Guardian Chronicles

       Throughout the novel Luapp and Enegene are referred to as Gaeizaan. This is because their home planet is Gaeiza, the mother planet of the Seven Systems and seat of power for their Sherin (king) and systems government. But they are also Sollenites. Sollenite is their genus and covers a range of different species who have the same internal body structure and external features. The difference in species is shown by skin colour, dental arrangement and blood colour. So while their genus is Sollenite, their species is Gaeizaan, despite them inhabiting a range of planets within the Seven Systems. While the Gaeizaan species inhabit a relatively small area of the galaxy they live in, the Sollenite genus has spread through three quarters of it.

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       In the novel there are brief descriptions of Luapp and Enegene. They are taller than the humans on Pedanta, and stronger. Enegene realises she is much stronger than Pellan, another alien when she floors him with a slap. When angry, Luapp manages to stab a hand size rock on the end of a garden fork, and then pull it off again without much effort.

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      Thier facial features are different to humans in the fact their ears have points and their brows rise gently upwards. At this point I feel the need to make clear that the V word has no place here. Mostly because as soon as a character has pointed ears and raised brows, a certin group of people say Vulcan, or Spock. Neither Spock nor his race had any influence on my characters physical appearance. Britain has a long history of other worldly beings with pointed ears, rising brows and great strength.

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      Some of these features are in Tolkeins' Lord of the Rings triolgy. Others crop up in Vampire series. And elves being man sized were often written about. So long before Gene Roddenbery's Mr. Spock made the scene, pointed ears, raised brows and great strength were already in our ancient literature.

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      My characters are a mix of this heritage with a few tweeks. They come from a species that is one of the strongest in their galaxy. They have red skin, to protect them from their suns heat, pointed ears to capture distant sound in the thinner atmosphere and raised brows and long lashes which in ancient timeskept the dust out of their eyes. This trait hasn't changed in the millennia it has taken them to become the intelligent beings they are.

 

     They also have two stomachs, large lungs of which the bottom tenth can be shut down when in thicker atmospheres, and drinking fangs. Perversely, they are total vegetarians, which on Earth would be called Vegans. Enegene says they cannot eat anything from an animal, and they carry a medical kit in case of accidental injestion of anything animal.

 

      So why the fangs?

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      During their prehistoric stage, the small cactus living creatures that evolved into Gaeizaans were near the bottom of the food chain. They lived on the long sharp thorned plants for two reasons; they gave them protection from the predators, and sustenance.

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     At this time, the plants had tough skins to lock their sap in and only something with needle like fangs could penetrate the skin and suck up the juice. When their ancestors evolved enough to use weapons and became strong enough to defend themselves, they no longer needed the long hollow fangs to survive. Their teeth shrunk to fit the jaw and are now only slightly longer than human canine teeth, but they remain hollow as they are still used for their primary function.

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    As their species is Gaeizaan, their blood is a firey red in colour.

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    Gaeizaans are humanoid, mammalian bipeds (as describes in the Galactic Council's Species guide on Padua).

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