Across the Sea of Stars

The Klorn

You are here because of the Klorn...

The Klorn are one of the oldest races known to the Coterie, if not the oldest. They don't talk much about their history, but they've shown some archaeologists objects dating back over eight billion yearcycles. The Klorn have suggested that these are "relatively recent" constructs.

Two hundred yearcycles ago, a Klorn changed the color of their star and the inclination of one of the moons circling their homeworld — but only for seven weekcycles. The effort was hailed as a masterpiece, creating more aesthetic shadows during the nights when that moon was full.

A human, invited to the Festival of Eternal Indifference, was shown one of the most recent artistic endeavors of a revered Klorn. It was a cubical room, about ten meters on a side. The walls, floor and ceiling were stark white, somehow harsh and bright enough to hurt the visitor's eyes. The room was empty. When asked for an explanation, the Klorn said that "time flowed ecstatically" through the volume.

The Klorn are definitely one of the strangest races known to the Coterie. No one knows what a true Klorn looks like, because every one of them has a different form and a unique biology. They are a race of artists who use themselves as part of their palette. It's not even clear if the Klorn we see today are the same race that evolved on the planet so long ago. There are reasons to believe that the Klorn we are familiar with may be a creation aesthetically pleasing to one of the true Klorn, who have since gone elsewhere. Of course, there are tales that those "true Klorn" were also a creation, and that the Klorn of today are at least two "generations" removed from the originals.