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* Biological notes | * Biological notes | ||
** Slightly keener eyesight than Humans on average (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Twilight'') | ** Slightly keener eyesight than Humans on average (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Twilight'') | ||
** Red blood (TTN Novel: ''The Red King'') | |||
* Cultural notes | |||
** [[Food and drink#Capellan|Capellan food]] | |||
** Capellan belief in the afterlife generally consists of a broad impression that it is not the soul or the self that lives beyond death, but the emotions being felt upon ones death (TTN Novel: ''The Red King'') | |||
** Vriloxince | |||
*** Last testament before ones death (TTN Novel: ''The Red King'') | |||
** W'lash'nogot | |||
*** Ritual suicide performed so that a loved one or friend could survive in their stead (TTN Novel: ''The Red King'') | |||
**** Considered the ultimate expression of love for another (TTN: ''The Red King'') | |||
**** Triggered via ritualistic meditation leading to the heart rate slowing to a full stop (TTN: ''The Red King'') | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:46, 29 December 2024
- Appearance: Mammalian
- Mostly indistinguishable from Humans (TOS: "Friday's Child")
- Extreme height, averaging 7-8 feet tall (TOS: "Friday's Child")
- Homeworld: Capella IV (TOS: "Friday's Child")
- Biological notes
- Slightly keener eyesight than Humans on average (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Twilight)
- Red blood (TTN Novel: The Red King)
- Cultural notes
- Capellan food
- Capellan belief in the afterlife generally consists of a broad impression that it is not the soul or the self that lives beyond death, but the emotions being felt upon ones death (TTN Novel: The Red King)
- Vriloxince
- Last testament before ones death (TTN Novel: The Red King)
- W'lash'nogot
- Ritual suicide performed so that a loved one or friend could survive in their stead (TTN Novel: The Red King)
- Considered the ultimate expression of love for another (TTN: The Red King)
- Triggered via ritualistic meditation leading to the heart rate slowing to a full stop (TTN: The Red King)
- Ritual suicide performed so that a loved one or friend could survive in their stead (TTN Novel: The Red King)
History
- Mid-2260s: First contact with interstellar life; Federation expedition (TOS: "Friday's Child")