Kell (species)

The Kell were a race of s who originated from the  Kellan, a world in the most remote expanses of. A naturally -like yet intelligent, the Kell used their military prowess and advanced technology to create a vast interstellar empire and establish themselves as one of the dominant civilizations of and.

Biology and appearance
The Kell were a species of bipeds known for their great strength and intelligence. Humanoids in overall appearance, Kell shared many biological and aesthetic traits with both s and s.

Kell skin—which varied in shades of —was resilient and capable of safely absorbing excessive amounts of harmful s to protect their internal organs. Perhaps their most distinctive features were the thick ridges of scales on their necks, chins, limbs, and spines, which made them instantly recognizable; due to the thickness of these scale ridges, Kell were incapable of growing anywhere on their bodies except for their scalps. They had long, pointed s and keen s that allowed them to sense spectra and frequencies that most other races could not.

Kell were also naturally robust. Their s and muscle tissue were incredibly dense, which granted them impressive levels of strength and durability. In the case that a Kell did receive extreme injury, their rapid healing factor allowed them to recover quickly—they were even capable of limbs if they suffered dismemberment, although this ability depended largely on the individuals health and age.

Kell possessed advanced mental capabilities. They often used a form of that allowed them to transfer and receive large amounts of information nearly instantaneously and made it possible for them to become comfortably familiar with a new acquaintance within seconds. Because of this ability, Kell did not understand the process of first meetings in the ways that most other races did and were considered socially awkward at times by non-Kell. Kell were known to have high Force-resistance and were immune to the potent s produced by such species as s.

Kell were a naturally long-lived species, with most living roughly 250 s and some living as long as 400 years on rare occasions. While the Kell produced, they did not give birth to live young and instead laid. They were capable of with a handful of other races such as, though their chances of successfully producing offspring with a  was only one chance in four. There were at least two subspecies of Kell; the heavily-muscled Buranians and the rare -skinned Amonsenites.

Early history
The Kell originated on the world of Kellan in Rishi Maze. Throughout much of history, dating back even before the dawn of their civilization, they were visited numerous times by the s—primarily Amon'Sen Moon-and-Star—and had their evolution manipulated over the course of generations. While the Celestials were lasted believed to have visited the Kell in 82,000 BBY, It is popularly accepted that Amon'Sen mated with numerous Kell during these visits and that his offspring formed what became the Amonsenite tribe.

In the early stages of their civilization, their contact with the Celestials made them desire an existence of refined culture to emulate their old gods and by 60,000 BBY they possessed a fledgeling interstellar empire that spanned numerous worlds across a dozen star systems. Kellan, at that point an, was the core of the empire until a destroyed their homeworld and nearly led to their extinction. The remnants of Kell civilization, scattered across numerous star systems, attempted to reclaim their territory but the rise of s led to the start of a violent series of civil wars that occurred throughout the course of their history. These wars made the Kell aggressive and distrustful toward outsiders, leading the rest of Rishi Maze to avoid contact with the kell and their contested regions.

By 5,000 BBY, these civil wars met their end as one of the last Amonsenite warlords of the period—Lord Donzu—discovered a lost cache of powerful Celestial technology on the edges of Rishi Maze and used it to defeat his enemies and lay claim to their territories. Before long all of the Kell nations, once-scattered, were once again united under a single ruler. With this accomplishment, Donzu declared himself the first emperor of a new order.

During this stage of their history, known as the reconstruction era, the Kell remained in isolation to focus dutifully on rebuilding and merging their territories into a single, powerful domain. The advanced technology wielded by Donzu was reverse-engineered and integrated into society on a massive scale over the course of centuries and while they were unable to completely mimic the technological capabilities of the Celestials, they still managed to catapult their civilization's development forward by thousands of years placing them well ahead of the rest of Rishi Maze. During this long-running period of intense development for the Kell the rest of Rishi Maze remained completely oblivious since they actively avoided contact with the Kell.