have five.

As of today, the vast majority of Selagans live within the Dominion of Khela and the Theocracy of Yaztas. This is simply because these are the closest nations to their homeworld.

Major Differences from Humans

Due to evolutionary divergence over roughly 60 thousand years and a wildly different environment from the human homeworld, the Selagans have several major differences to humans.

The most visibly obvious one is the fact that their eyes appear solid black, lacking an easily visible iris or sclera. Their own visible spectrum is also shifted far into the ultraviolet, as their parent star emits a spectrum which peaks there. They are also significantly taller and stronger to withstand the crushing gravity of their home planet.

Selagans also have a slightly modified reproductive system from humans. Single births are incredibly rare, and triplets and quadruplets make up most of all pregnancies. Biohistorians believe that this is likely due to the evolutionary advantage to bearing large numbers of children at once due to the small number of survivors of the Hope Fleet crash.

Due to the hostile conditions of Selaga, the Selagans have gained two capabilities which might seem wildly unrelated. Firstly, they can consume virtually any organic substance, digest it, and derive nutrients from it. Their skin also is on average much darker than most humans, as the higher melanin content helps protect them from the harsh radiation of Lyak that cannot be blocked by a magnetic field. Selagans generally prefer much lower temperatures that baseline humans due to their adopted homeworld's harsh conditions. After all these changes, it becomes apparent that not only was Selaga itself modified to be livable to its new inhabitants, but they modified themselves too.

There are many other changes that are simply tangential to making it easier to live in the hostile environment of Selaga. Likely due to the tiny initial population, there is very little natural genetic variation among Selagans, meaning that most of them look rather similar to each other and inbreeding and its effects can be more common. The consequences of this have mostly been neutralized as genetic manipulation has become more advanced, however.

Population Spread

There are many places across Florathel that the Selagans have spread to. However, most of the population of the species still resides within the Yaztas Region of Florathel, particularly within the Dominion of Khela and the Theocracy of Yaztas.

Over half of the Selagan population lived within the Arnot Republic before the War of Saiheran Succession, but this population was horrifically murdered during the Scouring of Arnot precipitated by the fleets of the DoK and Trezhath.

A small fraction of this population, forewarned of the oncoming attack, fled into interstellar space to a distant region of Florathel and founded the Darari Kelnai near The Heart of Providence, a Marwanist theocracy and the farthest large Selagan population. There are small populations of Selagans scattered throughout the universe, but none of them are large enough to affect universal affairs.

Nations with Significant Selagan Populations

Khela (43% of Selagans)
Theocracy of Yaztas (41% of Selagans)
Marakat (4% of Selagans)
Darari Kelnai (9% of Selagans)
Trezhath (2% of Selagans)
Others (1% of Selagans)

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 {{!Species|title1 = Selagans|image1 = |caption1 = A portrait of an average baseline Selagan|homeworld = [[Selaga]]|average_height/length = Female: 2.435 Meters<br>
-Male:1.695 Meters|average_weight = 75 kg|average_lifespan = Immortal due to advancements in technology, however, the average lifespan is 1000 years.|environment = ~15° Celsius|diet = Omnivorous|intelligence = Sapient|social_structure = Tribalistic}}The '''Selagans''' (''Homo Selagarum'') are a species of carbon-based bipedal humanoids which evolved from [[Humans]], originating from the planet of [[Selaga]]. Selagans are primarily located in and around the [[Lyak System]] of [[Florathel]], although a large subset of them have migrated elsewhere. Selagans are similar to humans in most respects, having evolved directly from them. As such, they are sometimes xenophobic and hostile, and are often discriminatory to other members of their species.
+Male:1.695 Meters|average_weight = 75 kg|average_lifespan = Immortal due to advancements in technology, however, the average lifespan is 1000 years.|environment = ~15° Celsius|diet = Omnivorous|intelligence = Sapient|social_structure = Tribalistic}}The '''Selagans''' (''Embla selagarum'') are a species of carbon-based bipedal humanoids which evolved from [[Humans]], originating from the planet of [[Selaga]]. Selagans are primarily located in and around the [[Lyak System]] of [[Florathel]], although a large subset of them have migrated elsewhere. Selagans are similar to humans in most respects, having evolved directly from them. As such, they are sometimes xenophobic and hostile, and are often discriminatory to other members of their species.
 Like humans, Selagans are bipedal vertebrates with a tough endoskeleton composed of various calcium compounds. They have a skull resting atop their shoulders containing the majority of their sensory organs as well as the brain. Most Selagans have six or seven digits on each limb, although some populations have five.