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Post-Zafiil

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	=== Post-Zafiil ===		=== Post-Zafiil ===
	The Faulfenza joined the Alliance in 311 BA, a decision [[Jan Naula]] made when Alliance scouts were sighted close enough to the planet to make contacting them first a good idea.		The Faulfenza joined the Alliance in 311 BA, a decision [[Jan Naula]] made when Alliance scouts were sighted close enough to the planet to make contacting them first a good idea.<ref>''[[Zafiil (Fiction)\|Zafiil]]'', Volume 2, Coda</ref>
	* See also: [[Faulfenzair Language]] and [[Faulfenzair Scrolls]]		* See also: [[Faulfenzair Language]] and [[Faulfenzair Scrolls]]

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Esper Powers

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	Something worse than the Others she’d met. Something responsible for the void bridges, full of hate. Something that unmade... as Quzen had been unmade, past any hope of restoration. The Faulfenza had hurt their world, but they hadn’t destroyed it. Not like this. <ref>''[[Zafiil (Fiction)\|Zafiil]]'', Volume 2, Chapter 21</ref></blockquote>		Something worse than the Others she’d met. Something responsible for the void bridges, full of hate. Something that unmade... as Quzen had been unmade, past any hope of restoration. The Faulfenza had hurt their world, but they hadn’t destroyed it. Not like this. <ref>''[[Zafiil (Fiction)\|Zafiil]]'', Volume 2, Chapter 21</ref></blockquote>

			=== Post-Zafiil ===
			The Faulfenza joined the Alliance in 311 BA, a decision [[Jan Naula]] made when Alliance scouts were sighted close enough to the planet to make contacting them first a good idea.
	* See also: [[Faulfenzair Language]] and [[Faulfenzair Scrolls]]		* See also: [[Faulfenzair Language]] and [[Faulfenzair Scrolls]]

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Recording Policies

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	Recordings meant for education have a longer lifespan, but even so they are allowed to expire and are renewed, and if they ever involve a particular Faulfenzair they are subject to the same habits of deleting items.		Recordings meant for education have a longer lifespan, but even so they are allowed to expire and are renewed, and if they ever involve a particular Faulfenzair they are subject to the same habits of deleting items.

			Historically, there is probably a link between the Exodus and the falling away of personal writing; the ships were crowded, everyone had a mass allotment, and paper is heavy. This accelerated a move toward electronic record-keeping as primary vehicle for information sharing. The break with prior culture on Quzen, and the creation of new habits on Qufiil, probably solidified this habit: paper was wasteful, personal accounts past a certain point were deadweight, and things that must be saved should either be educational/informational or divine/religious.

	==== Fiction ====		==== Fiction ====
	Faulfenza don't write fictional stories, and have no culture of fiction-writing. No movies, no novels. The Scrolls, which are considered historical fact, are the ~~closet~~ they come to fiction. They don't lack imagination, and thought exercises and hypotheticals are learning devices used by every Faulfenzair, but making up stories and living vicariously though them, or learning from them, is alien to them.		Faulfenza don't write fictional stories, and have no culture of fiction-writing. No movies, no novels. The Scrolls, which are considered historical fact, are the closest they come to fiction. They don't lack imagination, and thought exercises and hypotheticals are learning devices used by every Faulfenzair, but making up stories and living vicariously though them, or learning from them, is alien to them.

	==Technology==		==Technology==

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Cultural Norms

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 This is a section for little details that might get lost until I find a better place to put them.
 * While the Faulfenza have the concept of takeout, they don't do disposable containers. The delivery person will have restaurant containers, permanent, for delivery, and will serve from them into the person's dishes/bowls. If someone is staying in an overnight-house that accepts delivery, they will accept it into their own tableware and send it up to the room.
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History

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	Not long afterwards, the decision to administrate the planets differently was made, a decision overseen by Faullaizaf, and that saw the two proponents for the winning instated as the first OverDancer of the Preserve and the first WorldDancer of the Seeker's Side: Jenai and Niidza, respectively. This event is recorded in the Scroll of the Stewards.		Not long afterwards, the decision to administrate the planets differently was made, a decision overseen by Faullaizaf, and that saw the two proponents for the winning instated as the first OverDancer of the Preserve and the first WorldDancer of the Seeker's Side: Jenai and Niidza, respectively. This event is recorded in the Scroll of the Stewards.

			=== Return to Quzen ===
			The third messiah, Zafiil, located Quzen and revisited it:<blockquote>Quzen was... not what she expected. The Scrolls had been clear about the condition of their homeworld on their departure, or at least, as clear as they ever were: they had used up the bounty of the oceans, and poisoned them. They had depleted the soil and reduced the thousands of species to a bare handful. ‘The earth would not bear; the seas would not yield; the sky begrudged every breath.’ But that led her to expect a damaged world, perhaps even one that had healed in its thousands of years of peace. At very least, she should have seen evidence of Faulfenzair habitation: ruins on-planet, or abandoned orbital debris.

