Halkan

• 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)