Atlantians

A warrior race at heart, the Atlantians have been tempered over the years due to bad karma. Thousands of years ago they controlled a vast empire stretching over a lot of this area of space, and ruled it with an iron fist. However, another empire known as the Zoir moved in and destroyed the Atlantian empire and all of its allies in a long and bloody war. In the final battle, the Atlantian homeworld was destroyed by the Zoir fleet, but not before several colony ships were shot into space. The only known successful one ended up on an island chain in the mid-Atlantic on Earth.

From there the Atlantians attempted to rebuild their society, by first taking control of the planet they were on. This backfired however, when they underestimated the cunningness and determination of the local species—homo sapiens. After an almost uneventful march across the Mediterranean area, the nations of Greece and Egypt of that time fought back, and in a desperate maneuver, used an Atlantian doomsday weapon against them, ending the current Ice Age and sinking most of the island chain.

Atlantians have dark-tanned skin, and white hair due to lack of pigment. They stand between six and seven feet in height, and can live for over 300 years (some have been known to live for a full half a century).

As their culture is ancient, they are a very tradition based society, with rituals and superstitions that persist to this day. While there is no longer a standing army, every Atlantian is trained in at least one form of martial arts or weapons combat. This is usually with an Atlantian Trident (both a long range and short range weapon), but others may be used instead. As a traditional warrior species, they all have a very strong sense of honor.

However, as much warriors that they are, as they live for so long they also gain a vast amount of knowledge during their lifetime. And politicly, they are isolationist, not willing to get involved in affairs that do not concern them.

The Atlantian religion is very complex. It hints at being influenced by Hinduism (or perhaps vice-versa) in the fact that there is in truth only one “reality”, which is simply shown through various facets in all life. Most notably in their vast pantheon of gods, of which there is an almost infinite amoute. The major ones are well known on Earth as those from Greco-Roman, Egyptian, Norse, Meso-American, and Mesopotamian mythologies.

There is a once little-known fact about Atlantians, which is that they have a third gender. They produce an enzyme that the female in most species has already inside her. While cross-species breeding IS possible with Atlantians, it might be trickier then with most other humanoid species. It was previously believed that the third gender was non-sentient or semi-sentient, although it seems as though that rumor was unfounded, and they simply were not given the same chances as other people at education or lives. Many reforms are now happening to change this.