			But the ''Slipstream'' pulled into orbit above a dead world, reduced to dust and rock, without so much as an atmosphere to clothe its cracked and naked crust. She would have been hard-pressed to find any evidence of satellites or orbital installations, except that there was a fine grit with metallic glints in it floating in orbit with her, pinging constantly against the ship’s debris shield. Zafiil stared down into the magnified display, her ears pinned flat to her skull. Unavoidably, she thought of Jiizel’s visitation. ''The Lost Kin found the Others. We are lost in truth.''

			Something worse than the Others she’d met. Something responsible for the void bridges, full of hate. Something that unmade... as Quzen had been unmade, past any hope of restoration. The Faulfenza had hurt their world, but they hadn’t destroyed it. Not like this. <ref>''[[Zafiil (Fiction)\|Zafiil]]'', Volume 2, Chapter 21</ref></blockquote>

	* See also: [[Faulfenzair Language]] and [[Faulfenzair Scrolls]]		* See also: [[Faulfenzair Language]] and [[Faulfenzair Scrolls]]

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Lifespan

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	The Faulfenza live around 800 of Qufiil's years. In their 30s they are considered a child, and once they reach 60ish, a young adult; most Faulfenza are operating as independent adults by their 80s. Since they do not mature sexually until encountering their lifemates, they don't have the same assumptions about adult thresholds as species with a puberty that proceeds on schedule, regardless of physical age.		The Faulfenza live around 800 of Qufiil's years. In their 30s they are considered a child, and once they reach 60ish, a young adult; most Faulfenza are operating as independent adults by their 80s. Since they do not mature sexually until encountering their lifemates, they don't have the same assumptions about adult thresholds as species with a puberty that proceeds on schedule, regardless of physical age.

	It's ~~rare~~ for Faulfenza to ~~reach 150 without finding~~ their ~~lifemate~~, ~~at which~~ point they become reproductive adults~~... but if~~ they ~~don't Entwine~~ until ~~they are near~~ the end of their lives, ~~they are~~ still capable of ~~bearing~~ young.		It's common for Faulfenza to find their lifemates between their mid-first century and their fourth, with the greatest number clustering around the 200-year mark. At this point they become reproductive adults, and the next 250 years are their most fertile/virile, though they remain capable of reproduction (both male and female) until the end of their lives. The average Faulfenzair couple produces 4-5 children.

			While rare, a late Entwining (for individuals older than ~600 years) is still capable of producing young, and late Entwinings tend to add years to a Faulfenzair's lifespan... the younger they are, the longer. So a Faulfenzair who Entwines at 600 might see another 100 years added to his life, but one who entwines at 800, maybe 20-30.

			There are no records of Faulfenza who reach adulthood failing to Entwine. This phenomenon is known as Faulza's Magnanimity, and is casually accepted by Faulfenzair scientists in a way the Pelted would probably find crazy-making.

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Lifespan

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	It's rare for Faulfenza to reach 150 without finding their lifemate, at which point they become reproductive adults... but if they don't Entwine until they are near the end of their lives, they are still capable of bearing young.		It's rare for Faulfenza to reach 150 without finding their lifemate, at which point they become reproductive adults... but if they don't Entwine until they are near the end of their lives, they are still capable of bearing young.

	If fostering is done at all, the children are sent in their thirties, and spend thirty years in their foster location. The end of this period is known as last-mark.<ref>''[[Zafiil (Fiction)\|Zafiil]]'', Volume 1, Chapter 22</ref>

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	Faulfenza are inherently nonviolent and do not deliberately cause harm to sapient species; they were unable to conceive of that as possible until after first contact with aliens. Regarding killing: "This is against Faulfenzair beliefs in a way I have difficulty describing. We do not have a history of war or violence; we die of natural causes, and of accidents, but we do not willfully cause one another harm. To inflict harm on others is... not even anathema, because that requires the act to be conceivable," <ref name="cod-apl">''[[In the Court of Dragons (Fiction) \|In the Court of Dragons]]'', "All Paths Lead (to the God)"</ref>		Faulfenza are inherently nonviolent and do not deliberately cause harm to sapient species; they were unable to conceive of that as possible until after first contact with aliens. Regarding killing: "This is against Faulfenzair beliefs in a way I have difficulty describing. We do not have a history of war or violence; we die of natural causes, and of accidents, but we do not willfully cause one another harm. To inflict harm on others is... not even anathema, because that requires the act to be conceivable," <ref name="cod-apl">''[[In the Court of Dragons (Fiction) \|In the Court of Dragons]]'', "All Paths Lead (to the God)"</ref>

			==== Fostering ====
			If fostering is done at all, the children are sent in their thirties, and spend thirty years on Quafiirla. The end of this period is known as last-mark.<ref name=":0">''[[Zafiil (Fiction)\|Zafiil]]'', Volume 1, Chapter 22</ref> Fostering is not done in reverse, to Quapendai; Quafiirla adolescents, however, may choose to spend their new adulthoods on the Seeker's Side as their equivalent to fosterage. In this way, Faulfenza have a solid, pre-technological childhood and the opportunity to participate in a modern society as adults, if they choose, after that foundational period.<ref name=":0" />

	=== Stereotypes ===		=== Stereotypes ===

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Lifespan

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	It's rare for Faulfenza to reach 150 without finding their lifemate, at which point they become reproductive adults... but if they don't Entwine until they are near the end of their lives, they are still capable of bearing young.		It's rare for Faulfenza to reach 150 without finding their lifemate, at which point they become reproductive adults... but if they don't Entwine until they are near the end of their lives, they are still capable of bearing young.

