Halkan

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  • Appearance: Humanoid; largely indistinguishable from Humans (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")
  • Homeworld: Halka
  • Cultural notes
    • Halkan religion
      • Polytheistic (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
    • Pacifist in all respects by 23rd century, even for self-defense (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror"; TLE Novel: The Sundered)
      • Implied to have been a shift in society from earlier era (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
        • Significant pacifistic philosophers include Tharn the Wise (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
      • Those who commit violence are ritually shunned from Halkan society (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
    • On coming of age, individuals are tattooed in the center of their forehead with the crest of their family, marking their adulthood (TLE Novel: The Sundered)
      • Upon adulthood, Halkans are eligible to marry, establish personal freeholds (TLE Novel: The Sundered)