Capellan: Difference between revisions

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)

Mid-2260s: First contact with interstellar life; Federation expedition (TOS: "Friday's Child")

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 * 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==