			If fostering is done at all, the children are sent in their thirties, and spend thirty years in their foster location. The end of this period is known as last-mark.<ref>''[[Zafiil (Fiction)\|Zafiil]]'', Volume 1, Chapter 22</ref>

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Coloration

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	*red, or russet (only three have been this color; they were known as the Fireborn. It is believed children born this color were forged in Faulza's cauldron and are messengers from Him.)		*red, or russet (only three have been this color; they were known as the Fireborn. It is believed children born this color were forged in Faulza's cauldron and are messengers from Him.)

	Black with white and red (as opposed to grayish or orange) is called the classic ~~coloring~~.		Black with white and red (as opposed to grayish or orange) is called the Qudii's colors. (Sometimes in text called the 'classic' colors.)

	* Normal eye colors: blue, red, violet, orange, amber, green		* Normal eye colors: blue, red, violet, orange, amber, green

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Lifespan

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	* '''Species Type:''' True alien		* '''Species Type:''' True alien
	* '''Origin:''' Evolved		* '''Origin:''' Evolved
	* '''Frame Type:''' Bipedal, digitigrade, heavy-gravity-worlder		* '''Frame Type:''' Bipedal, digitigrade, heavy gravity-worlder
	* '''Average Height:'''		* '''Average Height:''' 5'8" to 6'3" (with outliers: 5'5" to 6'5")
	* '''Average Lifespan:''' 800 years, Alliance-standard		* '''Average Lifespan:''' 800 years, Alliance-standard
	* '''Gravity Preference:''' heavy		* '''Gravity Preference:''' heavy; Qufiil is [[Mediger Scale\|Mediger]] 9
	* '''Homeworld:''' [[Qufiil]] (formerly, [[List of Planets\|Quzen]])		* '''Homeworld:''' [[Qufiil]] (formerly, [[List of Planets\|Quzen]])
	* '''Native Language:''' [[Faulfenzair Language \|Faulfenzair]]		* '''Native Language:''' [[Faulfenzair Language \|Faulfenzair]]
	==Appearance and Physiology==		==Appearance and Physiology==
	[[File:Illo-FaulfenzairEars.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|Faulfenzair Ears]]The Faulfenza are heavy-gravity worlders, bipedal with powerful, dense bodies, digitigrade legs, a long tail, partially prehensile and 3-4 feet in length. The tail is separated into two "bodies", a long fringe near the spine and a hairless/short-haired segment, followed by a second, long tuft. They have six digits (toes and fingers) and these toes and fingers have no nails or claws, nor toe beans. The bottoms of their feet, and the palms of their hands, are hairless.		[[File:Illo-FaulfenzairEars.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|Faulfenzair Ears]]The Faulfenza are heavy-gravity worlders, bipedal with powerful, dense bodies, digitigrade legs, a long tail, partially prehensile and 3-4 feet in length. The tail is separated into two "bodies", a long fringe near the spine and a hairless/short-haired segment, followed by a second, long tuft. They have six digits (toes and fingers) and these toes and fingers have no nails or claws, nor toe beans. The bottoms of their feet, and the palms of their hands, are hairless. Their faces have long, narrow muzzles with vaguely deer-like nose pads. Eyes are forward-facing with round pupils. The ears are hemispherical fans with two points that sweep back and have significant range of motion: not forward, but sideways. (Like a rolltop desk.)
	They are omnivores.		They are omnivores.

	~~Their faces~~ have ~~long~~, ~~narrow muzzles with vaguely deer-like nose pads. Eyes are forward-facing with round pupils. The ears are hemispherical fans with two points that sweep back~~ and have ~~significant range of motion: not forward~~, ~~but sideways. (Like a rolltop desk~~.)		While they are bilaterally symmetrical, they tend to grow things in sextuples rather than pairs; so their hearts have six chambers, their largest thigh muscles have six strands, their hands and feet have six digits, etc.

	=== Lifespan ===		=== Lifespan ===
	The Faulfenza live around 800 of Qufiil's years. In their 30s they are considered ~~around~~ the age of ~~a 10 year old~~.		The Faulfenza live around 800 of Qufiil's years. In their 30s they are considered a child, and once they reach 60ish, a young adult; most Faulfenza are operating as independent adults by their 80s. Since they do not mature sexually until encountering their lifemates, they don't have the same assumptions about adult thresholds as species with a puberty that proceeds on schedule, regardless of physical age.

			It's rare for Faulfenza to reach 150 without finding their lifemate, at which point they become reproductive adults... but if they don't Entwine until they are near the end of their lives, they are still capable of bearing young.

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