Zythyns

Description

Template:XenoclassificationZythyns (Pronounced Zie-Thens) are a set of triped species of Xeno, which mostly reside in the Lowzyol Federation. Zythyns are usually seen with a long neck, often with their feeder tentacles protruding outside of their face.

Zythyns are one of the species responsible for creating the Commonwealth of United Economic Nations. They also have their own nation, called the Lowzyol Federation. After the creation of the LZF, Zythyns began to separate in their genetics via genetic editing and natural selection. As a result, there appear to be no baseline Zythyns, save for a few fanatic members of the population.

Exterior

Tentacles

A baseline Zythyn usually has many 'tentacles' or 'hairs' around their head, body, neck, and face. There are no tentacles that protrude near their eyes, lower body, chest, or 'hands.' However, there is a surplus of protective tentacles on their backs, feet, and the previously mentioned neck.

Nasal Passage

Baseline Zythyns have a nasal divot in their front face, which is responsible for a Zythyn's ability to smell. Their nasal passage also helps them make coherent speech patterns. Their sense of smell is quite frail when compared to other species, often resorting to using their multitude of sensory feelers located near their mouth.

Mouth

With a large amount of feelers, a Zythyn mouth is often described by others as crowded or hairy. This is particularly useful for Zythyns, as their feelers and tentacles can differentiate between edible objects by touch alone. They used this ability to 'taste' the air in thick forests, (where sight is less useful or even useless) as well as sensing temperature or even toxicity.

Eyes

Baseline Zythyns contain eyes made up of two large pupils, and a small cornea section. Zythyn pupils can be controlled manually, as well as their lenses. Their abilities make them able to guide how far they can see, as well as how much exposure they can attain. Their eyes also have great color-perception abilities, although they can be blinded by exceptionally bright lights. Zythyn eyes also have an excellent ability to adapt to darkness.

Interior

A Zythyn's interior can be summed up to a large network of interconnecting bones, muscles, fat, and organs which all work together to allow for advanced movement, and the staple Zythyn intellect.

Organs

Zythyn organs differ greatly than many other species. A noticeable difference is that most baseline Zythyns contain two or three stomachs, used process the hard and native food on Lowrokira. Other notable features about Zythyn organs is the heart, where it is connected directly to the brain and other arteries to promote blood flow and growth. This is one of the reasons for Zythyn intelligence.

Unique Abilities

Almost every Zythyn has a pronounced presence of unique abilities. Most of them are quite weak or limited due to the forces of gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear forces.

"Telepathy"

Telepathy has been a staple of Zythyn lifestyle ever since the invention of mass cloning and genome editing. However, telepathy has been in a rare group of Zythyns before this technology was made. Telepathy is possible in the first place by a small neurotransmitter gland the size of a pear. This gland is located under the Zythyn brain near the spine. This organ often comes as far as the spinal cord, and as front as the back of the throat.

All Zythyns in recorded history have had this in organ, but they were mostly underdeveloped. They mostly functioned as an excess of white matter, and nothing more. However, some gifted Zythyns had their neurotransmitter develop much more than usual, all the way until adulthood. These mature organs had the ability to vibrate it to an ultra-high frequency. If any other Zythyns with this ability were nearby, they could collect and decipher the frequency with the same organ, giving way to a basic form of telekinesis. The frequency travels as a sound wave, disturbing the air particles to send it over. Eventually, this was found out by the masses. When the rare Zythyns' genes were extracted, many people wanted to have their offspring hold and give this ability. Eventually, within 4 generations, almost every Zythyn had this ability. It soon became even more common as genome editing phased into common life.

This ability does not work in the vacuum of space, as a result of there being no medium for the frequency to travel between. Instead, people in space simply use other forms of communication.

Behavior

Usually, Zythyns are extremely docile, and only get aggravated when pushed to a point that would make an average Human on the verge of assault. This docility has had its good and bad sides. For example, this has been unhelpful when events like The War for All happened. It had shockingly less impact on Zythyn opinion compared to Human opinion when it was declared. All of this docility is most likely made up from their sheer scale toughness and durability.

Zythyn aggravation is usually very difficult to achieve. When it happens, the Zythyn body is naturally pumped with testosterone/estrogen, and adrenaline. Their anger is also released in short bursts, and usually occur without warning. This may cause a Zythyn to do unruly acts of anger in quick successions. These snaps of anger have also been 'exploited', with Zythyn battle suits being given pre-built adrenaline shots. This might help soldiers on the ground, who are struggling from enemy attack.

Zythyns have been documented to primarily eat foods that are tough in composition, as their very acidic stomachs plow through any soft foods. Many choose to suck on foods like seeds and nuts, which have many flavors in them. Soft foods are eaten, as well, but are typically hard to enjoy as a result of a Zythyn's powerful jaws and teeth.

The average environment for a Zythyn is heavily urban-like, with only ~12% of the population living on planets that are rural. No matter the style of life that have, Zythyn cities are to be described as magnificent. This is because that their buildings are built with large amounts of patterns, being like polished and built with fractal-like patterns. While most buildings on Zythyn planets are not quite tall, there are the special 'Citadel' buildings that can go many kilometres high.

 Last Names

Zythyn last names work quite differently than any person may expect. For a start, they are scaled not on hereditary measures, but it scales of wealth and importance. This rule mostly applies to the elite, as the presidents and governors are granted the last name 'Imir. Imir in Old Zythyn translates to a leader or mayor. This sub-section of the rule has also been quite vague within the past few millennia. As of 200000 CE, most people have opted-in for nontraditional last names.

How Zythyns used to be created

Many outsiders to Zythanity have often pondered on how more citizens are made. Well, it does not involve a horrible and inefficient birthing process, alike humans or other mammalian or arthropod organisms. Millennia ago, before genetic cloning and even painless birthing, Zythyns laid large egg-like structures, which they would keep tended and incubated for approximately 3 standard months. The hatchling would then grow to be about 1/2 the mother's size and walking within only one standard year. The newborn would also molt into new scales many times, causing annoying messes. In a Zythyn home similar to a 21st century Earth, electronic heating and cooling for the eggs were readily available, and vaccinations would sometimes be injected inside the egg if a vulnerability was detected.