Capellan

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  • 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)

History

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