Constellian
Constellians are a faction of Tigiren that are believed to be split from ancestors of Surxin and Vaxhoran descendant Tigiren factions. Their heritage crosses over between a greater curiosity of knowledge, endurance, and trials across the universe. However in full form they've adopted some ideas from Tarmic people, and tend to often be very prominent space-faring capitalists. They've made careers in trades, exotic housing markets, omni-versal press, and even pirating or pawning questionably second-paw'd goods. They are considered among the most common and multi-cultured tigiren, and may even be argued as a false sect with how often they cross-pollinate with other sects, and adopt samples of other cultures.
Culture
Shared customary codes and values
- Exploring universes and planets
- Being clean, proud, and promoting a good status and posture.
- Hunting. The thrill of finding and feasting on raw prey is an occasional and infrequent sport they love, and sometimes collect books and diaries on different exotic prey they've hunted.
- Owning, tuning, and upgrading a spaceship. Many aspire to own a spaceship before they get their own house or apartment, and its not uncommon for the middle-class or poor to live in their ship, while the wealthy eventually get homes across multiple planets.
Average technological level
Very advanced, possessing a mix of technology from numerous races and more of even their old empire's uncovered remains. They almost always dress in Smart-gear, able to change a few layers or sets of specific accessories and clothes on the fly, and often possess dangerous defensive, detaining, and violent weaponry on even some citizen levels. Many are skilled mechanics, and some even have "ties" and informants to places in Sycore, OA classified libraries, and Second Siivakian Imperial info. They're also the most likely to get information and technology and trade across to other tigiren sects.
Coming of Age Rites
Every Constellian is expected to take a flight outside their home solar system of birth. Those that stay bundled in homes, or too poor to possess travels, are often derogatorily called 'rock-kittens'. Yet it is never celebrated that they've taken such a path if they leave home without a returning trip, so some rooting is considered necessary. A few have referred to the practice as "Sprouting" after analogies with branches and roots, and the fact this is ideal for an independent and adult tigiren of this sect.
Funerary and Memorial customs
Often the mourning of a peer is celebrated either by digging and placing them in the soil of their last favorite planetary memory, or else celebrating them by firing their ashes out alongside fireworks. In some systems and regions this is even a frowned-on custom of illegal activity, such as not getting permission to say... bury one in Kronahai soil outside the Zeadahighe hall, or fireworks suddenly spooking a Kyberus village. Yet it hasn't slowed some practice for tigirens to carry it out for their passed friends and loved ones, and the fines are often kept small after sad stories are shared with the authorities.
Ideals
Beauty Ideals
Both sexes idealize a very clean kept fur, and body. They are often vain with fashion choices and accessories as well, and flaunt wealth or occupation with what they wear, whether its militant uniforms or expensive animated suits. Vibrant stripes along their fur are considered an 'enriching feature'. Males are often expected to be a bit big in some capacity, whether plump, buff, or even ideally a mixture of both, though complete obesity or being a full muscle-head is often frowned on unless they're impressing a different class of tigiren. A short male is an insult regardless of being stout or lean.
Females tend to be often of a slim build, though being well-fed or buxom is considered more glamorous in most social circles as telling of a wealthier connoisseur of hunted prey or finer banquets. Though some individuals may still be raised to think gaining weight is shameful, especially when brought up around more fit aliens or warrior standards. In more extreme cases, slimming females may seek technology to sap-off or redirect extra weight, while skinny ones sometimes save up ro'ar to go through what they secretly dub 'Koka-therapy' where they visit their bakery-loaded cousins for a week, and lie about getting their weight from hunts or attending rich feasts. Muscular physique is less sought in females than their males unless its a flex of their status in a laborious job, or they're appealing to the likes of Surxin-tigiren mates; which happens to be a common female fantasy for many even if they often actually find them disappointing to truly meet. Females follow trends on fashion double-fold, and often overdo glamorous attire, jewel-textured or embedded cloth, and distractingly vibrant or "loud" dresses. Its actually not uncommon for them to even recruit or look up fashion tips from similarly vain and colorful races like vyllk, or appropriate knumarian trends.
Courtship Ideals
Very informal, Constellians tend to often go through whatever interests them. Often their standards are in cleanliness, status, and colorful patterns, akin to what they look for in other tigiren, however more than other sects Constellians will even be open to dating other races, and tend to drop and float around relations until they find "The right one". Males are more infamous for mood-swings, while females are often regarded as highly finicky and aloof, and generally other species don't find dating a tigiren to be to their liking.
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